The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-03

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John 5kEVAN PEBBLES,
aArchltects for Jefferson II otcl. =
It Is Of interest to every citizen or
2ichmond 10 know that within thirty
DAYS work will have been begun not
only in restoring the Jefferson Hotel, but
in making 1t larger and more beautiful
than It was before the great fire..
Within eleven months fter the con-
tract is signed. possession Will be given
not only TO the finished and furnished
hotel, but TO the Immense auditorium
that is 10 be constructed on the Main
81 Street eide. east of the Jefferson. S5g
s&,The aucstlon OF cost has not been con-
sidercd In planning tne new Jefferson
4 and, in fact, after the plans had pract1-
4 callys been completed. The directors OF the
company decided to add another story
no the building. and this Eas sonrn.1t he
reason or the delay in sendins out inri-a
tations for bids. ,ej
Will Be Ten Stories.
some idea Of the Immense size OF the
buildings will be had, when !; Is known
tina on the Main Street side there viii
be practically ten stories, basement
In which there will be n Rathskeller,
eight floors and a roof garden. The
Rathskcller will not only be as handsome
and complete rs any in America, but
will be exceedingly large, seventy by
thirty-five feet in size. A large stairway
will lead from the office floor to the
X Eathskeler. 5
Above will be the Main Street en-.
Trance lobby and the office, together with
billiard rooms and buffet. The rooms
now used as barber shops VIII be con-
vertcd into small stores.
Over the lobby will be the great dining
room, while at the southwest end will be.
n ,gentlemen',s tlintng-room. IN which
smoking will be permitted.
Two large private dinIng-rooms Will
IN the space at the southeast end OF the
floor.
State Apartments.
On the Jefferson Street side, just behind
balcony overlooking the lobby, there
will be a magnificent suite OF state"
apartments. having their own private
halls, connecting bedrooms, baths and
drawing These few bedrooms are
the only ones on THIS floor. The six
stories above are entirely given UP to
bed and bathrooms except for n large
dining room for nurses and children on
the third floor In the six stories OF the
addition are three hundred bedrooms
and one hundred and slxtytwo private
connecting bathrooms. making with
those in the present building. more than
four hundred bedrooms and two hum
dred bathrooms Every room In the adj
dition is an outside room, for Into the
Main street front a court one hundred
ana twenty-five feet deep has been let!
nbove the d!ning-room floor This FUR
nishes air and light to every bedroom.
Roof Garden and Sun Parlor.
Above the ninth story Is tho roof gar
den with sun parlors at the cast and
en- ptcba wi n al M
walters connecting with the restaurant
in the basement.
THE details OF both exterior and into
rior are most elaborate. the carving on
the pillars being exceedingly beautiful
and the ceilings heing of sunken pane's
With moulded beams
The auditorium will be two stories high,
fronting eighty-nve feet on Main Street
and running back one hundred and ten
feet The architecture will he the Same as
the hotel, which will be connected with
# by a passageway, leading from the
balcony on the dining room floor,
on the ground floor tho Auditorium
building will contain two large stores ono
"a he occupied nv 4 florist ana ono nSa
confectioner. Behindsthe mwl be six
large commercial rooms and SPACIOUS
barber shop,
The auditorium proper on the second
f,oor will seat one thousand persons, ~
will contain stage and be IN every Way
suitable for great public gatherings.
Flre-escapcs lead from every window
and every provision for snfely ana conn
fort have been observed,
Great Work to Be Done,
pbe Immense amount of work that is
Ia be done in tho eleven months that VIII
,,e required to complete the building VIII
40 in a measure understood when i is
stated that henew buildings Will contain
nrnrly three million cubic feet, covering
nearly thirty-fiye thousand square feet,
The specifications are conttpnea " slST
and tho plans cover forty-four Immense
sheets of drawings. The Jefferson Hotel
will. when completed, cover the entire
block between Franklin and Main Streets
and Jefferson and Adams Streets, except
that portion on which are Inc pes9Hrness
IL Street and Mrs Wise, on Main Street.