The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-12
SPEEDWAY CLUB HOUSE.
Party of Newspaper Men Were En-
tertained There Last Night When
It Was Formally Opened.

With the keen blasts Of winter
whistling around it and the sleet driv-
ing noisily against its brilliantly il
Illuminated windows, the Scranton
Speedway Land company's club hotel
last night inaugurated its career. The
first persons to cross its threshold as
guests were a party of newspaper men
who had been invited by the manage
ment to view the inumerable charms
of the hotel and partake of its excel
lent cuisine.
The building, which has been in
course Of erection since June last, Is
situated on the western side of the
Speedway" and is 143 feet long, fifty
six feet wide and three stories high.
1t is pure white with extremely wide
verandas. which are supported and
ornamented by large rock granite pill
lars. From the western windows Of
the top story a full view of Scranton
may be had, and even amidst the
storm Of last night thousand elec-
trio lights sweeping from the Notch
to the Round Woods revealed the city's
position brilliantly silhouetted against
the back ground of glomy mountains.
The main entrance to the building
Aeads directly into the vestibule, which
is warmed and ornamented by a large
granite fire place. in which, last even
ing, blaZed and cracked the good old
mountain log.
To the left of the vestibule lies the
ball room, thirty-two by thirty-three
feet, and beyond it is one of the neat
est dining rooms imaginable, tinted in
white and capable of seating sixty per-
| sons; extending from this room is the
bar, which will be thrown open to the
| public as soon as a license can be Sc
cured.
All that portion of the building
| which lies to the right or north of the
vestibule will be reserved for the en-
elusive use of the Speedway club, and
it is safe to say that this suite of
rooms with it's white walls of grain
enamel. it's cosy furniture and richly
toned carpets, make it one of the pret-
tiest sets of apartments in Ghe pos
! session Of any organization in this
vicinity.
On the second floor are situated
twenty-eight bed rooms, which lie to
the right and left Of the hall, which is
six feet wide and over one hundred
large and equipped in a most th0i.
ough and costly manner. On the third
| floor Is located q card room and the
servants rooms.
Although the hotel lies three miles
from Scranton the 100000 expended up.
on it's construction and furnishing en-
able it to boast Of all the conveniences
which are part of any standard hotel
situated within the limits Of a large
city. The building is heated by steam
illuminated by acetylene. supplied
with hot and cold water and sanitated
in the most modern manner.
| The management is desrous of re.
moving any impression that the build
ing has been erected for club purposes
only. 1t has been erected for the bene,
fit of the travelling and plea seek.
ing public and the club is only a sec.
ondary consideration.
The officers of the Scranton Speed
way Land company are: j. NJ. KEN.
merer. president, DR.. G. l.. Hill, vice
president; Edward Beyea, secretary and
treasurer, and ]. l.. Crawford, James
r. Mears, Smith German and DR.. Il
Is. Hand, directors.
The members of the press who warc
last night shown through the buildln!
and entertained by the managenl ent
were NJ. A. Rafter. Gs the Times;
| James O'Connor and w. w. YounCs
of the Republican; Charles Grogan, Ct
the Elmira telegram John A. Horar
and John NJ. McCourt, Of the Sunday
News.