Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-18
p.blfc ana Private Dining Rooms In
Which over Ten Thousand Persons
May BE Served Daily-It Ii Prncti-
cally Town Under One Roof.

these inhabitants would work In relays
night and day for the comfort and en-
tertainment Of the other half. whose OBJ
legation would be the payment OF the
bills, which in the aggregate would rep
resent. in addition to the running ex-
penses and perhaps 100000 year set
aside for the proprietor's profits, the in
terest on $4,000. 600 invested in land.
buildings and furnishings.
Many cities cannot muster tax list
OF $15, 100000. so that this town would
be conspicuous above all others for
wealth. and in completeness of the de-
tails that make the material side Of life
a joy it would be unrivaled. Some of its
houses would be constructed for one FAM
lily exclusively, and others would be ar
ranged in single rooms and in suits. All
would be furnished in the most luxurious
fashion. In the central warehouse Of
the towns steward would be found
greater assortment OF supplies for the
cuisine thnn in any public market in the
world. There would be a row of cook
shops, each devoted to the preparation
of special course, ranging from the
.koups 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
appointed theatcr or two.
1.-THE town would have Of course tel
egraph office, complete telephone sys-
TEN and some means OF rapid transit to
every house. Enormous boilers would
supply the heat, and an electric light
s,y. Ia 3na
There would be an ice plant large enough
to manufacture fifty tons day. There
would be silversmith, blacksmith and
tinsmith shops, electrical repair and ma
chine shops. florists, hairdressing rooms
for mon and women, Turkish baths, up
siolstery and furniture shops, decorators
and seamstresses, steam laundry,
messenger service, printing ONCE, q
wine cellar, with half million dollars
worth of choice vintages, and club
house, with billiard and reading rooms
and cafes.
THE town would be polioed day and
night by q dozen private detectives, and
it would have well trained fire depart
ment. There would be bank, over
whose counters would pass millions Of
dollars each year, and . central execu-
tive office, with scores OF clerks ana
bookkeepers and auditors.
1.-THE proprietor Of this town would as
sumo all the housekeeping cares OF his
1880 tenants and many Of his LOO en-
ployees. He would provide amusemsnts
and act as the court of last resort. It
would seem as II the man who was rash
enough to attempt the Management OF
such town, stalking his fortune on the
issue, must necessarily fail, but Ms fair
Illustration 1t Is not orerdrawn. Its par
al!el 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
pleteness Of big hotel is appreciated by
the patron who finds his interests salts
fed with the accommodations which It
furnishes. He knows in general way
that it mny be dozen stories high and
several cellars deep and that the thou
sand or moro guests are attended BY
servants on every hand. and when he
paws his bill he believes that the charges
are exorbitant.
Zone of these hotels, which differs
from the others chiefly in degree, repre-
sents an investment of $15,OOO,0OO. Fhs
/ 400 bedrooms aud $50 bathrooms in It
nre so constructed by q series OF inner
courts that each opens to the outer ar.
1t, has several concert halls and thcaters.
three great bathrooms. and, In addition
to its public dining room, where during
horse show week, for instance. lO.UUO
people are served daily. it has series OF
private dining rooms which are arranged
for from ten to thousand persons.
Elm the largest ballroom in this hotel
was given one night last winter public
ball. attended by $500 people. to whom
supper was served, and on the same
evening in other parts Of the hotel were
IN progress two concerts, dinner Of an
association OF 300 men and dozen
smaller dinner parties In private dining
rooms, each isolated SO completely that
no ono of the 1900 regular guests need
know Of it.
"Statistics are not very entertaining.
hut there are soma stories of hotels that
they alone can tell, and that Of the sup
plies is one Of them. For instance. dur
| iinr a given year one Of these big hotels
spent for meat $500. 600: for poultry,
s sll for vegetables. $4,000; for
fruit. $4,000; for eggs, $4,000; for
OutteCi SOipOOOs uhu III sAC u0"sAs
used in decorations, and there are 6ow-
ers on the tables every day, $4,000.
The initial Investment in silverwars was
$3.50, 900, and, with the losses that char
itably are credited to the souvenir craze
and the general wear and tear on table
service, about $4,000 year is spent in
keeping this supply up to the hotels
standard.
zone New York hotel that suffered
severely from the souvenir spoon and
salt cellar mania adopted several years
ago the plan Of notifying guests that
each waiter was responsible individually
| for all articles on his table and would
have to make good any loss. This re-
duced the taking of spoons to robbery
| OF the waiter instead Of the hotel, and
even the souvenir hunter has some con
science about such a theft. In the big
gest Of New York hotels $4,000 year
| is spent in repleAishing the linen. and
looms in Belfast are busy the year round
for It. The expenses of the other hotels
for repairs are proportionately as large
for in the fierce business rivalry Of the
times none OF them can afford to gel
shabby"
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His Wealth.
81 love you more than all my wealthy
exclaimed the hero OF the play as b.
folded the leading lady in his arms.
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