Washington telegraph., 1854-04-05
An American EofeE---EEre Nam.
moth ST. Nicholas. II. York.

An attentive correspondent Of the Louis
Z VILE Courier, in letter Of the 9Th instant
gives the subjcincd graphic description ol
/. the ST. Nichcias Hotel Just think of a
public house, the ground plan of which is
measured By acres, its carpeting counted by
miles, and its guests enumerated bv the
thousand With irS magnificent front, its
dazzling mirrors its superb furniture IL
complete organization, it corps Of officers
and waters and !. population about equal to
that Of the capital OF the State Of Kentucky,
the 81. Nicholas is truly wonderful affair
The St. Nicholas Hotel is row finished
The front is of elaborately carved white
marble, six stories high. The whole struc-
turc covers siriy thousand s9uayc ne. Of
ground. or little les than two acres, III
irouts three hundred feet upon Broadway.
two hundred feet upon Spring street. three
hundred feet upon Mercer street, and two
huBdred upon It's south line The whole
number of apartments Is nine. hundred
capable Of accommodating two thousand
persons. There are four public dining rooms
a tea room and numerous private dining
rooms. n the rooms in the establishment
are lighted BY the sun ii some way or other,
and well ventilated There are more than
two miles of stairway and halls, all Of which
are carpetet. and not less than ten thousand
cas burners. There are between zine and
ten acres Of carreting for the floors, and sev-
eral acres Of curtains (ace and danask) for
the Eilf0ws The mirrors would easily
cover an acre If ground and cost more than
forty thousand dollars To these and along
with these are seryapts.silver, china. kitchens.
and everything else in proportion. making
it truly mammoth establishment Tie
leases arc owned by McSsrs. Treadwel,
Archer 4 Whitcomb Mr.. Trcadwell was,
for long time, proprietor Of tile Franklin
House. and j. thoroughly experienced III
hotel life Mr.. Whitcomb has been favora-
bly, known in New Orleans and the entire
South. as business man ard capitalist.
Deputy Sheriff Stage is always in atten-
dance, to prevent the ingress and stop the
egress Of thieves: whilst there l., during
the night, large number of servants de-
tailed q watch to prevent fires and be in
readiness upon call at moments notice
The breakias. is frcm 6 O'Clock to II in the
morning; luneh from to 2 dinner from
2 to the dinner being at five; tea from
6 to 8 and supper from 8 until next morn
ing. Price # board s. 30 per day,
Thus have l in a brief a manner a. posi-
bic given you an ont line Of what you must
see ard enjoy in order to fully realize and
appreciate. From the office Of the hotel,
door leads into GenIn's hat and furnishing
establishment, another door from the other
side o1ens into Phalon's hair dressing saloon
and store Of perfunerios- Two doors from
this j. the splendid store Of Eaton 4 Co..
merchant tailors Two doors below the IL
dies entrance. are the immense carpet
rooms Of Belts Keller K Belts
The St Nicholas block forms town BY
itself. with population. including all per-
sons within its walls. of near three thousand
souls Policies Of insurance upon properly
under is roof amount TO three quarters IF
million. and upwards Thus far IT, i'm
mensc dimensions pradnce no confusion
and i attended w no Inconvenience or want
Of attention to guests. Meal time and meals.
bed time and beds. come and 20 very much
with the same regularity, precision and ceT-
taintv with which the rest Of mankind are
blessed with seed time and harvest"