Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-05-07
For the Freeman.
VermOnteT in New York.

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Mr.. EDITOR If any of your readers in
visiting New York, affect the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, st. Nicholas, Metropolitan or Grand
Central, will simply say that this letter
is not written for them. Any of the
- habitues'' of those princely homes for
travellers could teach me lessons | never
thought of learning and can never learn until
80 my ship comes in Many man. however,
who thinks he cannot 90 to New York
might do SO. with as little expense as he
could 90 to Burlington for week, save in
the matter of fare to aud from the city, aud
even then he can, perhaps, cheaper than be
could stop a any of the leading hotels Of that
little city. Fare to New York from Mont
pelier is s. 80 Ga reaching the Grand
Central Depot the traveller might as we'll
take walk throu ID and around it, for there
is no more complete or wonderful piece Of
architecture in the city, considering the
purpose for which it was designed. Then he
can do as he hooses, tIke Il Fourth Avenne
street car to 90 down town, or a Broadway
omnibus; either of which he will fad at the
south end of the depot. Fares on the Fourth
Avenue cars are SIX cents, and you are taken
omnibuses are ten cents tax NJ d street ear,
there are many objects of interest on the
way down: Toe Academy of Design, where
there is always fine collection Of notable
paintings, and other works OF art ia statuary.
&c. On the opposite corner i the building
of the Young Mems Christian Association
| Further down at the head of the Old Bowery
street is Cooper Institute. We also pass the
store of A. L. Stewart, which fills the whole
block between the Avenue and Broadway
Further down we pass the Tomhs, and neal
| the end of our route the famous Court House
City Hall. Tribune and Times buildings, anC
Franklin Statue on Printing House Square
On leaving the cars at the end of the route
we see the old Astor House and st. Paul
Church Immediately before US; the new Pos
Othce at our right, the III raid buildings
and Bank of Commerce at our leit,-p lss
these two last and turn with me the frs
corner, and | will take you to the Belmoa
Hotel on Fulton street {; If this Hotel were ii
Montpelier it would be called first class will
it's marble floors and black walnut finish il
the dining and lunch rooms. If your lady /
with you, 90 to the ladies' entrance up stairs
turn to the tight and you will fiud the Office
and the ladies' parlor. Everything is neat
tasty and respectable. Floors of alternas
boards of black walnut and maple. Nov
when 90 here to spend the night call 70
d room which [ can get for 90 cents If
had friend with me we could have the sam
for IS cents, but if you wish for better furn
ished rooms at IS cents or LOO per night
you will fad them, and furnished in pro
portion to the charges
My so cent room has plain furniture, com
mon paper, clean bed and towels. plenty Q
water and good ventilation, no outside win
dow, but the gas is just as good as they hav
at the Astor House. Higher priced room
have outside light and finer furniture. Well
we are hungry. Let's have something t
eat For supper. | will take nice beetsteal
rare done. with potatoes, and bread aud but
ter, Is cents, cup of tea, 5 cents, and tw
hot rolls cents each, 30 cents, and goo
supper too, nicely cooked. For breakfast
cup of coffee, 5 cents, plate of buckwhea
cakes, 10 cents, and a dish of maple honey,
cents, and perhaps hot corn bread, cents
IS cents for nv breakfast. NV dinner: roas
beef, bread, butter and potatoes, Is cents
green peas Is cents, and a piece of pie or
plate of pudding 10 cents, IS cents. No,
there is any amount of variety in their bill Q
fare, and it you wish you Can order sprn
, chicken, at IS cents. or tender-lon steak a
As cents and make your repast as SUMPTION
. or as economical as you like.
, I like this place. 1t am five miles away
and do not wish to come back for my meal.
, [ get them where happen to be, and do no
have to pay for them twice. Or course Their
are other hotels Of the same sort European
as at Sweeney's, Frerch's or Leggest's. but
, have found no place where l am bette
served, or at more reasonable prices. F.
$l.25 TO $l.50 per day, a man Can stay her
: and live as we'll as most of US live at home
and che .per then we can stop at most couu
try hotels. The scale of prices is a llttl
higher in the Ladies' Dining room, bu
} the tables are more richly furnished, an