Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-25

| TOOh hOOMO AIDED - III
| MANAGEMENT AND OFFICE
FORCE.
To-day at noon, the Mcclure House,
enlarged, remodelled and improved IN
| every respect, will be re-opened for the
public, after being closed for several
months. 1t will be under the manage
ment of Messrs. Harry and Bernie Nc
Lure, who purchased the lease from
Thompson &Brown, in order to make
| the changes upon which big force Of
months, involing an expenditure of half
a hundred thousand dollars in round
| figures.
When the handsome new door on
Market street swings open to-day, Mr..
Frank Carenbauer will be behind the
desk in the capacity Of chief clerk. Mr..
| Carenbauer was connected with the
hotel under former management, re-
signing his position to accept similar
place in a hotel at Cambridge Springs,
| Pa. He will be assisted by Mr.. Harry
Corliss, who comes from the Hotel
Watson, at Fairmont. Mr. w. T. Nc
Kelvey will look after the guests at
night. All the bell boys will be color
ed, and will wear natty uniforms.
When the hotel was closed, it was
badly in need of repairs. The con-
tractors have wrought a complete
transformation, making of the old
building a modern hotel structure,
with all up-to-date conveniences. The
most important improvement is the ad-
dition of another story, giving 43 more
rooms. 1t is now a six-story building,
containing 173 rooms, of which about 10
will be occupied by employees of the
hotel. The architectural beauty of the
exterior of the building has been much
improved, and the entire front has re-
ceived coat of paint. The main en-
| trance on Market street is a door of
massive and ornamental design.
The architects who prepared the
drawings for remodelling the structure
were Franzheim, Giesey & Faris. The
contractors for the new work were Hol-
liday & Hallock, and they received a
bonus Of $500 for completing it within
the specified time. The new story
contains number of large sample
rooms, we'll lighted and ventilated, and
a number of guest rooms.
The office and lobby are notably
handsome, and the fittings represent
an expenditure of large sum of mon
! ey. The lobby is of solid marble from
! the floor to the balcony, and the orna-
mental stairway is also OF white mar
BILE. The balcony is new, with an or
namental bronze railway. The desk is
constructed in accordance with the
most improved ideas, with a view to
convenience for clerks and guests. The
ceiling was frescoed by Van Tyne &
Lipphart. This firm had the entire
contract for the decorations, and the
work was superintendent by Mr.. Van
! Tyne.
The bar is the handsomest in the
city. There is no mirror, and the de-
sign is after the old German style. The
fittings are handsome and costly.
The plumbing was all done by
| Trimble e Lutz the contract being one
of the largest ever awarded in Wheel
ing. All the lavatories, closets and
bath rooms are new. There are A
rooms in the building with bath. The
house will be entirely heated with
steam, under the Webster system. The
new electric bell system has fire alarm
call connected. The house will be
lighted by electricity, all the illuminat-
ing gas pipes having been removed
from the building. The plant includes
! two 65-horsepower engines, two $50
! light dynamos, and two S0-horsepower
boilers. The contractor for the general
| painting was D. c. Kurner, and for the
galvanized iron work D. H. Bayha.
The Kitchen is entirely new, with all
its utensils. 1t has cement floor and
wainscoting. The head chef and head
baker came from Cincinnati. A new
cement pavement is also to be placed
around the building on the Market and
Twelfth street sides.
The decoration of the ladies' parIor
is very elaborate. 1t is after the
LOUIS XVI style, with new furniture
to match The decorations in the din
ing room are of Flemish design, and
the tables and chairs are dark in color.
All the rooms in the house have been
entirely refurnished. The beds are
iron and brass, secured through House
& Hermann The forty pound hair
mattresses and box springs were fur
nished by the Wheeling Mattress Com
pany The linens and bed quilting
were all bought through local firms.
The carpets were furnished by David
C. Beggs & Co., of Columbus.
The new Mcclure will be opened to-
! day, and il a hotel Of which the people
of Wheeling and of West Virginia may