St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-11
.DuLU1H'S new H0STELRY.
CHEEKY House. Warming at the Magnifi'
cent New Spalding.
FURNISHED LIKE A PALACE.
Boniface Emerson Entertains Zenith
Citizens to the Number Of
Six Hundred.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the GLOBE.
DULUTH, June 10.-To-day marks
another achievement of Duluth enter
prise. The Spalding is thrown open to
the public, and the one great drawback
to the city is overcome. In the rapid
strides of the last half-decade Duluth
has suffered the modification of seeing
thousands of. people pass her by because
of a lack of first-class hotel accOmmOda-
tions. To-day she invites comparison
with any city in the country. The
Spalding is handsome almost beyond
description, substantial and complete.
Toward the right and left of the main
entrance, fnishings of solid oak, plate
glass and marble weary the eye in their
rivalry of splendor. A broad marble
stairway leads it's guests to the parlor
floor, rich in Wilton velvet carpets, up
holstered fittings, open CRATES, grand
pianos and every thing the most ex-
quisite taste could devise. Farther up
by the stairway or elevator. are guests
rooms, single or EN- suite, all with bath
and toilet, finished in solid oak and
cherry, and no two of the same design.
At the sixth floor feature of the edifice
is it's dining rooms and kitchens, the
former as handsome as the superb taste
of the masters of art could design, the
latter perfect in every detail, fitted with
the latest and most approved designs in
perhaps the least noticed but most i'm
portant part of hotel furniture. From
its basement up through eight floors
there is not a room fitted which has not
had the careful personal supervision of
Mr.. Emerson, the lessee.
And tonight the entire structure is in
a blaze of magnificence. A thousand
lights send shimmering rays in and out
among myriads of flowers filling halls
and parlors with delicate perfume.
Prot. Walkers military band is in the
great lobby; Profs. DAM and HOare are
hidden behind bank of flowers in the
dining room, their music echOing al
most as part of the perfume of their
rare surroundings. 1t is large party,
vet the great halls are free from crush
and jam; it is fashionable party, yet
there is whole-souled welcome and
CHEEKY smile on the lips of all. Duluth
is proud Of her hotel and grateful to the
enterprising gentlemen who have given
it to her, and tonight is giving practical
expression to her gratitude.
It has taken nearly three years to
complete the Spalding. Early in 1887
the plan was formulated for first-class
hotel, and W. W.Spalding, Mayor SUIT
phin, Hon. G. G.. Hartley, Senator
Whiteman, Speaker Graves, NJ. B. Har-
rison and other influential and wealthy
citizens took it upon themselves to carry
out the project, and tonight they have
more than ordinary pride. in seeing
their undertaking crowned with sue
cess. Last winter E. 2. Emer-
son, who so successfully man.
aged the Ryan at St. Paul and
other first-class hotels, completed
the hotel May /. There IS no man in
the country better qualified for the po-
sition than Mr.. Emerson, and he has as
sured success both for himself and the
Spalding in the able assistants with
whom he has surrounded himself. AS |
chief clerk, John H. Langton, fresh
from st. Paul's Clifton; assistants, A.
W. Raidt and j. D. Mansfield. both of |
Chicago; H. L. Wright. in charge
of the books, and MIR. Black
and Mr.. Sheldon, both of the
Ryan, as steward and head waiter, re-
spectively; Mrs. Curtis, formerly of the
Palmer house, Chicago, is housekeeper,
and Andrew Mooney is head porter,
while the remainder of the clerical staff
is yet to be selected. The bar and
billiard rooms play no unimportant part
in the success of any frst-class hotel,
and in these departments the manager
has been no less successful. Mat Pen
dergast, for years with the Hoffman
house, New York, is at the head of the
former, with Maj. j. j. Ward and John
Carglll as assistants. j. E. Shea has
charge of the billiard room. There are
scores of other attaches trained in their
lines of duty, all of whom seem anxious
to do a full share in making the great
hotel of the Northwest as personally at
tractive as it is complete.