The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-01
THE NEW HOTEL PLANS.
THE BUILDING TO BE COMPLETED
BY JAN. /, 1890.


Work to be Commenced Within the
Next Two Months-The Hotel to
Have 2O6 Guest Rooms and to be as
Large es the Largest Two Hotels in
the City-Its General Plan and Its
Style of Finish.
A change has been made in the pro-
gramme for the removal Of the old build
ings on the site for the new hotel. The
committee, after having considered the
plans, the arrival of which was noted in
yesterdays MORNING NEWS, has con-
cluded to embrace the demolition of the
buildings in the general contract for the
construction of the new edifice, the work of
which will follow close upon the letting,
and the building, It is understood, is to be
completed and ready for occupancy by
Jan. l, 1890.
The detail drawings and plans comprise
so many sheets that it would take several
days to study them before going into de-
tailed report of the plan OF the new build
ing, but MORNING NEWS reporter, in
company with Messrs. James A. Barnard
and G.. A Reitze, of the building commit
tee, took q glance over the drawings yester
day afternoon, and it was enough to show
that the new hotel will be one Of the most
imposing in the south. The building will
R Rr tra frontage age Of gso teo fee' h
erty street, and will be five stories
high except that the central portion on
Liberty street will rise to six stories on
which will be a solarium of glass The
buildings on Drayton street are not to be
removed, but will be remodeled for kitchen
and servants rooms. On the Harris street
side an extension of 100 feet is hereafter
contemplated There will be 2J6 rooms in
the hotel for guests, and 1t is said that By
comparison the hotel will be as large as the
two largest hotels in the city at the present
time,
THE DIFFERENT FLOORS.
The basement will contain a billiard
room under the office, barber shop, lunch
room, bar, baggage room, drug store, which
latter is to be in the Liberty and Bull street
corner, toilet rooms and laundry, the latter
east of the barber shop.
The main entrance of the first floor is on
Bull street, smaller entrance on Harris
street, and the ladies' entrance on Liberty
street, The main hall is to be so feet wide,
with tiled floor A rotunda is east of the
main entrance, the Office being located
on the left-hand side of the hall,
and to the right are cloak and check rooms.
The parlor, reception room, and dining hall
are on the right of the hall fronting Liberty
street. The latter is As by 121 feet, lighted
by six bay windows on Liberty street, and
twelve windows opening out on the piazza
to the south, the upper sashes being of
quarry glass, shedding mellow light in
the dining hall.
The second floor is principally devoted to
rooms far guests, banqueting rooms, and
nurses and children'S dining rooms. There
will be public and private baths for guests
on this floor as on the others, which are
made up of rooms for guests. The build
ings is to be provided with steam elevator,
fire escapes and modern conveniences.
The interior finish Of the hotel is to be in
hard woods, the dining room to be finished
in black cypress, the drawing room IN ivory
white. There will be piazzas on tie court
side south of the Liberty street portion OF
the building Balconies extend from the
main wall south on Bull and east on the
Harris street side of the first and fifth sto-
rieS.
THE FINISH OF THE BUILDING.
The front of the building for two stories
will be of red brick, with terra Gotta trim
mings; the third and fourth stories of q
light buff, and the front above the fourth
story will be trimmed with terra Gotta
tiles. A slate roof will cover the entire
building. The solitarium will reach the
hight of ITO feet.
The court Is to be artistically laid out
and handsome fountain will be erected in
the center, surrounded by tropical flowers
and shrubs.
The drainage is to be complete, insuring
the most perfect sanitation of the hotel
which, when completed, will be second to
none in the south. Elegant suites Of rooms,
plenty of light and ventilation, wide
piazzas, wide halls, and elegance in con-
struction and furnishing will make the new
hotel a most desirable resort for tourists
and the resident and travelling public.
Its location fronting Liberty street On the
one side, which is one of the prettiest streets
in the city, soon to be asphalted, and being
in the residence section will add to the at
fractions of the hotel, and those who stop
there once will never pass il by thereafter
Before the close of the year ground will be
broken and the work will be rapidly pushed
forward.