The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-05
SAN tn RIT A
The New Hotel VIII Be Rushed
to Completion as Rapidly
as Possible
II viii Be One OF the Finest StruCt'
ures OF the Kind In the South
western Country.

! Tucson Is certainly going TO have
the finest hotel In the south
west. and a fair rival of anything on
the Pacific coast. The interior plans
Tor the Santa Rita hotel were COM
pleted by the architects few days ago.
They are most elaborate, and Will re-
quire the very best OF skilled labor 10
put them into execution.
The plans call for much finer and
larger hotel than was at first suspected
by the people of this city. This en-
larf ement Of design and elegance OF
inter or decoration will necessarily call
ior an extra outlay. The cost or the
STRUCTURE is now estimated at $15o.o0o,
instead of 100000, az announced some
months ago.
The building Is arranged in horse
saoe shape, only square. with the front
resting on Scott street and one wing
oa Broadway. 1t will have four floors
besides the basement, and will be
p asttreo on the outside similar TO the
Owls club house on North Maia
lstrcet.
IN The basement of the hotel will bc
the bar. the barber shop and the bill
lard rooms. There viii be capacious
s,Lrarooms also. besides the heating
AMI Lighting appaatus.
rhe main floor will contain eight
store rooms. four on each street. The
En.a:n entrance to the lr,iding viii be
en- scott street. while the ladies' en-
str1Lee has been arranged on Broad
4 way. "A spacious lobby has been de-
Zig ed with tile foo !Iig.@ A veay
or 'age Office, finished In oak. sits in the
batkgre und. Beautiful marble stat
Ways. with artistic wrought iron ban
is.ers, lead from both sf1e, oi the lob
bs 'G the floors above The lobby will
be .,aished In oak A. large dining
! han is laid out on the sosth side OF the
n,sin door. Ii la q roora b5 feet loEg
and 20 feet wide. The cafe, which In
/ 35 feet square. adjoins the dining
room. The walls and ceilings OF both
rooms will be decorated with elaborate
designs and the rooms win be finished
In hard wood. A glass roof will eovei
the lobby in skylIght fashion. 80 thai
? thu interior will be flooded with light
The Santa RIA will contain 10i
rooms. The tail ceilings In the catt
! a1t3 dining room create what Is knows
I'm architecture as a Mezxanine floor
The ladies' parlors and reception
= rooms. besides twelve bedrooms III
! suite, will make up the Mezxanin'
! for. On the second Hoor proper
! there will be forty four apartments
ard on the thid fortyeight. s1
, In every modern hotel the conveni
z anee and eomfort Df .Esaests In para
: mount. and the architncts OF the Sanis
Q Rita have not overlooked this fact II
: lany particular. IN the tlrxf place tber'
e wfil be twenty-six bath rooms In thu
. hnslding or one 10 every four guests
e Each room will have q stationary wasl
= s,and. The hotel will have an electri'
light plant of Its own. and the building
IwiI. re thoroughly wired for lights
Insts ad OF the familiar push buttons,
lcc npIete telephone system win be es
!tahlishee throughout the hnilding. ~
IL guest. by means of the switchboard IL
9 tne once. with thus be able 10 talk from
4 his room to any one In the city havinl
Y o rbone. The hotel WIN also have th'
:; latest heating apparatus. What 4
: known as the low-pressare hot wate
! Isystem will be Installed, making !
Iposs fbls to maintain a. very ever
Temperature In cold weather,
One OF the latest and most improved
Ipatterns OF electric elevators will b
another convenience of the hotel Th'
q safety of guests rs considered In th'
i erection OF three Are escapes on eaci
e side of the building. A beautiful roo
J. garden will also be maintained for tn
y entertainment Of visitors and tourists
= As In generally known. the plans o
: the hotel were drawn by Mr., II.
frost. who Is master OF the art o
larchitecture, and has made specja
study and success OF the classic Moor
o ish design
q Il Is safe to say that the Santa Riti
viii be one OF the most beautiful ant
modern additions which the old puebl'
has enjoyed In years. The plans ar
Eow In the hands OF the contractors
and bids for the different classes o
work are being received.
r. II. Raphael and his associates
who are constructing the Santa Rita
have entered into contract with Gen
eral l.. II. Manning for the leasing }
the premises for term OF ffftee
wears A stock company will be or
ganized in this city with a view I
furnishing the hotel. OF course IL wi
have to be furnished in keeping wit
the elaborate structure. and the cost
estimated at $4,000. MIR. Manning
now corresponding with eastern par
ties with a view to obtaining the bes
hotel man possible to run the new no
tel The Santa Rita Will be complete
by March l. 1908.