New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-21

Sresdh Of character: but at the same tine Inc he :
genial and kindly to those he meets as IL tney ~ers
a, great a, he Ifc never particular as ~ the
rooms he wanted to occupy. but he always had the
hest available, and never complained aDont anytnng
Charles Dradlargh and other members OF the British
Parliament have received hospitality. and an suto
letter from Mr. "damsh SsSn 'ha a r
brother John always made their home with us until
SS "ptown went od 9
and and Would have no x oe he ha s cSsrUs
c%s a the actress. generally had room, here vhsa
in the city, and she was as highly s starr from any
"o pSfssy y. fS "r our BE- good nsss %
senator Thomas e. Plat ha, made his city rome With
Us Sr ~ Iii t amS IS and s sc I0 would be almost
impossible To tell you my Impressions OF the ersat
h Then T have bee SC mSs Of them have
though. that the greater man is the 1855 'rouoS
he putS upon the employees OF a hotel
WHERE POLITICIANS MEET.
81 don't suppose there is another hotel in the world
in which there have been held SO many important
political conferences a> this one. From the begin.
ming II has been "a kind Of metropolitan headquarters
for the administration party II has been Republican
stronghold from the first. don't know how II hap
pcncd to become mulrss the Republican party was
and Is composed OF the better class Of people who could
AFFORD to patrunze us. The hotel has witnessed tho
rise and fall and the r-e again Of the Republican
party, whose mascot believe il to he.
Have | met any cranky pcople' Tholsands NJ
them. absolutely thou-ands ] have met people who
wanted a the south side Of the house one day
to get the sum- and on the north side fhc next dav
to avoid it. I have always accommodated snrn
people when possible. for it is easy to take litta
trouble please somebody else. The nervous rranhs.
though. are not disagreeablc as some Others.
desplse man who up Ia the desk and. with
snccr. says Have you got decent room IN the hOuseP
It's hard sometimes TO reply cvilly to sch but not
difficult to understand that the man docs not want ana
will not pay fr the best accommodations One must
be civil to all alike in this business. however. and
while ore do a lot Of thinking. lie Is always
courteous. If he is wise to the most c comp
our patronage is that we always have as many
women As men among our guests. women VINO
to "ys s on "omns 10 "n s sGey s
ways come again As rule. women like the south;
ern side Of the house fronting Twenty tnM St. ana
some If the foreign visitor; amusing. An
1 hnsl's%" @ i%%I. aa S other 'as %"
few wears ago. and rans M" Aside asked , me nov
told him about 1000 miles. and he took the neNt
steamer back. II" thought he could shoot them IN
Central Park or somewhere near the city. Inc ms.
tory of the hotel includes two fires. one serion. III
loss Of life and the other 70 property IN in me
the southwestern wing ard Sv"nteen or snseen o,
them lost "r yes In TIE sr I,In S e d dr:e
store on the northeastern corner. and much damasc
don" by tire, smoke and wafer We oisn nav
case Of before accepting their rooms: on, a. 49, w.
have provided every possible saf'ard even tn h ~
timd retjres - rest cvilnoci III HIS s'ie'' i''' WV
dcyOurinS element
TIE rAETH'S FOUNDATION ST0NE.
Colonel Carr told of the futile attempt tn bore An
ar,esan well back Of the hotel. and LIS Interesting
results. An sunk :" a depth OF 2r" 'ee'.
and a, II wa, even then still bornng through so!M
r,ck the attempt Was abandoned. G"oogl9ts "er"
tcrply interested In the outcome. ana Tie theory ""'
I, cd that the drill had actually pierced the 2rct
foundation stonc Of the earth This stone. II was CO
,arcd come, to the surface in the Adirondack Noun
,ans again on Manhattan Island. at the point ~hef'
the Fifth Avenue Hotel stands. and then sinks I"
annear again somewhere in Europe. II WAS resting
upon This stone. Colonel Carr thought, that mao"
tn. hotel 50 generally substantial lie tnoush'
was even earthquake proof
TIE. Colonel said that many changes haa taken
Mac, I'm the hore business Of New YORK SINCE no
,o,h charge Of the Office OK the fifth avenue IN
40 4, that time there 10 hotels north Of n
With. now there are comparatively few south Of IT.
Then The patronage almost connpiete;y iorA W
dmc.tir row The foreign travel brings tho greatees
LuL Of business The hotel Is now nearly alwass 80 tU ~
- ucnnle o, their way Ia or from Europe. ana II
s hapncned mat 100 people have been turned away
On single during The travelling s s1son norm
Ay."a' s s. , The A ~s Ss, .' Others e.:
next me h ,rr snccc."n The Fifth Avenue Hotel
n,i~s 40 rooms and the greatest number Of guests
II ever contained IN single MINT %as AZ Inc un,c
les 'e comforialy housed. The honsc employ; $50
~.rvants most Of whom sleep in the hotr, IN an
"rc~ we're aed -v"rT.l years ago Co"uel Car,
think, Mr. Euo. the owner OF the property wouid
NV rh ,n,n,l add Il that the qualities most esseta!
for the .u,,.s Of a hotel clerk were anianry ahS
tact sometimes Jealousy and envy among mo
,n ,n.r man detrimental 10 the interests Of
house, but clerk who was gentleman conia ai"I ~
Grprnd upon main- Nh" guests OF the house ms
,.r~,uuI friends,