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Title: The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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designed for the Palace Hotel, is rich and beautiful. Twelve handsome chan-deliers provide the lighting. Each contains 25 globes, or 300 gas jets in all. The open court, with its innumerable gas jets reaching up to dazzling heights,was a beautiful sight. Hundreds of people filled the court, anxious to get a glimpseof the gorgeous dining-room and the guest of honor. The corridors leading to thereception room were also filled, and police were stationed all along to keep a passage-way open for the guests. At eight oclock General Sheridan made his appearance, being, as were all(excepting, a few United States army officers), in evening dress. There were 216persons at table, although the dining-room can easily accommodate twice that num-ber. Seated at the table with General Sherman were Governor Pachecho, SenatorSharon, ex-Governor Low, General Schofield, Colonel M. V. Sheridan, Rev. JohnHemphill and the Russian, German, English and Austrian consuls. Among the The Architect and Engineer 41
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Court of the Old Palace Hotel. speakers during the evening was George T. Bromley, who was called upon to respondto a toast, The Ladies. This he did in a more than usually happy strain and con-vulsed the people with laughter for several minutes. He was received at the close ofhis remarks with three cheers given with a will by all present. The formal opening of the hotel did not take place until October16th, when another great crowd assembled in the court to listen to a con-cert, given under the direction of the new manager, Warren Leland. When General Sherman and Secretary of War Cameron and partyvisited San Francisco on September 21, 1876, the court was the scene ofanother popular demonstration. In the evening, after an elaborate ban-quet, General Sherman appeared upon the balcony of the first floor andimmediately won the approval of the people by bowing graciously whenthe band struck up Hail to the Chief and beating time with his hand to 42 The Architect and Emrineer

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