Modern Lighting Upbeat in New Waterloo Hotel
The new hotel will be fully electrically lighted with about 2100 lamps, using Mazda electric bulbs and an indirect system on the mezzanine floor. A gas network remains for kitchen use and as a backup if electric current fails. Shirran Electric of St. Louis installed the fixtures and Citizens' Gas & Electric of Waterloo supplies the current.
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Shirran Electric Company
St. Louis
Citizens’ Gas & Electric Company of
Waterloo
Adams
Mazda
Rose Room at Hotel Russell Lamson Dining Area
The Rose Dining Room at the Hotel Russell Lamson on Commercial Street features rose hues with white fixtures and hand blown walls, rose velvet draperies, and fresco borders. Seating about 160, with indirect lighting and rose decor. Grill Room follows English design for a fireplace centered lounge seating around 140. T. Gleick & Co. of Chicago supervised dining room decorations.
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Russell- Lamson
Commercial Street
T. Gleick & Co
Chicago
Russell Lamson hotel to stock heavy chinaware and silver
The Russell Lamson hotel plans to stock chinaware and silver for around 500 diners with extra supply for losses. The German made china from Burlay Co is green bordered and bears the Russell Lamson coat of arms. Glassware from Burlay Co carries the same crest and motto. Silver service for the hotel is cited as Commonwealth.
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Russel- Lamson
Burlay & Co
Chicago
Russell-Lamson
Burflay & Co
Tew
Commonwealth
Coat of arms display piece bought from Reed and Barton
The design bears the coat of arms and was purchased from Reed and Barton of Taunton Massachusetts. Silver ware enough to serve 500 people has been procured by the management and its host was about seven thousand dollars.
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Reed & Barton
Taunton
Mass
Hotel Russell-Samson Adds In-House Ice Plant and Modern Machinery
The new hotel equips basement and sub-basements with vacuum cleaning, ice and laundry facilities. An ice plant by Vilter Manufacturing of Milwaukee powers a 12 000 gallon and 2 000 gallon roof tanks fed from an artesian well. The plant capacity is 7 1 2 tons for ice and 6 tons for manufacturing, with automatic pumps and high powered water pumps to service all areas. The big laundry, located in the basement, uses the latest machinery, and an additional room near the refrigerator will house a complete artificial ice plant.
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Vilter Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Tee
Russell-Samson
Barber Shop at New Hotel Praised as Finest
The barber shop in the new hotel is acclaimed as one of the finest and best equipped U S parlors. Marble flooring revolving carvings and ornate mirrors adorn the basement room. Tiller & Marsden from the Ellis hotel will operate the establishment with Koch & Co of Chicago providing fixtures.
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United States
Tiller
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Tritz
HOTEL
Russell-Lamson Grill
Gueste
Rose Dining
GEM OF Art
Silver
China
Totel
Henderson & Weatherwax
The
Bath Packing Co
Black Hawk
Chas. Sherwood
Fairview
J. K. Joder & Son
Middle West
West Fourth Street
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
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