Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-09
REFRlGt RATING PLANT
OF FINEST TYPE
Windsor Hotel Equipment
Modern in Every Way.
Elevator In Readiness to
Test and Work On
All improvements Be
ing Rapidly Pushed.

Few people have any idea of the
completeness fthe reconstruction
that the Hotel Windsor has been IN
dergoing during the several months
that it has been in the hands of the
various contractors engaged in max
ing the alterations, renovations aad
beneral improvements that are con-
Verting it into one Of the finest ho-
tels in ali Georgia and unques+onably
lhe finest in any commercial city oil
the sfz of Americus in the South.
AS one of tie evidences of thu
taoroughness with which the hotel is
being reconstructed, it is but neoes5a-
IS 10 refer to its refrigerating plant
Few are the hotels, taking the len
,iro country over, located III city Of
10000 population that nave not on y
their own electric lighting and power
plans, b@t complete plant for re-
r:scrating purposes also. TIE WING
sor Hotel accordingly, occupies, or
i'll occupy a unique position in this
respect.
Down in the new basement on the
Windsor avenue front, out of which
-he mountains of earta have CONS
turing the past three or four months.
are located the refrigerators where
he food supplies Of the hotel will BE-
aept Extensive and complete in ev
cry particular, these refrigerators VIII
carry an enormous supply of raw
foods under the most sanitary cond;-
lions and enable the MANAGEMENT c.
cave adequate supplies of ali kind O..
aand throughout the year.
The meat room alone is seven =,
fifteen feet in size, and nine or more
feet high Adjoining it is a room fol
poultry, and also an extensive apart
nent for fruits and vegetables. Al Of
hese apartments are lined with cor4
hree ana half i.Ehas tnicE, givine
hem the most complete Insulation
'ossible. The temperature will be
t the freezing point ali the time, and
ne fine Western meats and choice
poultry and fresh fruits ana vegeta.
dies brought in to supply the patronf
# the Windsor with the best that tn,
market affords viii be kept in ~
atmosphere that is not only cold bl1
absolutely pure.
The refrigerating machine is locat
I'd in the same quarters with the ex
tensiye electrical plant of the hotel
n addition to providing for the foo,-
'efrigerators it will furnish an unfaii
ng supply of ice water for tL,a entire
needs of the hotel
The electrical plant is practically il
eadiness to test at any time now. TIE
elevator is in position and in read!-
less to run Ii is probable that i
will be tested some day this week, or
early next week, although it will not
De put into commission until the en-
tire plant has been completed. Tht
aundry on the top floor is also max
ng rapid headway toward completion
IND Will be OF the most approved mod
ern type. run entirely by electri-
city.
1t will be some sixty days yet, il
al likelihood before the last work
man las completed his task and ta4
lotel has been turned over to the pro
prietor, Mr.. Lee G Council. finished
n every respect according to specia-
cations. No money has been spared IL
IS rehabilitation, and when the new
furniture is installed and the word
goes out to the travelling and tourist
world that the Windsor Hotel, Amee-
icus, stands at the forefront of Geor
gia's hostelries in equipment, there Is
no question that its capacity viii be
frequently taxed to the limit.