Show EAST SIDE HOTEL I The Contract for this Magnificent Hotel Let Yesterday The presence in this city of Mr Cun ningham of Gloucester Mass one of the heaviest stockholders in the east side hotel with the return of Wendell Benson together to-gether with the architect Mr Mendelsohn has put new life into the sluggish movements move-ments of the east side hotel building Tho plans having been perfected the contract for completing the building was awarded to Messrs Roachford Gould Sc Gladden the Omaha contractors who have the contract for laying the foundation which will be completed in thirty days The Motel proper will be 132x132 six stories high with a large rotunda 55x35 two stories high covered with beautiful skylights There will be an annex t the east of the main building 33xS4 live stories high which will contain the kitchen the boilers etc and rooms for the servants This will include the working department of the great hotel There will be two main entrances to the hotel one on the State road and one Third South street besides a private indies in-dies entrance The expensive feature of the hotel will be a marble stairway leading from the rotunda ro-tunda t a gallery that will extend around the entire rotunda which will be used as a promenade and lounging place where the quests can have a full view of the guests on the floor of the rotunda There will be a handsomely furnished billiard room barber bar-ber shop and reading room on the first floor while in the basement Russian baths with a plunge will be fitted up in elegant shape The public places in the hotel will be floored with encoastic tile white and wam scoating with variagated marble The State road and Third South street fronts are to be constructed of Kyune sandstone sand-stone and the other exterior walls to be of brick There will be two modern fast running passenger elevators The contractors are to complete the building April 11891 and are under bond to pay damages for every day after May 1 1891 that they hold the building A few important facts that should be added is that the hotel will contain 250 sleeping chambers and 33 private baths and that the entire building will be lighted by electricity |