Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-20
wa.Ai,xss. Hotel Aco.mm ed.sion-

EDTroR sTAR:--Referrlng 10 article in yOrr
issue o. Aug 30 about the scarci y OF hotel
YOU have theie stated IL sut too true, end - %
charming extent that visitors "a the capital OF
the United States have - Often % pus M with
the many Inconvenience OF limited accommO-
datiOns that IL almost becomes a hardship % now
stay IN the city, II only Tor fe~ DAYS. Judge
then Of the amount Of tncOnvcntcnceS and
annoyances that parties ShO are obliged % live
In The city for the whole winter, OF daring the
ses ion OF Congress are subjected %. There Is
really 10 excuse FOR all this, the retirement Of
the many hotels has nothing whatever % DO with
ne lack 81 custom OF patronage that would 80
70 make hrst-claSS hotel. or several drst-class
hotels, pay well and handsomely both % the
owners and proprictOrs In fact. there l. not
another locality In the whole United states thata
nrst-class hotel II more needed or would nav
better thAn IN W ashington. Now hy saving nrSt-
GAS hotels Il meant \ hotel huti. ~ t;le best
srchitect IN The country who makes hotel build
ing specially Started from the foundation
as such, and completed under his supcrNision
furnished in the best stNle, with hath reor,s
water closets, elevators, and all the modern i'm.
provements now introduced I'm such hots.ls A. Tie
Continents I'm Philadelphia, Filth Avenue the
Gilscy, Metropolitan IN New York. aud other
city hotels throughout the country-with the
addition OF a very important adjunct taken from
our best summer houses. viz: a magnificent bau
room, with good band an attendance ,lur ms
the winter. such a hotel, built in any looatlon,
say between 9th and 18th street and from
north OF Pennsylvania avenue 90 NJ street.
would pay handsomely I'm the Investment
would increase property ia is neighhor,
hood nom 30 "a - Per cent. aud wOul
very materially increase the value OF real estat
all over TIE city. II such hotel was erected
would be crowded from November LIST % Jun
LIST, and would have good paying business IN
balance OF the year. There IL everything favor
able towards the complete success OF such "A
undertaking. The hotel could be built partly
not wholly by Washington mechanics and arti-
zans taking stock I'm paw ment of their work as
for instance; bricklay Ing by -, stone work by
-, marble -, carpenter, -, plumb
Ing -, gas fitting, &c. Sc, Such
capitalists as Gov. Cook, W. W Corcoran. "a.
w. Riggs, J. &. Kennedy and Others would un-
doubted'y be well renumerated in assisting in
such an enterprise.
Then, IL the much-talked-of opera house
could be completed at the same time with the
The city during the SESSION OF Congress. Wash
ington, with its delightful climate, pure air,
ard the beautiful surrounding country, with
its romantic roads, afording repeated views OF
the Capitol, the most pleasant and delightful
part OF this country, or probably any part OF the
world, tOr driving or riding-not 20 saw any
thing Of the wooden Payements IN or about to
be in the city. There certainly Is not 70 be
found in any OF our other cities OF celebrated
watering places 80 much wealth, beauty, refine
ment, talent, legislative, judicial and adminis-
uatve ability a. can be found in Washington
al the height OF It's season, I'm its nightly recep-
tons Lea Washington have an A No. 1 hotel
and an opera house, and with its Lincoln Hall
Masonic Temple, church chime, new market
ings in the city, and the soldiers Home. AIRING
ton ard Georgetown Heights, Sc, sc. in il
immediate vicinity, and Mount Vernon within
a lew miies, and the citizens viii wonder why
this had not been done before. Flrst-class
hotels do more 60 increase value OF property i'm
their vicinity thrn any other building or enter
prise that Is known i'm the present day. Take.
for instance, the Continental Hotel Philadel,
phia, FIFTH Avenue Hotel, New York, and other
hotels In Other cities, and see how property has
advanced all round them.