The San Francisco call., 1910-06-25

Commanding a superb view of the
Pacific ocean. within a short distance
of Golden Gate park. and conveniently
situated at the terminus of the ocean
beach electric car line. the NJ & NJ cafe.
hotel and bath house of Charlie
Mitchell, which will be thrown open for
public inspection Saturday night. is one
of the handsomest, most modern and
elaborately equipped pleasure resorts
In San Francisco. For three months
carpenters. mechanics and finishers
have been engaged in completing this
unique and attractive structure. There
is no convenience known to the best
hotels and cafes that has been over
looked. The building and equipment
has meant the expenditure of over
$4,000. the labor of a small army of
workmen and the untiring supervision
of the experienced proprietor
Shortly before the fire, Mitchell.
whose downtown cafe is we'll known
and patronized. decided that there were
business opportunities at the beach. He
opened a fair sized cafe on the site
of the new structure and found that he
had ventured in the right direction
With the growth of his business he
began TO cherish and foster plans for
an extension. Realizing the hazard of
throwing considerable money into his
business without careful study. he held
back for some time until his plans ma
tured and conditions seemed to war
rant action. Finally with number OF
rough sketches and considerable figur-
ing Mitchell decided that the time for
building was ripe. He consulted sew
eral architects and contractors. The
ground was finally broken and the huge
piece of work which has aroused the
interest of the frequenters of the beach
for many weeks was begun. Sand scrap
ers gouged great hole beside the orig
inal NJ & NJ. Concrete mixers arrived
and the foundation for the new building
was laid. Out of chaos of lumber.
steel and cement slowly grew the hand
some palace of pleasure. During the
last few days the interior finishing
has been rushed so that there will be
no jarring note when the throngs Of
Saturday night bring the initial joflity.
All through the week men have been
busy putting the final polish on the
spacious quarter sawed oak floor of the
added the final touch. furnishings have
been hurried into the building, enter
tainers have been engaged, md a large
force of helpers are ready to make the
opening a success.
The original cafe and hotel which
is three, stories in height. occupied a
space 55x100 feet. The entire building
now occupies a space 10Ox120 feet. The
stories in height and the second story
Is devoted entirely to the baths. which
are feature in themselves. A spacious
garage with every modern equipment
Is in this section. The baths, of which
there are IS, are a wonder OF the most
recent accomplishments in the science
of plumbing. Hot and cold salt water
which is pumped direct from the ocean.
filtered and heated in an elaborate
plant in the basement of the building.
Is in every compartment One side OF
the building is arranged with "a COM
partments for women and the balance
on the other side of the building for
men. At one end there are two shower
rooms. one for men and the other for
women. The rooms are exceptionally
large and are fitted with every con-
yenience. There are also large steam
rooms for Turkish baths. A portion of
the upper story in which the baths are
located is reserved for a waiting or
resting room. 1t faces the ocean and
Is furnished with comfortable divans
and chairs. In a section of this room
is barber shop which rivals any OF
the downtown establishments. Every
need that man or woman could possibly
ask for is supplied as well as great
many that one would scarcely think of.
1t is MitcheIis intention to institute
the most modern system OF Turkish
baths. The plant which he has had In
stalled In the basement is fitted to ac-
complish all these things. 1t cost him,
with the enormous piece of plum &
work, S65,000 and is one of the neateSt