Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-18
THE HOTEL GADsDEN
DIRT TO BE BROKEN FOR BIG DOUGLAS HOUSE WITHIN
 THREE WEEKS.

| WltnAu luIct WtckS kTOuD0 VIII De broken on the foundation of the mag. nificent new Douglas hotel. the Gads- den. True. the contract has not yet been let, but Frost & Frost the arch | itects. will not wait for the successful bidder to be announced before the foundation excavation is made This work will cost just so much, no matter who the contractor may be, and any contractor will be glad to have that part of the job under way. Besides, there is some haste in the matter and the way to get done is to begin.
 When H. C. Frost arrived in Doug las yesterday afternoon the stock holders committee of u Gadsden saw the completed plans of the splen- did structure. That they were satis- fled goes without saying.
 While the structure itself may be held at s100,000, the lot and tho f1.- nishings will make the Gadsden every pit of a s150,000 proposition. Un- doubtedly it will be a great invest ment at that, since there is an ever increasing demand for such a hotel in Douglas as is contemplated.
 Standing four storieG in height and built of yellow pressed brick, with ter ra cotta trimmings, the Gadsden will be an imposing structure. It will be the largest and the finest building in Douglas. Besides the four stories it will contain a basement. Two cleo tric elevators will be installed. One will carry passengers and the other will be used exclusively for baggage
 Douglas will have to grow a great deal before it has need for a greater Gadsden, as the new hotel will have 100 sleeping rooms. A remarkable and comfortable feature of these rooms will be the fact that sixty of them will be provided with private baths. They will be furnished artis- tically and with comfort. much after tke fashion of the beautiful Santa Rita Of Tucson.
 Two entrances lead to the rotunda Of the Gadsden. main entrance on c avenue, and a ladies en-raL.,e en Eleventh street. The hotei's total floor space is 160x134 feet. The TO- tunda will extend through two stories, as will the dining room. This gives an airy free effect without that waste of room which marks the Angelus of Los Angeles and the Brown Palace of Denver. The rotunda will be support ed by large ornamental columns. It will have a tile floor and will be fur nished throughout with rich marble, with a grand marble stairway leading to the floors above. This staircase will be of some highly variegated mar ble
 The orchestra loft will be an ele- yated balcony between the rctunda and the dining room. from whence the music may float through every part of the hotel. Nothing adds more to the pleasure of guests than the orchestra of a hotel, and in the Gadsden the musicians will be so placed that their art may be enjoyed from any point in the big building.
 For the evenings pleasant feature for guests will be the roof garden, which will front G avenue and which may be entered from the second story lobby which. by the way. has a bal coDy around the rotunda shaft.
 Another feature new to Douglas and more than pleasing to guests of the hotel and all residents of the city, will be a Rathskeller. While small. the beer garden will be sufficiently large to constitute a little Bohemia. and if supplied by an orchestra of it's own of few choice artists, it will certain Iy be a drawing card.
 The bar and barber shop will front on G avenue. In the rear of the bar will be the billiard room. Of from the lobby and beneath the billiard room, will be the Rathskeller.