Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-05-16
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has nai bCtE.S SJacs BeuJz llIl franklin bought
ard the p%n1T T.I f0- his JTezk1S n is streets;
bsa0Se Se oood %. Afford 20 stop one: bot Of Eaie
Tez-s GnE have oe~n 5S-E5OCSlv insufficient IN nuD-
bz- Many liberal Paia5eIpbia merchants vino were
conscious q their c5Iss S=6cisosy tins respect
united iozrihs-. and selecting the finest site IN the
city-;he co-rer q Ninth AMI Chestnut streets
tie result Ms: First the erection Of what Is ad-
rItred 20 be OCs= q t= D1sS complete hotel struc
iErEs N The World al expense Ct eight hundred
thousand doiz7S-tt= bCifing covering an acre Of
ground; and bang i1te-i9-iy covered by fire acres
q carPei. Seoooi he expenditure Of over two
hurried IhlUSzDi dollars IN rich and appropriate
furniture What A. eject million Of dollars can
vEnfgcs N architecture and elegance. we have no
rr9o 10 describe The magnificent entrance the
ETa-s1 Staircase the unique upper Corridors from
Ea5ca -b1s<s- GnOhseTEet- nav watch the throng be-
l5E. ihe jrzpeTied drzEiIgroonS. and noble dining
halls lighted Up with the beauty and brillIancy of
ar Palace rather than democratic hotel. in
Tca eTsrT oCe can re millionaire for two dollars
z-i half taT.l are Unequailed in this country
AMI then in tie magnificent private rooms, we have
TeivrI 10 walk upOn INSTEAD Of worn and dusty in
grains hot and cold water to the touch, instead Of
\ cracked pitcher; grate, set IN marble, IN place
Of the rusty stowe and If must 20 up stairs Ito
Use an H5erriani<rn-l don't do At at all. but are
lifted from the bottom Of the house 10 the top by
steam - gently and safely as nurse raises child
from the cradle But. potent dollars are, and
especially million of them put together they could
not have accomplished this without the direction of
coHSunulate experience and taste; the PIiladel-
phia merchants very wisely secured Mr. Paran
Stevens-already the proprietor Of the Revere and
fremont Houses in Boston the Fifth Avenue in
New-York, and the Battle and Point Clear Houses,
in Mobile. as the lessee. How few men there are
who cda keep a hotel, the complaints Of travellers
and repeated failures in the business, abundantly
show The administrative ability that is always
Inunifcent but never wasteful-that knows how to
do all right things at the right time and in the right
ways as rare in hotel proprietor as in general
The magnificent Continental Is Colonel Stevens
last and best undertaking and in charge of Mr. Jas
E Stevens, under whose personal direction the es-
Enlistment will remain, promises to be one oil the
most successful As Philadelphia is noted for its
superior healthulneSS the beautiful drives about its
suburbs the hospitality of its inhabitants its mag
nifcent stores its variety of amusements, and now
for its luxurious hotel it will become one Of the
most popular rendezvous for tourists especially from
the south and southwest that can be found in the
United States