Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-04-18
Communication.
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Our New York Letter.


week here, IN point Of inpor-
tance, was the completion -and
: formal opening of A. It. Stew
arts Woman's Hotel, which
: has been slowly building dil-
: ring ten years past, at the cor-
ner of Fourth Avenue and 33rtl
street. Everything being fin
ally in readiness, the enormous
structure was brilliantly illumi-
mated early on Tuesday eyen-
ing, and Mrs. A. T. Stewart
!, waited in an elegant parlor fit
ted up especially for her use, to
receive the three or four thou
sand guests vino bad received
formal cards of invitation to
this inspection. The manage
ment, however, soon learned
that they had reckoned without
their host in attempting to open
the building for a chosen few.
Immediately upon the doors be-
ing thrown back, an immense
and indiscriminate throng OF
the curious surged in, elbowing
the. great scandalized ticket
holders and taking possession
Of things generally. 1t is es-
timated that in the course Of
the evening, about thirty thou
sand people pushed and strng-
gled through the hotel, inspired
by the uncomfortable desire
of seeing for themselves the
true inwardness of this great
white pile which for years past
has stood closed and silent as
the sphynx.
The "Women's Hotel" is an
eight story iron building, 2C0
feet square, covering fourteen
lots. A hundred feet square is
devoted TO an interior court,
which, being provided with u
fine fountain and parterres Of
flowers, will in some measure
take the place of pleasant out
side surroundings. On the out
side. above the stere floor, there
are 500 windows looking into
the street, all being provided
with inside blinds. There afe
352 windows looking into the
court yard. The lower story is
cut up into thirty-eight stores,
and the remaining ones contain
the parlors, office, dining and
reception rooms, a library for
the free use Of guests, contain
ing over $500 volumes, kitchens,
etc., besides SOP sleeping rooms.
The furniture and carpets arc
very handsome, and the place is
expected to accommodate about
one thousand women. The
building is considered TO be alb
solutely fire-proof and is self
dependent for water and gas,
there being a full set of water
pumps and facilities for manu-
featuring an abundant supply
of gas. Two sumptuous eleya1
tols furnish easy ccmmunica-
ton between the floors, and o.
yer two thousand gas jets fur
nish illumination by night to
themammolh caravansary which
has cost all complete, in the
neighborhood of s3,O00,0O0.
This enterprise has been very
generally and val-iously misun-
derstood. The prevailing i'm
preston seems to have been
that Mr.. Stewards idea was, To
provide home for working wo-
men, which should be charita-
bic institution, free or nearly so.
This misapprchension waspleas-
ant enorgh while it was procur-
ing the gratuitous advertising
which has been given TO the
Hotel all through the years oil
its construction, but now that
it transpires that the scheme is
largely a business one, that the
terms of the institution are to
be comparatively high and the
rules for it's government rather
strict, a general hue and cry IS
raised against Mr.. Stewart and
ais executors. 1t is true that
only the higher class of work
ing men can live III the house at
its present tariff, but it is also
true that this class are the ones
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