Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-01-04
CLUBS
FINE STRUCTURE
KENDALL'S NEW BUILDING is
HIGHEST TYPE OF
ARCHITECTURE.

ficent building completed by the first
of February, when the Tonopah Club
building will be ready for occupancy.
A solid white stone exterior, and fin
ished within in marble, concrete, til
ing and curley birch. the edifce which
Is being erected by Thomas w. Ken
dali is a building which if taken
bodily and deposited in any metro
politan city, would attract attention
and reflect credit on the builder and
city alike.
1t is a four-story affair, and ex-
tends from Main street to st. Patrick
street. The front is in curley birch
and a combination of cathedral, chip
ped, beveled ard opalescent glass,
above which is prismatic glass, light
ing up every nook and Granny of the
magnificent barroom within. The sa-
loon will be finished in curley birch,
which will form a wainscoting of
seven feet in height, with a marble
base, and the floor is covered with
handsome tiling. The walls will be
delicately tinted in peacock blue, and
the ceiling panelled, with a handsome
electric chandelier depending from
the center of each panel. Ornamen-
tai side brackets will flash electric
lights from the walls.
A bar, twenty-six feet in length,
will occupy the north side of the
apartment, and at the east end of
this an Office has already been put
up. The main Office and the safe
will be at the western end of the sa-
loon. The entire room has been
wired, as has in fact the whole house,
and sanitary plumbing runs through
out. supplying hot and cold water,
and carrying OFF the waste to the
sewer.
Below stairs is to be the cafe, and
this, when finished, will vie in APP
pearance with anything of the kind
in San Francisco, or west of the Rock
les. The sweep of the cafe is 100
feet, by 40 feet in width. 1t is to
be thrown into one big dining room.
All the wiring and plumbing is in
position, and the thing of tho floor is
nearly completed. A favorite place
in winter and summer in this apart
ment will be the space underneath
the sidewalk. At one end of the res
taurant is a lavatory for ladies and
at the other end one for gentlemen.
These will be completely furnished
with mirrors and toilet accessories,
and will have hot and cold water.
At the back of the cafe is the kitch-
en-, in which is to be placed an i'm
mense range, and all the improve
ments known to the culinary art.
There is a great grease pan, or sink
in an adjoining room, which will
catch and retain all the kitchen re-
fuse. Adjoining this is the heater,
which supplies warmth to the cafe.
to the bar, and to all the rooms in
the two upper stories. The kitchen
is two stories below the level of st.
Patrick street, and above it is the
wine room of the saloon.
The upper floors will be furnished
with every convenience and comfort
of the modern hotel of today. There
are several magnificent suites. be-
sides the single rooms. Every room
has hot and cold running water, gas
and electricity, a heater, a call but
ton, and plenty of closet space. 1t
is ON the top floor that the machinery
for the electric apparatus is placed.
and there are no less than six miles
OF wire running through the build
ing. Into the little Office at the bar.
q wire from the Western Union runs.
and there is another wire c~onnecting
With the Office of the Chief of Police.
The upper stories reserved for the
hotel part of the building. win be
we'll lighted, for there are no less
than three lights wells. There are
baths on each floor, and a fire plug
on every floor.
There Is a photograph in the win
dow of Harry Epstine. the broker. on
Brougher avenue. 1t is a picture of
the first Tonopah Club, which was a
one-story shack, and which was 81
that time owned by Mr.. Kendall. II
forms a wonderful comparison with
the present magnificent Kendall
structure, which is a monument. not
only to the worth of the builder, but
to the confidence that he has in the
future of Tonopah. 1t is fitting tina
Tom Kendall should be the builder
and owner of such a structure. liz
is a pioneer, and made his money IL
this camp, and he believes in puttinl
some OF it back into the ground a
an investment. He has certainly