The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-29
TIE DE soro,s PRoeaEss
The New Hotel TO BE Completed b
Dec. l.


Dec. l.
The hotel DeSOto is now entirely under
roof. Tie nearer the building approaches
/ 10 completion the more the people feel that
they have something of which TO be proud.
| Il is a monument to Savannah, said q gen
! tleman yesterday, and to the pluck and en-
/ teTprise Of those interested IN its erection.
| It's progress has been watched since the
first brick was laid. and nobody IL Georgia
is ignorant of the structure that Savannah
will have in the DeSoto. II viii be com
pleted by Dec. / easily, Contractor Lew
man says, and it viii be ready for the for
NAL opening Christmas. A force Of nearly
20 hands IS at work now.
Every branch Of the work is being pushed.
Gas fixtures have been put in the entire
building and carpenters bricklayers,
painters and plasterers are hard at work.
1t Is seven months since Contractor Lew
man began work, and the st ucture IS
three-quarters finished. His contract was
TO complete the hotel in twelve months.
The work yet o be done, however, IS much
more delicate, and requires longer time TO
complete than that WHICH has been finished
4 he finishing touches require considerably
more time than the rough outside work.
The clning-roOm on Liberty and Drayton
streets has been plastered, and the plaster
ei VIII Do buJ Ol TIE DullulLR Dy OCL. l.
The hard wood finish for the first floor,
which is to come from Memphis, is expected
next week. Workmen have begun putting
on the Akron tile in the court yard eleva-
ton and on the Harris sirest elevation.
There will be one story Of tiling on the top,
The doors are expected next week from
New York. The windows are here and have
been placed in the house. There are four
hundred and fifty-nine windows in the
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The most of the glass is plate. All OF the
glass used on the first floor will be plate and
the doors will De hard wood. The veranda
around the main entrance on Bull street,
VIII be beautifully designed with terra Gotta
trimmings, which will be put up in the
course OF ten days.
The observatory, making the seventh
story to the building, will be nearly 100 feet
IN hight from the ground, and will afford
one OF the best views to be had Of the city.
Ii Is roughly finished inside now and is ac-
cessible by means Of stairs, which lead
through the entire building. The observa-
tory Is to be covered with red slate, while
the other part Of the building will be Gov
cred with black slate. Tybee lighthouse
can be seen from it.
Ihe dining room will be next in point of
nnlsh TO the drawing room. The ceiling is
ornamental with plaster cornices and beau
Iilul designs. Inc banquet hall, Just over
the dining room, will be finished in style
equal almost to that of the room below it,
Both will be finished in oak and the mantels
will be hardwood.
The three beautiful oriel windows on
Liberty street are covered with copper,
and add much to the attractiveness OF that
part of the building. The office will be
conveniently arranged and finished in hard
wood. 1t is said by hotel men that it will
be the finest Office in the south when COM
pleted. Just in the rear of it is the rotunda,
covered with slSylight of large plate
glass, giving al the light neces-
sary in the office. 1t is likely now
that the portion Of the old barracks on
Drayton street. which was left as a kitchen
to the hotel, will be torn down and pretty
building will be erected. Contractor NJ. T.
Lewman, who is now in Jeffersonville with
his family, is expected to return next week.