New-York tribune., 1905-08-30
HOTEL TO 0VERTOP ALL.
Plan FOR - STORIES.
Al Ad0ms to Hare Highest Hos
Hery IN To5cn in TenderIoip

As soon as the woriking dra wings ,-a -
pieted ground VIII be broken for the eractjon =,
the heart or the Tenderloin district ~ What &c
Ih'ehoeo 10 be the largest hotel IN the world
IL IS 10 occupy plot of ground - bv 200 feet
running through from 32d to 23d st AZ a roir+
l'5 feet west OF eth-ave.. and II the nrasAnt
plans OF its protector, Al Adams go throueb u
VIII be forty-nne stories high Mortimer c.
Merritt OF NO. 5S West 91st-st- is the architect
VINO mas oeen commissioned by Mr. Adams to
furnlsh the plans for this mammoth hostlerv
which is to be completed at about the same time
that the new Pennsylvania station is finished
Mr. Adams said yesterday that # had been his
ambition for years TO build the biggest hotel j.,
New-York, and to that end he began buying lots
IN the quarter mentioned some fifteen years ago
He has Just succeeded in getting the last ones
A syndicate with a capital of s5,OOO.OOO has
been organized, and the work is to proceed at
once
The hotel is to have accommodations for 1900
guests and five hundred of its single rooms are
to be equipped with baths. There will also be
Turkish bath in the basement, with a plunge
seventy-five feet long. \ dining room on the
top floor, with a roof garden above it, is also
among the features of this new skyscraper.
Its room capacity will be one and a half times
greater than that of the Ansonia the largest
apartment house I'm the world In every suite
OF parlor. bedroom and bath there will be
refrigerating cabinet All the beds will be of
brass, and all the furniture Of mahogany. BY
means of a system OF pipes. ice water viii be
supplied to every room. The latest electrical
appliances will be installed
Mr.. Merritt, who has had charge of the erec~
ton and alteration Of many buildings for Mr.
Adams. said yesterday that recent borings Of
the plot upon which the hotel is to he erected
show that good rock foundations are found
within thirty feet of the present surface. and
that such a skyscraper as contemplated can be
built with perfect safety at this point.
The property has a memorable reputation
because it was the site OF the notorious House
Of All Nations" which was purchased by Al.
Adams. the Policy King" for the sole purpose.
he said. OF destroying its immoral character
II fitted up a rescue house OF homeless
women. called The House OF the TRANSPORTATION
He cancelled all the leases and rented the prop
erty TO aundries and wine shops Four houses
now stand in the 32d-st. front, and in the 33d-st
side is the branch pOstofice and small hotel.
Mr. Merritt says that the cage or interior,
will he of steel and the outside of brick and
terra Gotta The architects have tried TO dis
courage the construction Of a building more
than forty stories high, but Mr. Adams Is de-
termned 10 have his forty-nine stories II
possible.
The site of the proposed new hotel has
greatly increased in value because of the
erection OF the new terminal Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad nearby. al 33d-st. and Ith-ave
Years ago. when the property was apparently or
little value Mr. Adams recognized It's possipll-
ties and invested about 81 100000 in tenement
houses IN that neigh borhOod.
The House of the TRANSPORTATION was IN
charge OF Sister Francis Of the order OF iran
ciscan Tertiaries In July. 1904. Sister Francis
was brought into court charged with eXtortng
money from helpless women, on promise OF
providing them a home for life. Nothing was
done with the case at the time, ana the nome
has since been abandoned