The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-26
OPEslyG OF IHG GRAND HOTEL,

The Fruits Of Wealth and Luxury-A Model
Inn for the Rich and the Refined.
Foremost Of the institutions that strike the for
egner on landing on these shores is the great and
unique American hotel system. No other country
possesses anything like tthat is there Is nowhere
else to be found that marvellous concentration of
domestic needs under one public roof which Ameri-
cans exclusively enjoy There Is nowhere else that
Capitalization OF personal convenience which marks
the hotels OF this great city. Underneath some
are stores SO varied IN character that one
need hardly stir abroad to purchase all that
his necessities may demand. From buying .
suit Of clothes to mdulging in Q warm bath is the
work Of bur few minutes and from rising OF
lively spring couch to getting accommodated with u
clean shave and Partaga cigar IS process equally
brief and pleasant. These thoughts are suggested
by the formal opening yesterday Of the Grand Hotel,
corner Of Broadway and Thirty first street-an i'm
mense marble building towering away above the
altitude OF all other hotels and almost piercing the
clouds. From Its cupOla the eye gazes with dizzy
feeling up and down the evershifting panorama OF
Broadway. and far above the slopng roofs Of .
thousand houses stretching east and west from one
river to the other.
The term Grand" as applied to this hotel, IL no
mere fulsome adjective. IL is literally and truly
expressive for no other hotel on this continent
walton, tending a. once TO convenience, safety ease
and positive luxury. 1t Is the latest improvement
all the hotels with which the American public Is
familiar, and that indeed Is saying great DEAL
The building is OF white marble and eight stories
nigh The grand stairway i OF black XIV walnut ana
cable time Is lost IN reaching 1t from any OF the
corridors.
Tue rooms fronting on broadway, on the second,
third fourth, NTH and Sixth stories, are In suits
for families. All these are superby furnished with
all the appliances Of bath rooms and the appoint
q e.
CANT rooms, distinguished IN their ad0rnments, by
blue, crimson. green and amber damask, with
pressy by A. r. Stewart, aud W. ]. Sloane,
Tor this hotel. the par4r .,,s surpasses its
At Washington. Large mirrors. reaching from
floor to ceiling drapery OF crimson satin, finest lace
picture OF these elegant apartments. The mirrors
alone OF the Grand Hotel cost go, o00 The CHAN
deiers are OF the most modern design OF gilt and
bronze.
Inc ladies' dining room on the parlor moor. In
the centre OF the room is an octagOn sldeb0ard.
reaching from the floor to the ceiling, made OF black
walnut beautifully glided and richly decorated with
mirrors and fountains Four large mirrors adorn
the room, and the windows are curtalned after the
Turkish style
The ladies' reception room is situated at the head
OF the grand stairway.
The Renteman's coffee room, on the first floor IN
lifted up In superior style. The black walnut fur
niture and green drapery mpart 10 II an air OF
fort and delight.
The appointments Of great hotel are known to
the public principally from its Tue appearance but
hotel and those other appliances which Of q
novelty in hotel management. There Is dry cir
cooler, constructed by MIR. RObtdns consisting OF q
brick wall OF galvanized iron tubes, running from
the ceng.tO the moor In han an hour the Iempera-
ture can De reduced to sixteen degrees above Zero
Here all the meas, game everything carnverous
for the table Is deposited until 1t Ia placed upon toe
range thence to be placed upon the table. Two
boilers, heating the building running the elevator,
pumping the IRE engine and steam pump and heat
ing two large iron tanks with hot water Two hun
dred feet OF hose on each floor are ready equipped
for use. The contingencies against accident in this
hotel are unequaIled. TIVE large gas meters, each
one working separately In case should give out
are IN constant reach. There is q large reservoir,
for fire use, containing 5000 gallons OF water,
IN case the Croton Is cut OF. The ele-
vator Is Of the latest improvement and 10
worked by thirty horse power, making 800 revolu-
tons per minute. The storehouse Is replenished
with the finest wines ana liquors imported. The
TWO important auXiliarfes OF first class hotel are
not forgotten-the cigar stand and the bar are
admirably fitted up
Mr.. Robbins, as gentlemanly man as ever under
took the management OF any hotel enterprise,
showed the reporter OF this paper the concern
yesterday, and certainly nothing could be seen to
excite any other sentiment than that OF admiration
at the beauty and perfection Of all the arrange.