The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-07-22
A PALACE.
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Ralph Brisbane Nonesuch, who is
'cputed to have made a fortune Of $685.
300, 900 in South African diamond
mines, has purchased q 500 acre tract
n the Temescal district, near San
francisco, where he will erect q novel
residence, q palace in fact, upon which
81, 800, 900 will be, expended aside from
The finishing. This is to be q structure
built almost entirely of steel and glass.
The building, says the American
Contractor, is to be about $50 feet long
by about 100 feet wide. AT one end it.
will be surnounted by a tower lis feet
high, at the other end by a similar
tower, but of less size and height.
A striking feature will be the sides
ground with n curve at an angle OF
about forty-five degrees. In the slop-
ing sides are to set huge oval windows
twelve teet long and made to conform
to the lines of the sides of the walls.
The roof will be a huge gable extend-
ing the entire length of the building,
and terminating in another gable at
right angles, in which are placed inn
tnense stained glass windows, one of
which will be fifty feet long and thirty
feet wide.
Not a foot of lumber or wood in any
shape is to be used in. tho building.
The materials will be iron, steel, alumni
mum, brass, bronze, platinum, silver,
concrete, cement, and stone. And
the only stone used will be
sculptured marble in the stair
ways and the main frieze,
and onyx and decorative marbles in the
bath rooms, the stairs, and q few other
places. Even the foundations will be
of steel and concrete. The floors will
be of concrete, brass, and aluminium,
the walls of steel and the roof of steel,
brass and copper. The ms dc walls
will be some of oXidized sheet iron,
some brass covered with a preparation
that protects the FURNISH of the metal,
some copper, some nickel, and SO on to
correspond with the decorations Of the
room. The ceilings will be arched and
relieved here and there with great
brass medallions. The partition walls
will be composed of metal grilles ex-
tending from floor to ceiling, arranged
in various designs, forming a vast net
work through which the visitor
can see from the grand stairway
at II end to the great bali
room at the opposite end. Rich
tapestries will ordinarily cover the
metal grilles, and divide the interior
thus into fourteen apartments, eight Of
which will be chambers and consist
each of n suite of four rooms-a sleep
ing room, dressing room. bathroom and
study. All the henting, lighting, ven
~tilation and cooking will be done by
electricity, The servants quarters,
the kitchen, the machinery and the
laundry will all be in the basement.
The wafer wheel and dynamos will be
located at the foot of the hill, a consid-
enable distance from the building. The
sole entrance to the basement from
without will be at the foot of the hill
one from within or about the
house will see the approach or
entrance of servant, grocer, butcher, or
delivery wagon of any kind. The
structure itself will be surrounded by a
broad walk and outside of the walk
will be an artificial lake surrounding
the building and forming n moat to be
crossed over n movable druwbridge,
thus placing the house practically upon
an island. This lake will be fed by
water from artesian wells already in
operation and pumped up by powerful
pumps. The water of the lake will
also serve to run the dynamos that fur
nish light, heat and power for use in
the building. The floors of the build
ing will be of brass and aluminium
grille work Of ornamental design, the
interstices filled with a new Hungarian
cement, which is said to become hard
as granite when set and to admit of as
high and durable polish. The cement
will be of various colors and so laid
with the metalgrille as to surpass in
effect any mosaic flooring in existence.
Everything about the building is to be
'tireproof except the furniture. Even
the draperies and tapestries will be
dipped in solution Of glycerino and
ammonium borate, which renders them
permanently u~ninflammable.