Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-06-15
THE "ALTURASv HOTEL IN HALEY.

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Completed "details of the Grand
Enterprise that Stands a Monument
to IdahO's Brains, Pluck and En-.
ergY.
The scheme for building what is
now admitted to be the finest hotel /
between Denver and the Pacific
Ocean was projected in 1888, by
Robt. E. Strahorn. The "Haiey Ho-
tel Company" was soon organized with
Hon. A. Caldwell, President; Robt.
E. Strahorn, Vice President; A. J |
McGowan, Secretary; and H. u.
Burkhart, Treasurer. The Trustees
were the above gentlemen, with S. B.
Kingsbury, J. B. Oldham and A. P. |
Turner, all we'll known pioneers of
HALEY. To these officers and Trus-
tees belongs the credit of having car
ried to a successful issue an enterprise
in which every citizen of HALEY and
Idaho should feel personal pride.
1t was no small task and unexpected
difficulties arose from time to time,
which not only severely taxed the re-
sources of the builders but threatened
a collapse of the scheme.
But to a detailed description of the
pride of Haley and Wood River.
The "Alturas" fronts 80 feet on First
Avenue and SO feet on Croy street,
and is so feet high from pavement to
cornice, being three full stories, and a
high basement. 1t stands on the first
slight eminence overlooking the bust
ness part of town, being one block
from the business center, and from its
100 large windows is obtained the
finest views of valley AID
mountains in the world. 1t can
be seen for five miles from
either up or down the valley, grand
monument to the enterprise of Haley
and its builders. The foundation walls
are solid cut stone, three feet thick,
and the superstructure is of fine
pressed brick with cut stone caps and
sills, the first and second story walls
being Is inches thick and the top
story wall IL inches thick.
The basement is eight feet in the
clear and contains barbershop, bath,
gents water-closets, and large storage
and wine cellars.
The second story is IA feet, con-
tanning office 30x40, dining-room
3Sx5O, vestibule and commodious halls
and bar aud billiard rooms 5Ox50.
The kitchen is built on a level with
this floor, but entirely separate from
main building, so as to avoid all un-
pleasan: odors or noises.
The third or parlor floor has r.
foot ceilings and near the head of
broad, easy stairway are the double
parlors some 25x40 feet in size. The
halls are six feet wide running
through the entire building and the
rs rooms on this floor run from 1Ox16
to l6x20 feet in size, every one of
them having large outside windows
Ladies' closets and other modern con
venIences are found on this floor.
The fourth story is 10 feet in the
clear and the rs rooms and arrange
msnts generally a duplicate of the
parlor floor.
The plumbing. water supply and
sanitary arrangements generally are
simply perfect. Electric annun-.
ciators connect every room with the
Office, and the workmanship through
out the entire building is the finest to
be found in Idaho. VIM. p. EN-
inert, of Freeport, Illinois, is the arch
itect, and Thos Bell, Of Haley, the
builder.
The furniture was all personally Sc
lected by Mr.. Strahorn and came from
the great house OF Dewey & Stone,
Omaha, which is alone a guarantee OF
its excellence. But the TINES can
not refrain from complimenting the
elegance, richness and perfect taste
displayed from Office floor to roof, and
our public should be grateful for the
spirit of generosity and enterprise
which has given US such superb ap-
pointments. The furniture is mainly
cherry aud mahogany, with here and