Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-15

AR Of solidity about Il, and it is furnished
elegantly but simply. On tie book
cases on one side OF the room are great
volumes Of railway reports aud railway
maya lines, while globe stands In one
corner There Is a little library table
under the window with paper and pens
ON il. aud At the rear of the room there
is @ mahogany door, which opens into
great vault, in which is stored at times,
] doubt not. securities which are worth
millions. The library Is furnished In
mahogany. Bronze figures Of Henry
Clay ami Daniel Webster stand on each
end Of the low book cases. which run
around the room on either hand as YOU
enter The great library table Is COW
cred with papers and magazines and the
room looks as though 10 were used. The
collection Oi books is good one An
Of the great authors of fiction aud
science may be- found upon the shelves.
and YOU will find French and German
books Us well as English. Mr.. Hin is a
good French scholar and both himself
aud his wife have good literary taste.
They are both well read and their do
nestle relations are Of the happiest
nature.
riir BASEMENT AID THE Arric.
The basement aud the attic of this
great mansion are 10 me even more IN.
tctesting than the living rooms The
house must have q quarter ol an acre Of
floor space and the basement is house
In itself u has q hall. so wide that YOU
could drive % wagon through IL without
grazing the walls and rs rooms arc all
large, airy aud well lighted. The floors
are OF marble. The halls and rooms
are panclcd with slabs Ut white marble,
so polished that you can sec your face
IN them and the whole is lighted by
electricity. These marble floors rest on
a bed Of mineral wool and 10000
pounds Of mineral wool we're used in
making this house iircproof Mr. Hill
says u is ilrcprool, ratproof and cyclone
proof, and Il has steel roof over the
whole Of u so strong that you could run
q train OF cars over It without injury.
The attic has been turned into q theater
for the amusement Of Mr.. Hill's chill.
dren, and there IS q miniature stage here
and an audience room about thirty feet
wide by lliy feet long. The stage has
scenes and ioollights. and Il Is, in fact. q
complete little thcatcr. The boys have
a magic lantern and they sometimes
give exhibitions.
TWO TOSS OF coat 4 DAY.
Il takes two tons Of coal a day to keep
this house warm, and ] spent some time
IN looking at the great boilers IN the
basement There is 400 engineer who
does nothing else but attend to these,
and Mrs. Hill tells me that the house Is
~ thick that during the past winter they
have not had % open the registers Of
the different rooms for heat. but have
only had to VAIN the halls. The en-
gincs represent 500 horsepower, and II
you will keep 500 horses at work day
and night YOU will get an idea Of the
amount Of force that il takes to turn
winter into summerior Mr. lanes !. Hill
There Is a dynamo and electric plant
connected with the house. One OF the
! most interesting parts Of the basement
Is the laundry. II has q marble floor
/ aud brick walls. The washing is done
In great porcelain tubs and the clothes
are put on racks that are rolled In and