Star Hotel Swanson Street

Messrs E. Mahony and Sons havd called for tenders for extensive additions to the Star Hotel. The new building will extend over a distance of 110 feet to Swanson-street, and will be eighteen feet high. The portion facing Swanson-Btreet will be on. the same lines as the old building. The interior will comprise a new kitchen, and servants' quarters. The present dining room will be extended to a length of 07 feet and to a width of 27 feet, and a new dining room will be built 27 feet by 15 feet. There will be a suite of sitting rooms with bedrooms and bathrooms attached. A new bar, measuring 36ft. by 22ft., will be erected facing Swanson-street, with sitting rooms attached. A second billiard-room will be provided in the new portion. The remainder of the building will be subdivided into bedrooms, in all about 32. The kitchen will be :i2ft. by 22ft., and will be fitted with all the modern cooking utensils. Around the building will be the latest approved style of tire escapes, and the interior will be made as fire-proof as possible. The building will be lighted throughout by electricity. There will be electrical fire alarms in every bedroom. Hot and cold water will be carried in pipes to the bedrooms, bath-rooms, etc. When tire full design is completed the Star Hotel will extend to the Chapelstreet boundary. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 195, 29 August 1901, Page 4