Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-06-12

being the ladies entrance to the din ; ing room from the street. Ln the TO tunda is situated the Postal telegraph
 company's office, a cigar stand anC hotel office. From here also is ma
 nipulated all the lights of the house
 A large indicator which is connected
 with every room by double call sys
 tenn, is just back of the counter
 Through this bell may be rung ir
 any room and touch buttons in each
 room enables one to summon from
 the office one of the uniform bell boys
 who are constantly on hand, day and
 night.
 Leading off from the rotunda on
 the south is the reading room, where
 all the best periodicals of the day will
 be constantly on hand, and tables and
 writing material for letter writing will
 be at the service of the guests. The
 hotel bar and barber shop are also
 reached from the rotunda, through a
 short corridor.
 Back of the rotunda is the magnifi
 cent dining room. This feature of
 the new Burke demands special at
 tention, as it IS without question as
 fine dining room as can be found in
 the west. It is elegantly furnished
 and finished and no pains or expense
 have or will be spared to make this
 one of the most comfortable spots one will find in a years travel. It is capable of seating over 150 guests at a single meal. The tables will be furnished with everything that the market affords the year around, and 1t Is intended to make the dining room of the Hotel Burke famous from one end of the country to the other.
 The kitchen is very large and equipped in the most modern man ner and is presided over by J. E. Williams, famous chef of over B years experience in many of the best hotels in the land.
 Just off the kitchen are five splen- did sleeping rooms for the use of the kitchen help.
 The famous l. X. L. maple flooring Las been used for the first floor of the hotel, and it is the marvel and ad- miration of every one who enters the hotel. It is almost as hard as iron and is as smooth as glass, while its wearing abilities are almost unlimit- f ed. being able to wear without splint- ering or becoming rough for scores of years. Several of the most substan- tial new buildings of the city areput- ting in this famous flooring. Sidney l.. Beach, who is the exclusive agent | for this flooring in Arizona, superin- tended the laying in the Hotel Burke and the results are certainly satisfac- tory.
 A large stairway leads from the office room to the second story, which Is occupied by A of the finest bed rooms in all Arizona. Most all of hem are en suite, having private bath md toilet rooms, and soSequipped as o be connected with telephones if de- tired. The furnisbisgs are the best o be obtained, all beds being of iron md brass and the handsomest ever 'een in Prescott. Nothing, in fact, hat would add to beauty, convenience )r comfort has been overlooked, so hat the most wealthy or fastidious nay feel all the ease and comfort that hey could obtain any place.
 The grand reception parlor on this loor is handsomely furnished, all the urniture being upholstered in leather, carved, and giving a most pleasing effect,
 The third story is practically adup- icate of the second, with the excep- ion of having a greater number of Ooms. '
 The architects who planned this plendid structure that today stands I s the pride and admiration of not nly Prescott but all Arizona, are D. I W. Willard & Son. These gentlemen ' planned the Hotel Adams in Phenix. he Bank of Arizona, Cook & Smiths, 1d. Blocks, Richards & Hawkins. nd other of the fine new buildings of : 'rescott. The senior member of the rm has had more than B years ex- erience in this line, while the son, S 'efore coming to Arizona, four years I go, was assistant professor in archi- ecture in the University of Pennsyl- ania. The Hotel Burke certainly a lands as monument to their skill. Y
 The advantages of such a hotel as he Burke to Prescott are very great. , Hereafter it can never be said that :. 'rescott is not supplied with a hotel |, hat is'absolutely first class in every ! espect This will cause many people wealth who are looking for just c lch delightful climate as We have ) come to Prescott and spend their t me and money. Such people as ley are the kind We need and , ,ts of them. Then the commercial avelers will not. as has been the d lse Tn former years, go to Phenix or Dme place else to spend their Sun P avs and spare time, but will remain n ere or make it a point to be here for nose occasions. Aud so on, there be- lg numerous ways in which such a z otel will greatly benefit the city. '
 Messrs. Dennis A. Burke and NJ. J. Hickey certainly deserve the greatest $ raise for their enterprise and courage $ l such an undertaking, and the p with their hosts of J tends, wishes that they may live 'ng to enjoy the fruits of hard and e atlent toll in bringing to a consum- O latIOD SIIpb f