Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-01
GOOD NEWS.
The Metropolitan Hotel Leased to an E1-
perienced Condemnation sto be Re-
paired, Refitted, Renovated, Supplied
with Elevators and all Modern Improve

pared, Redttoo, Renovated, Supplied
with Elevators and all Modern Improve.
ments.
It was announced a few days since that ne.
gotiations were pending between the owners Of
the Metropolitan hotel and gentleman from
New York State, having in view the transfer Of
that caravansary to well known hotel man of
Utica in the above named State. The vague
uncertainty of the brief paragraph before al
luded to, may now give way to statement OF
accomplished facts, as arrangements for the
transfer of the hotel to its new proprietor
were completed yesterday, ana thescomnence-
ment OF new epoch in the historySof the hotel
was most propitiously inaugurateds
The name Of st. Pauls recent and valuable
acquisition is Mr.. G. Allen Linsley, and to her
talented and enterprising hotel ability he
brings an experience of twenty-five years, hav-
ing been identified with some of the foremost
hotels in New York city and the State. Mr..
Linsley is widely known in the latter State
from his long connection with the Butter6eld
house at Utica, which has gained an enviable
Of the best hotels in all particulars in the State
He has also conducted the Bay State house at
Worcester, Mass, and the Glenham house. Fifth
avenue New York, both of which are famous
for their elegant appointments and unsurpassed
management.
LILO AtUIOpOllCau mas Dee0 leased OY Mr.,
L'nsley for period of five years, with the
privilege of having the lease renewed at the
expiration of that time. In order to
sustain his reputation as an able
hotel man, Mr.. Linsley proposes
to dispose of his interests in the Butter6eld
house and other hotels, for the purpose of de
voting his entire time and energies 70 making
the Metropolitan second to no hotel in the
Northwest. With this object in view, the wor k
of renovating the hotel will be commenced i'm
mediately, and the house will be thoroughly
reconstructed from basement to attic, The
changes contemplated are radical and numerous.
foremost among which will be the construction
of an Otis passenger elevator, new plumbing
and steam fitting, new water apparatus, new
furniture, new laundry and kitchen apparatus
the range for the latter department being of
the Brimhall d Deane manufacture New York
city. The office, dining-rooms and parlors will
be thoroughly renovated and improved with
the latest modern conveniences, the decorations
and ornamental work, such as frescOinR, and so
forth, being contracted for by eastern artists
whose exquisite handiwork has adorned some
of the finest public resorts in the country.
In addition to the above the appearance of
the Office will be enhanced by floor of red and
white marble tiling. while it is pro posed to-
turn the corner store into gentlemen's parlor,
which will be one of the pleasanteat rooms of
the kind in the city. The above is of course
only an outline of what is intended, but from
what has been said the people of 81. Paul, to-
gether with her able hotel men. may congratu-
late themselves on SO enterprising an accession.
The work will be commenced forthwith and
the hotel will be open for inspection and oocu-
pancY on or about the first day of May.