Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-29

Within the next seven months there
will arise at the junction of Florida
avenue and Twelfth street a. modern
hotel building of beautiful architec-
tural design, Spanish type, which is
expected to be one of the gems among
the modern hostelries of the south
west. Geronimo Lodge will be the
name of this hotel It is commu-
nifty project and the bids for the con-
struction of the hotel will be opened
II Douglas on Saturday, Feb. Is, at
10 p. m. The plans are by Carleton
Monroe Winslow of Los Angeles, and
plans may be seen either at his office
or in Douglas. E. w. Graves, vice
president Of the First National bank
in this city, is president of the cor
pOration that has undertaken this
civic enterprise.
Construction of Geronimo Lodge is
| to be completed by Sept. /. 1t is to
be opened and ready to welcome the
tourist and other trade wanting ac-
comrnodations by Oct. l. When it is
finished it will give to the city of
Douglas hotel accommodations second
to none sufficient to take care of all
trade as it will augment the present
facilities by go modern rooms.
The hotel will be operated as a link
in the well-known and widely popular
Hamilton hotels and the EppIey hotels,
extending as they do from the At
lantic to the Pacific ocean with hotels
in many of the leading cities, three
of them being in the state of Arizona,
the last one to be opened being the
new Ell Portale at Mesa.
Luggage BY Separate Line
Geronimo Lodge opens upon four
court through an arcade, thereby
having in its design characteristics
that give beauty and charm and lend
individuality to it. Cars entering the
fodr-court leave their passengers at
the entrance platform at a covered
arcade where, also, the luggage will be
unloaded at the stop, unless it be
trunks. From the arcade the guests
office where they will register and re-
ceive their room assignments. But
just here one of the individual features
of the. hotel is observed. Instead of
the luggage being numbered through
the front entrance along with the
guests, it will be taken by another
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trance and will be sent to the rooms
from there.
The parlor, which will be to the
right of the arcade through which the
guests enter, and therefore at the
south side of the building, will be %
by 40 feet with doors leading into the
arcade from each of the abutting cor
ners These afford pleasing views from
the parlor out into the patio and
gardens on the north of the arcade
The office, which is at the east OF
the parlor, is 13 by 20 feet. The din
ing room, which is at the east side Of
the office, lis 38 by 251s feet and still
beyond the dining room is the service
quarters for the kitchen.
Hotel Steam Heated
The hotel is equipped with a steam
heating plant which will be fired BY
oil while the steam table in the
: kitchen is heated by gas from the city
, lines The cooking will be done by
gas. There is also to be an inciner-
+ ator that will handle all waste, littel
! and the lighter garbage, but it will bt
IS necessary to contract for the remova
# of the coarser of the garbage, "a thinl
f that will be easy to do as that will b.
! the garbage which has food value fol
q swine and chickens.
# There will be linen chutes to tht
basement: from every portion of tht
hotel so that it will be an easy matter
y to handle it with facility and q mini
= mum of disturbance. 1t is not, how
y ever. the intention to install a laundr!
! in the hotel as it is believed it will bt
y possible to contract the laundry worl
Is more, economically than it would be tt
operate a laundry.
The kitchen of Geronimo Lodge will
st be the latest word in kitchen con
lej struction and sanitation Every mod
'e ern feature of labor saving machlner.
n will be included and it has been de-
vt signed following consultations by thu
lg architect with chefs of internationa
1t fame and experience and with thu
1t most advanced kitchen engineers:
ii Twin Beds Planned
lgI The bedrooms of the hotel are al
II large enough for the use of twin bed
IS and other necessary furniture. Th
Is closets are large and well ventilated
10 The floors of halls and rooms are al
z carpeted and on the first floor thu
ceilings are all of wood and staineC
i ANTIQUE Lighting has been feature
ID of the rooms throughout the building
ID There will be reading lamps for tn
s. beds and at every writing desk. Th
t. natural light during the day will b
in given free play in the rooms by plent.
Dr. of window space and a good per
Of centage of the glazing will be in tn
er attractive French windows, these bein
s. the vogue on the second story wher
r they lead to balconies.
lie There are no fire escapes to tn
TO hotel. These have been avoided by
l. neater and more effective means o
getting from that story in outSid
re StairwayS
it A honey effect has been brought t
1t the parlor and the dining room b
III slightly fireplaces well located and bull
,..itla tlne l,llr1anSe of using them Mitl