Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-09-25

use. There will be no cold storage ap.
paratus as it is commonly understood,
but there will be system of refriger-
alton and an apparatus for cooling in
summer unlike anything now in exist
ence, says the New York World. Each
apartment will contain quarters for not
less than two servants. There will be
four immense laundries for the accom-
modation of tenants. and each suit of
apartments will be provided with a
separate steam clothes drier, an inno-
walton not introduced elsewhere.
The cost Of the building, exclusive OF
the site, will bs about $3.0OO,0 900.
The project takes in a tremendous
scope in its general architectural fea-
lures as well as in Its individual plan
nings. The first two stories will be OF
Indiana limestone. Ten floors will be
of buff brick with terra Gotta TRIM
mings. The building will be $50 feet
long, 200 feet wide and $50 feet high.
The total area in square feet will be
about double that of the Madison
Square Garden.
The most striking feature of this
great collection of houses within a
house will be the courtyard, fashioned
partly after the Spanish patio or the
more familiar Italian garden. The
main entrance will consist Of double
driveway from Eighty sixth street. The
courtyard itself Is to be a rectangle Of
go by 100 feet There will be side
walk dotted with entrances into the
various apartments that about on the
open space, double driveway paved
with oaken blocks and central lawn,
which in the summer months will be
used for various forms of entertain
ment.
The ground door will have four apart
ments especially equipped for the
tenancy Of physicians They viii
face Eighty sixth and Eighty-seventh
streets. The remainder of the ground
floor space facing the thoroughfares
will be reserved for high class lines Of
Observation-Disclosures. florists and art
shops.
Beneath the central court will be a
subcourtyard lighted by skylights and
gratings. and this subterranean depot
will be used exclusively by tradesmen
who come afoOt or In vehicles. Eight
service elevators will carry the sup
plies from the subcourtyard to the
apartments Of the tenants. No wag-
y1,ilJ 1,n ta fAr ha In,
courtyard. That will be reserved ex.
clusively for carriages and those who
choose to come afoot and enter the
grand foyer. There will be an inclined
driveway from Eighty-seventh street.
The arrangement Of the apartments
will be for perfect comfort and con-
venience. Beyond the foyer will be
the parlor and the dining room, and on
one side of the dining room the butler's
pantry and back Of that the kitchen.
The quarters for the servants will ad-
join. The family bedrooms will be on
each side Of short corridor at right
angles to the foyer. Every door in the
living rooms will be Of solid mahog-
any, and the decorations of each apart.
ment will be after the style of Louis
XVI, The floors will be of hard wood.
The wainscoting Of the different apart.
ments will vary in height. Some will
reach the ceiling. the wood being paint
ed in light colors. In other cases the
painted woodwork will reach only part
of the way up. and the walls will be
covered in harmoniously tinted silks
There will be storeroom for each ten.
ant in the basement.