The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-27

Art club, on the other side of the new
hotel.
A modern hotel of the first class in
all respects Will be the Be1levue-Strat-
ford. George G. Boldt, it's builder,
originated the modern hotel when,
In 1898, he erected the Waldorf in
New York. Such a structure as the
Waldorf had never before been seen,
and since 1898 all new hotel build
ings, to be -frst-rate, have had to fol-
low the Waldorf's lines.
These lines, briefly, comprise sky
scraping and stupendous structure of
steel and stone, with 1000 rooms or
m ore, with self-stoking furnaces burn
ing about 100 tons of coal a day, with
dynamos supplying $4,000 electric
lights, with kitchen employing from
fifty to seventy-five cooks and with a
more than the number Of the guests.
Hotel Will Cost Over S3,O0O,0O0.
Upon these lines, which Mr.. Boldt
originated, the Bellevue-Stratford is
advancing slowly toward completion.
1t will have cost in the end more than
ss,ooo,o00- It's rooms will number
1000. It's height will be 275 feet. It's
woodwork, except where unusual
magnificence Is desired, will be of ma
hogany. An immense ballroom, a the
alter, a palm garden and a grill room
intended principally for the serving
Of business mems luncheon-Will be
features Of the hotel.
The architecture of the building is
in the modern French style. The ma
ter1al is limestone. and the structures
great height Is broken and relieved
with a free use Of characterization. The
entrance is on Broad street, and the
approach to the entrance will be
sheltered by canopies of glass and
iron. The entrance corridor will be
eighty feet long, and on either side
Of it there will be many small reading
end will be the principal dining-room
a cafe, and at the west end palm
garden will display many rare plants
The ballroom will be on the next
floor, just above the palm garden, it
will be decorated in the palest colors,
and it Will have a balcony, boxes and
a stare, with numerous sets of scenery
form this large room into a theater.
Every bedroom will have it's tele-
phone, and the bathrooms will be
many. The ode luxe" suites will be,
first. the presidents suite" and, sec
ond, the governors suite" No ex-
pense will be spared to make these
unparalleled degree
Wonders of the Modern Hotel.
An Idea of the magnificence that
will mark the Bellevue-Stratford may
be gained by a glance at facts about
hotels in New York. Nothing like
them Is to be found anywhere else
in the world. These hotels, In their
vastness and their luxury and their
almost absurd manificence, owe their
existence to Mr.. Holdt, for not till he
erected the Waldorf had New York
any idea Of the modern hotel OF to-
day. Take one of the most costly of
these hotels-a typical one, on Long
Acre square. Its walls are so strong
as to be capable of supporting five
times the weight they are called on
to sustain. Every detail of the build
ing Is fireproof. and, as an additional
protection. there are an automatic fire
detector service and a unique device
whereby the doors turnout the build
ing are SO connected with the main
office that the clerk there can close
them all by the mere turning of a
lever.
In this typical modern hotel there
are Japanese rooms, Filipino gall
1ery, Chinese and East Indian tea
rooms and a Siamese lounging-room.
The ballroom and banquet hall, which
open into one another, are capable Of
ment there are wine vaults and grill
rooms decorated in the manner Of the
North American Indians.
Another typical hotel has kitchen
that cost $4,000 It's walls are Of
glass and Its roof and floor Of vitri-
fed tiles. The cooking utensils are
Of German silver, and all the coun-
tiers and tables are made Of white mar
BILE. The refrigerating plant, which
cost $4,000, is lined with glass and
porcelain, and it's shelves are of Ger
man silver. A carafe of water set
on one of these shelves may be frozen
in a few minutes. The plumbing of
this hotel is of German silver, In the
main, and it alone cost 100000. A
broom is never to be seen here, all
the sweeping is done by suction.
The largest modern hotel contains
$500 rooms. There are 200 miles Of
piping concealed within it's walls and
under it's floors. 1t has $4,000 cleo
trio lights, a grocery, a butcher shop
and a milk depot. In it's cellar there
is soon to be built swimming pool
100 feet long and 80 feet wide.
In hotels like these-and the Belle
vue-Stratford Is to be like thern-it
is possible to live for $40 or. there
abouts week, and for ST 600 or more,
according to the manner Of the living.
There is preacher in Emporia Kan. who is
probably listening sharply for call now. He