The sun., 1901-05-14
LIVE TOPICS AB0UT TOWN.

The increasing interest In public coaching
which IL shown this spring by the running z
| OF four coaches. has been much slower of
| growth than the men who inaugurnted 1t
anticipated New York has none OF the
traditions which have made public coaching
l IN London so successful The promoters
/ OF public coaching have found that the pub
1 lie taste must be educated 10 this sport be-
: fore their coaohes would be patronized and
for a year or two the experiment seemed seemed
! that are running now well ilod II would
y seem that they were irmly established
I The routes covered by them ollcr an a..
| tractive variety OF scenery. On orc OF the
! coaches the price has been reduced from
! s. to 81 for the trip, thus making 1t compare
/ lively an inexpensive amusement
When Mr. Astor's proposed road house
near wilamsbridge has been completed
! It Will provide the most luxurious stopping
place for coaching parties within driving
| distance OF New York The old road houses
which nourished when coaches offered the
| quickest means for transportation have
either disappeared or been transformed
: INTO malodorous local barrOomS. Bicycling
/ first aroused restaurant men to the renewed
possibilities OF suburban rOadhouscs and
! there was a mushroom growth OF small
| country hotels that disfigured the land
|
! men The few that were equipped comfort
| ably found their patronage increasing rapidly
| One such road house IN NestrheSlCr county
! nut It's scale Of prices up TO the highest nOtCh
! OF the best New York restaurants ana ihlS
! not only advertised II widely, but utrlCtcd
to II class Of people who Judg" Their en-
joyment OF snrG piaGr IN roaG ITey rano 10
| Opencl on the Sound shore by man who
had served bis New York club well as a
steward Instead of building a new house
10. all. tpI aid 81 -
been ldmlly mansion OF no mean proper
uons, nearly half century ago ana nll'd
house Is located nearly TWO miles from
! railroad station, II has proSpercd.
The interest in one Of the new hotels in
New York has been 80 great ever since II was
! opened that three or four Of the brightest
bellboys have been constantly employed as
| guides. and the information which some of
| them have acquired in this work is very stag
gering Every visitor who goes through the
| hotel from sub-Celllr to attic Is a walking
| advertisement Of The place ever after and
| the proprietor provides every facility Tor
| such inspection The guide, ar" equipped
with slips which tell accurately tho number
| Of tons of ice manufactured day by tho
| hotel plant. the amount 81 coal consumed,
| and these figures IN themselves are surprising
Several Of The guides. how ever, hHv" bccD me
| 50 accustomed 10 them that thcy do not con-
| slider them remarkable They hay" accuuu-
! lated stray Oh-orN 1tiunS made bE various
| visitors and added them 10 the lai" e wonder
| with the result Of occasionally -lrIu'ut the
| Cr"dUlitv Of the guided More than hHlf n
| the stories IN circulation in the country dis
! trict~ about this hotel. wonderful "a, i' Is, may
betrHcrd 'p elaborate n uf fh" prepared -I.i -
| by The guide, m their desire % liun-"
Several owners Of large touring outomo-
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