The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-09-29
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UNDER new MANAGEMENT.
An Very Interesting Talk With Man.
agGr SCOVille.
WINSFON'S SPLENDID HOSTELRY.
White Girls Have Been Replaced With
COlored Walters in the Dining
Room-N0t Better Hotel Between
New York and Florida-Why is
Not Winston a Summer Resort

Room-Not q Better Hotel Between
New York and Florida-Why is
Not Winston a Summer Resort?
Under the new management of the
Hotel Zinzendorf, there have been
some changes already and there will
soon be some more. A SENTINEL
representative had talk with Mr.. L.
w. Scoville, the new manager, this
morning.
''Well, Mr.. Scoville, what are the
principle changes that you have made
since you assumed management ?'
He replied First, there has been
revolution in the help: in the dining
room we have dispensed with white
girls and employed cOlored men as
walters.
"Are men considered better than
girls for hotel service?"
Yes, especially in the South for
the reason that our native girls are
naturally unaccuStOmed to hotel SER
vice, and it is an established fact that
we cannot bring out of New York
proper girls for this service, while
those who in New York would make
good hotel servants generally obtain
better wages than we can afford to
pay here.
How have you succeeded in the
short time since you have had charge?"
81 am glad to say there has been
| a notable increase in patrons. This
| has neceSSitated additional help in the
| dining roOm.'
''ls it your purpose to offer employ
ment to our native girls 2"
''YeS, as chambermaidS, and in the
laundry dozen or SO employed"
will there be any change in the
kitchen department ~
Il find the help in the culinary de-
| partment very efficient as heretofore
and L don't propose to make any
change there"
"What special inducement, if any,
have you offered to people ~
II intend making some the first Of
| the month. Rates will be made $500,
$3.50 and $500 day, according to To-
cation
"From your experience as hotel
man, Mr.. Scoville, how do you regard
the appointments of the Zinzen-
dorf 20
"As the equal of any hotel south of
New York, excepting those palaces in
| Florida. The building is remarkably
light and airy, the rooms well ventila-
| ated; we have splendid elevator, the
| house is situated on a commanding
elevation, electric calls are in every
room, the furniture and carpets new.
| the lODDleS are very spacious, the
| yerandaS wide and long, and, in fact,
there is nothing lacking in the Tin
Zendorf."
'What do people say Of the climate
of Winston-Salem 2"
''Its 100 feet altitude, its shelter
| from fierce winds, its midway position
between New York and the Gulf and
it's salubrity leave little to be desired.
In local point of view the electric
cars take one to the centre of town in
four minutes and to the railway depotS
in five. The car fare is very little and
we do away with the expensive Omni-
bus"
Il understand that you will offer
special opportunities to commercial
travellers"
eyes, besides the comparatively low
rates we shall have in the center of
town some large sample rooms for
their exclusive use"
'"The hotel has its own water sup
ply, L believe"
Eyes" =" answered Mr.. Scoville, "and
besides we have lithia water from the
Marienbad Springs which has about
the same qualities as the most cele-
brated lithia springs. These waters
are efficaciOus in kidney and other
troubles"
''Mr. Scoville, why should not this
part of North Carolina be more of a
reSOrt?"
"Simply because it has not been
advertised as much. Yet many peO-
pie already come from the warmer
parts of the South in summer, and
from the North in winter"
The reporter withdrew, and as he
went away, he could not help noticing
the beautiful landscape that is within
sight of the ZinZendorf.