The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-08
THE NEW EXCHANGE OPEN
 TO FILL "A LONG FELT. WANT

1 Of the 165 guest rooms there are no less than 40 with baths.
 Although the arrangement or the This is guarded against by the selection of different carpet on each floor, TOT each of the halls is clothed Tn neavy and specially p fine carpet ,tbonss the pieces are the same. are sumcient guard against sameness and monotony. ,..
 Four of the floors are,furnished with handsome oak and birdseye maple fur niture. Each room contains a nxed washstand, at which both cold and not water may be had. In each room there n brass and enameled bedstead and four electric lights.
 The parior floor and the two floors above are even more nandsom,sly so,,ny.d TUT, in nahonagy and brass. The pieces or furniture put In the rooms on this hoor are similar to those on the others, but the material is finer and more costly. Lobby and Palm Garden. Directly above the beautiful lobby is curved balustrade of mahogany: About this balustrade will be equipped den This is the parlor and dining room foor from which one looking over the balustrades can obtain a beau tiful view of the spacious lobby be- meath. Special features of this floor Tn it's decorations are remarkably beau tiful chandelier containing 151 electric lights. and a great old-fashioned, colo gas log win be kept burning mer- rely This floor contains also the bri- day suite. It is located. on the second floor of the hotel. overiooking Gourt and consists of two rooms connected by folding door. The suit is sumptu- ously furnished from carpet to chande- Her.
 The spacious dining room is at the west end of the building on this floor. The dining room Is not yet open, put portunity of going in to admire. the marble pillars and the beautiful chan daliers. Between the dining room and the, bridal suite are located the two Parlor B. On the same floor, but on the eastern side of the structure are located the gentlemen's reading and and writing room. On this. floor. ten in number. are located the rooms which are considered the most desirable
 Two private dining rooms adjoin the dining room which VII be used by the officials of the hotel.
 The beautiful lobby was yesterday the subject of unstinted praise. It IS one of the largest and one of the most spacious hotel Hobbies in the south IL is finished from the big clerks coun- ter to the handraihng on the staircase,
  a dozen big arc lights make the lobby almost as light as day.
 feature of the first floor is a pas sageway, concealed from view at the rear of the clerks desk, which will be used by the servants. There will be no call for them to go through he lobby without or wItn waters. Near by IS a large officee which is to be used used vault that looks as big as bank vault and the wired in otties of the boo book
 Tn the basement beneath, nearly every inch of space is utilized Here is located the long wine room. It was said yesterday that w%en new ship ment which has been ordered has been received the wine and liquor in the wine room will be worth nearly s2O,- 900.
 About the wine cellar are sample rooms. baggage rooms, the linen rooms and the store room.
 The plans for the handsome struc-- ture were drawn by the late Grant Wilkins. and it was constructed under the supervision of Nicnolas lttner.