Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-08-28
THE NEW HOTEL.

( THE NEW HOTEL. -.
THE HALE HOUSE "A FIRsT-CLASS HOTEL
OPENED AT THE SITE OF THE OLD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND COSTLY FIT
TINGs-A NEW DEPARTURE FOR
sTAUNToN.
&C., &C., &C.
The extraordinary success of the new
hotel here, the Hale House, as evinced by
the fact that on the day of it's opening it
had IS arrivals and that for the week end
ing last Saturday, its list Of arrivals foot
ed up 227, gives evidence Of the.fa that
i Messrs. Fitz & Woodward have opened a
| first-class hotel, suitable and welcome to
the best class of travel. But an inspection
of the interior arrangements gives a
better idea of how it has been done.
These gentlemen had become we'll known
to the travelling public by their proprie-
| torship of the Hale House at Charleston,
W. Va, the splendid hotel which was re-
Gently destroyed by fire. After its de-
struction they looked at various localities
at which to commence business again and
decided on Stanton. They leased the
building once known as the American Ho
tel, which has been so altered and renova-
ted, that we may say the walls alone are
used. Everything has been changed-the
ladies entrance has been changed to Au-
gusta street, the main entrance has been
located under the varanda, the Kitchen has
been moved to a distance from the hotel,
every sleeping room IN the building has
furnished with interior blinds, the
sunny windows have been extensively
hooded with ALEXANDRIA hoods, and the
whole building has been repainted and
| renovated.
Entering on the main floor, you find a
linoleum matted hall ornamented by a.
large circular mirror four feet in diame-
ter. from the Robert Mitchell Furniture
you find the Office of the hotel handsomely
refurnished. and with e gigantic mirror
of walnut faced with veneering, from the
same furniture company. On this same
floor you turn into the parlor which is
splendidly furnished with Brussels car
pet. and set of parlor furniture, sofas,
chairs and rockers. upholstered in cardi-
nal velvet. The windows are upholstered
with lace curtains, crowned by heavy, rich
lambrequins. In this room is a Shuman
berg gold string piano. costing 81 .000.-
The tables are marble topped. The room
is lighted by a six-branch gas chandelier,
and across it's eastern end is another large
mirror from the Mitchell Co.. of Cipcin-
natl. The lavatory on the same floor
opens on the rear verandah, and has SIX
marble basins with silver gilt plumbers
work. This room also has a large mirror.
Crossing the hall, you enter the dining
hall, which is light and airy room, seat
ing a hundred persons comfortably, and
with so many windows that in summer it
is about equal to taking your meals in a
shady out.of-doors locality. The furni-
ture oil the room IS of walnut and not the
least ornament of the equipment is
highly polished metal coffee drip-urn four
feet high. It is at the door of this room
that the guest finds a colored head waiter
during each neal, dressed in a swallow
tailed coat and wearing white gloves, to
attend to seating him. and to see to his
wants during the meal hour. In rear of
the dining room is the steam table room.
On the second f,or which is approached
by Brussels carpeted, brass-rodded stairs,
the turn being relieved by a lace curtained
and heavily lambrequined window, the
visitor finds another broad hall opening
into the front porch. Tais hall is richly
furnished with sofas, chairs and rockers
of walnut covered with hair. and on each
side is q large mirror four by five
feet in size. The hall is lighted by three
branched chandeliers in bronze. On this
floor commences the dormitories, which are
handsomely furnished with walnut, marble
top. furniture from the Nichols Furniture
Co., of Portsmouth, Ohio. The furniture
in all the rooms is alike aud the beds are
all spring beds of the latest pattern. This
floor, throughout covered with Brussels
carpeting as are all the floors and stairs of
the house. On the third floor comes anoth-
er range of dormitories furnished exactly
as those on the second floor.
Leaving these, the visitor goes to the
most important division of hotel, and In
this case not the least attractive-the
kitchen. This is fitted up with ST. 900
range from the John Van, Range Compa-
ny of Cincinnati, and its facilities are
such that the cooking can easily be done
for 300 guests without any delay. 1t is
the same style as that built for the famous
KimbaII House at Atlanta. The head of
this department is Mr.. John F. Krise,
| formerly of Barnum IS Hotel, Baltimore,
and of we'll known New York hotels. He
has been with the firm seven years at the
| Hale House in Charleston, and as cook
and caterer is not sur passed In the South.
| The saloon of the hotel will'no be in or
! attached to the main building 1t is to be
refitted in cherry wood and large mirrors,
and will be at a point where it can be
used by the car passengers and yet not
give inconvenience to those in the hotel.
The proprietors have made special ar
rangements for commercial travellers and
have opened four large sample rooms oa
the first floor, fitted up with long tables
for their use IN exhibiting goods.
Our representative found at the hotel
assisting the proprietors, who are his
| sons-in- law, and as he called it ''starting',
| the younger men, that widely known and
popular hotel proprietor. Col. Geo. L.
Peyton, formerly of the White Sulphur
! Springs. The Celonel's splendid farm just
outside of town will 3e not the least Of
! the recommendations to the Hale House
seeing that fresh and early vegetables are
as important to public house as