Arizona republican., 1919-11-30

the character of certain mechanical construction and coordinate the work.
 Service and Comfort to be First
 With the same thoroughness that has characterized the architects work in laying out the general plans and in | working up the artistic establishment | Lund is taekling the manifold problems | of lighting plumbing, elevator service, l l heating and cooling, with the result | that the completed hotel is destined to | be not only a monument of architec- | tural beauty, but a paragon of con- 1 struction with comfort and service up- 1 permost in the thoughts of the design | CTS. All of which takes time. Much time l l already has been spent on the archi- | tectural features. Much more remains 1 1 to be spent on working out the me ] chanics of construction. In this con- nection Mir. Fischer pointed out: | You can't grow an oak tree from an acorn in a few minutes. We are | at present engaged in working out a | series of problems which takes time and thought. People sometimes ask me why we do not start immediate i construction. My answer is that the ! preliminary work musc De complete be- 1 fore this work is begun. otherwise much time is to be lost in changing of details which should have been pre- viously decided upon. The shortest distance between two points is a ! straight line, and the straight line in this case is thorough preparation. We are planning the construction of a hotel building that will be a credit to Phoenix for years to come. Our pro- gram is being carried out systematical- | ly.4there is no real delay; the construc- ton work will start as soon as we are prepared to go ahead and not one min ute before"
 One of the big problems before Mir. Lund is the installation of a cooling system Taking advantage of the low humidity of the atmosphere in this climate the refrigeration effect will be secured by forcing the air through a series of water curtains in which the water is atomized by special equip ment. This process actually forces the water into the air and results in lowering its temperature 26 degrees in the cooling chamber, which means that the air will be delivered to the rooms above at from 10 to F degrees below the temperature which ordinarily prevails.
 Another special feature will be refrigeration plant from which will be delivered through circulating system ice water for every guest room in the hotel, thus doing away with individual water coolers. Every room will be provided with hot. cold and ice water. A two-pipe steam yapor system will be utilized for heating. This system has been used with highly satisfactory results in Chicago and the middle west for the past four years, but it's in stallation in the Apache will be an innovation for this part of the country. The principal advantage of this sys- tenn is that it permits of absolute reg ulation of heat at the radiator.
 Highest Type Of Plumbing The bath room fixtures represent the highest type of plumbing equip ment on the market. The bath tubs and other fixtures will be of vitreous china ware instead of the usual enameled iron. Every bath will be equipped with a shower and an electric curling iron receptacle. All of the bath rooms will have tiled floors and wainscoting. There will be a full length mirror set in one of the doors of every guest room.
 Another modern innovation for the Apache vii be the servidor service
 A receptacle is provided in every en- trance door to a guest chamber by constructing the doors in such a man ner that two convex panels are edge | to edge. The contents are reached through a small door on either side. Say the guest desires his clothing pressed. He telephones his order to
 the desk and it is recorded on the auto | matograph with the time. He then | places the clothing in the servidor, and leaves the room if he desires without | waiting further. The valet calls, un-
 locks the outer door to the receptacle. | without entering the room, takes the | suit to the servidor shop, and returns | it in due time.
 Service To Be Perfect
 | As a further elaboration of the ser 1 vidor service each room Will De pro- yided with a catalogue containing iists | ne articIes most commonly needed by 1 inc travelling public. Each article E | numbered and the price marked Ie J Illustrate the service, a traVellng Inai wakes up to find that he has forgot fen his safety razor and broken hh | susnenders. He picks up the catalogue selects the articles desired, ana tele | nbones for them. In three minutes ny | finds them in his servidor. This magi'
 will be made possible through the es II tablishment of sort of miniature ue
 nartment storeroom in the hotel II
 which a large number Of artlcles ar | stored in appropriate blns-
 | The floors, roof and walls oi tn' | new Hotel Apache will be or relnIorcs' | concrete and the building Will De ap
 soIute1v fireproof throughout. Int
 o1-nanentation designed for the front'
 will be cast into the walls as they ar' | constructed, and to carry out this piai
 if will be necessary to use piasle
 casts made from clay models. In
 sculptors will build their shops Il
 Phoenix. and will spend some time II
 studving nature in the surroundlnl
 country in search of features whlci | will give local coloring to the orna
 nentation.
 Artistic Exterior
 The outer walls will be given
 pleasing stippled effect by bush ham
 mering and this will be further en
 hanced bv tinting with .. soft melloS
 yellow. In contrast will be the elabo
 rate massed ornamentation cons1stln
 of a Moorish overall pattern contain
 ing the refinement of the Moorish an
 the Italian art as interpreted In tn l Spanish. The entire structure
 planned in the spirit of the spans 1 renaissance, anu lhlS IS eiiPi0'H. . in the red imperial tile roofing, and l
 the rich hues of the ornamentatlo
 which will be in reds, blues and golt
 This color scheme will also predoml
 nate in the interior decorations In
 dian medallions will be placed at ifc
 quent intervals to relieve any appear
 ance of baroness to the walls, whil | numerous balconies with iron railing | including one which will encircle th
 building at the eighth fsor, tend
 heighten the artistic effect, while
 profusion of growing flowers an