St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-24
RYAN"
Plans of the New Hotel Examined and
Approved.

Plans of the New Hotel Examined and
Approved.
| Yesterday the committee of the chamber of
commerce, representing the citizens who
| subscribed to the bonus in aid of the new
hotel now in process of erection at the corner
OF Robert and Sixth streets, met Mr.. Denis
Ryan, the protector and proprietor, and his
architect, Mr.. j. d. Egan of Chicago, the
architect of the immense building. The plans
were submitted to the committe, which con-
sisted of Gen. j. B. Sanborn, P. H. Kelly,
w. Lindeke, G. Gotzian, I. Cochran and F.
Driscoll and they were unanimously ap-
proved and signed. The committee was
thoroughly unit in endorsing Mr.. Ryan
scheme and Mr.. Egan's plan, and the
action OF the meeting was hence thoroughly
harmonious Details of the proposed struc-
ture have previously been published in the
GLOBE, and but little is needed to be said
now to remind the public of it. The entire
building, without furnishing, will cost some
thing over 800, 900, and it will be one of the
most substantial and elegant buildings ever
erected for the purpose in the world. The
$50 feet on Robert street. 1t will be seven
stories in height, with three lofty towers
rising to height of $50 feet. The style of
architecture will be the modern gothic, more
elaborate and elegant than any other hotel
exterior in the country. The 375 feet of
frontage will be graceful and artistic COM
bination of st. Louis pressed brick, with
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effective use of terra Gotta in special and
beautiful designs. The grand entrances, of
which there will be three, will be decorated
with magnificent polished granite, rich,
heavy and ornate. The fronts will be bro
ken by bay and oriel windows, and many of
the rooms will be supplied with pretty little
porches, surrounded by tasteful iron work.
The interior will rival the exterior in ele-
gance and completeness. The first floor
will be conveniently divided, and the story
will be very effectiYe in its loftiness of cell
ing and general palatial effect. There will
be three hundred and sixty sleeping apart
ments above, independent of parlors and re-
ception rooms, and the dining roooms,
of which there will be four, the grand
hall, the ladies' ordinary, and two
smaller ones for special use,-will accommo-
date nearly six hundred. The frescoing and
decorations throughout these public rooms,
vestibules, entrances, dining saloons, draw
ing rooms and parlors will be splendidly ar
tistic.
There will be every convenience known in
hotel architecture and hotel accommodation
Three or four elevators will be found at con-
venient locations. Electricity will be pro-
duced in and used throughout the structure
Steam will supply the warmth, but coy fire
places will be found where cheerfulness is
enjoyed from bright fire. Baths and closets
will be located in desirable and convenient
places, and in short,no detail will be sighted.
The rooms will be arranged en- suite and
singly and in some localities a
whole series of rooms can be thrown together
in case of a private reception. Commercial
travellers will find every convenience they
can ask for, or conceive of, and they will not
be given chance to complain.
A large part of the iron work is already
cast, and work has been going on all winter
in cutting the stone for the edifce The
contractors have agreed to have the building
under roof by next December, and work will
be continued in the interior by steam heat
all next winter. The hotel will be completed
and opened by the middle or end of July,
| 1885. No party has, thus far, been selected
to operate it, but the applicants will be num-
erous. Just one word will be carved on the
two fronts-'sRyan.'