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Show THE MAHOGANY STAIRCASE. Beautiful and Ingenious In Construction, Construc-tion, It Is the Host Difficult Piece of Workmanship in the City. No feature of fixtures is more elegant and original In design than the oval, double run, mahogany staircase.. The oval is 12x22 feet and the main stairway Is feet wide to the first landing where the steps divide Into oval runs, to a second landing, at which point -they merge and descend in wide steps to the basement floor. The railings are continuous. con-tinuous. One leaves a given' post at the entrance and meanders gracefully to a point where delightful twists and abrupt' turns are indulged in, then a majestic sweep carries the railing back to the other post. The railings attached to the lower posts Is equally as Ingenious Ingeni-ous in arrangement as Its cavorting twists are pleasing to the eye. The four-inch-turned mahogany balustrade balus-trade is set close together and capped with 4x6-inch hand rail, handsomely molded as are the Newell posts which are also carved and paneled. The staircase Is massive by reason of the heavy character of woodwork. Perhaps Per-haps the most effective view of the staircase which is the only one known occupying so little space at the same time commodious and beautiful, is to be had from the point directly in front at the stairway. Certainly no more difficult and skilled workmanship is to be seen In Salt Lake. Every curve is graceful, every Joint perfect. It was built by the Sierra Nevada Lumber company on a sub-contract let by S. B. Wood, who Is general contractor for the Keith building which was erected for the Keith-O'Brien company. When the opening occurs be sure and walk down the stairs and ask where that particular location is which affords the best view of the staircase. The attendant attend-ant will do the honors. |