The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-08-22

HAS BEEN REMODELLED AND RE
FITTED THROUGHOUT.

Full Description of the Improvements.
When the Falmouth Hotel is opened
once more to the public it will offer Its
patrons many features that no other hotel
in the State of Maine has yet presented.
1t would first be well to mention what
has been done on the part of the Brown
Corporation who are the owners of the
property in the way of remodeliing and
bringing their property up to heigher
standard and better condition than ever.
All the old plumbing has been entirely
overhauled and most of it removed; SO
that nothing remains that would be
detrimental to any new plumbing that
has also been introduced.
Numerous private bath rooms have
been put in on all the floors and the work
is of the very highest grade, it being all
of the opened or exposed type, with best
of nickle- plated trimmings, Italian
marble wash bowls, bath-tubs which are
of the best roll-rimmed porcelain style,
so that the house now offers as large and
finely fitted bathrooms, private and pub.
lie, as any hotel in the country, for some
of the best rooms have been utilized or
taken to make these bath rooms Of, and
all have a perfect ventilation to the out
side air. Even the soil pipes which run
underneath the floors, into which the
plumbing is drained, are all laid in lined
boxes, all of which are drained into a
separate line of pipes SO should there be
any break or burst in the plumbing
PROPER it cannot damage the ceilings or
furniture on the floors below. This latter
feature has been one of large expense,
and has caused somewhat OF the delay In
installing the new plumbing, but helps
to make it equal to any of its kind in any
hotel in the country.
The kitchen, which is one OF the largest
aud finest in the cou ntry, has been
practically rebuilt, and all foored with
brick and cement laid in heavy iron
arches, making it thoroughly fire-proof
and equal to any kitchen in the New
England States.
All the woodwork through the house
has been gone over and made as good as
new. All the plastering, wherever it was
needed, has been taken out and replaced
with new, and the house has been painted
from cellar to garnet.
The steam and water piping, and every
thing attached to the steam and heating
plant, has been thoroughly overhauled
and made equal to new. Two new high
pressure steel boilers are to be put in to
furnish power for the Electric Light
plant.
A new speeded elevator has replaced the
old one, and guests of the house can step
into the elevator ON a level with the lobby
floor, doing away with any stair elm b.
ing, as was the case before the house was
remodelled.
The main floors, corridors, billiard.
room, basement, ETC., have all been wired
for electricity, and the owners have pur-
chased of McKenney & Waterbury, the
we'll known gas and electric firm in Bos-
ton, some of the most beautiful fixtures
made from special design, that could be
selected.
Steam heat was introduced into every
room some two years ago, 1nsurlng
thorough comfort in cold weather for the
occupants of the rooms, and in addition
to this all the fre-places have been over
hauled and made as good as new SO that
should any body desire an open-grate fire
it can be obtained.
What was formerly the old parlor has
been papered and decorated in very good
taste by Loring, Short & Harmon OF
Portland, and will in the future be used
for various purposes, such as dining
room, lunch-room, ladies' card parties,
meetings or receptions.
Room No. 4, Las also been papered by
this firm, and has been fitted up.in pure
Delft effect, which is q new style of fur
nishing hotel room. Rooms No. 5 and
6, which are united by large folding
doors, and are directly over the main
entrance and were formerly used as Sleep
ing-room, have been fitted up in very
elegant manner with beautiful carpets
and draperies, solid Mahogany furniture,
rugs. divans, clocks, and all the appoint
ments generally found in a frst-class
hotel parlor.
The OLD DllllbFQ TOulIl LIDS pccu I6uuCou
to one-half it's former size. Two pool and
two billiard tables have been put in, the
tables to be lighted by electric lights,
and the owners have here had laid an en-
tirely new hard wood floor, making it a
very attractive room for business men to
while away an idle hour or SO.
The rear half of the billiard-room will
be offered to travelling men who want one
of the largest, if not the largest, sample
room in the state.
The front entrance, outside, is lighted
With an electric sign, with tue name OF
the house thereon. The entrance hall
and main lobby is furnished in all over
stuffed leather chairs and lounges and
other furniture in mahogany. In the
lobby proper will also be found news, and
q cigar stand, public telephone booth,
Postal telegraph, all in charge OF two
young ladies, also public stenographer.
The former reading-room has been re-
painted and a new hardwood floor laid.