THE ILLUSTRATED KB IS.
November 17. MHM
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tlio top to tho bottom of tho highest apart
ments ninl enables tenants to nmll tbclr
letter at tlio front door of their apart
ments, thus savins u Journey to the slrcc'
That tho apartment houses In New York
aro the finest In the world Is. of course, a
commonplace. To appreciate their various
rellnenients they should ho compared with
the best apartments In London or I'arls.
The Parisian apartment houses aro tho
llnest In Hie world in point of architecture
and decoration, but are far behind those
of New York In comfort and convenience.
Those of London aro decidedly Inferior to
both. Tho different modes of life In tho
various cities Is besides aptly Illustrated in
tho arrangement of the apartments. Mr.
W. K. 1). Stokes, who Is the architect and
builder as well as the owner of tho "An
sonln," the largest ami most costly apart
ment house In the world, has this to say of
the comparative merits of American ami
loreiKu apartments:
"The best Parlhlun apartment houses are
very beautiful to lock at, but they are far
behind our best apartments In every other
itiality. The London apartments aro little
more than IwIkIukh and aro scarcely worth
coiislderltiK. Tin1 Parisian apartments are
usually built upon lots of IrrcKtllar simp?,
with streets on all sides and Brent court
yards In the center. The Irregular forma
tion of I'arls streets, of course, kIvos a
much belter opportunity for architectural
display than the square lots of New York
Hut the arrntiKements of the rooms In the
I'arls Hat would be absolutely Impossible In
America. The French sacrifice Unlit ami
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Till ANSONI A," A NUW YOUK APAItTM UNT IIOl'SH WIIHUH ONLY MILLION AlltKS AND JANITOHS MAY L1VK
Most Expensive Apartments in the World
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(CopyrlKht, 1WI, by F. A. Collins.)
HK Increase In size and number of
apartment hoimes In law eltlen
of lato has been bcoud all prece
dent. A hIiikIo apartment house,
"(ho Ansiiuia," Is beliiK built In
New York at a cost of J5.U0O.U0, which will
contain l.SUU looms. It Is possible lo secure
rooms 011 the saiuo plane, suited to every
purpose of housokoepluK. from a kitchen
to n ball room. Tlio various apartments
aro so arraiiKcd that any number of rooms
can bo thrown Into a hIiikIo sulle, tho posi
tion of tho rooms IioIiik left In (ho tenant.
Tim renlals for hHikI" Hals or apartmeniB
in this modern habitat vary from 12,000 to
$'JU,000 yearly.
Now these rentals aro much higher than
those of most private houses in New York.
The conventional four-story brown stono
flout on or near Fifth avenue, for eample,
1 outs for from $r..(Hi( to JS.OOO a year. The
prefereiico for Mats or apartments, even at
Increased rentals, Is due doubtless to the
perfection of nrrniiKomotitH of tho suites
and their Kienter convenience for purposes
of housekeeping. Kvery room and hall
space to bo found In (ho llnest iIwoIIIiiks Is
duplicated In these apartments, with tho
Important exception of tho stairs. Tho
suites vary In slie from six to thirty rooms.
Tho best apartments contain from two to
live bath rooms, with special quarters for
servants. The rooms aro heated In winter
with hot air and cooled In summer with
refrlKerator dratlKhts. Hot or cold or Iced
water, each carefully tutored, Is supplied
to every room. Hy living In an up-to-date
apartment, In short, a housekeeper can
save everylhlnt; but money.
Not only does the economy of labor In
iMiusekeepliiK attract residents, but the
apartment homes, by their architectural
pretension and the lavish decorations of
their entrances and public halls, draw many
to them. Some of the apartments aro ver
itable palaces, both IiihIiIo ami out. Tim
"Hatters" forms n sort of community of
Interests, since nil contribute to purchase
or lease luxuries, which nre shared In com
mon. The architecture of these ureal bulld
lut?s, their entrances and halls, are far
more elaborate than any kIiikIo tenant
could nfford In a house of his own. In
other words, a man who pays 110.000 n
year for a Hat has the satisfaction of outer
Iiik a hallway as elaborate as that of many
Kuropeau palaces, Several of the apart
ment houses In New York, for Instance,
have plate kI.ikh diorn covered Willi bronze
scroll woilt valued at $5,000 a panel. Tho
hallway of one apartment house contains
sevoral ornale louimes costing $1,100 each.
And (he liveried llunky who opens tho door
Is qulto as brilliant as to livery and obso
iUous as lo manner as any servant who
walls upon royally.
Perhaps the most Important feature of
this modern form of living Is tho economy
of time and patience which has been mado
possible In housekeepliiK. A good one-third
of the drudgery of house care Is performed
by iiiai hlnery. The heat, which most house
keepers must coax from reluctant II res, Is
supplied from some mysterious cellar, ami
can be regulated automatically to tho frac
tion of a degree. The foods aro preserved
in porcelain refrigerators cooled by cold
brine, which can be turned on or off hy an
ordinary spigot. If lee bo desired tho cold
brine Is merely turned on full head for a
few mt'iules and zero weather Is produced,
though It be tho hottest of summer days.
Mlectrlclty has entirely superseded gas for
Illumination. Kach apartment has besblo
a telephone of Its own niul tho hostess
talks with her cook from any room or with
a friend a thousand miles distant with eipial
facility.
To an outsider a most Interesting part of
one of these mammoth apartment houses Is
tho cellar It Is hero that the greater part
of tho housekeeping Is performed. These
cellars recenible nothing so much as tho
hold of an ocean liner. They are crowded
with complicated machinery, attended by a
score of engineers nud elivtrlclaus It must
bo remembered that the heat, light and
general convenience of hundreds of living
rooms Is controlled from this center And
tenants who pay thouwmds a year for tholr
suites are very Intolerant of any neglect.
The bulkiest euulptuont of these cellars
aro the complicated system of pumps and
engines used for forcing the water of
various temperatures lo the npartmcnts.
Kvery well rogulntod apartment house Is
supplied with enormous filters, which
clarify all the water used throughout the
building. The water Is then heated or
cooled, ns the ease may be before passing
to the pumps. There nre lioufo pumps for
tho ordinary hot and cold water; brine
pumps for the freezing apparatus and still
others for the Ico water and the very hot
water which heals the great buildings. The
temperature of all these Bystems of piping
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must bo controlled to tho fraction of n do
greo or endless Inconvenience will follow
throughout tho small city of residents over
head. K.ich cellar has besides two com
plclo electric plants with complicated
switchboards and buzzing dynamos, ono for
lighting the house, tho other for animating
the miles of call bell wires extending to
every room In tho building.
Thu cellar proper has, besides a number
of brick walled rooms, ono corresponding t
each ll.it, where tho tenants may store hi
cycles, trunks, baby carriages and similar
accumulations, Theso Individual cellars are
llreproof and are lighted by electricity
Still another feature of the newer apart
incut houses nro tho public laundries, K.ieli
tenant has a stationary tub In tho cellar
with an approved rack for clothes, which
aio dried by hot air blasts. Tho cellar door
Is tho back door of the apartments. The
servants and tradespeople first enter tho
cellar and then proceed to tho apartment
by special freight elevators. In Borne
apartment houses tho freight elevators nre
large that a londed furniture van may be
hoisted to tho upper Moors Intact, thoro to
be unloaded.
Fireproof arrangements aro as complete
as It Is possible to make them. Tho Moors
and walls throughout ore built of brick
and cement. The staircases and elevator
shafts aro constructed entirely of metal
and stone or cement. Tho floors of tho
looms nro merely covered with thin layers
of wood. As an additional precaution n
complete set of piping to be used In ensa
of tire extends to overy hallway In tho
building. Should n tiro break out In nny
suite it could at most do no more harm
than to hum up the furniture In ono or
two rooms. Tho adjoining apartments
would probably not even suffer Inconven
ience from tho stnoko.
The day of tho bell rope and speaking
tubo Is past. Tho best apartments are
provided with Individual telephono sys
tems connecting tho vnrlous rooms ono
with another. It has been found that speak
ing tubes frequently allow tho fumes of
cooking to spread from tho kitchen to thu
rest of the house or they enable servants
to overhear conversations In adjoining
rooms. Tho dining rooms nre besides pro
vided with burglar and llreproof safes, built
securely In the walls or Moors for storing
silverware or other valuables, Still another
luxury Is the mall tube, which runs from
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