The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-23

the American Consul he was coolly told not to
trouble himself about the matter
The Pnlacss or New York--The saint
Nicholas Hotel.
he merchants q New York arc unfpari7g 10 theiI
oiiky and 80 long they display 80 much Hberality
ane txs IN ne inv s'nnt OF their capital there Is ns
fear that Phsd.lphia any other civ viii have arv
clim 20 the title of the commercial mo ropolis mo-
Eastern, southern, or We trn trsdsr I'D every.
thing that he desire IN New York. and Of better quality
than anywhere else Does he wish to Astonish his vito
with q splendid "broc.d-," he may sAlect !, from 9
stock worth nj ion in building which COST hall mil,
lion more Does he desire to repenhn bis library
We invite Aim TO inspection OF sstabIifhment In
which three quarters Of million invested
He may select diamond ring from the Hnesa
assortment CT bouere L. the world He Is Ussured foe
his boots or trousers by artst in full Dress he map
appear In the costume lion OF the Bouevards den
Itsens before the g,oas has disappeared from the org.
nal garment. the draf o, which is displayed to his gaze
For The evening six endless variety
OF other amuTeneEts Il he contemp.tigs philoso-
phicalthtrs lectures for him Is he desrsas In
dnlss In wciso Of aIt-here galleries Of pantingc
l. he troubled viii ecHi-Blrton viii H. Doso
he love escitemeet Rr Siway Ii wet weather viii gva
him plenty o. it, Does 70 desire opia.e ~ low rate
let him hear the debates in the Common Council. Il
he inclined 70 the German enool OF Abstruss ION
let him work out the problem which we 81 try to
solve and ascertain when shall have citp
government
We do not continue the catalogue, because would
occupy too much apsce and the work is perhaps sopsr
huous. But have provided the gentleman with
food rain emit au shelter Eating Ia which
he from soup and black bread inCha.
than street four cents dinner st four dollars g.
restaurant Francdis He may, so-ever, be accompanied
by his wife, and then be grave question In cab
met courcu 70 which hotel Offers the strongest In
duesments to laeies. II has long been maxim with
shrevd hotel keepers that they have the ladies
their aide Is OF consequence What the men think.
Mr. Howard late OF the Irving House, made handsome
fortune BY pa ing attention to this precep ADD his
pie las initiated and improved upon by others.
| We more forcibly impressed
| with the force of the maxim above named than
in recent ltrell through the rpendid corridors ana
luxurious drawing of tbs Saint Nishos, Hotel
We see,d il another stmosp her.or, rather tesarsS
mix OF atm otpberss charming ntoxication Of tho
The occasion the anniversary of the opening
Of the abll hmsn which event took psoe ths 9th
rsry 1883 Tie propris had realized handsome
profit their great Investment and they resolved 10 %,
ebste the by reunion Of their guests lad risn;s
Some six bundled persons in attendance and the
north wing OF the house presented raaeacsn. appear
Lades 10 !sli dress promenade the Corridors
their fairly Acknowledged seemed TO be Ia
the eernen for which they created Little family
grc upH clustered Ia this wing room tho
piano, Engaged Ia perhaps Irritation
AL pfeaed TO be In the ulnsss Of JOY An hour after
warcs the company Ia the salon lie danse,
splendid hall worthy in every respect OF the brilliant
company whin occupied it. Here, fer two hours, there
polkss, quades, wazss, promenadss for oonver.
sAiion, etc. when The band gave the signal for supper
The company passed out of the hall to the b.nqustng
rccr where they ast down to = supper which sups
ror to snyhn, Of the kind have before Tho
room seemed . vast panorama OF wealth and beauty.
Every deicaey that could be desired provded-wnsa
Of the most delicate flavor flowed In Impid streamsthe
conversation WAS btisntthe ladies amiable.the gen.
tlemen gaans-the attaches OF the house performed their
duties without the slightest confusion Of ords
ard after two hours had deshuly spent st table,
the sgAn beoo themselves 10 the pleasures OF
the dance until three O'Clock, when they had gradually
| dispersed.
The reader win naturally conclude that hotsl whore
anything of this iort could be well done would be an
extraordinary establishment. 1t is and proceed TO
recount some particulars concerning 1t.
The st. Nicholas HOTEL Broadway near Spring street,
FIRST opened 10 the public the 9th Of January,
1853 The buildings Of white marble and fresstons
and with the land viii cost when finished eleven hum
bred thousand dollars 1t is leased by John r. Teadwe
John Acker Peter Acker and Virgil Whitcomb form
copartIersbip unc or the and style of rreadwsu
Acter Co. The badings 275 feet front Broad.
way, and the the rear, Mercer stres, with q
depth OF 200 feet. The hotel accommodate argeg
number Of persons than any other In New York.
There row three hundred and eighty four rooms,
each az which accommodate two persons When tho
house lie complete the number OF viii DO six hua.
dred and one thousand persons be easily acconmo.
dated. Two now wiog will .hortly be thrown open Tho
northwest wing, Spring street. has hundred rooms
zach eiehteen feet square 1t win be ready ocou.
pants in about two weeks The south wing with
in suites spler dolly furnished This viii bs ready
about the so!h rroxmo The furniture for this house
has cost, go far $40 co will up $500 o0o Tho
mirrors cost $4,000 The gas fixtures, which very
beautiful, st s27 600 There are one thousand four
hundred burners, including gu6csnt chande
iers The expense attendant upon carrying on the house
is about COO day At present the arrivals lumber
three hundred Fer day. but IL the summer there have
been from Eve hundred to six hundred per day. Tho
number OF servants now employed is two hun.
dred and thirty and In the busy they will bs
reinforced By one hundred The house is heated
throughout BY steam pipes and there regular patrol
Gay and night to gsad against are. In Gre should
break out in part Of the house, 1t would be
.xtpguished water and hose in any quantity al
ways ready There Ave steam engines employed in
various kinds Of labor in the house. The boiler away
from the house, In . vault urd Mercer street.
We have thus briefly given the notable points abous
this establishment, which unquesonaby stands at the
head OF lis clas in New York in the world. Bat per-
hAps the most feasIkab- fsass about 1t is that not
withstaudirg its extent, its meno0e is as quiet ~
that OF a private household. Discipline and order
rgn supreme and the guests annoyed by blum
dering CT noisy servants.
We are glad to that tbs propstors have adopted
noiseess system at the dinner table Onoe th,re
order observed in the serving Of Az the fremont
House Boston, several years sinoe the system Of drilling
walters Ia miladne commenced. The servants
tered the room In solemn e and tram down the pas
sages between the tables. The head waiter touched
be-snd down the dishes the table With crash