New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25
A HOTEL FOR THE PEOPLE.
D. O. MILLSs MODEL HOTEL SOON III
BE OPENED.


THE PURPOSE IN UNCOMFORTABLE
LIVING AT 80 CENTS DAY.
Unless something unforeseen takes place new
hotel will be opened to the public on or about
September 1 when will mark new epoch III
that line The hotel will take no patrons from
the palatial edifices which have been reared IN
the residence part of the city to tempt the
tourists with luxury and comfort, neither VIII 1t
come in direct competition with the Bowery ana
South Fifth-ave. lodging houses.
Mr. Mills hopes to attract men OF much
higher order than those who frequent the lodS-
ing houses and the arrangements are made Win
that end in view. There is no privacy IN the
ordinary New-York lodging house and the pro-
mscuous budding precludes decency. In the
hotel which Mr.. Mills is establishing there VIII
be privacy and decency and at no greater eX-
pense to the patron Of the hotel than a bunk
in a lodging house.
The hotel stands on Beecker-st, between
Thompson and Sullivan SITS. and was erected by
ID. o. Mills. who has studied the question TOT
many years and wishing to give those who &C.
cupy the rooms the best value for their money,
has investigated the methods pursued in the
management of similar houses in Europe. has
avoided the mistakes which they have made and
with the aid Of his architect, Ernest Flagg has
produced a building which is as nearly perfect
in its way as liberal expenditure Of money could
make it.
The house is built of Indiana limestone and
white brick. 1t IS ten stories high. and has
massive copper roof Its main front extends
200 feet in BIeecker-st. on either side OF the
entrance are stores, some Of which are already
occupied. over the entrance, which is artistic
in design is an inscription in bold letters NILS
House No l." Mills House No. :, companion
building is in of erection at Rivington
and Clinton SITS 1t will be like the Beecker-st.
hotel in every respect except that it VIII he only
about half large a No. I.
HOW THE HOUSE Is BUILT.
The house is built in two parts. each in the
form of hollow square, having courtyard
reaching to the top and ending in skylight
These two square buildings are connected by a
tower, in which are the elevators and stair
cases. The entrance leads irto hall or vesti-
bule on either side of which is an Office where
the room tickets will be sold to those who will
patronize the house. These rooms are really
the hotel Offices; but the clerks in charge will
not be compelled to show diagrams of the floors
to their patrons because the 1.j60 rooms which
the house contains and which are distributed on
nine floors of the building are all alike except
as to location.
Each room has at least one window facing
either the court or the street; each is furnished
with a good bed having a frst-Iass hair mat
tress a hair and feather pillow, linen and
blankets TO suit the season. The rooms facing
the streets ere provided with buff rolling shades,
and those toward the court have little figured
Swiss curtains, which, together with the strip
with which each room is furnished give the
apartment although it is only five feet wide and
seven feet long, a homeke appearance. There
will be no room for argument as to the price OK
the sleeping apartments, because they will all
| cost alike 20 cents a night; and the duties GA
the hotel clerk at the Mills House will be COM
paratively light.
A few steps back into the yestibule is mar
BILE stairway leading to the court to the apart
| ments above and on either side of this stair
way steps lead to the basement where the
restaurant is situated The arrangement has
been 80 made that persons who wish to go to