Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-05

Worlznen are making rapid head way with improvements at the Copper Queen Hotel which will, about the last of October. give to Bisbee a hos telry second in it's appointments to none in the Southwest
 The principal wcrF now in progress is on the ground floor ia the rear of the offices occupied by Frank Graf. the old Postal office and the Water Co. offices All partitions have been removed in the big building back of these offices, and the work of trans forming the large space secured into a splendid lobby and hotel office is going ahead.
 Entrance to the office will be through a wide hallway. entered from the street by a large V-shaped semi vestibule at the front of which hand some pillars are to be erected. These and other improvements will much enhance the appearance of the front of the building. In the lobby a well of opaque glass will furnish a mellow light. Both the office proper and the lobby will be finished in oak. The floors will be of tile. The latter will also be put in the hallway, where the E wainscoting will also be of handsome tile design.
 In the lobby there will be forty-two antique oak chairs. The order plac- ed for these calls for the very finest product that the manufacturer can turn out for comfort, substantiabilitv and elegance. Price is not mentioned. Turkish rugs will be put in the center r,c4 q 4T... 1ag an.
 be luxurious rocking chairs. Against the rear wall of the lobby writing desks will have their place. From the end of the office desk there will be passageways leading to the check room and the bar room. These latter will be located fn the rear of the Graf and Water Co. offices. and will take up portion of the space now occu- 1 pied by them. Leading from near the entrance doors to the office will be | the stairway to the upper floors of the i hotel. This stairway is a substantial oak structure with large pillars at the foot.
 The new dining room will extend nearly he full length of the building. occupying the entire space now held by the Bisbea Improvement Co. offices and the large space at the rear of thes that has been heretofore used by the hotel for storage purposes. The din ing room will have entrance from both the front of the hotel building and from the office. The decorators art is to be liberally availed of in the large room that will be opened and the furnishings will be al that good taste could recommend. The kitchen will remain on the second floor, where it is now. This will assure that the dining hall will be free from any odor whatever that might arise in the kitch- l en. Outside the building a covered runway will be built which will con- l meet the dining room and the kitchen ! and make easy communication be- i tween the two by walters.
 On the second floor alterations VII hegin immediately the work on the first floor is finished. It is expect l ed that the office there will be avail 1, able about the first of next month. 1 The changes on the second floor will | give fifteen additional rooms, each ad- | jacent to Q bath. The space now oc- | cupied by the office and lobby will be l transformed into a connexions ladies' ! parior f much elegance. Tho new rooms will be secured about this par l Tor. The stairway to the third floor wlll rsTan in it's present position. ] The stairway now used from the frs flcOT VII be clcsed. The space it ! takes CT the first N3or will be made l. into an office room which will proba- | ply be occupied by a curio collection I a3d a public 'stenographer. On the | CUtsi6e of the vestibuie another room ! will be provided in which there will 1 probably be a branch telegraph office |
 Speaking CT the improvements be- ing made. Manager Rouser said yes terday that not the least thought in their connection was 10 provide in the hotel a place where Bisbee people ! could gather and enjoy all the luxu- ries they might obtain at the best ho- tels in the country. The accommOda- ton of transient trade and visitors to the city is not overlooked, but at bot | tom the making of inc Copper Queen | into the splendidly equipped hotel it shortly will be is Tn reality to give | to the people of Bisbee another cause I for pride in their town and a place | where they may assemble either to | pass leisure hours or to entertain | guests with feeling that the place is l one in which they are wholly wei | come and in which they may justly feel pride.