, 1860-05-23

PAlladeIpIliass New Hotel.

lF.cu lie New Yors Nsn.e Journal, s1.y :h1
Let New Workers Ely what they will, lhi]a-
delphians are Il pros1 cssire people; how can
they help 1t, with Their more Than h1li- million
of inhabl:ants1 Possessing many advantages
eyer New York {say III plenty OF land roon,
while we have only sea roon,> taey ara deter
mined not to he behiadhand in luxu.iss, vEiie
thy are in atrauce Of US in many positive cpu,.
furts. Always clean, neat, fair, and blooming
as one Of its own charming Quakeresses, rhila-
dellhia las wanted culy metropolitan hotel.
to give !. metropolitan rank. And by this
the yastness Of its bar and lining rooms an.a
wonderfully small in its provision Of ho,ue-
comforts, aud in the supply Of delicate and re-
fined home necessities but We mean as rood
q substitute for M elegant home Us it IL posi-
bic for hotel to be- Philadelphia, Of cuussc.
has had hotels ever since lseniam,n FrsnkIin
bought and ate the penny rull for his lreasfust
in its streets, because he could not u.Iari to
stop at ooe; but Of late years they hare hse.,
VIGOROUSLY insufficient in number Many fiber
al Philadelphia Merchants. who were cu1scjou,
Of their cits's deficiency in this respect, united
together, and. selecting the finest site in sh.
citr-the corner Of Ninth aud Chestnut sirer,s
the result was: F:sss the erection Of what is
admitted to be ore Of the most complete hotel
structures in the world, at IN expense Of ei.hs
hundred thousand dollars-the tuildin. coyer-
ing m acre Of ground; and being int riorlr
covered By hEe acres OF carpet: Second, the
expenditure Of over two hundred thousand
dollars in rich and appropriate furniture. What
IN effect I million Of dollars cat produce in
architecture aud elegance, wr hare 10 room to
describe. The magnificent entrance, sla grand
staircase the unique upper corr,I:rs, from which
ll1ies, unubseEyed, may watch the thronx be-
low; the tfraperiea drawing.roon.s, aud noble
dining halls. lighted up with iha beauty and
brilliaucy OF fairy palace (rather than aen,o.
NH,IffS hrkA n fs+A
lioaairt : two dollars and ha!fa day.) are
unequalled in this country. 4tnd then, in the
magnificent private rooms, we have velvet 10
walk upon. instead of worn and dusty incraus:
hot and cold wafer to the toucl,, instead sf .
cracked pitcher; CRATE, set ia marble, instead
Of ihe rusty B!0ye; and it We muas 70 i'm stairs
ito use an illberuanisn1.> w< do.'. DO it at al,
but are lifted from the bottom of the bcuse to
the top, by steam. n gently and safely a. q
nurse raises child from the cradle. But rot
cot as dollars are, and especially a million Of
them put together. they could not have accon,-
plished this without the direction of consun,a,e
experience and taste 40 the Philadelphia mer-
chants very wisely secured Mr. Faran Stevens
already The pr5rriesor Of The Revere and Tre-
mont Houses, In Boston the Fifth Avenue. in
New York. and the Battle aud Point Clear
Houses, in Mobile. as the lesaee. How few men
there arc who can keep hotel, the complaints
oftrave'ers and repeated fai!urein in the business,
aonE0ansJ snoT- 1he aaH!'ntstfaflFe ability
that il always muriticent, but rever wasteFulE,
that knows how to Go all right things at the
right time aad in the right way-is a. rare in \
hotel proprietor Us in a general The nacniti-
cent Continental Is Colonel Steyens' last and
best undertaking, and, in charge of Mr. Jan,es
f. Stevens, under whose personHl IiEectioa the
establishment will remain, promises 10 bc one
Of the most successful. Is i'hllade!phia Is
,ted for its superior hea!thfuluess, The beauti.
tul drives about isa suburbs. the hospitality Of
its inhabitant', its magnificent stoses its variety
Of au.useuents, and now for its luxurious hotel,
twill become one ofthe most popular reade,-
rous for tourists, especially from the Soush and
Southwest that can be found in tho United
States,