New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-23
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

"Wc hcar a great Gcal,' said the old New-forker'
" about the nGmber Of new hotels building, ana AZ hrss
thought it does seem a little astonishing that our city
seems . make room fr and to support 50 many he"
hotels. but lust think OF these facts, and then there Is Il
new lfcht on the subject for you. Every town u
100. 900 or more inhabitants boasts a few good hotel''
the degree Of the goodness depending on the character
Of the town. Indeed. some towns which DO not nave
anything Ike 10000 people within their limits nave
very excellent hotels, noted in Il way for ther aitrac-
lions. rut only think how rapidly Ncw-fork's popu-
latlon IncrSscs. and in how short a time We gain An
additional 100000 residents. Every few months we
pfac tica!ly aid a good sized town TO our CITY, anu tiao
is why we see what seems like q BOOM in hotel build
Ing. Iuilders only supply a demand, or AT ieaSt'
anticipate il by only Il short time. New-fofK' TOO Is
, fine hotel city, II ha, an extremely large transient
,opulgt.on. which houses itself in hotels. The whole
country come, TO sew Y0rh-EaSt South, North and
Wc,t-aud this constant flow Of people has TO be turned
into living places. That Is why We never seem 70
have too many hotels. though proprietOrS OF oidestao-
li,hcd place, may thini. that too many rivals axe COM
I'M. INFO their field. san Francisco Is like NeN-iork-
with a difference. That city IS constantly RECEIVING
visitors. too. but 1 have noticed that there tie plitcular
fancy ran, to boarding houses or Cented sets Of rooms,
meal, being taken ut restaurants. : me "elrlnUnH
t,ur,ut, i'm san Francisco are. as a rule. good, ana
price, wc very moderate indeed. ~ one iilc to
n",,,-.r. of r,r-a restaurants changed. frequently, per
mHp, ,cn,ired abrni the same. You viii run across
good hotel, in Tie most unexpected place. A1n
again YOU will find poor ones whte you cNpcCI ~
have Good luck in TIL, matter. There Is a gem OF q
hotel in Portsmouth. y. H.. Jones. who made so n,4cn
money out of a brewery, has n weakness Tor running
a hotel. and 81 he gave to Portsmouth the Rockinghala'
1t /, an dead little hotel, but the toy, ! understand,
costs. or did cost, Mr.. Jones a neat part OF HI, generous
ont,nmr. hut he doesn't run his hotel to make money.
I once found u hotel in Maine which was a very aslee,
E".kland. and | enjoyed it very much. | have never
llrnd a ha,cl in the south which ! hkcd, ara 'aeS'e'H
hotel, have few attractions for an Eastern man.
The man who has seen a large part of this coun'
try, said the traveller. cannot help Observing ho"
mucn more important is the part which wine plays at
- dinner f., New. York than I'm other cities OF the United
states. Here wine i, becoming a part of the dinner,
whether the meal is Of Itself a simple or an elabcrate
one. | have sat in the dining room OK the best Loei
lin ms opinionl In Boston when every seat was o'cu'
pied. and have failed to see on a single table a glass u
wine. OF course. I do not mean 20 say that this Is the
ori,rary rord,ti9n of aaa.rs IA that hotel. Nor, on the
other hand. /, It the exception when proves tin RUG;
l n%u i hotel wcrr in New ork, one would int in ITS
dining room In tie hours for dinner dozens OF taocs
where wine was drunE, Guy Mrnu Pe or ,ir,oriiinary
occasions. bur in Ncw-lork diners drink wine as a
matter Of CGn,sc, i prrb ae y r%'g got Tho VT from
them. 1T any rate. yon may accept my word ior IL
that New Workers arc becoming a w'ne'drlnh'nB people
An actor told the following story the other evening.
lie wa, ON a train which was coming into New-iork
In the sat before him sat two conntrymeh VINO were
evidently on their way to the theatre. They began
IN talk about actor, and one OF them sad; "Ihese
actors get awful big salaries don sec nov xhcS
'an afford TO pay EN- 30 much. Now mere u
T,ey SAY he ctt, 5000 a week and the cast OF charac,,
,,c|r.' 'ji11,t think Of 1t. TWo-hund- and
tGI,' u ~ "har~ar-tcrs And the cast-of-cha.-
aacotcr,! That seems a wicked waste of money"
ore man has been discovered who thinks that his
doctors bill Is too small. lie could not believe his
eyes when he opened it and saw that 1t was only
o,o.cnh M what he expected. Now he says lie Is
,,r,..cd Ly two fcars-one that there has been some
mistake and that when he goes TO pay, ms bliI he VII
lind that the figure, have grown; ana the Other tnlt
hi.' ri,vsiclan NAV thluk that his patient estimated tho
medical services at an extremely low valuation
THE formation Of Manhattan Island" says a man
WIN l. interested In the subject, " has prevented one
form OF Inconsistency in changing business and home
centres. Here from the nature Of things our narch
b,, been steadily toward the upper end Of the island
hrsi,e.s houses pushing everything else before them.
: Th,ya have been no grOtesque flights OF fancy no WHO
u nn"co ~ mind. remember the case OF san Fran
/ cisco, which 10 ME seems rather remarkable, lidVIhs
H. - Str,irht line. Then IL changed It's mind and FOL
lowed the curve OF the harbor toward the DOlaen uate;
a"t he-'n 10 climb some OF the Steepest ana mcancst
hills In this country. The od love DeVo'ins SuUn1
/ again. san Francisco went straight back 70 ~ oust"i ~
point Of departure ana slallct =" NV "
Is sOing in that direction yea
And in all this long history OF family succession
- is n marl,able that a death has never occurred In this
bouse., The late Rear-Adnlral Porter made this re-
mark mon the occasion Of his golden wedding ami
vers,rv in 1so9, IN the pg Tor Of his home IN wash
incton. surrounded by his children and grandchildren
and prominent officials and members OF every blanch
Of tho civic. military and naval branches of the Gov
eminent. And yet in less than two years he who had