Evening journal., 1913-04-02
THINK WELL OF
HOTEL DUPONT
Telephone News Says HOStelry
is One of Best Appointed
Houses in Country

shdpp3 paper issued by the American
Telephone & Telegraph Company. con.
tains in the edition OF Yesterday the
following article on the Hotel Du-
Pont.--
Wilmington may well be proud OF
ms newest hotel. The DUPONT. A mil
lion-dollar hotel in city of 100000
inhabitants. especially when that city
is within forty minutes ride of a
metropolis as large as Philadelphia,
rs unusual. And the DUPONT Is I'M
usual in many respects.
THE building itself. Of which the
hotel occupies half and the general
Offices of the Powder Company half,
is twelve stories high and occupies
an entire block surrounded by Tenth,
Eleventh, Market and Shiploy streets.
The first three stories are Of Indiana
limestone, as is also the twelfth.
Those between. from the fourth TO the
eleventh inclusive, are Of buff-faced
brick with terra-cotta trimmings and
balconies. Large semixcircular head
windows. running up through two
floor, admit light to the main dining
room, the entrance lobby and the
salon. Over these windows a balcony
is carried across the entire front OF
the building The front as a whole
is characterized and enhanced by its
simplicity.
'The main entrance to the hotel is
on Eleventh street Above 1t hangs a
huge marquee, Of ornamental iron
and glass weighing several tons.
Immediately inside Of the revolving
doors is a roomy vestibule leading to
the lobby. On either side OF this
vestibule Is a huge fireplace with pro
portionate andirons. above which Is
the hotel crest in stone The lobby
is finished with a wainscoting OF
Italian marble ten feet high and Caen
stone. with soid-loOking marble
columns. It is story and half
high. and i'm the center Of the cell
ing is an effective green-and-red-
loaded skylight From this is sus-
pended a beautiful electrolier the
lamps OF which arc softened by large
globes. These are Of special design
Of an inverted pear shape. and single
lamps OF this same design are hune
throughout the lobby and vestibule
On a level with the mezzanine floor
arc Colonial mirror-paned windows
banked with bay trees.
THE hotel desk is on the right az
one enters. and back Of it are the
executive Offices. telephone exchange
and public telephone booths. Directly
opposite the desk is a marble FIRE
place, the hue OF which extends 1856
feet to the top Of the building,
Above the fireplace is one of the last
paintings of the late Howard Pyle
II shows a ConestOga wagon loaded
with DUPONT powder. and stopped be-
fore an inn on the Montgomery Pike.
during the War of 1872 The buffet
to the left of the lobby has some
charming mural paintings executed by
Charles de Fec a Wilmington artist.
These are all marine views of scenes
near Wilmington. This room and the
grill room in the basement are fin
ished i'm fumed chestnut. with high
wainscoting and heavily beamed cell
ings
cover the vestibule Of the mezza
nine floor is an inviting balcony,
popular in the late afternoon when
tea is being served
AT the right of the vestibule. a.
one enters the hotel, is a beautiful
salon finished in gray. red and gold
OF the period OF Louis XIV
"To the left Of the vestibule. di-
rectly opposite on the 18th and Mar
ket streets corner. is the main din.
ing room. which will accommodate
goo persons. It is finished in quarter
ed oak, with green walls and hang
ings and with chairs upholstered i'm
green. Several private dining rooms
which will seat from FIVE to fifty per-
sons, arc located on the mezzazine
floor These arc finished in Circas
sian walnut. with gray tapestry hang
ings, and curtains Of crimson and
gold
"In the basement are the grill
room, billiard room. wine-storage
vaults and the kitchen The kitchen
is indeed a model Either gas or coal
NAV be used for cooking. very con-
venience is installed. such rs auto
matte potato-peelers. dish-washdrs
etc. all operated by independent
electric motors. The hotel has it
own ice-making plant. with a capacity
OF three tons day. There are
twenty large refrieerqtors. each re-
served for a different food article
A special ventilating device has been
installed here which carries Of ali
cooking odors and keens the kitchen
al comfortable temperature The
bakery is unusually large aud tho
hotel brides itself narticularly on it,
rollsland pastry The hotel also has
its own COMPLETE laundry The guest
rooms are finished I'm mahogany and
/ furnished with brass beds. Each
I room contains a lavatory supplied
with hot. cold and loo water. mail
/ indicatine service which operates au-
/ tomatically whenever mail Is nut iu
a guests mail box a deck Boil te'e
phone a thermostat which automatic
! allv acts as a FIRE alarm. and an Gle p
trio fan There are in al $50 eingie
rooms and suites The mail an
nouncer is used to record receipts of
mail during room occupants absence.
"The walls Of several Of the rooms
as we'll as many Of the chairs and
settees throughout tho hotel are COW
cred with "Fihrekoid a nitro-collu-
lose by-product Of the Powder Com
pany u IS beautiful IN appearance.
Z and from present indications win
prove extremely serviceable
"On the eleventh neOr Is n laree
bollroom with an adjoining reception
room. The ballroom will accommo-
date 500 persons n has a copletc
stage with dressing rooms and Is
especially Suitable for musicalcs and
amateur theairicals a laree roof
garden is to be opened in the spring
Of 1913.
"The Hotel DUPONT IS thorouahly
telephoncd Fvervwhero ono gee
there is a Bell telerhone al ris ei
bow. and very naturally the iolephon,
is depended unOn almost wholly for
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