Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-29
New York Hotels.
THE OLD HOTELS AND THE NEw-wHo INTRO
puCFp BREAKFAST NAPKINS AND sILENCED

TIE OLD HOTELS AND THR NEw-wHo INTRO
puCFp BREsKFAsT NAPKINS AND sIIENCFr
THE BARG.ROUs GONG.
When the genial Jennings presided over
the iayOrite old red brick City Hotel, locat-
ed below Rector street, A. ID. lel5, and
Coleman and Stetson were proprletors oil the
Astor House, and at the same date Howard
reiened supreme in the old Howard Hotel,
corner of Maiden lane and Broadway, while
mine host Hodges guided the helm at the
Carlton House, and at the tlmo the Lelands
fir became known in hotel society at the
ole Clinton Hotel in Beekman street, hotel
life was totally different from the present
luxurious style.
Then, whether or no, the hotel guests
were thoroughly awakened, an hour before
br eakfast. by the tones Of an unearthly CHI
nese gong. which was made to peal through
every hall in the hotel then the three
meals per diem. breakfast, dinner and tea,
were served only at regular hours, and nap
| kins were unknown, except at dinner.
1852, the Leland brothers. Charles and
W rem, left the Clinton Hotel, and, max
in. pilgrimage up Broadway, opened the
NJ, upolitan, and there introduced the
or, u features which now make American
hotels superior to any in the world. War
ren and Charles Leland are to be praised
for preserving so many lives. as no doubt
they did. by prohibiting tho use Of the bar
barous gong in the hotel, and they were
first to silence it, As they wero the first to
| provide the meals from a. m. until - md
night. They also were the first to supply
napkins at every meal and to Introduce or
chestral music during dinner. Warren LIE
land, after building his monument in Sara
toga-thc largest, most complete and elab
IN { tartD nj in
called to the Pacific coast, there to build the
most magnificent hotel in the world, the
Palace Hotel, San Francisco. which he man
ages. His brother Charles is now the pro-
pr ietor of tho celebrated Ocean House at
Long Branch. Their nephews. Lewis,
Horace, George, Charles L Jerome and
Warren F., are now among the leading
hotel prOprietOrs of the country, and the
Leland chain of tirst-class hotels extends
across the continent from the Atlantic
Ocean, at Long Branch. to the Palace Hotel
on the Pacific coast. The six nephews are
all brothers, and sons of Aaron p. Leland.
Esq. Lewis has finally settled down at the
Sturtevant House, for permanent home.
after successfully keeping the Occidental
Hotel, San Francisco. in 1852; Metropoli
tan Hotel. Long Branch, and St. Elmo,
New York. His brother, George has,
associated with him in the popular manage
ment of the hotel. so well known to both
army anu navy and the travelling pub
lie, as well as being one Of the
largest and best regulated family
hotels in the land. Charles L Is
the senior proprietor, his brother, War
rem F. being the junior. of the famous
Delevan House, Albany. Charles f. is also
owner and proprietor of the bon ton Claren-
don Hotel. Saratoga. and sole proprietor of
the elegant Rossmore Hotel, New York.
Horace is proprietor of the Leland Hotel at
Springfield Illinois, and jerome was part
Der OF Lewis in the Occidental Hotel, San
Francisco, and in 1865 and 1869 the pre-
prietor of the Columbian Hotel, Saratoga
For three generations the Lelands have been
identified with hotel life. Their grandfa-
ther. Simeon, while his brother Aaron the
Lieutenant-Governor of Vermont, was at
tending TO the affairs of State and preaching
he being the celebrated Baptist preacher
of the day-kepr the Green Mountain Coffee
House. at Landgrove. VT. was Justice of
the Peace and transacted the principal law
business for that section of country estab-
lIshed the first line of stages and carried the
first mail over the Green Mountains in 1899;
also established the first line of stages from
Nashua. n. H.. to Troy and Saratoga. and
from Hartford. Conn, to Haverill, N. ii.
At the same time his brother, Alexander,
presided over the Chester Hotel. at Chester,
Vt. For nearly seventy years have the Le-
lands successfully guided the hotel helm,
and the old homestead is still il, the poses-
sion Of the family. NV