The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-04
THEY WANT BIDS
FOB BUILDING ON MARKET AND
WILLIAM
Cone and CorneIl Will Have Finest
Laundry Plant In Kansas.

Cone & Cornell, proprietors Of the
Kansas Steam Laundry, have Just receiV-
ed from the architects hands the plans,
specifications and drawings Of the eie-
CANT new building which they have been
contemplating building for several
months. The plans were exhibited at
the Eagle office last night and show
building that will, when completed, be a
model of architectural neatness and de-
sign. Messrs. Cone & Cornell are very
anxious TO have the building begun and
completed as soon as possible, and will
receive bids, to be opened at their Of
fee on August 10. After this they will
insist on the contractor who gets the
contract to hasten the work as far as
practicable in order that they may get
into the new building before cold
weather sets in.
The new building will be at the corner
OF Market and William streets, east of
the government building. 1t will have
80 foot front, two stories high, above
basement and will reach from Market
street TO the alley. Besides the two Il
foot stories, the top Will be made to
decorated cornlce work. which will give
the building handsome appearance The
entire front will be offset with large
plate glass window, and there will be
large and handsome windows in the sec
ondI story. above each Of which there will
be a pretty miniature window of decor
ated and colored glass. The William
street front will be almost as handsome
as that Of the main front of the building,
being set with handsome windows and
pretty doorways. The business Office Of
the laundry will be at the southwest cor
ner Of the budding and will be cut off
from the main part OF the lower room by
means OF a glass partition. The ma
chinery will be set at the rear as the
building IS being built, and every ar
rangement will be complete. The entire
basement will be used for the boilers and
rough work.
The second story will be fitted and fur
nished as a lodge room for renting pur-
poses. Mr.. Cone says It will be one Of
the best ventilated and most convent
emily arranged lodge rooms in the state,
and already several lodges have spoken
to him for the renting Of 1t.
Mr.. John ]. Crist is the architect who
has drawn the plans for the building. and
they are said to be the most conveniently
adapted TO the wants of a first class
laundry and other purposes for which
the building is to be used OF anything OF
the kind in the state. Mr.. Cone says II
is the intention to have one Of the finest
laundry plants in the state, IL not west
of the Missouri river.
It is likely that the A o. q. w, who
have so long contemplated building with
Messrs. Cone & Cornell. will commence
the erection Of a lodge room at the same
time the laundry building Is commenced.
They have their plans drawn for their
lodge room, and they have been offered
a good price for the rent Of the lower
room. SO there seems to be nothing in
the way OF their building now that the
other building will be erected. Should
they decide to build at the same time
and Join the Kansas Laundry building.
the new block will be one Of the finest
business blocks in the city.