Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-21

facts ohen before spread before tie
community BY the most yeracious
chronicles of important nd notable
circumstances. However, too much
cannot be sfid about matteTsin which
the public are personally interested.
Consequently l viii mention that this
g,and hotel contains 100 rooms, hes a
west front of ssl feet on State street,
13l feet on Wabash avenue, and COW
ers Il, $50 square feet. The marble
flooring covers 5000 feet. The
ground floor is IL feet b'gh, and the
other six floors average l2feet. The
dining room is 26 feet high.
Over 2C00 feet Of marble consti-
tute the elaborate wr'nscotting. II is
needless to mention the countless at
fractions Of the parlors, reception
rooms, halls, corridors, etc., they are
Of the cost'iest style. When | state
that this property is valued at over
$500, COO, the mind can easily grasp
what an immense and magnificent
public institution the Palmer Horse
MOTEL is, and what honor attaches to
Mr.. Potter Palmer as its proprietor,
and to Mr.. Willis Howe, its able and
courteous mani ger. Some writers are
constantly lampooring hotel men ss
next to savages IN their treatn ent Of
the public. To bring the Paine:
House at aches under this ban would
be gross libel. From tho bell boys
upward the gentlemanly courtesy Of
Nv. Howe is everywhere reflected in
the most minor detail of every official,
L have entered the grand rotunda Of
| the hotel during election times, when
it was packed by thousands Of excited
people, all wanting TO be served first,
and noted the treatment each received
from the clerks,and in no instance did
| detect discourtesy to the humblesi
Of that vast throng Of enquiring peo-
ple. am an old soldier of the strict
order school, and wasastonished and
pleased at the clock work IKE d,scl'
! Mine every where apparent rider Mr.
| Howe's watehful supervision. Iwou q
| like To DO full justice to the splendid
merits Of the Palmer House, but such
cannot be accomplished in short
frtlcle. The task is as stupendous a:
presenting comparison between the
Chicago OF 1893 and that Of 1888. The
first as a little outpost among the In,
dams, and the present as a grand and
wonderful city Of 7C0,C)0 souls, the
center Of cultivated civilization, lux
my and immense wealth. What Chi.
cago is to small village, so is the
pagni6cencc of the Palmer House Il
the ordinary public caravausary. This
is the freely expressed sentiment o.
those who have revelled 10 the luxu-
RES of all the palatial hotels Of the
WOrld-both ladies and gentlemen o.
the most cultivated aud refined tastes
Such Endorsement is the just due Of
Hon. Potter Palmer, Willis Rowe
ESQ.,, their large corps Of gentlemanly
attaches, aud their grand and sJmp'
tuously appointed hotel, f'om an APP
precistive aud discriminating
public. That this picture
Of a splendid public monu
ment, embodying the rarest art ant
science, as we'll as every modern anC
oriental luxury, is not overdrawn, cal
easily be proven by tour through 1t
towering and enchanting domain un
der the gallant escort Of idanager Viii
lis Howe. In conclusion, will stat
that Mr.. Howe sends kind grseting
to all PUBLIC LEDGER people, ii
countless readers included.
a. NAYR.