Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-03-25
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
HAVE BEEN MADE.
The Interior Of the Wright House
Has Undergone Several Impor.
tant Changes.
WRITING ROOM NOW
APART FROM READING ROOM
Heating Apparatus Completely Over
hauled al Cost of Over One
Thousand Dollars.

Although the Wright House has been
recognized as the best and most COM
pletely furnished hostelry in any town
in the state the size Of Alma, since it
was erected, yet from year 10 year i'm
provements are continually being made
to keep the place well in the lead in the
hotel world.
During the past few weeks many
changes have been made that are OF con-
siderable Importance ana but few of the
regular patrons of the hotel realize the
extent Of these Improvements and alter
ations In the first place the room for-
merly used as q wash room has been
converted intoa writing room, although
not as yet entirely furnished in com
plete manner. This will enable the
patrons 20 obtain more seclusion in con-
ducting their correspondence and very
oommodious room for that purpose will
be the result. The former reading and
writing room will be used as an exclu.
sive reading room. The Office is also TO
be rec ecorated and put in as neat and
clean condition as possible. The wash
room has been transferred to the base
ment where very commodious lavora.
tory has been fitted up.
The heating apparatus has been en-.
tirely overhauled, at an expense of over
81 900, and put In the very best Of con.
dition, and the kitchen has also come in
for large share of the improvements.
On the second and third floors the
rooms have been repapered and re-
decorated and placed in excellent con-
dition. The parlor has been made
especially beautiful as we'll as comfort
able. New electric light fixtures in
nearly all the rooms have also been pro
vided in keeping with the of styles to-
day, and new carpeting has been placed
on the. floors in large number of the
rooms.
The billiard room is to be reftted
entirely and made in keeping with the
balance of the house, while the sample
rooms, az good as any in the state, have
been cleaned throughout.
Under the management Of r 2. Foley
the house has been enjoying a very salts
factory patronage, at times the capacity
of the place being insufficient and guests
have necessarily been taken care of at
the sanitarium As Mr. Foley's time is
divided between the management Of the
sanitarium and the hotel, it became
necessary to have an assistant manager
at the latter place, and he deems him
self extremely fortunate in that he
secured j. s. Lewis for the position.
Mr. Lewis is probably as we'll known
among the travelling public as any hotel
man in Michigan and he is decidedly
popular with all classes.
Previous TO coming here for two years
he was proprietor of the Imperial at
Petoskey and before that was manager
of the Cushman House, at the same
place, under the firm name of Oushman
s. Lewis. At this place he is ably assisted
by l.. e. Smith, bookkeeper and clerk,
and an able corps of employees, nearly
all of whom have been engaged under
the new management.
The cuisine is all that can be desired
and that nothing is left undone that will
provide for the comfort of the guests at
| the Wright House is rule that has been
! f1llAuua1 ofn0a ~ xra frat OnanaH fO A
public, and will be kept up until 10 no
longer can be used for hotel purposes.
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