The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-09
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1o H About "a Bald . Palace Home
Psrsesssy S1rsprooE.
Ralph Brisbane Nonesuch, who IL re.
putsd to hsve made ! fortune Of 425,-
10000 in South African diamond mines,
has purchased . 500 acrs trsct in the
Temescal district. near Saa Francisco,
where he will erect q novel residence-a
palace, In fact-upon which & 1900, 900
will be expended aside from the finish
ing, This y 70 b st!uct2rs built al
most entirely 81 steel and Glass.
The building H to be about 230 long
by about 100 feet wide. At one end it
will be surmounted by a tower 115 feet
high; at the other end by a similar tow
er, but Of less size and height.
A striking feature will be the sides be-
low tle cQrnice, which slope to the
ground with a curve at an angle of about
- degrees. In the sloping sides are to b
set huge oval windows 10 feet long and
made to conform to the lines Of the sides
of the wall. The roof will be a huge
gable extending the entire length Of the
building and terminating in another
gable at right angles. in which are
placed immense stained glass windows,
one Of which will be SO feet long and 80
feet wide.
Not q foot of lumber or wood in n
shape is to be used in the building. The
materials will be iron, steel, aluminium.
brass, bronze, platinum, silver, concrete,
cement and stone. And the only stone
nsed will be sculptured marble in the
stairways and the main frieze, and onyx
and decorative marble in the bathrooms,
the stairs and a few other places. Then
the foundations will be of steel and con-
crete. The floors will be of concrete,
brass and aluminium, the walls of steel,
and the roof of steel, brass and copper.
The inside walls will be some of oxidized
sheet iron, some brass, covered with a
preparation that protects the FURNISH Of
the metal; soms copper, some nickel and
so on to correspond with the decorations
Of the room.
The ceilings will be arched and re.
ieved here and there with great brass
medallions. The partition walls will be
composed Of metal grilles extending
from floor to ceiling. arranged in vari.
ous designs, forming a vast network
through which the visitor can see from
the grand stairway at one end to the
great ballroom at the opposite end. Rich
tapestries will ordinarily cover the metal
grllles and divide the interior into Il
apartments, eight Of which will be cham
bers and consist each of a suite Of four
sleeping room, dressing room,
bathroom and study.
All the heating, lighting, ventilation
and cooking will be done by electricity.
The servants quarters, the kitchen, the
and the laundry will all be in
the basement. The waterwheel and dy-
namos will be located at the foot of the
hill a considerable distance from the
building. The sole entrance to the base !
ment from without will be at the foot of /
the hill through a tunnel, 20 that no one
within or about the house will see
the approach OF entrance Of servant, gro
:er, butcher or delivery wagon Of any
lind.
The structure itself will be surround
I'd by . broad walk. and outside Of the
walk will be an artificial lake surround
Ing the building and forming . moat to
b crossed by q movable drawbridge,
'hus placing the house practically upon
N island. This lake Will be fed by wa
ssr from artseian wells already in opera
don and pumped up by powerful pumps.
The waters of the lake will also serve to
the dynamos that furnish light, heat
md power for use in the building
American Contractor.