The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-24

door and almost push luggage into the
elevator.
The ladies' entrance Is situated the
next door above the main entrance on
Congress street, and is also on the ground
floor. A few steps leads to the main
staircase which continues up to the Sec
ond story and then opens into a wide
hall. This is great feature of this hotel
the wide spacious halls. The elevator,
one of Otis Bros best, run by hydraulic
power, and runs up to the seventh story
so smoothly that not the faintest jar is
perceptible. 1t stands at the foot of the
main staircase, just off of the Office.
There are 101 rooms in the house, and
they are so arranged that, with few ex-
| ceptions, they can be thrown into suites,
or used singly. There are ffty-three bath
rooms in the house. Every suite has a
bath room, and there is a public bath
room on every floor for guests who have
no bath attached to their room. All the
corner rooms in the house have open fire
places. and every room in the house, from
office to the seventh story, is heated by
steam and lighted as we have said, by
electricity and gas, and has electric call
bells.
The dining hall, in the seventh story,
is beauty. 1t is 25 feet in width by 115
in length, and commands superb views of
ocean and country. For miles q superb
panorama is spread before the guests. 1t
is beautifully decorated, and mas two
large open fire places, with plate glass
mirrors in the Eantels. one at the ex-
treme end and the other on one side of
the upper end of the room. The room
can seat 150 people, but at present there
are twenty tables arranged to aocommo-
date four persons each. There are twen-
ty-three windows. prettily draped with
lace curtains, to furnish light by day, and
eight ten light chandeliers will provide
the light at night. There is hard wood
floor, and tall highback oak chairs, up
holstered in leather are provided for the
tables. The freize ornamentation in
fruit and flowers is very graceful and
airy, and the arohed ceiling is decorated
in like fashion.
Passing from the rear of the dining
room we 8nter the spacious well lighted
kitchen, 60x30 feet in size provided with
all modern kitchen appliances. There is
an immense Smith and Anthony range
that takes up one entire end, provided
with grills, and everything needed in the
cooking line. There is also large steam
table to keep meats and vegetables hot,
and where all the meats are carved, great
shining urns for the coffee, tea, and CO.
Goa, immense soup stock kettles, large
new style pastry oven for the cake and
pastry, far removed from the other
ranges and stoves, and Hall refrigera-
tor, supplied from the immense refriger-
ator room on the first floor opposite the
freight elevator. There is also a large
pantry for the pastry cook, and a
with the very best imported Haivland
ware. Opposite the main dining hall is
Il jolly little dining room that can accom-
modate some fourteen people comforta-
bly,. The other rooms on this story are
the living rooms for the hotel service.
The rooms on the different hotel
| floors are all alike; that is the rooms on
| one floor, correspond to those on the
next. There is not poor or ill lighted
room in the house. Some of them have
| that rare possession. a good big closet.
All of them are sunny and those in the
upper stories have beautiful views. Zach
| is provided with a handsome Brussels
carpet. the wall papers ale pretty, the
bedsteads are all brass topped, iron bed
nishings are of the best The hair mat
tresses were all made in the house, and
the blankets are all twelve quarter blan-
kets. The springs on the beds are Of the
| best.
The parlors are on the first hotel floor,
and are three in number. They are very
handsome. The walls are decorated in
robins egg blue with tinted ceilings, and
the yich Wilton carpets harmonize with
the wall coloring, having brown figures
on blue ground. Handsome lace cur
tains adorn the windows. All the halls
and stairoases are furnished with rich
Wilton carpets.
| The painting and decorations of the
parlors as well as the dining hall was
by Haberstroh Of Boston. The masonry
Of the new house was done by Jeremiah
Floyd, the carpenter work by BRETT, the
painting by Owen, the gas nxtures by
Hollins & Co., of Boston, the carpets
from Lowell parties, the furniture from
Boston nufacturers, the plumbing by
George Pierce, and the steam heating by
Walworth Manufacturing company.
The hotel will be opened to the public
tomorrow, Thursday afternoon. Therd
will be no special opening. The house
will be ready to receive guests. Mr.
Stearns, the manager, has gained an en-
viable reputation as the last proprietor o
the Bangor Exchange, and will doub btless
make the new house very popular. he
Will have as his clerks, Messrs. Z. G.
Smith, A. W. Chaffee, and y. T. Ellis
Mrs. Lawrence will be housekeeper. Mr.
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