The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-01
TO REMODEL TIE PULASKI
twenty-five Thousand Dollars 10 De
Spent IN Improving the Hotel

Spent IN Improving the HoteL
The Pulaski house is to be remodeled ct
cast of SOS, 900, and Watson & Powers re-
newed their lease yesterday afternoon for
five years. Col. r. J. Davant, agent for
the property, closed the agreement, and the
work of improvement will begin at once,
and will be completed by Dec. Is, in ample
time for the tide of northern travel south
ward.
The improvements win add from fifteen
to twenty rooms to the hotel proper, ex-
elusive of servants rooms, and the dining
room will be enlarged, so that it will COM
fortably seat $50 people.
The plans provide for lowering the floor
of the dlnlng-room to level with the ounce
floor, and the present parlor is to be thrown
into the dining-room, maxi com
modious room with an lS-foot ceiling. Inc
door of the present entrance for ladies VIII
be changed into window, and one OF tine
rooms TO the east Of the present parlor VIII
be changed into a wider entrance for ladies',
and the entrance is 10 be spanned by oai-
cony extending over the sidewalk, so that
guests arriving may De set down from the
stage under cover. A small parlor for
ladies' is to be provided just east ct the
entrance, and wide stairway will lead to
large and elegant parlors on the second
floor
ladies' entrance h. the adjoining building
on the west, is to be raised 20 four stories
with mansard roof On Bay street lane the
building Is to I've raised 10 four stories from
the western end of the billiard room to the
adjoining building for rooms for the serv-
ants
An elevator is to be put in the entrance
which will be to the right of the present
hall leading to the parlors. The gentle
,fa Iaxrn an In
will be transferred to the basement, which
are to be elaborate in design and finish, and
the floor of the basement is to be laid in
fancy tiling. The billiard room is to be en-
larged, amt the bar is to be remodeled and
refurnished. An elegant sitting room for
gentlemen is to be fitted up on Bull street
front just north of the cigar stand. Elegant
suites of rooms, bath rooms and water
closets are arranged for on every floor by
the plans.
The office front will be of plate glass,
with trausoms OF cathedral glass, and by
the remodelIng will throw the office front
further in the rear. The design contem-
plates u remodeling which will not
only make the Pulaski house beau
tiful from an architectural point of view,
but by Its interior structure will make it a
model OF utility, in which every accommo-
dation known to modern hotel improve
ment will be feature Of the building,
which, with its elevator, suites of rooms,
hot and cold water baths and lavatory ac-
commodations, will make the Pulaski sec
ond to no hotel of its size in the south.
The hotel in fact, is to be 80 thoroughly
remodeled that it will be practically a new
building. The exterior Il Iish Of the build
ing, east of the present ladies' entrance,
will conform to the additions which are to
be made west of the present hallway to the
building adjoining.
The landlords will not close tho hotel
while the improvements are under way,
but will endeavor to so shift present cook
ing quarters and parlor accommodations
as to emoarrass the operation of the hotel
as little as possible during the progress of
the work
Architect Eichberg is preparing the
plans for the proposed improvements, aud
the work will begin at once and be prose-
cuted vigorously so that the hotel may be
10 trim for the early tourist travel.