Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-31
SEE HOTEL
Between 5000 and 10, 900 PEG.
pie at Opening of the
Harms.
BUILDING COMPLETE COSTS 100000
Interior Appointments Are OF the
Finest-Working
Force.

: The new Hotel Harms was VISITED
) between 4 p. m. and midnight yester-
day by number of people variously
} estimated at from 5000 to 10000.
many coming from Moline and Daven-
! port. During that time Il steady
lstream of humanity poured in and out
} examining the hosiery in every nook
and Granny from the boiler room in
) the basement to the servants quar-
tiers on the fifth floor. On every hand
Expressions of surprise and a,lmira-
ton were heard.
The public had good reason for be-
ing pleased. for in addition to the lux
urious completeness of the establish
ment in all departments the manage
ment had spared no pains to afford
everyone a chance to see all there
was TO be seen To the best advantage.
[ ourteous employees in uniform were
stationed here and there ready TO
wait upon the visitors and answer in
lquiries, and in the evening the entire
mousse was brilliantly lighted. Supper
was the first meal served. and from
that time the register was open to
guests.
AS is generally known. the house is
to be conducted upon the European
plan. and everything is arranged with
that end in view. There are no large
corridors nor are the dining rooms as
roomy as those in hotels conducted
on the American plan. The lower
floors are necessarily somewhat in
tricately arranged, but the opportuni-
~ for variety is taken advantage of
and the effect is fine.
Total Cost
The total cost of the building fully
equipped has been about $4,000. In
the first place it was planned as a
four-story structure. but after work
upon ii had been begun MIR. Harms
decided that more room was needed
to- meet the needs of the business and
he accordingly arranged for the adj
dition of fifth story. The erection
of the building was begun II months
ago. and under ordinary circum-
stances it would have been opened to !
the public three months ago. The |
difficulty experienced in getting ma |
terial caused delays such as have |
been common i'm the erection of every |
large building of the kind during the |
past two years.
The hotel covers a lot at the corner
of Eighteenth street and First avenue
9S by 60 feet in area. 1t is built of |
buff pressed brick with raindrop sand
stone base and Bedford stone trim
mings. The roof is tile. The exterior
is most imposing and the location is
such that a clear view of it is afford
ed from the river and it will attract
much attention as a landmark.
Main Entrance.
The main entrance is on Eighteenth
street and ems into the main CORR
dor. Here is the clerks desk with ell
evator and stairway at the south and
a hallway leading to the grill and bar
rooms at the north. In the southeast |
corner is the tonsorial department and
north of it is reading and CORE
spondence room. The culinary de-
partment is in the southwest corner. l.
with the grill room
through a pantry and with the ladies'
dining room on the second floor above
the grill room by dumb walters. The
finish on the first story is elegant.
The floors are tile and the wainscot-
ing and stairways are of brown mar
BILE The wood work is of oak and
walnut and decorative effects are ar
ranged wherever possible without in
terfering with utility.
The barroom is one of the finest in
the west It's general plan is copied
after that of an old.German tap room,
but it is modernized and greatly elab-
grated upon. There is north en-
trance TO the grill room and north
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