New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-17
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or THE STIR CTl RE WHICH Is
-ooN ro 49, roRN BOWS
Some pnllIr curiosity has prem aroused by m" anc-
.fo l. Of th. furniture AMI rNtur'f OF On" Metro
rolltau Ho,cl 40 Erolilw ~ and Frinc"-st. "hi'h
has been going on las; week. crowds "i mon anu
women r1aiucl through the long c'ir'hoFS ana ""'
derol IN and ont of banquet nall, parlors and bed
rooms uhu. lnyuectiug building ani furnituf" Inc
elder persons meanwhile recalled 20 themselves
and r,count,d p, the Younger ones "reminiscences 81
bygonc days and sighed with regret at the passing
away OF once fIvoritc resort Tor "i''''' ~ Wv
Army AMI Navy. statesmen. members Of inc carmen
professions. merchants, bankers ana prominent III"
in every walk Of NE
Tho lots Of furniture arranged and d"I'Vcr"l
under the supervision Of Christopher h h'ht' -"
a venerable colorci man who was servant !" NV
hotel a. is opening in 1852 King who is faniiiary
known as XII" King. relates with consdeI'pe
prllo how. after the death OF LIeutenanl-Genera'
Winfield scott. ne. with a niece Of william H.
Seward arranged the old warriors furniture r'''
pr ale a. public auction In his house In lW''''"-
st. near Fifth-ave. He also gecfuiIy t'iIS ~" "
mammoth Old mahogany bcds;ead. especially manu-
featured for General Scott who was OF giant S'h'
urc. became elephant on the anctioneers h""'s'
g., hoing so ponderOus that no one would buy IL.
when the Metropolitan Hotel was opened ioIy-
three wears ago. the site or the present fHtH "No
mn. Hotel Twcnty-thirl-st and Fifth-ave. Was O.
cn,iel bv Franconis Hppodrome, In which many
day used 10 view with childish delight ma or'slh'
ostrich and monkey races and other wonders OF Inc
..r.r, The ,p,clous dining-hal Of the metropolitan
o.as not then used for gastronomic purposes Dut
was q concert hall In connection with NbIo : var
den About a year later when President ,ieieo
came to this city to opon IN INC nfSn.i r. his
,'' i",rv - door was cut through from the hot1
INFO the concert hall 80 maj the pls dinner. nt
49, ATTENDED by the President ana many 49,
S,nertr,ns and foreigners. might be he'd thrre
enc hen the lofty room has been always used as
the 'ii proprictors Of the MOTEL simeon
W., sud charles. Leland, all Of whom are deau
- tt,ior sim" Leland built his castle at New
~" ,,olic and branchcd out with his snowy iouI-
g. hand the veteran KING, VINO was 4 Shi az t
b.came his head coachindh anu Ihu si.,N,' o,bers
- - snirit.d fourth hand st"cds Among otheIs
-. , s,,creoded the Leauds In managing the Metro
,ift,n ,yos William " Tweed, r., VINO Was lis PiO-
etor WHEN h wam T4eed sr he'd the city
Le V' fbTont Win. vicckc grip the hotel was the
scene of many dissracein debauI9h inn MANY n
saIn Of rascallty concocted within them. ..,,.
mother ncmory OF inc h0'ol was ' ne inner
orr u ~ thc building by the erratic II. r. Hem
boId who recently died in an insane asylum J. ne
Iii hotel has sheltered many men whose haIn =, y
on ~, The annals of American history. Around lts
festive board from time to thlr thrI nav H, a.
Gcccrals Scott Grant Shci .i'' ,inr cn
mn , t,an while silvery tongued orators Ike BrAny
AID Van Burcn electrified their auditors MIN MIN
- .'narnI Grant standing between the two bronco
si,tvrs which surmount it's portico received maIch
lub %"r-worn veterans in faded uniforms. sur
,i,,nrs who witnessed that inspiring scene Cah
never forget H. and long aLiGr me historic
gtooe old Metropolitan shall nave peeh SUIT, 81
S.o"' vavering business structure. there VIII sun
~f,c ont in grateful memory the manly vo%s WA.
SAL, through croeds OF enthusiastic spectators
H,etl'v cheercd their old commander. the grim Anu
lIcoulc hero Of ApponatoA.