Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1901-02-01

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arrangement of single lights that make
a brilliant display. At the rear of the
office is the writing room. equipped
with specially made and immovablr
desks. while at the entrance to the lief,
OF this room is a Snort passageway lead
ing to the lavatories and toilet rooms
These are finished in marble, and iusI
beyond them at the end of the pass pc.
is large coat and baggage-room. Al
the end of this, leading down stairs. i.
a large room for general store room
provided with conveniences for use OF
commercial travellers who wish TO dis
play their samples without taking then
from the hotel. From this room egress
may also be made to the billiard room
and barber shop on the ground hool
front of the building. This Casino is
most thoroughly and handsomely equip
ped for those who are partial to this sort
Of amusement, aud in addition to the
billiard and pool tables lunch counter
is to be established there. The barber
shop, handsomely fitted up and presided
over toy a competent more or less deaf
and dumb ''tonsorialist" occupies cor.
ner of this room.
The hotel dining room is particularly
cheerful apartment. 1t has the same
handsome natural wood finish. hard
wood floor, steel ceiling and lavish ar.
| rangemen of lights as the main office
and 50 guests can he comfortably seated
at time. Directly back of it is the
kitchen, provided with all the improved
steamers, heaters and ranges for the
cooking and serving of food imaginable,
Opening from it are the pantries. dish
/ and linen rooms and a cold storage that
will be doubly appreciated during the
heat OF summer. Located along a cor
rider at the back of the opening into the
main kitchen are the rooms OF those EN-.
ployed about the hotel and from this
corridor one may descend to where the
steam heating apparatus for the entire
building is located, also the laundry and
drying rooms. The heating apparatus il
of itself worthy of more than passing note
for it has proved entirely adequate fol
its purpose since its fires were first star
ted, which is an experience not alto
gether common in so large a building.
The two top floors are devoted entirely
to sleeping apartments, with the accom-.
panying baths, closets etc. The entire
front Of the house is fitted up in suites
OF two aud three rooms, each with its
private bath. The average size of the
regulation rooms of the hotel is about
l2Xli feet and by virtue of the air shaft
which extends from the top to the bot.
tom of the middle of the house not one
OF them is dark or unpleasant. The
view from the rooms on the backside OF
the house is unsurpassed, giving an UNI
INSTRUCTED prospect of the lake and
island and all the surrounding scenery,
while the rooms on the front give those
who desire the animation of the street
There are 30 or more of these transient
guest rooms, each heated by steam
| lighted by electricity, with electric cal
bells, and in short every possible con
| venience. An innovation in their ar
rangement that will be appreciated b,
guests of the house is the closet out o
each room. The furniture is entirel,
new and Of the most approved pattern
from the iron bed and hair mattress t.
the chetfonier and commode. and i
would be hard for the general travelling
public to find better appointed OF NOR
coy and comfortable quarters in an
town.
Mr.. Daley proposes to run livery i
connection with the house the comm
Summer that will be well in keepin
with the hotel itself in every detail. Hi
policy in the conduct of the hotel as GU
lined to the HERALD man is, in brief, t
give the best possible and most courteou
sine and general detail Of the comfort Q
his guests and the lowest prices for a
that are possible, and following thes
lines, the enterprise and forethough
that he has displayed deserve only sue
cess and the best at the hands of res
dents of Island Pond that they have t
give so. long as this policy is followe
out. He has secured the services of 4
Il, Stevens and II, G. Stevens (Gus an
/, tilly, as day and night clerks respeo
lively, both Of whom are we'll known an
deservedly popular with the travelin
public
| The house was formally opened fc