The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
THERE Is
A HOTEL FOR DOGS
;. " IN J0WN
@Near the Banks and Jheaters"

= The recent death of "Miss Chambliss"
makes it timely to explain that one of the
unique institutions of San Francisco is
h6steIry for dogs. 1t is centrally located,
access. Bile to all streetcar lines, within
few minutes walk of the leading banks
"1and commercial houses and only few
blocks from the principal theaters. Terms
. are moderate, the cuisine as good as that
O: any similar institution in the land and
the service unsurpassed.
AL this is rather an odd statement to
make but it is serious fact and most
agreeable one to many lovers of dogs who
travel with their pets. w. Brown, the
host Of the dog hotel and also the we'll
known livery stable keeper on Stevenson
street. is rather modest concerning his
care for dogs on the American plan and
DOES not like to have it spoken of in a
facetous manner.
= 1.-The business was forced npon me-" he
says, "Unless I have special liking for
a pet animal, like my foxhound, for in
stance. 1 would not give $40 for all the
dogs in Christendom. But my place is so
handy to the downtown hotels where dogs
are not allowed to be quartered that it soon
grew to be the practice of the clerks at the
Palace, Grand, Occidental and other hotels
to send travellers who had dogs with them
to my livery stable .on Stevenson street.
.At first took care of the dogs merely as
an accommodation for actual and pros
pective patrons. 1 treated the pets well,
gave them proper food and eare-in fact
treated them too well. l suppose, for soon
]. was fairly overrun with valuable dogs.
..'The expense of properly caring for
them was considerable, so much so, in
fact, that l finally realized that l must
either give up my care of these pets or
else charge for their maintenance.
''To pursue the former course would be
to discommode a great many patrons,
found. so / established q uniform rate of
fifty cents day for the keeping OF all
dogs that were brought to me. Il isn't
." hardly dogs hotel that I keep. though
some of the funny fellows like to call it
that. At different times l have had a
good many dogs, some Of them very valu-
>. able ones, in my keeping, but there are
times again. when there are not more than
couple of dogs around the livery stable.
One of these is my own foxhound and the
other was until recently the erstwnile
famous Miss Chambliss.
'"she had been with me for much over a
year, and as the Police Court decided that
Author Chambliss was not the responsible
owner Of the dog, there was nothing for
mesto do but keep her till she died OH my
hands
"She had the best of care. In the
basement have large box stall fitted ur
purposelv for the accommodation OF my
CANINE guests. The place is light. dry,
warm, well ventilated and sanitary in
every way. There is always an abundance
of'fresh straw and good food. have the
dogs brought upstairs and washed in
warm water regularly, and I keep boy
whose chief duty it is to take the dogs out
for exercise. OF course, dogs that stay
with me only for week or month. as the
case may be, must be kept chained all the
time, and to keep these in good condition
. they must have their regular daily outing.
An old and well-known guest like Miss