The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-14

OF the country's finest hostelries. and has
served in the capacity of manager of fine
hotels In various parts of the country. has
given his advice in the preparation OF the
plans of the T. P. A. hotel. of which he
is to be the general superintendent.
The hotel will be 800 feet long and 400
feet wide, and will front on Oakland bou-
levard. the thoroughfare which runs along
the south side of the Worlds Fair grounds.
1t will be four stories high. and will be
erected on an eminence which gives the
advantage of a clear view from the roof or
windows of the upper stories of the inte-
rior of the Worlds Fair grounds. 1t will
extend back to Berthold avenue, and the
kitchen and the dining-room, the latter 20
be constructed after the plans of a great
pavilion. will be separate from the dormi-
tory portion Of the hosiery. 1t will have
a large roof garden. and the grounds sur
rounding 1t will be beautified by land
scape garden.
WILL BE SHAPED
LIKE A FAN.
The unique feature Of the construction Of
the mammoth hotel is that the building Will
not be constructed In one solid mass but
will be built in the shape of a fan. From a
mammoth main structure 400 feet wide. will
extend f1ve wings, one in the center running
pSrpendiculariy to the main building and
the others shooting off at angles. This as
sures sunlight in every room at some time
OF the day. as well as plenty OF air at all
times. as the projections will extend to the
south. giving the much-mOoted southern ex-
posure.
The hotel will contain 1900 separate rooms.
and II necessary two beds will be placed in
each room. This arrangement of the build
ing also assures greater protection in the
event OF fire. which Is not at all probable.
as there will be no fire within the structure
and the entire building will be erected from
noncombustible material. A large veranda
overlooking the fair grounds will be feat
ure and the rotunda of the building will IN
clude everything contained by any first
class hostelry.
That guests at the T. P. A. Hotel will be
plentiful is assured by the idea of the CON-
pany, which is to conduct the great hos
telry on what they term the Reservation
plan" By the reservation plap according
TO their explanation, they mean, in sub
stance, this:
Every wholesale house in St Louis will
purchase a number of tickets, each of
which will be good for the reservation of
one room on a stated day. Should the guest
want to do so he may arrange to occupy
the room as many days as he desires after
his arrival. These tickets will be distrib-
uted to customers of the firm sending them
out by their travelling men. The hotel will
be run with the idea of charging 81 a day
or more, according to location. for a room.
One of these reservation tickets will en-
title the holder to room for one day, the
them out. 1t Is believed that possession OF
one OF these tickets will be en- extra in
ducement to those into whose hands they
fall to attend the Fair. After receiving
them they will constantly have in their
possession something that will hold their
attention to the Worlds Fair. and to use
an Olu eApreSslOH, make tneiF mouths
water" to attend the greatest Exposition
on earth.
The company will make ARRANGEMENTS to-
day to have one Of the big trust companies
of st. Louis act as trustee for the funds,
and out of the surplus will come a supple
mental fund which will go toward assist
ing the T. r. A. In erecting its building.
which is to be located within the Worlds
Fair grounds.
In raising funds for the Worlds Fair the
T. p. A. was requested to bring in $4,000
Instead. they raised $4,000.