San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-08
THE MENGER HOTEL.

THE MEKGER HOTEL.
The Ees: Appointed Hotel in Texas
-CI~ Things Done Away With
and all Made New-Tne I'M
provements Made and
Its Present Attrac-
tons.
The enlargement of the Menger
Hotel, TO accommodate its increasing
patronage, has been followed by
complete refurnishing of the entire
house and such a change III all its APP
pointments as virtually creates it a
new hotel. Its general plan is that of
a quadrangle surrounding a large
court. This court is park in minia-
ture, with tropical plants and foun-
tains and Towering shrubs and rural
seats, and upon it all the rooms 'front.'
ing inward look out. These rooms
have their private balconies, are ele-
gantly furnished, provided with sta
tionary washst lands and baths ,all,sup-
piled with hot and cold water, gas and
incandescent lights, and will be found
unusually attractive either as sim
gle rooms or rooms ell suite. The office
has been retired to the rear OF its old
position and is itself Il miniature court
surrounded by enclosed galleries and
surmOunted by an amber colored
glass dome. Where formerly stood
the bar Il well furnished writing
room with individual desks ofmodern
pattern has been arranged insuring to
gentlemen privacy in their cores
pondence not easily obtained away
from home. \ very pleasant feature
of the new arrangement is the ladies
reception room opening just off the
ladies private entrance, and near
the foot of the main stair
case. This room is provided with
telephone exclusively for ladies' use.
The Office is fully equipped with regis
ters, annunciators, telephone and tele-
graph offices, and is SO centrally situ-
ated as to be easy of approach from all
quarters of the house. The bar is re-
moved to the north side of the old Of
flee, now converted into the rotunda,
and leads directly into the street. The
office, the billiard rooms and the
closets, which are now under the main
roof are heated and lighted, as is the
entire hotel with hot air, gas and cleo
trio lights. The old feature of
broad, glass enclosed corridors
is preserved and extended
under the new arrangement,
and as all halls, entrances, galleries
and corridors as well as the rooms
and dining halls are heated with hot
air, cold draughts will be an excep-
tional thing. Special attention has
been given 10 the matter of baths and
furnishing. Heavy carpets cover all
the halls and rooms. OF the one hum
dred and siXty-five rooms, more than
one half have private baths, and
there are public bath rooms and
closets on every floor. The massive
furniture, in antique oak and cherry,
and the plate mirrors and mar
bles, with the soft, heavy car
petings give a rich and substantial
appearance to all the guest rooms.
The beds are sumptuously spread
and the thick, all hair mattresses
make sleeping luxury. The gentle
mans cloak room is supplied with a
score of private wardrObes with keys
for the convenience of gentlemen de-
string to leave overcoats or clothing
behind while absent on tour. There
are now two cOmmOdlOuS din
ing rooms connected with the
hotel aud two hundred and
fifty guests can be served at
once. The house comfortably accom-
modates from $50 to 400 guests and it
is the best furnished and equipped
hotel in the state. Its table has been
put upon an equal footing with its
other improvements and will have
no rival in the south. Its baggage
rooms are entirely apart from the Of
flee and no heavy baggage is now re-
ceived thu ough The office, all trunks
going directly to the rooms from the
baggage office by elevator. This no.
tel, as improved and enlarged, opens
most OPPORTUNITY Tor the fair, which
will crowd the accommodations of this
city to their utmost. The proprietor,
H. D. Kampmann, has shown a most
commendabl bic spirit of enterprise and
liberality in his expenditures for this
house, which is without question the
most comfortable and home like of any
hotel in the south.
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