The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-13

Of the house. 1t is called a Cycas
Revelute tree, and was imported from
Japan Even William Hetrich, Mr..
Huntington's gardener and florist, can
not enumerate the different varieties OF
trees, etc. Recently he went to Mexico
and purchased 5000 cactus plants, and
now has them set in one of the gardens.
On the estate there are $50 palms, in
GLIDING practically all of the varieties
in the world. One of the pretty palms
is a Fish Tail from India, and the only
one planted out of doors in America.
Library a Feature.
One of the most elaborate features of
the interior of the home will be Mr..
Huntington's library. With the excep-
ton of four large spaces that are to be
occupied by rare and costly tapestries,
purchased six months ago in London at
fabulous prices, the library room will be
lined from the floor TO the ceiling with
bookcases to be made of English oak
The room will have an air of simplicity
and yet will be quite imposing. Simple
because there will be nothing but books
and four pictures, and imposing, be-
jause of the wonderful collection oil
volumes.
The dimensions of the library will be
height. It will be arranged to shelve il
the neighborhood of $4,000 books, the
estimated cost of which will be Sl50000
The den win be almost a counterpart OF
the library, being of the same dimen-
sions, and will contain chiefly books
In addition to the library and den, a
least two other rooms in the house may
be utilized for the storage of literature
The residence takes the shape Of the
letter I'll" and has been erected or
the renaissance plan, Spanish FREEDOM
mating. It contains two stories with &
ten-foot basement, resting on a con
crete foundation that has sufficient
strength to hold a twelve-story build
ing. The walls are of reinforced con
crete, and tile have been covered inside
and out with plaster of such solidit!
and strength as TO be compared only
with concrete substance. In fact, thu
plaster is said to be as hard as concret
and much resembles granite formation
Red tile has been utilized for the roof.
A corridor, fifteen feet wide and II
feet long, extends from one end of tn
house to the other. This corridor is re
ferred to as the lungs of the house.
Interior TO be Beautiful.
There is a total of thirty-two room
| in the house, twelve Of them being Of
| the first floor With the exception o
| the library and den, which are to be fin
ished in oak, every room in the nous
will have q finishing of enamel, whit
| and colored. While elaborate plans hav
not been made for decorating the TWEEN
| ty rooms upstairs, they will be pretty
from an architectural standpoint, an
will conform with the beautiful room
on the first floor. NotWithstandin
| the house contains thirty-two room
and occupies the enormous space O
2S5x1SO feet, it will really be only one
/ room wide, this being made possibl
| through the structures peculiar shape
| The corridor, both upstairs and down
stairs, runs through the center of tn
house, giving lighting facilities o
| either side of each room.
One of the most attractive feature
of the residence is the south terrace.
is seventy-five feet wide and 200 fee
| long. With an ornate balustrade SUI
rounding It, marble steps leading to i
| marble, tile and concrete floor, its az
| pearance is most striking.
To the east side of the house is cor
nected a massive porch, fOrty-five fee
wide and sixty-five feet long. 1t
constructed of practically the same ma
terial as that in the terrace, but is eve
more imposing with its gigantic pillar
of concrete, which are about fourtee