Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-05-06
From the Boston Courier.
UNITED STATES HOTEL.

A few days since, in,imatcd that would
furnish you with an account of that immense
establishment, known as the UNITED STATES
HOTEL. As it has been erected and fur
nished, by a number Of our most enterprisiDg
and liberal citizens,at an expense of ftcO hun.
dred thousand doiLars-nnd as il deserves to
hold conspicuous rank among the public
buildings and chief ornaments Of our city,
doubt not that the details which follow will
interest your readers.
The fremont House was completed in
lS20-all that was then predicted Of its fu
ture usefulness has been vcrficd-its fame
has extended to the remote corners Of the
ear,h--and its success has been in every re.
spcct perfect. Since that time, several other
elegant hotels have been erected in this city
and now comes the UNITED States, the
monarch of them all. 1t is in relation TO the
size and general arrangements Of this estab-
lshment that propose to speak.
The United States Hotel, which has just
been thrown open 10 the travelling public
and others, by II. w. Holman 81 Co., is The
property Of the United States Hotel Corpora
ton 1t is the largest public house in New
England and, with perhaps enc or two cx.
ccptons-thc As,or, at New York, and the
ST. Charles, at New Orleans-is tho largest
I1OlcI I'D tlll5 Country. ollualtu NJ tuC itI-
mina,ion Of the Norwich, Western and
Worcester Rail Roads, it is bounded OH
Kingston, Beach and Lincoln streets, and
covers n surface of thirty thousand square
feet. Il is within eight minutcs' walk OF State
street, and two Of Washington street. IL is
six stories high, and its general arrangements
nro based upon plan at once extensive and
liberal, containing about three humired rooms
,rnnI Of ul,ish cnita lilo far
families, and which are occupied by private
families as permanent bourders AS many
as fire hundred persons can find comfortable
accommodations under its roof at the same
tiIno. /, has four principal besides several
private entranccs-has four distinct, capa.
cous flights of stairs, one at each corner of
the building and to guard against damage
by FIRE, ono hundred fro buckets, constantly
filled with water, nrn kept in different parts
Of the house, ready for immediate use. BE.
sides this, by the operation Of steam engine
in the cellar, an abundant supply OF pure
water is forced into clsterns, and thence car
ried to nearly all the rooms-as high as the
fourth story-in which are wash sinks, neatly
constructed and furnished.
Every article OF furniture in the establish
mont, carpets, beds, mattresses, bedding, &c.
appears TO have been selected with care, md
ls entirely new. The ladies' and gentle
mems dining rooms are elegantly furnished,
and the other public rooms are convenient
and agreeable in every respect. The read
ing room - supplied with the leading poitl.
cal journals OF Boston, as well az those pub.
llsItd IN dlstantcilcs. The principal din.
inr room, ON tho score of neatncss and ca.
pacry, is second to no one IN the country !;
~ many NJ four hundred persons can. nj one
time. be- coRrennnHy seated al The tables, IN
arm chairs, winch have been provided for the
ease and cun,iurt Of travellers. The walters
have been selected with care. aud appear To
be- well fitted for their respective dutes.-
The cooking apparatus Is on mn improved
scale, very extensive. and capable Of furnish.
ing n dlnncf tor iivo ar ak hundred persons,
a largo proportion oi which is done by means
OF steam This department Is under the gu.
pcrinicndence Of the celebrated VicroR, one
OF the most scientific and accomplished cooks
IN the country. aud IS managed with ncntness
aud skill There are two hundred and So
vcnty clock bells leading TO the office from
the difnront roums ~ thus Hotel, aud u re-
aulrss half a d"zen civil aud attentive ser
wants io attend to tho constant Jungle, jingle
Jingle OF these messengers oi want" Tho
wsshroon, and steam apparatus for heating
tho water--snd, for drying, are managed by
skllfuI persons neat aud active. who have
tI.eu hands full at all lmos. The bathing