Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-05-06

Trims are represented in these exhibits. |
These are the Diamond State Iron Co. |
and j. L. Rhoads & Sons. Both dis.
plays are we'll arranged and ad Join one
another a short distance from the ele-
vator exit.
Away up in the eighth story and on
the Fifth street end of the building is
the famous Bourse restaurant. Every.
thing is luxurious and elegant. Every
thing is the very best that money can
provide. Here dine the representative
business men OF Philadelphia and il
there is place in that city better
suited to their taste they have not yet
discovered it. The writer was fortunate
enough to be able to see the other end
OF this reetaurapt-the end where tine
average man never thinks Of entering.
That is the kitchen where the cooking
is done. There is just as much order
there as there is 10 the dining room.
Every man is at his post, and every
man has a post to be at 1t is proha.
bly, the best conducted cooking room to
he found in Philadelphia. In addition
to the dining room which the men gen.
orally patToni2e there ia another equally
elegant on the south side of the build.
ing usually patronized by ladies and
gentlemen or small parties. There are
also number OF private dining rooms.
| To reach this restaurant from the
ground floor there is what is called the
express elevator which does not stop
] between the first floor and the eighth.
In the basement on the Fourth street
end, which basement by the way, is
but a few feet below the street level,
the visitor will find the Bourse cafe. 1t
10 noted for its excellent service and
the delicious viands which are served
| therein. Tho barber shop close by ia
one of the finest in the city and there
are none superior in its general ap.
| pointments.
There are many things which will
attract the attention of the visitor to
the Bourse, and the perfect system in
the management of the great building,
the result of which is manifest every
whore, is one of the most noticeable.
As an Office building the Bourse has
been pronounced by experts as one of
the finest in the country. The we'll, 40
feet in width and 232 feet long, which
extends down the centre, is open at the
top and the white walls make the in
side Offices as light and as well yenti-
lated as those on the outside.
There will shortly be hung at the
head of the gallery on the second floor
painting of the 100 charter members
of the Bourse. II 10 by Carl Becker, an
artist of recognized ability, and in this
work. which was begun over year
ago, Mr.. Becker has shown rare skill,
The likenesses are remarkable and the
manner in which the work has been
executed has called forth much praise
from those who have seen it. The
finishing touches are now being nut on
in the artists studio on the seventh
floor and when finally placed in posi-.
tion the picture will make valuable
, addition TO the many elegant works OF
, art which the Bourse already possesses.
Among these, by the way, is the mag
niticent picture Of the Paris Bourse,
which was presented to John Wanna
maker few years ago.
This article would not be complete
! without mention of the men at the
/ head of this great institution, for the
SUCCESS or failure of any enterprise de.
ponds in great measure upon those
; who manage it. Emil p. Alhrecht, the
| general manager of the PHILADELPHIA
Bourse. is still young man, hui
| possessed of an executive ability which
5 is remarkable. The heads of tho differ,
. emit departments have found in Mr..
5 Albrecht not only careful and able
, manager but friend and adviser az
we'll, and probably one of the best testi
monials which can he paid lin is tina,
/ he has the absolute confidence and re-
spect of the vast number of the en-.
{ ployes of the Bourse building. George
L. Bartol, the president, is also
: Young man, but in no way lacking il
= any of the qualities necessary in one o.
Q his position. IA has been stated Mr.
D l5artol first conceived the idea OF tht
Bourse for Philsdalphia, and he hal
I seen it carried, iaside Of few years