Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-04-25
A Model Hotel.

square near the geographical center IF
the city. is six stories high with base
ment and attic, making eight floors
all. 1t is built in form of the lettel
H, the wings being 80 by 200 feet and
the central wing connecting them 80
by 100 feet.
In the center on Sixth street, is the
main entrance court, 100 feet square,
with a circular ornamental garden
plot, surrounded by concrete drive
way and pavements, leading to the
principal basement entrances and
main entrances to the building, in
front of the steps leading to which is
an elegant porte cochere OF wrought
iron and glass. In the interior angles
of this court, are the stair towers, con-
tanning the winding stairs leading to
the different floors. In the upper
stories of these towers are large rooms
opening Oh balconies, from which
as well as from open logias on the
fifth floor an excellent view is afforded.
Between the two wings on the
Seventh street side is another court,
at one side of which is the engine
house, rising to the level of the main
floor and the street on that side.
The exterior of the building is OF
gray basaltic rock up to the third
floor, and of brick above, with a slate
roof. The fiat walls between the win
dows are covered with light gray
stucco, which forms pleasing con-
trast with the slightly raised and orna'
mental brick work on the corners and
around the windows. The height OF
the building at Sixth and Morrison
streets is ninety feet from the sidewalk
to the cornice. 1t cost, with furni-
ture, 81, 100000.
The entrance to the ladies' parlors
is ON the south side of the court. The
principal street entrance is on Yam.
hill street to the south wing. The
Office is in the central part of the
building. A wide corridor extends
from tile south entrance to the break
fast and dining rooms in the north
wing. Adjoining the office Oh the
south is the reading room, and on the
north the restaurant, the business be-
ing conducted on both the European
and American styles. The dining
room, is so by 100 feet in size, and the
breakfast room somewhat smaller, but
both are models OF what a room de-
voted to gastronomic enjoyment should
be; are light, airy and cheerful, the
walls and ceilings decorated with
elegantly frescoed panels. The broad
tables are fitted with a service that
corresponds with the building, and
the most experienced and capable of
colored servants dispense q repast fit
for the gods.
The parlors occupy the east end Of
the south wing, space of so by 60
feet, and are lighted on three sides.
The remainder is devoted to the re-
ception room and eight large bed
rooms, en- suite, handsomely frescoed
and luxurantly furnished. The tele-
graph and telephone Offices, and the
news and cigar stands occupy conven-
lent places ON the main floor.
A part Of the basement is occupied
as stores and offices, but there is still
ample space in the immense structure
for the billiard room, the barber shop,
the store-room, the wine-room, the
bakery, the cold storage rooms for
supplies, and the 2O0-horse-power en-
CINE and boilers used for converting
the water from an artesian well into
ice, for running the electric light ma
chinery and elevators, for turning the
machinery of the laundry, and various
other purposes. All parts of the
building above the first or main floor,
are devoted to bedrooms single and
en- suite, with ten-foot corridors rum
ming the whole length of each wing.
The second floor is furnished with a
lobby surrounded by q balustrade,
from which view of the Office and
main corridor is obtained. The doors
leading to the principal court balloon
les open from this floor.
The seventh story contains the
dormatory for the servants, who dine
in n portion of the basement, thus
constituting both the upper and lower
crust Of the social system of the little
world embraced within those massive
walls.
The Portland contains 800 bed
rooms for the public and 50 for its
servants. There are likewise a num-
Der OF parlors and sitting rooms, fur
nished with elegant mahogany folding
beds, which may be extemporized into
bedrooms should occasion require.
The principal dining-room will seat
2A persons, the breakfast-room GO
and the restaurant GO. About 500
guests can be accommodated without
inconvenience.
The Portland is lighted by 1900
Edison lights and a corresponding
number of gas-jets, for use should the
electric current fail. The fre-protec-
ton is ample, and automatic bells in.
dictate to the Office the precise location
OF fire by an increase of tempera.
ture. This alarm can be instantly
sounded from the Office in every room
Space will not admit of a more ex.
tended description of this splendid
hotel. This much has been written
to give our people, many of whom are
frequent visitors to the Oregon metro
polls, some idea OF the cheer which
waits them in the future. The man.