, 1872-10-20

having made more money than almost any pub
nc house IN town. It is very well kept; rents TO
$4,000, and is chiefly patronized BY people from
the West. When it was opened, some twent,
years ago, It was thought to lie so far up town
that it could not succeed. Now, it is at least
mile and half below the line {Fourteentl
street) that divides down town from up town.
TIE METROPOLITAN
is still kept by son Of William II. Tweed, ant
st1I suffers from the odium the late TammanJ
ch1of incurred by exposure Of the Ring frauds
1t is slowly recovering therefrom, however
though tits said to have lost money every day
since its renovation and reconstruction. It i
supcrbly furnished. and one Of the best appoint
after having it for for nearly twenty
years, went into bankruptcy, aud very bad bank.
ruptcy ut tint. Ile Metropolitan, owned by
Aiexa1ldcrT 7. Stewart rents, believe for $50 0G(
por annum. Californiaus aud citizens Ut the
Northwest are Its principal customers.
THE GRAND GENITAL
has been the Lafargo and Southern. When the
Winter Garden Theatre. which was in it's rear,
was burned, the hotel was seriously injured. It
then underwent extensive alterations aud addi-
tlons, and is now the resort Of country mer-
chants from various quartere,-the charges be-
ment. It seems to bo prosperous, aud
in which Colonel james iisk, Jr.. was
assassinatcd. The advertising gained by that
murder is reported to have been very beneficial
to tho proprietor. The annual rent Of the
Ground Central is, am informed, SG5, 600.
THE FIFTH AVENUE,
built by the late Paran Stevens, has been ex-
teuaely successful from the first. It stands at
tho head Of the American houses, and has been
for some time q sort of uptown Gold-Room and
Stock-Exchange. Every evening, its spacious
corridors are crowded with brokers aud specula-
tors, with gossips, news-gathcrers. and we'll
dressed loungers generally. Tho house rc1ts, I
think, for 3l00.000 per annun, which is said
to be less than its yearly average profits have
been since it's opening. Most strangers Wishing
to be thought fashionable, aud preferring tie
American plan, stay there while in town, and
numerous citizens make it their homo. Not d
few Of them pay for their accommodations from
Sl0,o00 to S12, 900 year.
THE OLD ASToR
has now been conducted on the European system
two years. It long sinco lost its prestige as
fashionable hotel but retains many OF its ancient
customers. The present lease expires in three
years, after Which the Astor will probably be
converted to business uses. It has an
interesting history, as nearly all the
distinguished men Of the past and present
generation have sometime stayed there. The
Stetsons. father and sons, hRye had it from its
opening, with the exception Of few months;
and yet, strange to say, have not, as under
stand, made any money out Of It. One would
suppose, with their splendid opportunities. that
they might all haye been rich long before this.
The annual rent OF the hotel part Of the Astor is
S55. 900 but, when it is turned into Offices as it
doubtless will be by its ewner, William b. Astor,
it Will rent for much more. The bulk OF its sup
portcrs, at present, are provincial tradesmen and
merchants. This house las been, and is still to
q certain extent, a fayorite solourning place for
journalists in and out of town, owing to it's
contisuity to Printing House Square.
THE NEW YoRK
continues to be patronlzed largely by Southern
ers, and preserves good reputation. It's rent
is SAC, 900, and itH old proprietor. Hiram Crons-
ton, realized ont Of it handsome inaepend-
euce.
THE BREVooRT AND CLARENDON.
are regarded as among the best Of the European
houses, being favorites with diplomats, foreign
dignitaries and mobiles, and 's swell " EnElishmen
generally. The Brevoort, as you are
aware, il quito small, and it's rooms not very de-
sirable; but it's restaurant is deemed second to
none III the city. The Brevoort and Clarendon
are, VI course, expensive, even for New
York, and exceedingly profitable to their pro.
prietocs.
The Hoffman. Westminster, st. James, and
indeed, all the wcll-lept houses, are reported to
be prosperous. I can see no reason why they
should not be their charges are generally high,
aud promptly paid without questioning. Hotel
proprieto1s who fail to make money here al
most invariably owe their taiIure to want Of
proper management. An established hotel in
New York is to him who understands it's direc-
'ion as good as mine Of gold. J. q. =.