The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-17

the FGatiron building in New York CITY
Is the architect Of the new hotel. Ife
plans as originally drawn by Mr. COBB
for Mr.. NewhOuse, with some modiflca-
tons, have been agreed upon by the new
company. Mr.. Cobb has taken stock in
the new hotel company to the amount Of
$4,000.
The contract for the construction OF the
new hotel viii he let 20 thS Thompson
Sterrett company Of New York, the con
tractors who constructed the NeWnous9
and Boston blocks The contract has been
drawn up and viii be signed by repre-
sentatives Of the NeWhOuse Hotel COM
pany and the contractors this morning
The Thompsun-Sterrett company has sub
scribed $4,000 Of stock in the new com
pauy-
With the exception Of the stock taken
by Mr.. Cobb and the Thompson
company practically all of the capital in
vested in the new enterprise is that Of
local men,
The new hotel will be eleven or thirteen.
probably thirteen, stories in height 1t
will contain from 800 TO 500 sleeping apart
ments with 400 to COO baths. 1t will oc-
cupy the corner lot at Fourth South and
Main streets. This lot was purchased for
the purpose two years ago by Mr. New
house.
Will Be Thirteen Stories.
The ground space to be occupied by the
hotel viii be 1s1x16j feet. The exterior of
the hotel will be similar 10 the plans al
ready drawn by Mr.. Cobb except that il
will probably be thirteen stories high in
stead of eleven. as originally planned
The gabled roof will probably be changed.
During the excavation Of the hotel
which will probably occupy two or three
months time, the executive committee
will consider carefully the exterior and
interior plans and viii decide on the diff
ferent plans floor by floor. That he
might the more iuteIligentlv prepare his
plans for this hotel Mr.. Cobb has visited
practically every leading hotel i'm America
ft ne NTers hot
will represent the very best in hotel arch
itecture.
According to the tentative plans. which
have not yet been approved. there viii be
a basement and a sub-basement In the
sub-basement viii be the laundry and
store rooms. The elegantly furnished
basement will probably contain the cafe,
the PAIN room and the billiard rooms
The lobby viii be two stories in height
II viii be finished ia rich mahogany.
bronze and marble. The executive offices
of the hotel management. the library and
the writing rooms viii probably be on this
floor
The second floor is to be the parIor
floor with twenty to thirty beautiful par
Tor suites for exclusive patronage. There
viii b. fifty or sixty sleeping auari-
ments on each Of the other floors. nearly
all Of which will have a private bath.
Each of these rooms viii be d model Of
luxury and elegance.
A High Class Cafe.
Particular attention will be paid to the
equipment of the cafe. MT NewhOuse
and those interested with him in the hotel
project desire to make the cafe one Of
the very finest in the country, and tx
their plans do not miscarry it will prob
ably rank high in comparison with the
most famous eating places of the country.
The building permit for the new hotel
viii probably be secured today. The first
permit TO be secured viii probably cover
only the foundation Of the new building.
Test pits for the foundation have al
ready been sunk. This preliminary work
indicates that in the excavation there will
be a great deal Of water tapped. The site
IS OF the old bed of City creek. and it
viii be necessary to pump out the water
and to go deep enough so that the fOun-
datiOns will rest OF a solid bottom.
The hotel viii be lighted and heated
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