The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-01
NO LoNcHR AHEAD IN HOTELS.
Absorption Of the CITY Of Hsmes Puts
New York Second.


New York. sincs Its absorption Of
BrookiyD, Staten Island ana othsr terri
tory. has forfeited cne Of ito former dis
tinetirns IL was the A Amsrican city hav-
ing tke largest hotsl population. 1t is
sroh no longer, Chicsgo 10 ahsad of IL
In this particular, and Bost0u, 6an Fran
sisco and Denver press It prstty closely.
Tho resson' brooklyn 10 . CITY OF
Ia increesina its population from ,SU0,-
oOO TO y 300 eco increased she number OF
Its bona ftde hotels only from g40 to 300.
90 its hotei population was di9iutsted
relasiveiy In consequence. The big mp
to-date hctels recently constructed, have
undermined the popularity of some OF
ire mist celebrated caravHnssries Of
American cities. In philadelphia, . few
weeks ago the Girard HOUSE Was put up
for sale By auatiou. Tho estimated VAL
ue CT the sito and brilCing Is 81, $50, 600,
and 1t 10 said that an offer Ct that sum
had previously bsen declined at tho auc.
tion. Tbs first It'd Vas s7t0 coo end the
last &!t2p, 000, sitter which tie property
was suinmarily Withdrnwn. IRE Girard
was opened In ls.2, and for several years
wes ccnsidsred the finest hotel iu that
city. Vhe governMe ent used the building
as . msnufsctory Of scldisrs' clothing
frum the neGinn ina Of the war until
Aoo1s WNou ~ uYoIu WCOm0 y uOteL
In rrcxnt years the mum Der Of former
prcminent Aew Yoik hctels which havs
been devoted to other uses las been IN
usually larEe1nd irclncss the New York
Hotel, the Metropolitan, the Brunswiok,
tie 81. Sasuss and ste Vioeoris. The
transient hotel population Of New xork
Rreas Improvement In hotsl socommoda-
TORS and there are now bus few rsmain-
ing kan Piles Of ito cid fashioned Ameri-
can plan toteis In New York ana these
which survive owe their sp0urancs ip
POPULARITY to exoeilens management,
moro largely pesssps than 10 any
An illustration CT this OF hanged oon-
diticn In hotel homogeneous was shown
lece ntIy In the publication Cf an Edver-
tisen ept IN TIM kun snnouDoiua ttnt
the fth Asenue Hotel would TO run
en- the Eurorean IN we'll as thu American
Ilsn. The tifth Ayeuus 10 aimoat
opened in 1859. IL hes adhered stsnn-
fsstly ever since TO the Ars ricaa rlsn"
d incluoinR the meals Furnished to
Ruests ~ an oss-rfitl, snd not as con.
oitiotel rsrt OF thu ir entertainment. but
even IRE Fifth Avenue has had IN ds-
mt or has fornu II desiratls TO tcpnrt
fiom IFS long established usnge IN this
regard.
Like changes mark tho hotel business
CT oil otter cities sf ihe country, neatly
vast inatcn. st. Louis ana Chicago. \
Lbs old fashioned hotel, with lis Eie
ching rccm and oolored walters,
with i's trosd fortf ds, msrbie
Der, and horsl ike icnoing room.
hns pisen place TO an establish !
meut ef very di[TcrSrt character, the
ptdfrn Antfioan hctsl cf cisrrtic
propt rtiofs ano rrlatisl furn.shines n
hotel In wtioh nrt OF /, does the kurc-
san rlan prevail, trt In the coDduot e
icn many Euros can nct:ona hnvo
b, en- adopted. Hotels On sne "Ay7srirau
l isL' are mostly TO te found In tss
downtown districts sf citi .. nnn. "a
tusiisss holdings rev lscc rfidsnses in t,
suoh aistricts, ths clo fashioned hotals |
Ire abr ndoned. Tho sur.