New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25

the restaurant do not interfere or come in con-
tact with those on their way to the rooms. The
basement contains also a large, we-appointed
bakery. a laundry, and all the machinery requ-
site for lighting. heating and operating the ele
Vators. and a complete ice plant. There is also
a large trunk room. where guests may have
their trunks stored and taken care of, and near
this there is a great space fitted up with lockers
Of various sizes
LOCKERS AND Mushrooms
AS The rooms are too small to admit Of any
thing than bed and chair. each occu-
pant of a room receives key to locker where
he may place his belongings and know that they
safe and well taken Of, and at the same
time accessible at all times The lockers
vary in size, and this part of the build
ing will be found of the greatest con-
veniences to those who patronize it, There are
two Mushrooms on this floor each containing
100 basins. and a number of ranbaths fitted in
the most modern style. Beyond the bath place
is an apartment which shows that men with linn
tied wardrobes will not be unlocked for guests.
This apartment is a Mushroom, where" as the
superintendent of the building explained, the
man who has only shirt may wash it and
where ii will dry while he waits This place is
means of which. together with water and soap
properly applied, men may become transformed
in few minutes and may advance one step
nearer the gody state.
But the most striking feature of the house one
sees after ascending the stairs in the main hall
and when he enters one of the great courts, 80
feet square and 100 feet high Here gains
an idea of the immensely of the building and the
glass floor the glass roof and the walls Of daz
zling Wilderness all mark the perfect cleanliness
and freshness of the house, while the whole style
Of architecture is such to relieve it Of any
thing institutional" This is equally noticeable
in the front Of the building, where the windows
have been so arranged that the good effect is not
lost.
WINDOWS WITHOUT GLASS.
The windows facing the court have a wire
screen instead of glass, because the courts are
heated and the means of ventilation are such
that the open windows give the best results.
Each of the buildings is provided with four great
aspirating nues, each having at the top an cleo
trio fan which exhausts the air from the corri-
doris on each story. These fans are OF sufficient
capacity to change the air in the whole building
every twenty minutes. Mr.. Flagg says that the
building is the most perfectly ventilated struct-
ure in NeW-York.
on the floor above the court and running the
whole length of the Beecker-st. front is series
Of parlors. decorated with ornamental plaster
work and finished in a most artistic manner
This is divided into three parts, the central one
being the library. with smoking and reading
rooms at either end. 1t is the intention or MT.
Mills 20 have these rooms furnished so mat
they will aitrac: the guests in the house and be
a means Of keeping them from the street with
the execution Of these parlOrs and the apart
ments on the lower floor the rest Of the house
is given over To The small rooms. The corridors
leading 10 these rooms are all six feet wide, are
steam hea ted. and the floors are laid III con-
crete making the house absolutely fireproof.
The partitions between the rooms go up TO with
in one foot of the ceiling except in "A few in
stances where the partitions extend to the cell
ing and these rooms are intended for men who
may be i'll and require perfect quiet and privacy.
The partitions between the cubicles, by which
name the little rooms are known, are made or
plaster over wire screens the only WOODWORK
in the house being that used on the doors and
window sashes There no wood trimmings
around the doors
IN THE RESTAURANT
The restaurant is about ninety feet square,
Is feet high and can seat comfortably four hun
drod people No definite plans have been made
is to the charges but it is believed that meals
Of a sood and wholesome character will be fur