Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-24
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THE modern hotel. said the manager
of one OF Washington's big hostelrios,
"has developed into municipality In IT
self. The business has undergone great
change within the past 10 years, ind
buildings and methods then In vogue have
been greatly enlarged and modified. With
the Waldorf Astoria it was considered
that the limit In hotel construction and
management Ind been reached, aud there
are now few hotel men who will venture
a prophecy that this immense structure
will ever be relegatedto second place. I
have no doubt, however, TINT within 90
years the metropolis will have hotel as
large again. believe that within 20
which is one of the best hotel cities in
Most OF them have recently been i'm
proved
Brooklyn, q city twice the size Of
Washington. looks like 30 cents in com.
pnrison with the capital on the score Of
hotels, and for years it enjoyed the dis
tinction Of having but one hotel. on the
Heights. and that was u small affair.
Commercial travellers and others went to
New York to sleep This sounds far
fetched, but it is true. Recently a couple
of modern structures have been put up,
but the City of Churches will never be q
hotel town..
| Nashington has several fine shelters
for strangers and in few years will
have couple more big fellows. But
without jealousy hotel men oil over the
country accord the palm to the Waldorf,
and what is accomplished under TINT sill-
gle roof every day is fairly monumental.
1t operates II postoiice, doing rs much
business us an Office in good sized
town. handling about COCO letters daily.
requiring the services OF four men who
act as postal clerks exclusively. Callers
send up 5000 cards daily to guests
! through pneumatic tubes to the respect
I i've floors, where they are received by
the hallboys. There are GO telephones,
with switchboard requiring three OPP.
orators. All communication between the
| different departments, sections and hotel
employees is done by Telephone. Their.
/, arc enough clocks inthe building to stock
/ large store, the number being 1000
and two men are employed to keep them
1 In order.
III you say regiment OF employees
l you speak the truth, as the total number
/ OF employees on the pay roll is 1.40O
/ There are in addition about 1900 guests
daily in the hotel during the winter sea
son. and $500 people sit nightly at din
ner III the two restaurants. two palm
/ gardens. gcntlcmen's cafe and private
banqueting halls. 1t requires tho sery
ices of 9G cooks to feed these hungry
folks. aud the kitchen force alone Is near
~ as large MS battalion OF troops. the
number being over 800. They consume
100 tons of ice q day, and no one know,
4 how many highballs, gin rickeys ant
small and large bottles.
j There are 10 elevators and $50 hui
boys and pnges. A hotel which has hui
boy force OF 10 or IL is a large one. A.
many rs 400 guests will arrive from til,
oceun steamers in one day and as nun,
more will depart for Europe. From 2 .O0t
to $500 pieces Of baggage are handled
and accounted for every day. The ottic,
clerical force consists Of 20 clerks. O
whom six are room clerks. A3,O00 hors,
4 power electric plant supplies the powe
Il to burn every night $4,000 incandescen
q lights, more than in many good sixet
cities. Nine boilers for steam CONSUME
100 tons OF coal a day and heat 1.5O'
rooms. Washington Star.