The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20

of the grill All stairways, including
the wide Nights at the ends of the main
corridor are of white Italian marble.
MAIN DINING ROOM
The main dining room is off the main
court. 1t is in Louis XVI style, in gray
and gold, with wooden walls and
room, 105 feet long and 50 feet wide
with a height of % feet. The orna-
mentation is elaborate. Ten huge chan
deliers OF artistic design, made re-
splendent with bronze and prismatic
glass will furnish light for the tables.
Possibly the most beautiful of all
the large and imposing rooms on the
first floor will be the ballroom. The
colorings are of low tones of gold
The design of the floor is. parquetry-
all of old oak The ballroom is 100 feet
long and 50 feet wide. 1t contains
large open fireplace and stone mantel
Special attention has been paid to the
ventilation of this apartment and it is
estimated that 500 persons in the
ballroom can have 80 cubic feet of fresh
air a minute. The draperies will be
of cloth of gold. At one end. suspended
between the floor and the ceiling, there
is a gallery for the musicians. The
height of the room is % feet.
In connection with the ballroom
there are two private reception en-
frances from Jessie street When a
large ball or reception is given in the
Palace in the ballroom the guests can
go in and out without coming in con-
tact with other guests. Connected with
the ballroom there is also a supper
room and a large reception room, to-
gether with a large reception corridor
LATEST IDEAS IN KITCHEN
The main kitchen is also on the first
floor This is more than 100 feet long.
Ii is finished in tiles. No artificial
light is needed by day, as the windows
admit the sun. All the tables for the
cooks and all the counters in the main
kitchen are of tiles. The cold storage
boxes are also of tiles. In ever respect
the kitchen and the working depart
ment of the Kitchen in the basement
are declared to be the very latest of
hotel kitchen work in the United States.
Below the first floor there are many
modern contriyances and on such a
large scale that the effect is that of a
formidable industrial establishment
The basement occupies the entire
ground space of the hotel, which is
344 feet long by 265 feet wide. In
huge apartments there are installed the
engine and boiler room, great dyna-
mos and other mechanical plants In
cIuded in the array of appliances and
devices are fire pumping system, a
vacuum sweeping apparatus of the most
modern type, a ventilating plant and
other costly appurtenances. The cleo
tric Inhalation. the heating and the
venfilating apparatus for the entire
house. which is situated on the Market
street side. alone cost about 100000
To serve for fire protection there Is a
large tank in the hotel with a capacity
of 600.0 900 gallons. In case OF short
age of city water to extinguish fire
500 600 gallons may be pumped to any
point where fire protection is required
On the Annie street side of the hotel
there is a huge ba aggage room, with
service elevator TO all floors of the
house. so that. nearly all handling of
the baggage is dispensed with. A great
space is devoted to a cold storage room.
BY the ventilating plant every part of
the house is ventilated perfectly and
completely.
BIG ICE PLANT
The basement contains the bake
shop the pastry room, the vegetable
room, the butcher shop and other work
rooms. all Of which are finished in tiles.
The ice plant in the basement has a
capacity for the manufacture of 10 tons
OF ice per day, besides supplying re-
frigeratfon for all the cold storage
boxes.
An added convenience is a driveway
into the building, by which all goods
and wares can be delivered within
directly, and there will be no handling
of any goods on the outside. Among