The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-10
THE WALLS GETTING HIGHER.
The Desoto beginning to Look Like 9
BUILDING Now.

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The walls Of the new hotel DeSoto with
ono more days work will be completed up
| to the second story Over 200 hands are at
work, and Contractor Lewman is pushing
things. There are ten more months in
which to complete the massive structure,
and every hour of the time will be con-
sumed.
An idea can be gathered of the apartments
on the first floor since the walls are up to
the second story level and some of the jOists
have been laid. The entrance on Liberty
street will be one Of the handsomest In the
country The outside of the entrance will
be in beautifully designed terra Gotta, while
the Inside OF the entrance will be lined with
pure white marble. The steps will be white
marble. The Bull street entrance-the main
entrance-will also be an exquisite piece
of workmanship. 1t will be terra
Gotta, with iron ornamentations at the side.
| The arch for the entrance is 81 feet across
and IL feet high in the center. Extending
from either side of the arch feet in
| toward the center will be beautiful designs
of iron Communications, leaving an entrance
of about 10 feet wide and IL feet high.
This entrance will lead through a lobby to
the doors to the corridor leading to the
rotunda.
The round corner at Bull and Harris
streets is the dIawingroom, 40 feet by 4S
feet. A veranda will extend all around it
and the room will open out on tho veranda
by eight large windows. The room will
have two fireplaces and two entrances One
opening into the main corridor and the
other leading into the gentlemen's parlor,
which Is the only room between the
drawingroom and the main entrance.
The drawingroom will have four iron piers
in the center, which will DO covered with
pretty wood designs. The room will be
finished in white wood, enameled.
In the rear Of the drawingroom, across
the main corridor, will be an elegantly
finished reception room. 1t will also open
out'onto the veranda. On the north side of
the reception rooms, and across a hail will
be the ladies' writing room, witch will be
handsomely finished. This feature of the
hotel is very modern aud it will be q taking
feature. The gentlemen's parlor will be
very large room, and will be finished in
dark cypress. On the north side of the main
entrance entering the hotel is a reading
room. 1t will also be an elegant room
finished in sweetgum.
The corner at Bull and Liberty streets
Will be bed rooms. In the rear Of the main
entrance is the rotunda 1t will be pretty
portion of the structure and wi be finished
in oak, having an oak floor. The main cor
ridor leading from the Liberty street en-
trance TO the Harris street entrance will be
of tiling. The office VIII he located across
the corridor from the reading room, and
the elevator shaft will be at the corner of
the hall leading from the Liberty street
entrance to the straight hall running TO
Harris street.
The parlor will be on Liberty street to
the right of the Liberty street entrance 1t
will be a magnificent room and will be fin
ished in dark oak Between tire parlor and
the entrance will be large reception room
finished in white wood. Al the left of the
Liberty street entrance will be the break
fast room, fl ishe1 in sweet gum, and next
e. 1t will be the dining room. II will front
out on Liberty street and will be supplied
with six large bay windows 1t will open
with two windows on Drayton street and
twelve windows will open out on the court.
The dining room will be 45 feet by l2l feet.
II will be finished in dark cypress with yell
low pine Il or.
The main toilette room will be situated
under the drawing-room, at the corner Of
Bull and Harris streets, ard the billiard
room will be under the rotunda. The drug
store viii be under the bed rooms, at tho
corner of Bull and Liberty streets, and the
! bar and barber shop viii be under the
parlor. 1t is understood that the banquet
ing hall, at the corner Of Drayton and
Liberty, on the second floor will be enlarged.
Instead Of being 40xlS, as it formerly was,
it will be made 45K36. Contractor Lewman
is pushing his contract, and will run up the
second story ia a short while