St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-21

raise 5000, 900 more. the announcement was
received gladly and the bonus quickly sub
scribed. How well Mr. Ryan has carried
out his part of the contract all know, and
the building and contents as they will stand
July l, the date fixed for the opening, will
cost not $500, 600 but over $1,000, 0G0.
The interior of the building is still in a
confused condition. The sound of hammer
and saw drown the voice, the painter and
carpenter are still hard at work. But still
order is rapidly evolved from chaos. Most
of the decoration is done, carpets are being
laid in the rooms and furniture unpacked,
order is rapidly being evolved. each day
rapid strides are made toward the compile
ton of the structure, and the leSsees posi-
lively promise that the hotel shall not only
be nearly ready but complete in all essential
appointments on the day named for the
opening.
ITS COMPLETENESS.
No guest will fail to notice that Mr..
Ryan has not only more than fulfilled the
letter of his contract, but has gone way be-
yond its spirit in the completeness of the
appointments and the almost eXtravagant
lavishness which characteriZes its luxuries
at every turn. ''Spare no money" and ''get
the best in the market seem to have been
the instructions given to each contractor,
and the result is that neither in the con-
struction nor equipment of the building is
there an Indifferent piece of material or OF
workmanship.
THE END IS so NEAR,
all the materials being on the ground, and
only needing to be put in place, that the
time has come when satisfactory and
complete account of the beauties of the
structure can now be given. The location
of the hotel at the corner Of Sixth and Rob-
ert streets need hardly be mentioned,
as it is perhaps the most prominent archi-
tectural feature of the city to-day. 1t is an
enormous building, fronting $50 feet on
Robert street and 225 on Sixth street, being
112 feet high from the sidewalk to the top
of the main wall, and $50 from the fOunda-
ton. The apex of the main tower is $50
feet from the GROUND. =
IN ARCHITECTURE
the design of the hotel is an adaptation of
modern Gothic, style which admits of
striking artistic effects. 1t is seven stories
high, besides the basement, and the mate
rial of its walls is red st. Louis pressed
brick and terra Gotta from New Jersey and
Ohio sandstone, the color being frequently
and pleasantly broken with columns and
cornices of polished granite The accom-
panying cut will give better idea than any
description of the exterior appearance OF
the building.
The building, which looks from the street
like solid block, is in reality sort of
balloon square, having an open central
court, reaching to the basement, and widen
ing above the second story to 1877 by SO
feet.
A GENERAL VIEW.
Entering at the ladies' entrance on Sixth
or the main entrance on Robert street, the
guests will go through short vestibule,
wainscotted in marble, to the office or TO
tunda, which is a moderniZed type of a
medieval Gothic hall, IS by so feet in ex-
tent and 80 feet high. Its sides are paneled
with carved red oak, lighted by stained
glass windows over the desk, by clere stony
windows, surmounted by stained glass, and
by stained-glass sky lights overhead, ex-
tending nearly the length of the hall. The
ceilings are deliberately frescoed. At the
end opposite the Robert street entrance
stands the desk, of elegantly-carved red
oak, to correspond with the panels. Be
hind it is the vault, the largest in
the city, outside of the banks.
Passage ways lead back on either side of
the desk to the billiard and bar-rooms.
The former is large, high apartment,
which will be deliberately frescoed and will
contain twelve tables of the best make.
The bar-room is at the corner of Sixth street
and the alley, and will also contain lunch
counter and cafe. Between the two is a
small wine-room for private parties.
The ascent from the Office is by two ele-
vators and two grand stair-cases, with
marble steps, the balustrades of polished
oak and cherry, this construction, indeed,
obtaining all the way to the top of the
building, with the exception that the stairs
will be of wood above the second floor.
These stair-cases are framed in iron, with
fre-clay Innings, and are compassed by
brick walls, being thoroughly freproof.
They are lighted over the landings by
ample windows, looking into the central
court, Sixth street and the main alley.
AT THE TOP
of the main stairway is a grand lobby Of
reception hall, lighted with large win
dows of stained glass, opening into large
balcony on Sixth street, which surmounts
the arch over the ladies' entrance. A shor
hall from this lobby gives access to thu
main dining-room, lightweight by forty
six feet and twenty-seven feet high. Thi
is trimmed in oak paneling in the same
style as the main Office. 1t is lighted b.
sixteen large windows with stained glas
upper lights. At the end of the dining
room are two anneXes thanking the hall
smaller dining-rooms thirty-fiye by eighteen
feet and fourteen feet high. When theSt
are thrown open, they will make room
$50 feet long, which will accommodate
over six hundred guests.
Retracing his steps to the lobby ant
starting in the other direction, the visitor