Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-04-14
CONSTRUCTION WORK is BEING
RUSHED FORWARD
COMPLETE HEATING PLANT
Forty Guest Rooms, Many with
Private Bath and Other
Conveniences

Work on the new hotel, .crner
9th and X streets, is progressing rap.
idly. The concrete foundations are
all in and the masons will commence
to lay brick at once. There are CO.,
900 common brick on the ground
and 1t will take 10000 more Of this
kind to complete the job. These
have to be brought from the outside,
being made at Tolo. 1t is learned
that o. B. Steward, the proprietor
of the new hotel, has made con-
tract with McKinstrey, Courtney &
Hair for the face brick to be used on
the building for the front on 9Th
street and the side on X. They will
be what Is known as a cement brick,
the body being the natural cement
color while the trimming will be Of
pure white brick also made OF ce-
ment. These will be laid In black
putty or mortar three-sixteenths Of
an inch In thickness so there will be
rate of 5000 daily. The front and
side. This Job of cement brick max
ing will be the first work turned out
by the new plant, which is now be-
ing rushed to fill the order at the
rate Of $500 daily. The front and
side of the hotel, being finished with
these handsome brick, the building
itself will be one OF the finest arch
itecturally considered, to be found in
any Of the towns In the Rogue River
valley and its interior In like manner
will be up-to-date In every particular
II is estimated that It will take 40
days to run up the three stories and
enclose the building.
The heating plant, which Is to be
put in this hotel, will have 800 feet
OF direct radiation Of system known
as the single-pipe, low-pressure grav.
ity. There will be a fire box or To-
cJmotive type steel boiler, which will
do efficient service in this mode
heating plant. F. Il. Church, who Is
putting in the steam plant, is inves-
tgsting gravity burner for crude
oil. which promises possibility Of
chesD fuel. The steam plant will be
here In about four weeks, when II IL
thought the building will be fai
q ougn along to allow the pipes and
radiators to be placed. A vacuum
system, to be added to the heatInl
plant later, Is now under considera
tlon. A. J. Green, who is the en-
gineer and architect in charge oI
&C Instruction, Is giving careful atten
ti0n to all the details OF the work
es II progresses and he reports tha
the hotel will be, when completed, II
every respect, structure which vii
reflect credit on the architecture o
Grants Pass.
This new hotel, which will have -
rooms for guests, all OF large size ant
each supplied with hot and cold vat
er, and eight OF these having prlvat,
baths, will become a popular resor
for the travelling public and tha
class OF home people who appreciate
the comforts and elegance OF first
class hotel The cafe or grill will
he on the first floor and will occup,
n spacious room, fitted up In tn
very best style.
The people Of Grants Pass nav
for several years stood greatly Il
need OF a modern hotel and whe
there will be great rejoicing not onl
among our home people, but travel
Ing men and all visitors. Ever
progressive town needs good h eli
and II Is safe that a city without thes
Is so far behind the times that
Ia disgrace on tho map OF progress
The people are willing 10 pay 70
the best and, therefore, there Is n
e'cuse for third-class hotels or thirt
\ rate service. When the new hotel
completed u should be opened with
reception and every loyal, progressly
and apprncIative ritizon tpvltad