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

ST Paul h1s dozens OF Lielt house.
which would do cfedi, to any eastern
city. but the residence NJ Nr amgs
Hili, the Great Mortimer railway mag
nate. h one If the really Guc hoi.cs IL
the Wcfld. George W. Ch.ds. when be-
visited IL. SAID IL surpassed iIat ~ The
NauLyrDills IN many ways, 1Ud Ilit be
liked ID better ihau hi5 own home 40
Wuu.cn. | visited 1t in COMPANY witl
Mr.. llnls friend, MI Geo. a. Bracket.
Yesterday, and | like IL idr better shan
the home ui Nofth, iun nitrate king
which faw in lsnglard last summ q. d
Us more homclikc aud less raul. Ia
located In 81. Paul on Summit avenue.
and It's grounds slope down toward the
Mississippi river. II hls acres OF
grounds about IL, and rs windows give
VIDE views OF the hills and valleys oi the
Mississippi. The house o. 900 immense
two.stuiy building Of brown stone put
together in the rough and crowned with
Steel r5of, which slopes down 100 many
gables. A porte cOchcfc lHg enough for
an ordinary house. under which YOU
could haul the biggest wagon load ui
hay YOU have ever seen without touch
ing its walls or It's sides, forms the
entrance to H., aud Us you go into this
YOU are impressed with the ul sivcucss
and soliiiiy OF the structure The
house looks as though !, were built TO
Ouilast the ages. The walls are about
four feet thick, and In constructing It
Mr. Hill went down thirty eight feet
until he struck the solid bed rock for
the foundation This Is one OF the
characteristics Of his work-hc poes to
the bottom Of everything before he
begins II aud builds substantially and
without frills or filgrces. His railroad
offices at ST. Paul are severely plain In
their construction, and you see the same
good taste displayed about every part
OF his house The front doors are Of
massive oak, beautifully carved, and you
pass through them over vesiihule Of
I. Roman mosaic, as carefully inllid rs
Florentine breastpin, into q grand hall
finished in antique oak. As you 70 in
you note that the walls are Of carved
oak and that the ceiling Is Of the same
wood In great panels You come first
into grand hall nearly as long as the
promenade corridor OF the White
House, but FAR more beautifully finished.
II must be a hundred feet long and
| about twenty feet wide, aud 3. runs from
the picture gallery at one end To the
great mahogany dining loom at the
other. It's roof IS made up of Tour great
panels inclosed in rafers Of carved oak
each four feet wide, and these are
upheld by eight iluted oak columns,
each Of which is as biz around as the
waist Of good sized man. The walls
OF this hall are hung with fine paintings.
Its floor rs covered with soft rugs, and It
is lighted as are the large rooms OF the
house, In most wonderful way. From
/ the center OF each Of these panels,
strung rs II were uponlwires, seems to
hang down a bushcl Of diamonds.
/ These are prisms of cut glass icstUoned
| in the shape of basket, and lighted by
electricity, which coming from globes
behind them and reflected by mirrors
above make most wonderfully eiiec-
tive illumination. There are four OF
these diamond baskets in the hall, one
in the dining room, another In the
library and Others In tlIe music. recep-