The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-15
LOBBY OF A MODERN HOTEL IN Ml--.JArJk-S-r

In the city of New York take care of
about $4,000 people every day. The
lowest estimate made by three repre-
sentative hotel men places the average
price PAID for rooms and board at Sc. "a
day. Al that rate the receipts are
$5l2,5V0 a day, or STA 062 800 a wear
What part of this great sum is Maid
for luxury. pure and simple? IT is
hard to tell, but perhaps the best way
or estimating it is by comparisOn with
Lne famous Mills hotels in New York.
lheSe TWO houses, one costing a mill
non and the other about half q million
dollars. are not charitable institutions.
they are profitable as investments. The
price or sleeping room with bath and
sittns room privileges in either of
these houSes is 20 cents day. and
meas are 10 cents each. making the
o.a cost OF living So cents a day. The
Nils notes are scrupulOusly neat. The
IIedlS are served in courses, and more
llan ne can eat is given to each guest
Thus it would seem that evervt nir,o
above o. cents a day is paid for lux
ury and added comfort New York's
Arst-claSs hotel population of so 900
could i've in houses like the Mills no.
IeiS for $4,000 a day or S11. S62 500 a
year Figuring on that basis. SIS. 600 a
day or see, 200 600 a year, is paid for
luxury.
Great Luxury Demanded.
Notwithstanding this. the demand is
W 5'edter luxury, not only in New
IoIA' out proportonately throughout
uIe entire country. That shrewd hotel
men recognize this is plainly evident
TOT although the number of hotels
costing from S1O00.000 upward and in
when the cost of living is 81 q dav or
more mas doubled within the past ten
rs, more buildings of this type are
no" oelnE planned and constructed
man al any previous time.
me estimated cost of four of the pro-
yscted hotels is S14.O0O, 900. One is the
Nv brunswick. to be built in New
10TH at q cost of $4,000. 900 on the site
VI me famous old hotel of that name
a a. I0Jolnlng property. Another is
w w W r. d. Stokes $4,000 coo hotel in
l"fA, occupying the west side of
ee,-"ad"ay between SeVenty-third and
SSeyenty-fourth streets. Another is the
$''.v',uV0 hotel which George Q. BoIdt
II 10 erect on the site OF the Stratford
e. I,AHadeIphia. The fourth is the
L-'',.y'o house which a syndicate.
,-seled by Joseph a. Willard of Vir-
-. Is 10 build to lake the place of
t- -al"ous Willard I3tel in Washing
80 among other noteworthy project
uo,ei improvements is the 50 900 600
~ -,'n To- the Manhattan hotel. New
IN now more than half completed.
..Il-ohirg 1t s4.0G0000 house. No less
.a" A"'VV0o90 is now being expended
~ -"Shout the country on the erection
nl" hotels in which the element of
''-4 ,l VIII predominate
IHa
t.'a. me largest and most Iux11riOns
mis-. D." me world. has never been made
So. nut II is estimated by good
v,-S9S az about $12. coo. 600. When If
q. projected almost everyone said
d QUO not be made to pay. Yet to-
T, D., IS a very profitable property |
f,r... -'Io 10 imagine a house with |
tb. IdSnihcent public rooms. more
~ .-''' guests rooms. and accom- !
ne IONS for between 1,4OO and 500 |
H.. being practically filed all the /
" nut these figures represent the |
2. astoria s accommodations and |
IT. constantly crowded.
ds,. ". PAYMENT Of from $75 to 500 a |
No. ~! rooms, exclusive of meals. in |
c7ro,-lIviK hotels is by no means un- |
the W mere are people living in 1
d9,. Naldorf-AStOria who nav 500 a /
r. ,lf their rooms the year round /
has tV famous royal suite $500 a day
gho-. zen paid on several occasions for /
tho periods A woman who died AZ 1
hal ,dloy hotel in New York recently |
c1rr...-''N SO day for a year for a /
TIL suite overlooking Central park.
Is Oh 'I'e dld not include meals. and /
az. was liberal entertainer. the
be-, safe Of her hotel bills must have
very large
"nitney's Expensive Quarters.
a. H.. ian William G. Whitney went
inc 'r ny, Waldorf Astoria to live. engag-
daet55Oo9, ihS by the year. Recently he
there 70 establish his private Office
Suite hSo Nearly the entire royal
Comic 10 be given up to provide the
Of mr.. ana luxury which this man
Ing 10 uilllOns demands and is will
TIE pay lor- Taking the rooms by
a rate ne does not, of course, pay
rate 10 alrt@portiOnate 20 the transient
SUR. VI 5000 a day for that part of the
advisedI,i.c ne occupies. but it is stated
neigbb]-, mat he expends in the
looms mood Of $150 a day for his
pleta,,,n ms suite Mr.. Whitney is com
hotel tb 'oola Ted from the rest of the
He has D. SUITE having a private hall.
DINING us .l9 meals served in the private
IN I'm. His guests are received
q ricb 5I,Fate drawing room furnished
Is any room in a kings pail