The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-11-28
Hotels in 81. Paul.

= / - hotes IN S''f a"i'
Ne have two hotels in St. Paul; one at
each emil OF the town; viz: The Central
House AT the Lower end aud the American
House at the Upper end. These houses
mrs very well kept. OF their fare, travel
lers make no compliant; md we do not wish
- he tn'l-rs,oo'l, in what follows, as cast
ing the slightest reflection upon them; for
we think, or we would not say SO, that they
ID as well rs they can, ia houses that are too
small, incony cnirnr, and wholly inadequate
10 do the business that is done; much less,
10 do the business that aigh he done. We
say. what mieh be done, because i, is q
fact new well Known, that a large, conven-
lent hotel, viii dra.y custom, if it be well
kept; il viii make hnsiness. On the banks
of Il river, which is the thoronghfare for The
travel OF Increasing millions, hy steamboat,
IN pursuit Of business, pleasure or health. it
is scarcely possible TO fiud spot, where a
hotel, with proper Attractions. vii! not draw
an orcrfowins crowd of company. There
secmedto be nothing in the importance of
Davenport, which is in fact now, a smaller
town than 81. Paul, 10 warrant the con-
struction there Of that superb hotel, the Le-
clare HOUSE; hut the idea was. to make il n
convenient, pleasant, luxurious resting
place, for the thousands who travel, alone
or with their families, upon the river--to
fix aceiire of attraction there. Wei, the
LecIare House is filled-iis hundred parlors
occupied, by people from ST. Louis, from
New Orleans, from Cincinnati, from the
Eastcrn Cities and from Europe; FOR in
these times, people who have money to
spend, take steam and travel over the whole
world, becoming cosmopolitcs, and tarryng
weeks or months, in the intervals Of travel,
where their tastes are best gra,ified. The
amount Of money-cash drawn in from, a.
broad, that is disbursed by hotel like the
Lecture House at Davenport or the Ire
mont House at Chicago, is enormous; and
affords business for hunJreds of persons
aud market for poulterers, gardeners and
farmers, of very great value At present,
The hotel business, above Davenport, cx-
cept at Dubuque, :may be said TO be all
nfoat-,hat is to say, travellers live as
much as possible OH board of those noble
packet steamboats,, which ale the pride
and the boast Of the Upper Mississippi;
and il one takes his baggage ashore to a
hotel, he generally gets back again as quick
rs God will let him; for il he should by
possibility find spare rarlor, nine times
III ten, the edbugs will eject him, under
cover Of some old outstanding lease; or the
fleas will slump his claim and GUST his
possess'on-or there is no stove in the
room, or no water to he had, or no mus
quito bar over his bed, or no servant to at
tend to his wants-or no variety Of clean
luxurious dishes upon the table--and per-
haIs lack Of every thing (but round bin
to Pay.I ts=a esae .,re
A good hotel, is also Of immense value to
town, aside from the cash it disburses. II
gives character to a place. Strangers in.
variably judge Of a town, by its hotels,
which IS by far the mos, they see of il, inst
rs we ali Judge Of the character of strangers
we meet, by a bas'y glance a; the face. the
dress and the whole outward expression.-
As inau gets up from good comfortable
m,eal, feeling pleased with oil the world, SO
he win look out Of the parlor window of q
luxurious hotel, with fdvorab le eye, upon
the surrounding village and country. He
will tarry; and as opportunities aud chance,
govern the most Of our actions, and in fact
shape cur whoie future course of life, he
wliis|6y tarryins, happen UPON favorable
opportunities for investing his CAPITAL, or
iosm some matrimonial attachment or some
relations of co,nphnionship,wkich will make
him resident for life. Nor is there any
thing that win do more to refine and i'm
prove the society Of atown, than hotel,
which attracts n large share Of the wealth,
the beauty and the fashion Of the world, to
sparkle in our midst. And the larger the
hotel, the more widely i, becomes known,
as place where not only our physical wants
can be properly supplisds but where tina,
highest Of all pleasures ever realized l.y the
most Of Inankial, viz: the compromising Of
re6s,ed. intellectual people of taste and FASH
ion, may Ike enjoyed, the moro it viii be
sbro,.sed with company. -
How snany persons Of wealth, not mere
f,n'&bci'ows. are deferred from removing
with their families, {, Minnesota, because
they ssanoe he srse Of finding a confor,a-