Show HEW HOTEL contracts let for the rock work of the basement the structure vill cost between 35 and and vill ba rushed to tho contract for the foundation of the patrick healy building has just been let to louis J ducher tor about 2500 and work will be pushed as fast as the weather will permit the excavation for the basement will be completed this evening or tomorrow forenoon and will bo eight feet deep covering an area ot the contract has also been let for the sewer and for water supply to A W meek and that work will be commenced at once F C woods and company are the architects who have the construction of fhe building la charge and they are hard at work completing the plans these are for enough advanced however for some of the particulars to be made public the building when completed will be very imposing and will consist ot store rooms and dining room on first floor with a large kitchen in the rear this kitchen Is apart from the main bulfa ing in a one story structure and under it will be placed the boilers for heating the entire building plans are being made so as to include every modern appliance tor kitchen purposes and for ventilation and heating the first floor will be divided into six large store rooms fronting on street and an office and dining room on wall avenue the second and third stories will be divided into about seventy five rooms large and comfortable so that the upper stories of the building can be used tor rooming or hotel purposes or for office rooms as desired the arrangements range ments being such that a portion or the whole can be used for either purpose the entire building will be built of pressed brick with stone trimmings and is to cost between and especial attention will be given to the interior furnishings and fhe dining room will be probably one of the finest in the state the basement will be used tor the convenience of the storerooms store rooms |