New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-07
RESTAURANT
AND
HOTEL.


tn ono VIII, has the curiosity to Investigate the
hotel accomrnoda lions OF this place @ setback IL III
store unless the one who is In search OF iniorma-
,ion has some technical knowledge Of the way
things are done under this system of acaptaoliltY'
A register lnouidy and unused. Is Kept IN the
restaurant. The entrance TO the sleeping rooms -
nm misty and treacherous staircase. leading 10
rooms that were never used III the past LOT any
thing but lofts for storing waste material Cshered
into one Of sleeping rooms, one must hrst De-
come accustomed 70 the gloom. should It DO day.
and II 1t Is night the only Eight comes from NICK
ering gas Jet The next impression IS one OF sur
prise at the meagre quarters. To one thoroughly
subdued by the omnpresent Beware OF Pickpock-
cts sign these rooms appear particularly oanger,
close scrutiny reveals ne iict that wnat
now comprises half a dozen sleeping rooms was
al one time sing.e room. and even IN the ora Gays
not a OF ample proportions The partitions be-
every sound could be heard through them. and IL
any one were to plot in whispers bank robbery
removes would probably DO entirely aware OF the
Ect. . .. $1,000. - >.
give good. old fashioned yawning stretch In the
morning he would probably thrust MS m, s's thTouxs
OF the adjoining rooms IN the eyes Inc cots-it
would be an insult TO Gnes n,esence 10 re eoihs 20
are seldom, II ever, changed In fact the rooms are
sS, made t seep e SS prs eopsed IN the
hotel which Is necessary to gain The requisite hotel
license GUESTS NOT EXPECTED.
That Is about the order Of things far the
sll-nlght restaurant is concerned. While could
be accommodated with one Of these cubby hole
rooms II one 50 wished, yet the guest would be
looked at curiousy, and he would doubtless never
return TO the hotel. The ludicrous side OF the ques
ZION however is revealed in the new hotel that
phoenix-l.ke, sprang from the lowest Kind OF a
grogshop. Thore are number OF these hotels
around Chatham Square, up the East SIDE ana In
Harlem In these places. under the old conditions
there was nothing TO the plant but bar, a cellar
fu OF bad rum and rev white-aproned bartend-
ers The evolution had made only slight change
AS in the Broadway restaurant. an encouraging
sign Of restaurant and hotel hangs In the window
hut II is the shabbiest kind of pretext. There Is
and In fact not the slightest sign Of hoe! service
Up the dim and musty stairs. somewhere In tho
dark loft above the fousmeiling barroons are ten
which the proprietor has sworn are MT for &C.
hers No one ever climbs the stair 10 explore the
murky atmosphere. but the rooms are there and the
hotel license is secure.
The oldest feature OF this class Of hotels IL the
prohibits the keeper OF hotel from selling liquor
on Sunday, or within other forbidden hours. in the
same room where he has the bar. In the restau-
rants referred to above no bars are maintained.
The proprietor Of the new hotel which sprang from
a grogshop. however. is equal to the emergency
and he does not infringe the law No. he Is a good
citizen, q taxpayer. and an upholder OF the laws
close it. but in his own unique way. As rule the
bar in these places is situated In the front part OF
the room. When the hour to close comes. some OF
the attaches OF the place hurry in, huge cur
tain is then adjusted that It completely cuts OF
the bar from the sight Of those In the room. and
in fact, divides the room Into two parts The saloon
= dead and the hotel comes into sxistsnes In thu