The Newtown bee., 1903-05-22

any, filled in the over-hanging finish with cut plate glass mirrors, having large plated columns at each end, with heavily carved capitals, giving them a grand, beautiful effect. In front of the counter is a nicely polished mar ble rail, with brass foot rail and cut glass mirrors for panels. The back bar is backed up with large plate mirrors and taking all the mirrors, presents to | the eye an elegant appearance. The 1 front of both office and cafe is well | lighted by large plate glass and the entrance is through large plate-glass doors. The main hall is eight feet wide and 65 feet deep, and one passes from the office up nice flight of stairs leading to the left into large, con- modious dining room, capable of sea t.
 ing l5O guests. The room is finished in cypress, stained antique oak, with | fine metal ceiling. tile effect down to the wainscoting, which is four and one half feet high of marbleiZed metal Knoxville (Tenn.) marble effect. Be- tween the dining room and kitchen, on the right, is nice carving room, con- meeting with kitchen and dining room. The large and connections kitchen is | filled up with all the modern appli- ances for cooking, washing, etc. Back of the office is large check room for coats, satchelS and other articles for | IT., ~f l,sc ;,
 fine gentlemen's toilet room, finished up in polished marble and the best of plumbing fixtures. The second floor has large hall, same width as the hall on the first floor, and the entire length
 from front to rear, a nice staircase over the others reaching to the third floor hall, which runs through the whole length of the house. The public parlOrs are on the second floor; also the parlor and suite of rooms of the pro- prietor, MT Pixley. Both second and third stories are nicely divided into rooms for guests with clothes closets for each. Five rooms have private bath rooms, besides the public toilet and bath rooms on each floor, and all are nicely fitted up with the best i'm proved sanitary plumbing fixtures. The wood trim, doors and transoms, are or whitewood, nicely fitted and
 vanished. Castings nicely, moulded, give neat effect. All the wood work have stained borders, vanished, and as the rooms all have nice rugs it makes a very neat, pleasant effect. In front of the second floor hall there is a bal cony, with plate glass doors leading to the same. At the rear of the halls iron fire escapes have been put on out side of the building, accessible from the halls D. B. Soule, the genial and popular builder, made the floor plans with MT Pixley's suggestions, and all parts of the building are after Mir Soule's designs. MT Soule had the throughout as MT Bennitt, the owner, employed him for that purpose. He most certainly did not restrict MI Soule in building the hotel and de-
 ocl FCo HULL CICulU III udf fluS 0uClI q nice, commodious hotel property. MI Powers of New Milford did the plumb
 ing, Penny & Day the laying of the stone, brick and plastering, and Tay
 Tor & Burdick the wood finishing. The
 Brooklyn Metal Ceiling Go. furnished
 the metal ceiling. The large bulk Q
 the material for the hotel was bought direct from the mills and other place by MT Bennitt and D. B. Soule. Man. of the readers of THE BEE have seer
 the external parts of the building ant can have the opportunity of looking i over on the inside on Thursday even
 ing, May 2S, as the formal opening vii ' be held then. They will see fine fur :. niture of modern style, in all of tn U guest rooms and public parlor an other parts of the hotel. MT and MI :, n G. F. Pixley are to be congratulate V on the good taste shown in furniShin U the hotel. It is without doubt one ( ' the most attractive and up-to-dat :, hotels on the line of the New Tor and New Haven road.