The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-27

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hotel proper and the opera house
has dimensions Of 1888 IT. by 81 IT In.
addition to this is the annex ~ III by.
SO II. The structure Is three stories
high. The walls of the first story.
are builtof red brick; the second and
third Of light Milwaukee brick
Large and substantial stone trim.
mings are found throughout, the
frame work. The hotel, opera,
annex and minor buildings are all
under one roof of slate and tin.
i THE OPERA HOUSE,.
Ashort description Of the opera
house has heretofore appeared in the
News, but is not out Of place here.
II is really the best and finest not
only In the State but in the South as
well. II contains a spacious audi
torium, large balcony and fair sized
gallery. The seating capacity is
about 1000 persons. The seating ar
rangements consist of sixty di-
vans. The seats are Of latest
design and were placed In the build
ing by the Grand Rapids Seating
Company whose stock is the
largest and best in the United States
and possibly in the world. The
seating rows have knee room rum
ming from 2s to30 inches. The seats
arefrom 49, 4 to % inches wide, having
backs of plush velvet. In addition
to these are four elegant boxes,
furnished with Sixteenth Century
Rattan chairs, and hung with dam
ask curtains. The stage is fifty feet
wide with thirty foot proscenium,
fully equipped with all the needs
and necessities to a first class
theatrical rendition. A fine drop
curtain, bearing a famous and valua-
BILE painting is in front of the stage.
Underneath are property and dress
ing rooms.
There are four lavatories in the
basement and two ON first floor and
balcony.
The walls are frescoed and deco
rated to suit the modern idea of
Theatrical environments and beyond
criticism in high art. All aisles,
stairways, and floors are covered
with soft and elegant carpets. Three
fire lines connect with the stage and
have patent bracket ball nozzle
attachments. Iron fire escapes
lopen on Modock alley with three
exits on the first floor and the same
number ON the second, all swinging
loutslde!
The artists work Is simply amaz-
ling. The beholder is struck withits
grandeur and symmetry, and for
gets himself in a spell-bound charm
of its harmony and picturesqueness.
1t is as II the Goddess of Beauty
reigned there nallher scenic fulness
complete. The colors of the rainbow
couldno mingle in grander lowell
ness nor could the setting Of the sun
on the western plain blend more
radiantly the softening shadows of
the twilight than fall upon the eye
of him who studies the scenic walls
and tapestries of the Grand Opera
House.
THE HOTEL PROPER.
On the first floor are the lobby,
gallery. side gallery. ladies' private
entrance, main entrance, billiard
rooms, baggage room, check room,
elevators, and passage from lobby
through tocorridor hall and annex,
passing to front on Main street maxi
ing two entrances to the hotel. The
main and ladies' entrances open on.
Third street. The hotel building
also contains six large and elegant
store rooms, and banking room on
| the corner of Main and Third streets
which surpasses any room of its
kind south of Mason & Dixon's line.
The basement has a fine lavatory
with tile floors and marble closets
and stands and a well arranged tom
serial room with all the requisites
for first class barber shop.
The lobby is neatly and harmoni-
ously arranged, tloored with marble
with all vestibules connected there
with paved with tile. 1t compares
highly favorably with the lobby
rooms Of the leading hotels of the
country. Entrance Is gained to the
second story by wide and gradual
ascending stairways starting from
the lobby.
The second floor contains twenty
sleeping rooms, ladies' parlors, din
ling room with an ordinary room
connected thereto, servants dining
room, pastry room, ovenroom, kitch-
en-, refrigerator, elevator, pantries,
serving room and several large halls,
Each and every room, not only on
this floor but throughout the entire
building as well, is provided with
dust and waste schutes.
The third floor has forty sleeping
compartments, bridal chamber, cir
Gle tower, private lavatories and
bar, numerous linen closets, maid
closets, bell boys closets, ladies' and
gentlemen,s toilet departments and
wide halls which can be transformed
into thirty-five sleeping rooms when
necessary. There are fire escapes,