Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24


tic tone of the corresponding Office, opening
from the lett of the lobby, will be gained
by drawing tie portieres and viewing 1t at
full length from the rosewood room. AS
one gszes the large mantel mirror seems to
transform the room into an almost endless
hall. Much of the massive expression OF
the room is due to the heavy cornice and
wide frieze. A beautiful piano is to placed
against the eastern wall and will, in meas
ure, serve to break its great breadth. Inc
piano case is also of mahogany and VIII oe
sympathetic in color and tone to the rest OF
the room.
A dainty elevator, done of in mahogany,
rosewood and brass, connects the two offees
with the apartments above, and is entered
from the rosewood room. Ascending 10 the
next floor, the first vista strikes one with
sense of the rich and magnificent This
apartment will be used as a drawing room.
The woodwork is of the best quality OF ma
hogany and is put into the highest state OF
finish. The wainscoting is constructed oil
large panels, highly polished and hanked
on either side by heavy mullions. The
panels are about five feet long, and are held
in their places by richly carved and ele-
gantly nodded pilasters. A wide, deep rail
of nearly ten inches, hides the JOINT between
the wainscotlng and wall, and runs entirely
around the room. Narrow yet beautifully
designed pilasters rise from rail to frieze,
disposed of about six inches apart. Between
these pilasters are alternating panels,
elaborately carved, and so constructed as to
give the wall a honey-comb appearance.
BIRDS THAT ALMOST FLY.
The pen falters in attempting descrip-
ton of the frieze and ceiling. At the base
of the frieze, running the entire length oi
the room, is a heavy mold, highly polished.
The frieze itself is wrought in representa-
ton of the plumage of birds, and so delicate
are the tracings, so exquisite the chlseling,
that it seems almost as if a breath of air
might move them. This lovely frieze is
fully two feet in width, and is hanked on
either side by narrow, beaded mullions.
Above it comes the cove. three feet wide,
entirely of solid mahogany and polished to
rival mirror in its brilliancy and powers
of reflection. In the center of the ceiling,
set diamoud-vise, is a large, beveled French
plate mirror. Descending from the center
of this is a chandelier, of solid brass, with
its many grotesque figures and filigree
work. Some of the panels are in relief,
feathers and medallious covering their en-
tire surface, while others are plain and
highly polished.
In the dining room the immense side
board. 13 feet wide and 13 feet in height,
breaks the long wall space on the east. This
sideboard was built in Syracuse and at a
cost of about 81, 600. A ton and half OF
mahogany was used in its construction, and
as this wood is bought by the pound its
value may be guessed at
WONDERFUL IN DETAIL.
The dining room is connected with the
culinary department on the third floor by
means of dummy walters and an elevator.
The kitchen and buttery are complete in
every appointment The woodwork Is oi
Norway pine matched and polished. The
billiard room, and indeed all the other
rooms, are finished in a style almost as
grand.
Entertainment for beast will be provided
on the floor Immediately beneath the billiard
room. What is described as the receiving
room of the stable is spacious apartment
beautifully finished in antique oak. A
horses head is delineated in beautiful etch-
work upon each of the heavy plate glass
windows set in the massive mahogany doors
that swing open from the driveway on the
south into this room. Heavy rubber mat
ting cover the stable halls. The floors on
either side OF this mating are to be heavily
protected with the richest Turkish carpet
ing to be procured. Long cabinets, with
paneled doors constructed OF fine grain oak,
line either side in which are to be hung the
harnesses. The fourth floor, under the
sloping roof, is finished in Norway pine and
is used as tankroom.
THE HORSE STALLS.
From the receiving room an inclined
plane covered with rubber mating leads
down into the basement and opens upon the
track on which the horses are to be exer-
cised during unpropitious weather. The
-roadbed is made solid by a grouting two feet
in depth covered by a heavy lining of
adamant. There are IA stalls The wood
work is entirely of oak and has been brought
up to the highest state of finish. Heavy
pilasters are made to serve as door castings,
and rise from the floor to the tops of the
doors, meeting deep frieze which runs
around the entire length. Above each door
is paneled transom, richly carved in scroll
work and winery.
d. Edgar Grouse, the owner OF these
stables, is the wealthiest person in Syracuse.
For several years he has enjoyed an exten-
sive popularity as a horseman. At Sara
toga, the Mecca to which every reinsman
turns his face with the coming of summer,
he is a conspicuous figure in the procession
of turnouts which wend their way to and
from the lake at the driving hours. At no
ones hands, save the late William h. Van
derbilt's, behind Maud S. and Early Rose,
did Mr., Grouse ever take a grain of dust in
that trisky throng. His horses are invaria-
bly, the best that money can buy, and in
their company he finds the keenest pleasure
of being millionaire. JAMES NOLAN.