New-York tribune., 1895-10-02
THE HOTEL MEMS HARVEST HAS BE'C ~
OLDER HOUSES HAVE PROBLEM TO soi''h
FADS AND FANCIES AT THE
NEWER HOSTLERIES.

OLDER HOUSES HAVE PROBLEM ~ ''
FADs AND FANcIEs AT THE
NEWER HosTLERIEs.
Hou, is the time to own a hotel. During the long
hot simn1er hotel man wishes that ne couiu uaue
49,. h,g epntv house for cottage by the sea. The
hotels are lust low doing the best business 'na'
they have done for six months The yacnt races
and tho Knights Templar conclave In Boston gave
them an impetus. The fall trade Is now on, anu the
hotel men look forward TO prosperous season. Inc
houses that depend largely upon that class OF men
known as commercial travellers are now fuii lor
the buying and selling season Is at It's heleht Inc
other hotels which live more upon the trade OF per-
r,ane,t ,,asts have got their patrons back from
the mountains the seashore and Europe ana are
once more happy.
The probem that confronts many hotel men al
tra prosent time Is not pleasing one In the Ias'
few years there has sprung up In the city c'ass
OF hotels which are known az the more moderh mo-
tells They are such the Imperial the "aioorl
and the big hotels Fifty-ninth-st. These houses
have cut into the old wofully, and there is
no telling how far it may 60 Ihe Victoria fio'ei
succumbed to the competition and some olher mo-
tells are barely existing. The public seems 10 nave
a fad for the new houses. and the old PAGES. while
unexceled for cuisine and comfort nevertheless iach
the glitter and the gold paint and so are left be-
hind II would not be surprising TO see two or three
historic hotels in this city that have GOOD puliuihs
sites c.ose their doors within the next two years
and rebuild upon their own ground 10 meet ana
compete with the newer hotels.
While competition Is the life OF trade and the com
petition between hotel men in New-York Is princi
pally friendly, yet 1t is clear cut and concise Inc
newer hotels have adopted many fads and fancles
costly and attractive, that make them popular
Every day something Is being thought OF TO al
tract patronage. and the result Is that all Inc
changes alterations and innovations that hote
man has TO make 10 meet competition are reduc
ing profits.
This fact IS demonstrated better perhaps by
music IN hotels than anything else. In the OLD
time when an orchestra was introduced IL was
placed in one corner of the room and played foi
an hour or so during dinner. Now the orchestra
must have a conservatory OF flowers banked around
II To- shield IL from the sight OF the hotel guests
and the music must be given at luncheon ana un-
nrr Then the big corridors are used as sor'
Of lounging room in the evening by the guests
and IL is necessary to have a promenade CON
cert This is only one phase OF the situation New
devices are being introduced all the time 10 cater
the publlc eye. FOR instance large motel recent
iv gave away with certain kind OF ice-cream q
nyspIer-nache miniature OF the big yachts as they
cants and this cut away the entire profit.
WIth All these devices II Is strange that tnt
average hotel man wonders what II Is all comine
20 The hotels are crowded and a bis business Is
heinz done but you Will not find hotel man VINO
yha5 you congratulate him upon his crowded
house will not say. gloomlly:
"Weu | need it bad enough.