Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1901-02-01
A MODEL HOUSE.
The new Hotel Daley opened under the mos
Favorable Auspices.
General Description of the Interior of the Structure with its Equip
ment and General Policy of Management
Distinct Addition and Benefit the Business interest of the Town

rev villages Oh Twice hef size nave the
facilities for entertaining the strangers
that are within their gates as has Island
Pond at the present time. Even before
the opening of Hotel Daley the town
was necessarily and from choice stop
ping place for all travellers and tourists
Now that the new hotel is fairly open
and ready for business the town has an
added Importance, not only IN its own
eyes but all along the line of the Grand
/ Trunk Railroad. While the new hotel
is private enterprise it is Of import
ance and interest to every business con
Germ in town and should receive the APP
probation and support of all as such be-
cause every private enterprise established
in place contributes to the public good.
That the Hotel Daley is thoroughly
equipped and up to date for the service
and comfort OF its patrons it needs but
"A glance of the most unsophisticated to
see, and that its management will see to
will be well in keeping with its arrange
ment no one has a right to doubt. but
on the contrary, Judging from the i'm
preston that was created 10y the opening
banquet and ball, regardless OF the in
eyitable confusion that always attends
such occasions the hotel viii he run on
lines satisfactory to patrons and towns
people alike.
A general idea Of the house proper
was given IN these columns at the time
the plans We're made by J. W. Hogan,
but now that the hotel is built, fitted
throughout and in successful operation
more detailed aud particular descrip-
ton of its appointments aud desirable
features is in order.
The structure stands SO front by 80
feet deep is three stories high and Que
of its chief charms is the simplicity of
arrangement which gives great convent
ence in finding the rooms, etc. In case
of fire this characteristic would prove of
vast Importance for there is virtually
but one corridor on each floor, running
along the front and at right angles at
each side of the building with stairways
at every corner.
The main entrance to the hotel proper
is in the center OF the ground floor, and
the office is reached by broad and easy
stairway. Directly at the right front Of
these steps is the desk, SO called, semi
circular counter of handsomely polished
birch, on which is the register on u
swinging dial, the mail box, the room
register desk, etc, while in the enclosure
made by the counter is a large office
desk Of handsomed qunrtered oak, the
cash register, safe. speaking tubes to the
main rooms of the hotel annunciator,
etc. This part of the establishment is
well calculated to impress the guest with
the fact that it is thoroughly equipped
for doing business on first class hnes.
70 the left of the entrance steps is a
corridor so wide as to seem almost a
part of the office itself from which as
the visitor turns, the dining room opens,
on the right, through wide automatically
| swinging doors, while opposite, only a
few steps from the stairs is the entrance
to an elegantly appointed suite of recep-
ton rooms or parlors. That this las,
mentioned arrangement will be appreci-
ated by lady patrons of the house goes
, without saying, for it preoudes for them
6 the necessity OF running gauntlet OF
masculine eyes that are naturally and
q unavoidably found in all hotel offices.
! At the end of this corridor by turn to
= the left the visitor ascends to the next
floor. These stairs may also be reached
q without again appearing in even the cor
;, ridor by door from the parlor further
est from the entrance stairway which
opens directly at the foot of them. These
parlors are lighted by one immense plate
q glass window, each and both front on
l. Cross street and open upon broad GOV
# cred piazza which runs the entire length
v of the front Of the hotel.
q The Office takes up nearly quarter Of
u the front west corner of the building
l. and is particularly pleasant place. II
e is lighted by the same large windows AZ
/. the parlors, and opens by broad doors
# on to the same piazza. The floors, as i,
v true throughout the building, are o
# polished hard wood add the wood worl
q and sheathing are finished and polished
a. in the natural COLOR This is also thu
q. case throughout the house, The cell
/. ings in the Office and other main room
: on the Office floor are of stamped steel
effectively tinted and the whole Is Lighted