The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-01
IMPROVEMENT IN HOTELS.
eeattls's Accomm ID atoms Much Better
Than Year Ago.

The sGysrc= which Seattle hss made during
tie rear i Il NJ W&y mere sTrIkingly SHOWN
fAsu "a Re Improvement IN hotel sccoru914-
tlo1s Generally pax ~ t1e Seattle hotels are
g-e hundred ye- eszt. uertzs than they Te-e
= Twelve noah ago Tea there v.s bzt o1e
esta5-l.1LDelI r4D on tbs American pan. bat
Log there ere three q four, prominent among
w13cn - tie Arlington
I1ls totsl, though iae ls--zsi n the city and
admiralty oeate1 o. Ffoa; street, used 70 b
nothing more iaan q huge lodging house. 10.
particularly = q t1rEi- red some rAEe= months
70 HslaEa & SeaEn.tz, ~ho had made : z-es,
success Of tie enrqCslLale, took hold Of TIE
Arlington, s01 u t2esr improvements aud
management they hare shown h0w - conduct
note On bushes priucl pee. Tae alterations
AID Fetarnlshiag have cost 81 90, and the
changes hare been - great that iae Old interior
= not reeCgazao'@
A! TIE stores Il the building have been taken
oai and tie space devoted 70 hotel purposes
b rais means the LOBBY has beeu doubled IN
Eze aud large bar ana billiard room sdse.
The io5tF, s .efge AID we.l-Ughtsd apartment
Ga tie ground too-, beautifully parersi and
aancsonei ui5y Furnished. contains ample de.k
aeeoE11aO citations i0r rezGiug and writing and
j. one oi me finest rooms Of the kind On the
Pacific coast Opsuiug directly Of il the cloaS
room whete garments and baggage are checked,
and down STARE are tie barber shop and water
Closets ne satieE are provided with TIE hest
plumbing that 'aEltsry engineers can dev3se
Da ne ground floor aye two neatly frescoei
dining T0oIns-one for tie general public and
one for private famjlies-zud the artists are
now putting the finishing touches on u banque.
n4l Jtsle fest, the best o. its kind in town.
lie meals served are a. good IS can Dc found IN
the N0tEawest
TIE age front stairway remains as ii was,
bat lot % TIE interior roolas have been torn
oat to maAe room for another broad staircase
running from top 20 bottom IL he opposite cor
Leg Of the building. Windows have teen my
IN what was formerly dead wall On tae south
side. aad iron shutters bsve 5rcn PLACED on all
the exposed Windows These and otaer changes
have reduced TIE Insurance on The building
from 50 10 sl.53 on {Ia5.
ihe halls have been recsrpsteI, new drs r,e-ies
have been pui - tie windows and the rooms
are re.urEishec 50 that they are now Is ane a.
sly "a tae oity. Three dz-c.4!y furnished pay
!oFs have bees opened GA tas second aoor. ana
IL one Of theta IS steiHssy PIANO.
II = mechanical Appliances t1e Arlington =
unsurpassed. lie machinery Tor a uew k.eek-
heter elevator Is now In p.sCe. and an deal ar
Flre Of rtty horse power has been ordered e.
.4u TIE laundry sud the sect-.ca. dvnazaas
The latter sre made BY Bison. aud wil. supply
helaasn; Lgat for tee waase building. tnroags
can't combination @x.1se=. 4 complete Sc:
.-1y laundry machinery forms pa-t @. tbs
@ rI-ct, sud rev oJ..s-s zvs b5.h Aot az!
eH.i sa;er ca every toor E2cl 6 Dor IA. bs.
bathrooms added. so taa: the facilities a-e ex-
c-.-aai The proPy-etors 4-so run tae.l OWL
bakery
T. ne management o. their mode. establish
Itnt iasy ars assisted By James Z. Brown. the
lof ar day c.erk. ". =. 'sco.t, the courteous
g g.; c-efA. Mrs. II cox. the bo.sekeersr. a
woman az long exper.snge "a The best hotels Of
tie Ea-., and Fred HAT. ths chef coos. who
ic- e'ga' yeArs Aeit = similar position - lie
famous ba-y.dere house "a New YORK
That patronage ia abundant far the support ot
sch = Er---c.ass hotel has already been proved
&aay af t.e oes. families u tie c.Ir have taken
Cq qy-Ga1ea. quarters there, and TIE better
CAS- % TRANSIENT guests stop AZ TIE Arlington
Ac.efaaao -at-o-s can be Lad on either -.
American - tas Eg-6pe.a p.aa. The -ates on
fAeAmerlrau are from s. 81 s day. and from s!
p o. tAe k.-apesE t.r TN s.e..A