Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-11-30
The New Hotel.

Inc new MOTEL, lately erected by
Messrs. jacobson & Blum, under the
direction and superintendent of arch
itect Charles Arndt, at the corner of
Jackson and Water streets, and OPEN
ed to-day, is a superb building of
modern composite of five stories with
mansard roof and portico, 'front.'
ing ia feet on jackson and 100 feet
on Water streets. The whole highth
of the building is 81 feet, distributed
as follows: IA feet for first story, IL
feet for the second, IL feet for the
third and fourth and 8 feet for the
basement. The main entrance is up
on Jackson street and leads immedi-
ately into gentleman's reception
room and office 32x25 with a reading
room 25x16 on the right, and bill
lard room 32x25, with two tables, on
the left. These rooms are all admira-
BILE for their finish, lighting and ven-
tilation. Leading thence to the din
ing room is b handsome passage 25
feet long andS 10 feet wide, on the
right of which il a gentleman's parlor
and smoking rodp, and on the left a
baggage room 1915 with elevator,
water elesets ands wash stands sup
piled withhot and cold water. The
dining room, at the lend of the pas
sage, is so by Sc, and well lighted
and ventilated, ded capable of seating
100 guests at a tip comfortably. II
is beautifully grained, handsomely
papered and we'll supplied with at
tractive oiled furniture, and has a
commodious attached pantry and
dumb waiter, with hot and cold water.
The ladies entrance is on Water street
and leads up a capacious geometrical
stairway, situated in wide and pleas
ant hall, to the ladies parlor, situated
in the northwest corner of the bnlld-
ing. This is large room, tastefully
and attractively furnished with brus-
sells carpet, lace curtains, large mir
rors and upholstered chairs and sofas.
This room also connects with wide
passages through the whole length OF
both wings of the building. Upon
the eastern passage and fronting on
Jackson street, is an elaborate and
brilliant bridal chamber, and further
east are four large we'll furnished COM
,mercial sample rooms. On the south
ern passage and upon the other floors
are 50 elegant sleeping apartments OF
good size, with inside blinds, brussels
carpet and handsome oiled walnut fur
niture. In the halls are water closets
electric bell calls and speaking tubes
and alarm, hot and cold water and
water attachments supplied from a
large tank on the roof in case of fire.
Besides the stairway mentioned, there
is also a staircase, equally handsome
and capacious, on the other side OF
the building.~In the basement there
is a large kitchen, supplied with a
Simonds range and boiler of 100 gal-
Ions capacity, steam tables and the
usual culinary outfit. Connected with
this IS a large laundry, a fuel room
accessible from both yard and street,
two fine store rooms and a gas room
with gas pump connecting with a gas
generator in the yard, all provided
with floors of Portland cement. On
this floor. at the corner of Jackson
and Water. streets, there is also a
commodious barber shop, handsomely
fitted and provided with bath rooms
and hot and cold water. The carpen-
ter work of this fine building was ex-
eeuted under the superintendent OF
the architect. Henry Brauer did the
brickwork. 1t was plastered by D.
Kidd, painted and papered by W. H.
Cox, Gill & Garrett furnished the
hardware, Clacher & Ruloff put on
the roof, the stating was done by T.
and j. Hayden and the plumbing by
A. Siegel. This grand hotel is called
the Windsor and when opened win be
in charge of James G.. Bassford day,
and D.. Rucker night clerk, with
Major T. Day book-keeper.~