Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-02

machines, ironing machines, soap boil
ers, dryers and complicated system
that makes one laugh involuntarily when
he thinks OF an old-fashioned washtub
and board. A guest can send his linen
in, and in two hours have it all returned
in perfect cleanliness.
The cold storage room is another de-
partment that makes one realize what a
complicated yet simple thing the mod
ern way of living is. Here are half
hundred compartments, where milk,
meat, butter, ice cream and scores of
other things are kept entirely distinct,
and as cold as the north pole. The ice
chests hold ten tons of ice.
So one goes over this great caravansary
and at each point he is met by some
thing new to astonish him. From the
time he enters the lobby, with its ele-
giant finish in hard wood and it's charm
ing view of the bay, until he reaches the
top OF the tower, whence he can see far
out to sea on one side, and ON the other
the tops of snow-capped peaks, he finds
everything perfect and everything de-
lightful in its way.
The power house with its fine engine,
its electric dynamos, and two Hazelton
tubular boilers, is apart from the rest of
the building. The main hall ON the
upper floor is 800 feet long
Ulrich, of the Del Monte hotel at Mon
terey, laid out the grounds. He is by
Tar the greatest genius in his business on
the Coast, and the results of his plans
are very beautiful. In the area behind
the hotel there are fine date palms of
magnificent growth, shipped down from
the gardens of Captain Ainsworth's fine
place in Oakland, and others purchased
in Los Angeles and transplanted in the
hotel grounds. Going into details the
HERALD is glad to borrow from the Oak
land Inquirer. of about the end of March,
as follows: .-
"The ground plan reminds you of the
capitals and put together, with an
o surmounting the f, thus:
-O-A<
"The o is the dining room, and al
though smaller than the celebrated
banqueting hall of the Coronado, that
seats its thousand guests, it is much
handsomer apartment. In the top part
OF the F is located the kitchen, provided
with every modern convenience, with
steamers and refrigerators and cool
rooms for the pastry cook, great ranges
for cooking meats, waffle ovens, broilers,
pastry ovens and conveniences innumer-
able. The middle of the F is the ball
room, with stage and balcony, and a
most intricate pattern of inlaid wood
floor. Where the middle cross bar of
the F intersects the main upright, are
located the lobby and various offices.
which are finished in hard wood.
The mantel in the dining-room is a
nO1m in oarvp1 Ooly on1 tho so,>,o $40 x,
be said of the ladies' reception room.
The northerly and west walls of the din
ing-room are one continuous window of
the most wonderfully clear French plate
glass, overlooking the sparkling waves
and the Sierra Madre mountains be-
| yond. Light and cheerful corridors ex-
tend north and south along the main
stems of the F and Y and out to the ex-
treme end OF the branches of the Y.
The sleeping rooms are on either side
and all have lovely outlook-all are
'front.' rooms-not dark or back
room in the building. The roof is broken
into plnnacles, towers and cupolas, and
bay and bow and 'oriel' windows
PROJECT at many points, giving constant
and pleasing surprises to the eye. Many
OF the rooms are perfectly lovely. A
sumptuously large apartment will have
an alcove breaking off from one corner,
while from another corner will open a
circular or octagon-shaped room with
plate.-glass sides, overlooking the sea and
forming charming spot for tete-a-tete
or smoke, or book, or reverie, or
where a good wife would delight even in
sewing on husband g shirt buttons.
In the court, between the cross bar
and the top of the F, is located large
brick building called the power house..
In it are two enormous upright Hazel
ton boilers. They have capacity of
100 horsepower each, and are to run the