NEW CENTRAL HOTEL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 50, 2 October 1880, Page 3

NEW CENTRAL HOTEL.

(prom otje own correspondent.)

Yesterday, the new Central Hotel was opened at Carlyle, a license having been taken out from that date. The building was commenced nearly eleven months ago, and has only recently been completed. The site is in Taranaki road, opposite the Town Hall, having frontages of the following dimensions:— 4lft. to Taranaki road, 71ft. to Cambridge street, and 46ft. to Dorset street. The building is two-storeyed, the main features beingcopied from the design of the Terminus Hotel, Christchurch, but is of a more ornamental character. The height from the ground to the top ,of the parapet is 42ft. ; from floor to ceiling on the ground floor, 14ft. ; and on the first floor, 10ft. Having so large a frontage to three of the principal streets, it attracts notice from a considerable distance. From the east side of the river, it is the most prominent feature of the township. On entering the building from Cambridge street, the first objects of attention are the handsome glass folding doors, fitted with patent springs and side lights. The lobbies are Bft. wide. The walls of the lobby, bar, dining, and billiard rooms for sft. from floor have dado lining, grained oak pattern, and varnished, as is also the whole ot the woodwork on tbe ground floor. The re- ] meander oi the lobby walls are papered and varnished in a marble pattern. From the Cambridge street entrance, the first room on the right is the billiard room, 29ft. by 21ft., which is well lighted by six windows, and fitted with one of Alcock's best tables. There is also a fireplace, and all the other conveniences of a well-ap-pointed billard room. Next on the same side is the dining room, the dimensions of which are 29ft. by 23ft. — a space large enough to provide accommodation for a considerable number of guests. This room is handsomely furnished, and is also provided with a fireplace. It has communication with the kitchen, by means of a doorway and lift. At the rear of the building, and adjoining the dining room, is the kitchen, 22ft. by 18ft. with verandah, part of which is closed in to form a scullery. The kitchen is a distinct portion of the building. It is both airy and commodious, and is fitted with Leamington range, and has an open fireplace adjoining. From this point, hot water pipes can at any time be carried to all parts of the building. In the rear of the building are three large tanks, capable of holding together 1800 gallons of water : there is also a wash-house, with fireplace, and sleeping apartments for servants. The remainder of the ground floor consists of five spacious sitting rooms, store room, sample room, 19ft. by 14ft., and finally a bar, 24ft. by 14ft., which is complete with all the newest improvements in the way of comfort and utility. The staircase is lighted by a stained glass window in the rear of the building. The first floor is divided into twenty-three apartments, consisting of three commodious sitting rooms, two with fireplaces facing the front, side, and rear of the hotel respectively, and twenty roomy and well-lighted bedrooms, varying in size from 13ft. by 7ft. to 14ft. by lift. The hotel is elegantly furnished throughout, and the minor details of the building are of the newest and most improved pattern. The whole of the work has been carried out by day labor, under the personal supervision of the proprietor, ■with the exception of the painting, "winch has been faithfully executed by Mr. Robt. Hughes, of Wanganui. With careful management, it •will, no doubt, be the leading house of its kind in the district. The proprietor, Mr. John Milroy, hands over to the new tenant, Mr. Owen McKittrick, what may without exaggeration be considered one of the finest hotels on r tbe coast. I wish every success to the enterprising landlord and his tenant.