THE PALACE HOTEL CARPETS.
•^ h i\ 00 L tract for , °, ar P etiu g the Patabe been awarded to W. *ad j. and (,° M of New Ymk. There wag considerable competition, W both A. T. Stewart and Lord and Constable having, throhgh gentlemen specially sent out to San Frajidsco, endeavored to obtain the contract. It will take 60,000 yards of carpet to furnish this great hotel, which is about equal'to / 4 S ® lles of single brehdtk stretched out I be parlors wdl be carpeted with Axminjster, each hemp fitted with one complete piece, wove exactly to the size of the floor. It is estimated that the making of the carpet will require the running of thirty-five looms, night and day, for t.vo mon hs.—Sau Francisco paper.
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Evening Star, Issue 3796, 24 April 1875, Page 2
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126THE PALACE HOTEL CARPETS. Evening Star, Issue 3796, 24 April 1875, Page 2
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