The Topeka state journal., 1902-03-04
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe to Call New Hotel
SsThe Alyarado."
Wonderful EthnOlOgicaIMuseum
as a Side Attraction.
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
House Has an IntrOcOntrOVersy
Telephone System.
Also Has Most Elaborate Bar
room i'm the West.

The name of the new hotel when the
Santa Fe railway has just completed al
-AIbuuueruue is to be The AlvaradO-
Some time ago the State Journal print
ed the picture of the hotel as II VIII look
when completed Within snort uIne
the immense new building Will be ready
TO receive guests
Vice President Paul Morton, while ir
Albuquerque q few days ago, visited the
Alvarado and pronounced II one OF the
most sumptuous public buildings he
ever saw
It is now proposed by the Santa Fe
and the Harvey House proprietorS. %
install an adjunct to the hotel the
most extensive chronological and arch
geological museum in the country The
museum Will not be owned by the santa
F'e. but will be the property OF the Har-
vey company.
During the past two or three years
the passenger department of the Santa
Fe has given particular attention to the
indian features Of the line This road
- the great artery east and west
through Arizona and New Mexico and
the districts through which it operate
are rich in Indian and Mexican subjects
of study in ethnoiOgy- The santa Re
and the Harvey company have gradual
" gathered thousands of relics and cur
los connected with the life, customs and
environment Of the Indians and Mexi-
cans and tribes OF questionable origin
and breed that had their homes in New
Mexico and Arizona before the white
man invaded that section of the United
States
The Albuquerque Daily Citizen in a
recent issue gives an interesting ae.-
count of the electric appliances which
are being placed in the hotel It says
that J E Seaman, OF the Seaman Elec-
trio company. of Chicago, is putting in
the last OF the lights. and the finishing
touches on the introcOntroverSy uele-
phone system This system Is designed
and made especially for Hotel Alvarado-
1t consists of ten phones. one in each
department Of the hotel and surrounding
building Each phChe has communica-
cation with all Of the others. The hotel
is also supplied With a modern auto
matte electric combination turn call and
fire alarm system In each room IS a
call station and fire alarm bell The
clerk. by pressing a button on the side
of the Indicator. can warn every guest
in the house Of a fire
The lighting of the building is something
grand No time or expense is spared 10
make the Spanish architectural effect
complete The dining hall. which is the
the west wing and is strictly Spanish
style. The ceiling is very low. with large
white Background It is lighted with =
stalaetite oDalescent lights. five large cleo
cts of two lights each. The mounting in
this room is antique brass
The lobby, which Is separated from the
dining room by a short corridor, is in the
northwest part of the building is lighted
each Each light is shaded by an opales-
cent glabe- On the north Of the lobby are
eraA parior Inc LADIES' parlor IS lighted
by an electrolier. containing eleven opal
riful The general parlor is supplied with
a cluster of five lights similar to those in /
lobby is arranged a bandStand. where
when the hotel is occupied. an orchestra !
wing is located the saloon and tonsoriaI !
parlors. The barroom without a doubt is /
The bar is located on the north side of /
the room and is without a mirror The !
lower part of the bar is of black oak and /
the top is polished mahogany Back of /
II. above the glass shelf, are two oil /
south SIDE or the room along the wall are /
arranged seats IN old fashioned inn style. |
The room is lighted by four clusters of (
six opalestfc globe lights each
The kitchen IS on the extreme south /
incandescent lights with porcelain shades /
East of the kitchen and south of the !
lighted by a single lemon brass electro
lier Of ten fncandescents-
west is the kiask This room Is about - /
feet long and % feet wide, and is lighted /
Barb finished brackets.
The hotel veranda is also lighted by in !
candescents On brackets Of the same !
With the exception of the lobby all the |
large rooms on the lower floor front OH {
walks and in the center is a fountain
tel is the refrieerator room The Ice hareg /
in this room are lighted with water proof !
lAtaA Al7AI automatically !
with the opening of the door
There is also a laundry and a butcher !
shop, private dining rooms in every part /
of the building
Up stairs on the second and third floors /
are the bed rooms and bath.
On top of the hotel. between the four /
Spanish architectural spires IS an obsery- |
arOry- or roof garden and from here a 4
fine view Of the mountains can be OBJ I
tanned.
Mr. Seaman says that the entire light
ing system OF Hotel AIvarado constitutes |
close on 10 AD lights and is very ex- /
pensfve system for a building of its size
the cost being about 5000