The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-09-11
Immense New York Hotels.

try and spread ont in village forma-
ton the result would be model <. o.
prietary town Of about 5000 inhabi-
tants. One-half Of these inhabitants
would work, in relays, night and day,
for the comfort and entertainment of
the other half, whose obligation would
be the payment Of the bills, which, in
the aggregate, would represent, In ad-
dition to the running expenses and
perhaps 5000, 900 year set aside for
the propriotor's profits, the interest on
$l5, 600, 100000 invested in land,
buildings and furnishings. Many
cities cannot muster tax list Of $15,-
600, 900, 80 that this town would be
conspicuous above all others for
wealth, and in completeness of the
details that make the material side Of
life a joy it would be unrivalled. Some
of its houses would be constructed eso7
one family exclusively, and others
would be arranged in single rooms and
in suites. All would be Furnished IA
the most luxurious fashion. In the
central ware house Of the towns
steward would be found greater as
sostment Of supplies for the cuisine
than in any public market in the
world. There would be row Of cook
shops, each devoted to the prepara-
tion of special course, ranging from
the soups and entrees and roasts to
the pastries and coffee. There would
be half dozen big banquet rooms and
ball rooms, several music rooms and
well-arpointed theatre or two. The
town would have, of course, a tcle-
graph office, complete telephone sys-
tenn and some means Of rapid transit
to every house. Enormous boilers
would supply the heat and an electric
light plant would furnish the illumi-
nation. There would be an ice plant
large enough to manufacture fifty tons
q day. There. would be silversmith,
blacksmith and tinsmith shops, cleo
trical repair and machine shops, for.
lists, hair-dressing rooms for men and
women. Turkish baths, upholstery
and furniture shops, decorators and
seaMstresses, a steam laundry, mes
senger service, printing Office, wine
cellar. with half million dollars
worth Of choice vintages, and club
house, with billiard and reading rooms
and cafes. The town would be policed
day and night by dozen private de-
tectives, and it would have we'll
trained fire department.. There would
be bank, over whose counters would
| pass millions Of dollars each year, and
central executive Office, with scores
of clerks and bookkeepers and audi
tors. The proprietor Of this town
would assume all the housekeeping
cares Of his 800 tenants and Of many
of his 1900 employees. He would
provide amusements and act as the
Court of last resort. It would seem
as if the man who was rash enough to
attempt the management of such a
town, stalking his fortune on the issue,
must necessarily fall, but as fair
illustration it ;s nc. cye7arawa. It's
parallel is found in compact form,
with no features missing, and many
added, in the modern big hotel that
has reached the highest DEVELOPMENT
in New York.
"Neither the bigness nor the COM
pieteness of big hotel is appreciated
by the patron who finde his interest
satisfied with the accommodations
which it furnishes. He knows in
general way that it may be dozen
stories high and several cellars deep,
and that the thousand or more guests
are attended by servants on every
hand, and when he pays his bill he
believes that the charges are exorbi-
tant. One of these hotels, which
! differs from the others chiefly in de-
gree, represents an Investment of $15,-
100000. The 400 bed rooms and
$50 bath rooms in it are so constructed
by series of inner courts that each
opens TO the outer air. 1t has several
concert halls and theatres, three great
ball rooms, and, in addition to it's
public dining room, where, during
Horse Show week, for instance, 10, 600
people are served daily, it has a series
Of private dining rooms; which are ar
ranged for from ten to one thousand
persons. In the largest ball room in
this hotel was given one night last
winter the Charity Ball, attended by
$500 people. to whom supper was
served, and on the same evening in
other parts Of the hotel were in pro-