Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-27
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
.,v works. CARE or STRANGERS
Ayo ssAsoNA8Ls ADJUSTMENTS
Ion. and Jusuriaus Hoteis--Astor's
>,,bsriand-I,s ciood-oappsd Neigh
bor~si5o, 900, 900.

.. tts world that can compare with
.y.rl ma the number and msgnifccnce
F...f hotels. The latest achievements in
.-. uerally "surpass the dreams of
.-.."a she rcaser viii readily belive
'...,,.ae IN one OF them for month
f,...r. a' :he cashiers window % set
=. Tv. % three Of the latest hotels built
,....-. punished In style OF magnih-
r.. surpassed bv the palace ot q
Il cod, tie imperial residence of
-.r a. Russia OF Emperor OF Germany
r.si-.yeiy shabby alongside of some
4... newest New York hotels. And some
...c built which will probably sur
ii .ance any tina. have preceded
T.cye could be no fnor location
.r...' than the Central Park plaza, at
.r.nue and Fifty-ninth street, and
I'D opposite corners. two hotels are
.r.iructed. The New Netherland.
.Iiy William Waldorf Aston. will be
sresoue edi6co seventeen stories
.s.I containing s70 guest-chambers.
utcct, William II. Hume. has boen
. r1~f bGucie, and With the
10. location 20 aid his art, some
.+ rrt set approached IN hotel
..rure IS promised. The hotel
.uuosite corner. which was begun
..,r.ng OF 1880. and will be finished
no In 1892 will not be second in
and with 325 rooms will DO but
. .4a'inr. This is being built by
Dr.. U,p-y Dugro and Mr.. T. Wagner.
g. DO =. Townsend is the architect.
Uug IS IN the Italian Renaissance
., Ie tuilt Of brick. with an entire
..r.t Indiana limestone. THIS struc-
....... ur twelve stories high, and, like
ant neigh Dor. viii have two stories
... ground N cellar aud sub-cellar.
r.... -Ur If the house will be marble,
... Haelrat,ons IN white and gold. II
lated that the two buildings will
nI1.
... land. N upper Fifth avenue, was
thr Iuohc within the past few
If is ~ present the finest hotel in
with the possible exception of
.U4.rt Flagler's Ponce de Leon at st.
.. Two Chicago men. Kinsley &
Do. are the proprietors. They pay
t...u slH.0)0a year and have entered
g. ltra6t TO pay that figure for two
It cost Sl5J00 10 furnish this
'l, eIe,tric-leht plnnt and fixtures
..-tug 81 .OO0 The building and
..st. are valued at above $1,000 900.
costs 10 the neighborhood of $4,000
.. Oh. cover the running expenses Of the
TIE IARGTsT HOTEL.
GT| EOll luAEf. VI HultiN WHO
r4t the old Murray Hill will have
... r1r m the matter OF interior
and furnishing. even after the
.l.llose structures have split the
with their gables. IL is at least the
-...t tel IN town, occupying almost an
... lCct on Park avenue, between
...t. aud FOrtv-Grst streets, and con-
t... guest chambers. The Murray
10 conducted under the old irm-
-. Nuut,ng 4 Hammond. although
g. I.rfIuE is dead. FIR I. :. Hammond.
--.ll also IL the new Plaza Hotel, is
..t that moves this great establish
r.. Doe building alone Is supposed TO
jf...at about Al, 10000.
d.. IlIa Hotel facing Central Park Is
la ar'test hotel up town that is COM
ila- and is among the fnest. The An
d->r estate, atter expanding IN the
fr-i rrl.ui of Sg00,000. turned the I'M
f.teI structure over 20 its hacker, the
N.s t.rk Life Insurance Company. which
,l...u has since completed II IN order TO
..rf. money! back. This is one OF the IN
v-.Hts for making which President
,. a.. the New York Life. Is be-
-g-reiy criticised 10y ms stockhold-
c.. IL the Plaza prospers as many
....r { the New York hotels have done
.s prove 20 be wise investment
s. 90 end. This building cost the New
..- not far from $4,000, 600. The fur
o.. ~ IF tho hotel represents an invest
.... nd S2JO.O00. Fred. s. Hammond is
@. .s-ao He IA AZ present conducting 1t
D ...l the American and European plan.
!. ..uou tell me he Will in oil probability
i..t. down to the European plan alone,
g. rod proving to be the most salts
... .y 20 the public. except in cases of
..-..v family hotels. The Fifth
.,.., is the only hotel in the city that
... ...n able 10 maintain the American
Eclus vely.
OHIO rental of the Fifth-Avenue is 1925
l.4 relr. and IL said to be the cheapest
... rent in town, considering the capital
g.. q. which Is estimated at S2,500,OO0
. .1ck d Dazzling have conducted the
H Avenue for thirty years. The real
,-.1.a .s practically controlled by Banker
g.. whose son leyanted to Canada,
leaving debts TO the amount of over
{ no, which tho father largely paid.
Ii. al that he could to remove the
t. IRON an honored name.
ONE OF THE FINEST.
It. Imperial, owned by the rich Goelet
r-l... o. ono Of the latest creations, and
o. ..Ir.- one Of the finest. The Imperial
o.. 'Lp san Carlos, adjoining, under the
t. Management, represent an invest
t..' % Sl,lj0, 000. The rental OF the I'M
&c. ls sd 900 and the San Carlos
..
N %. DAILY came from Californis in 1874
= .1,i the Windsor without regard to ex-
= and conduct II on the most exclusive |
..... It IS IN the ultra fashionable quar- |
' Murray Hill. Jay Gould's winter |
D.. .co is opposite. The building of this |
cent structure banbrupted DAILY
o.. .. ,ommItted, suicide. Congressman |
=, g e New York, bought ii for $780, !
-lI spoiled q million III completing |
Or FINISHING IL. 1t Is one OF the largest |
.-...- 20 the city, having i0) rooms. The |
..a B., $4,000 The Windsor was started |
C.-'yoly On the American plan, but at |
.Ut 10 "a conducted on both the Ameri- |
aal European methods.
Another Of the big uptown hotels is the |
a. Avenue built IN 1879 by A. 4. Stewart |
Working Girls Home. The hard |
I.l 8. intensely practical Irish merchant |
..,d ia a utopian dream on this occa-
= i,ast, and in place OF the Working
.. Home is hotel as richly furnished
e. windsor Castle.
I.. cray outlines of the Grand and Gil
.l above the noighboring buildings
.lWsy. j. III. Breslin 4 Brother con-
tae latter and pay the Gilsey estate
year fox the privilege. There are
ms IN the house. It's near neighbor,
uul, has 100 rooms. The latter build
- owned 10y Higgins, the carpet-Inan,
8 unWood smith pays him rental Of
year.
IBE HOFFMAN PICTURRs.
'.,.asy and Stokes set the pace in fine
ll New York when they rehablli-
T. the Hoffman, opposite Madison
r. Tho investment IN the hotel is
.f 5s - $50. 600. The yearly rental is
70. The statuary and pictures IN
have been frequently described
familiar 10 the public. IL Is the
.at u the country. / believe, visited
Bouguereau's $4,000 picture,
Nvmphs and Satyr," being the chief
e. .uu. he ladies do not visit the
a.. Oi,eu IN the afternoon or evening.
e.rg the rush " hours when bibu-
al holds sway. but the individual
w. ,o,s IN about 10 A. NJ. to invite hls
with a morning cocktail Is pretty
Oh 'a be encountered bya party. Of ladies
~ through the gilded palace with
.orts. BeTnhardt says there is an
& tacre about il which fascinstes her
than q visit to the Louvre.
b. 'aa midst Of all this magnificence the
Z ..r House, 50 far down town that
tro ze from tho Battery fans its ia +,
maintains its position among the