Gigantic Scheme for Bubbling Well Road Commencing at the latter end of the year the Shanghai Hotels Ca, Ld., will erect on the land between the Great World and the Shanghai Horse Bazaar, and consequently opposite the Race Course, the largest hotel in the Far East. The new hotel, which will be erected at a cost of about Tls. 2,000,000 will be 14 storeys high in the centre and 11 storeys in each of the two wings and will contain no fewer than 650 rooms. In addition to the hotel proper, which will include two ball rooms, 'a huge dining room capable of seating 1,500 people and two roof gardens, there will be 2 large theatre also capable of accommodating over 1,200 people, with a stage having a proscenium opening of 40 ft., fitted with 8 dressing rooms, scenery godowns and the most modern stage fittings.
A picture of the elevation of the hotel is not yet available, but an opportunity of seeing the plans was accorded a representative +f the "North-China Daily News" last. week and the impression left on his mind was that the Shanghai Hotels Ca., Ld., are planning their new hotel on lines well calculated to meet the ever growing demon? for hotel accommodation in Shanghai. There will be a frontage on the Bubbling Well Road of 300ft. and on Burkill Road of 390ft. while to the east of the hotel there will be a special carriage way, 30ft. wide, for the use of those driving to the theatre in cars, enabling them to go direct to the entrance to the theatre in Burkill Real rather than through the hotel.
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The main entrance will be on the Bubbling Well Road and the basement will contain-a grill room 74ft. by 52ft. having its own kitchen and pantry arrangements. On the other side will be a bar only 14f¢ shorter than the grillroom, and connecting with this will be a billiard room with eight tables. This in turn will give on to a lounge and cardroom. In addition to these features the basement will also contain a modern Turkish bath, with hot rooms, steam rooms, electric rooms,' rubbing and massage rooms and also a resting room. There will also be a swimming pool and a bowling alley.
Special attention has been paid to the culinary requirements, and the kitchen will be of very' substantial size, with a bakery attach ed, sculleries, vegetable rooms and butcher's shop. In addition the company are also planning to instal their own refrigerating plant and two cold storage rooms, in one of which there will be 20 degrees of frost and in the other 30 degrees. Arrangements will also be.made for the installation of the hotel's own
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