The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-15
COMPLETION OF HOTEL
ASSURED BY AUGUST IS
There'll Be No Delay in Completing City's
New Fireproof l00-Room Community
Hotel, Contractors Say

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gan only 4 month ago this
week. may be laid by the end
OF the week. Every floor in
the structure has been poured,
the inside walls are going up
rapidly. the plumbing is in,
the plastcring is under way.
and the contractors are conf
dent that the structure will be
turned over complete by Mug.
Is.
The immense structure. according
Ia K. \. Miller. superintendent Of
the job. contains 6.0O0 barrels uf
concrete. GnO tons Of sand AMI
gravel. and ten carloads Of steel
reinforcement. The walls contain
nearly q half million common brick.
~ carloads Of terra Gotta. and lM.-
OO9 face brick. \ force of about
2On men are engaged in construct
ing the building. and all phases of
the work are being carried on at
one time. The plumbing has been
installed. the cOnduitS for the wir-
ing arr i'll. and the plumbing fix
turrS are now bein. connected III
the rOOmS.
j. VI. Coleman. General Suprrin-
tcndcut for the J. r.. Bcamon Con-
StrnctiUu Company nf Raleigh. the
builders al the hotel. WAS in town
this week looking over the job. ana
expressed himself as pleased with
the progress that i being made.
There's not hir of doubt" said
Mr.. Coleman. THAT we will he able
to turn over the hotel hy August
IL. and the operators can begin
business the same week. il they
want to get everything ready that
early"
The building of the Virginia Dare
Hotel gives Elizabeth City its first
glimpse of big construction work.
II is the biggest construction job
ever undertaken at this City. Its
walls tower 100 feet in the air. The
entire building is framed of con-
crete reinforced with steel. aS we'll
as every floor and the roof. None
of the weight of the building Is
carried on the walls. but on the
strong concrete piers and Sirder>.
All of the plumbing is in. the
plumbing having kept pace with
the building. and in many of its
hundred rooms. the fixtures have
been connected. The electrical wir-
in@ has been installed. the inside
walls are mostly up. AMI Il force
of plaStcrer< arr bu>ily completing
the rooms.
Every one of itS hundred guest
rooms will bc provided with Il bath.
There are rooms of three sizes,
rooms in suite. AMI single rooms.
The typical floor carries Is rooms.
while The floors nearest the ground
contain II rooms Two hundred
men are engaged in the construction
of the building. includin" pipe-fii-
tcrS. plumbers. electricians, car
pcntcrS. and iahOrcrS. To Elizabeth
City it looks like the story of the
construction Of King Sol0monS
temple.
Elizabeth city is .cttin" its hotel
constructed hy the builder who
erected The Norrhrad Villa Hotel at
Murrhcad HIulrS in To days. The
concrete for The building is mixed
in giant machines. and lifted 100
frrt in the air by IL swift elevator.
~ fast aS Il floor wI> poured. the
forms were moved. and put together
for another floor. y month ago,
only four floors were up. Today,
every story is complete. all the
windows are in. and the brick walls
arr mp to the top floor. The build
in. alone. of this modern SJI1,0OO
hotel. will cost &;2O.Om. not to
speak of the plumbing. the wiring.
the fixtures. and furnishings.
1t will br rated II 100 per cent
fircprOof hotel" says Mr.. Coleman
"Eycrythin" il concrete. terra Gotta,
brick and steel. The floor cover
in.S will br of asbestos. 1t can not
lc burned down.
Every line of plumbin" water. and
steam pipes are 81 arranged thru
that in the event of the
of Il pipe anywhere i'll the
huil,lin". it can be repaired or re-
placed without interruption to the
service in the building. In addition ,,
t" lis own steam pumps and storage
tanks in the basement to force the !
city water to the tUpmOSt floors, an
immense tank OH the roof of the !
building will contain ten thousand
gallons of water. tu insure Il uni
form flow to every room.
\ Convention Center
.AS Il community center, the hotel
will have ample room for Il town of
this size. to permit the entertain ,
nmrnt of conventions. and other