Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-03-01
HOTEL AlVARADO.
The Handsome Railway HoteI Near
ing Completion,
THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM.

Hotel Alvarado is almost completed.
j. T.. seaman. of the Seaman Electric
company. OF Chicago Is putting in the
last of the lights. and the finishing
touches ON the iutroControvcrsy tcle.
phone system This system Is designed
and made especially for lIotc' Alvar-
ado. II consists OF ten phones. one in
each department of the hotel and sur
rounding building Each phone has
communication with an OF the others.
The hotel is also supplied with mod.
ofn automatic electric combination
turn call and fire alarm system. In
each room is 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 some
thing grand 80 time or expense Is
spared 10 make ,ao Spanish architec-
tsral effect complete. The dining nall,
which is the largest room in the build
ing is located In tho west wing and o.
strictly Spanish style. The ceiling Is
very low with large black oak raftcrs.
showing against tnu white background.
n is lighted with spluuty-tWo sta.ac-
lite upalvsCcnt lights five large cloc.
crclicrs OF eight lights each and six
teen brackets of two lights each Tho
mounting ar In 81 room is antique brass.
The lobby which Is separated from
the dining room ly g. short corridor.
is iH thu northwest part Of the build
ing. is lighted hy eight bracket electro
l.crs of three lights each. Each light
is shaded by an opaIcscunt globe on
the north of the lobby are the parlurs.
one is for ladies' and enc general par
Tor. The aides parlOr Us lighted 10y an
olcctruiior, containing eleven opalestic
iuC3ndysCeuts, which are very hcauti-
full. The general parlor is supplied
with cluster OF i've lights similar To
those In the ladies' parIor. Above the
Office in the lobby. is arranged band
stand. whore. when the hotel Is OcCu-
pied an orchestra will play during the
evening I'm the east wing is located
the "a Don and tor~Orial parlors. The
barruum without doubt iS one OF the
most elaborate iu the west Tho bar is
located ON the north side of the room
and IL without "a mirror The lower
part of the bar is of black oak and the
top Is polished mahogany Back ot
IT, above the glass shelf. are two oil
paintings, both of German style On
the south side of the room along the
wall are arranged seats in old fashion
ed inn style Tine room O. lighted by
foJr clusters of six opa este globe
lights each.
The kitchen Is ON ,uc extreme south
end of the hui ding and is lighted by
fifteen incandcsOont lights with porce.
lain shades
East of the kitchen and south of the
plaza is the luuch room This room is
lighted boy a single lemon brass electro
iior Of ten iucandosCCuts.
On the east of the plaza facing the
west Is the kiask This room is about
sixty feet long and twenty feet wide.
and is lighted by sixty ucaudD-cents
placed on Bower Barb finished brack
cts
The hotel ycranda is also lighted by
iucandcscen;s on brackets OF the same
finish
with the exception OF tho lobby. all
the arEp rooms on the lower door
front on the plaza The plaza is sur
rounded boy walks and in the center j.
q fountain
very remarkable feature about the
hotel is the refrigerator room The
ice boxes in this room are lighted with
water proof incandcsCents that light
automatically with the opening OF the
door
There H. also laundry and butch
cr 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 oh
seryatorJ, or roof garden. and from
here a fine view of the mountains can
Doe obtained
Mr. Seaman says that the entire
lighting system OF iIote. Alyarado con
stitutos close on 10 500 lights. and IS q
very expensive system for a building
Of its size, the cost being about 81 1000