The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . e great State some ofyou helped to inaugurate. Yours respectfully, Jno. Q. Brown, General Manager. A. Caminetti, Secretary. The committee that met us at Oakland gave each a blue badge, bearing in letters of gold : — Society of California Pioneers to Society of California Pioneers of New England. The Palace Hotel occupies the entire block upon the southwest corner of New Mont-gomery and Market streets. Rearing its huge fronts 120 feet in air, extending 275 feetwesterly up Mar
The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . e great State some ofyou helped to inaugurate. Yours respectfully, Jno. Q. Brown, General Manager. A. Caminetti, Secretary. The committee that met us at Oakland gave each a blue badge, bearing in letters of gold : — Society of California Pioneers to Society of California Pioneers of New England. The Palace Hotel occupies the entire block upon the southwest corner of New Mont-gomery and Market streets. Rearing its huge fronts 120 feet in air, extending 275 feetwesterly up Market and Jessie, and 350 southerly along New Montgomery and Annie, itstands probably the largest and finest hotel in the world, in the very business centre of the city. The general style of architecture, within and without, is almost severely simple. Amplitude,solidity, strength, and permanency reign in every part. Ninety-six thousand two hundred and fifty square feet, or nearly two and a quarter acres,underlie the stypendous structure itself, while the sub-sidewalk extensions increase the base-. THE PALACE HOTEL. 118 PIO^EERS OF 49. ment area to upwards of three acres. Its general form is a triplicate quadrangle, including acrystal-roofed garden court, flanked by a lesser court on either side. Seven stories surmountthe basement, and through a considerable portion it has eight. The lower story has a heightof over twent5-seven feet; the uppermost sixteen. The foundation wall is twelve feet thick;stone, iron, brick, and marble are the chief materials. Of the brick alone, its constructionconsumed thirty-one millions. All outer and inner and partition walls, from base to top, arestone and brick built around, within and upon a skeleton of wrought-iron bands, boltedtogether, and of such immense size as to have required three thousand tons. The outer andvisible walls are proof against fire; the inner and invisible frames secure against supporting columns, within and wi
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