The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-28

fnor ard ceilings are tiled A master
engineer. With three hands, viii con-
stitute the force employed TO run the
mechanism below ground
In The cellar proper Is the connect
ing link between the furnace and the
registers and radiators above OnIy
the mechanical mind can grasp the
why's and wiersfoTes Of the network
% machinery that here sboands in
every direction On this Hoor every
thing in sight IS tiled The vine cell
lar has It's terra Gotta walls honey
combed with small openings. each
large enough TO hold one bottle. The
laundry and ironing room are situated
In q corner Of the cellar, and the
drying room IS also there These
rooms are all small
Another fight up leads 10 the base
ment proper Here is the kitchen. the
pastry kitchen. the housekeeper' 5
private apartment and offiee. linen
closet boot room brush room. ser
wants dining room. and the stewards
Office with IT'S window looking out
upon the servants entrance. so that
he may know of the comings and
goings of the world below stairs.
Again. the walls. ceilings and floors
are tiled On this floor also is the
telephone central of the Carnegie
mansion There are twenty tele-
phones in the house in place of tubes
All electric wires in the house are
inclosed in iron pipes. and the unlaid
floors at the present time reveal the
mechanism employed in this parti-
cular Everything in the building is
fire proof, as far as il is constructed
up to the present time The kitchen.
il is said. viii be the most perfect in
every detail of any that has ever been
built.
One fight up from the basement
brings one on level with the car
riage drive. In this hall are to be
wonders magnified and ,unwritten. Mr..
Carnegie has given orders that the
wood carving shall be the most or
nate that is procurable. At the right
Of the front door is the room where
the people who call on official bust
ness are 20 be received. At the left
is the place where the organ will
stand. II is said in regard to this
organ that the manufacturers have
proved themselves so grasping as
to space that the architects recon-
mend that in future when a house is
to be supplied with church organ.
the organ be built first and the house
built around it. The organ is to cost
$4,000.
On this floor are the usual rooms
the drawing groom, the library. Mr..
Carnegie's private library and den,
and the grand picture gallery, which
is also the billiard-room. and which
is two stories high. with a skylight
overhead. There is the dining-room,
the breakfast-room and the hall itself,
which is the MUSHROOM. Only the
experienced and imaginative can pic
ture these apartments when supplied
with all that art can devise. But
this is all a secret at present.
From the arrangement of the rooms
on the second floor it is evident that
the house has been designed to meet
the requirements of the family of the
owner. for the entire floor is devoted
TO the use of three persons. The win
dows of Mr.. and Mrs. Carnegie's pri-
vate apartments overlook Central
park. the drive and the reservoir
lake. This is like view into a pri-
vate park. In the southwest corner
is an enormous double room-the
bedroom-and from it toward the
north opens Mr.. Carnegie's dressing
room. and opening from that his pri-
vate bathroom. From the other side
Of fbo 1ouhIa had broom, ic Mrs Coz
negie's dressing-room. and from that
opens her private bathroom. The
other rooms on the floor are the day
nusery for little Miss Carnegie.
large, sunshiny room overlooking the
private grounds; the night nursery.
the private bathroom. the nurses pri-
vate sitting-room, and, last, the pri-
vate pantry. where the child's food
may be prepared in case of emergen-
cy. There is a passenger elevator
which runs from the parlor floor to
the third floor only. and the servants
elevator. which runs from the cellas
to the top floor. where are the ser
wants quarters. The third floor con
tains the guest rooms and is arranged
to accommodate a large house party
when occasion requires. The apart
ments of Mrs. Carnegie's sister, who
is member of the family. are on the
third floor
Mr.. Carnegie has given insruc-
tions that the most elaborate wood
work in the house be placed in his
own and his wife's private apart
mentS.
At present the stone coping that is
to support the iron fence is being
laid. At intervals of twenty feet
stone columns will add decorative and
value to the wrought iron
of the fence. which is to be ten feet
high
Many people are disappointed in
the plainness of the house. but. as it
is. Mr.. Carnegie has pronounced IT
too fancy" to suit him. It viii be