The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-09-21
THE PLAZA WILL BE FORMAL
~ OPENED IN NEW YORK
CITY MONDAY.
COST TWELVE MILLIONS
Persons--Same Number on Pay
roli--WiII Have patronage Of
Wealthy Class.

New York'a long list Of palatial hos
telries, is to BE formally opened next
Monday morning. The builders OF the
plaza claim that 1t Is the costliest
and finest hotel In the world. An
idea of the enormous sum of money
spent in the erection Of the Plaza may
be had from the mere statement that
its cost was more than double that 81
the magnificent Hotel Aston which
4 was completed only two years ago.
New York contains not only the
| largest and most luxurious hotels 0f
any city in the world, but also more
of them. ranging in cost from $1,000.
900 to si2.500,0o0, which latter figure
represents the cost of the new Plaza.
It is to be further remarked in the
same connection that the most lux
urious hotels are by far the most
| prosperous. The present effort Is not
to build economically, but extensively
to crowd ais much luxury as pos
sibie into hotel building, for the rich
New Yorker can be counted on to
make the most lavish expenditure II
profitable investment Counting pcrs
manent and transient guests, the I'VE
score high class hotels in the city
of New York take care of about 50,s
600 people every day. The lowest es-
innate places the average price paiif
for rooms and board at 1925 day
At that rate the receipts are $S12.51o
| a day OF. sf140G2 500 a year.
Costly Hosiery. ~
The actual cost of the new Plazat
is said to be slightly in excess Of
| that of the Waldof-Astoria. hcretofore1
considered the largest and most hlx.
nrious hotel in the world When the
Walslorf-Astoria was projected, almost
every one said it could not be made
to pay. Yet today 1t Is very profit
able property. 1t lis hard to imagine
a house with 40 magnificent public
rooms, more than 1900 guests rooms
and accommodations for between
1,40O and 1000 people, being practic
ally filled all the time, but these iig
ures represent the waldorf Astorias
accommodations, and It Is constantly
crowded.
The new Plaza occupies the site 1f
the old hotel of the same name at the
corner of Fifty-ninth street and Fifth
avenue, opposite the entrance to Cen
trail Park aud directly across from the
Savoy and Majestic hotels. The biuld
ers figured at the beginning to spend
about IS 100000 on the structure, but
later it was found that In order to
place the hotel in that state OF per
lection which the management claims
cannot be reached by any other hos.
telry in the world, it would be neces
sary to add 81 100000 to the original
estimated cost OF the structure. And
this additional sum was added with
out the slightest hesitation.
Some Rates.
Already, the management Of the
Plaza announces, large percentage
Of the suites have been leased. Some
of these viii pay SIS to 500 day for
their rooms. exclusive OF meals. For
the famous royal suites $500 day
viii probably be asked for short per
iods Though these rates seem enor'
nous to the majority of people the
price paid in reality is not in excess
of what ii would cost to maintain a
Fifth avenue home, while the wor-
ries are less and the accommodate
tons better. 1t goes without saying
that the Plaza will he essentially al
home for the rich 1t marks the top
most notch in the luxury of metro
politan life for men and women with
large incomes who do not care TO
undertake the responsibility of keep
ing city house of their own.
Enormous Payroll.
As may readily be imagined the
payroll at the Plaza will be immense.
The general manager win have a
chief steward and half dozen assist
ant stewards. There viii be sixty
cooks. fifty chambermaids and IN
equal number OF housemaids. forty
floor girls. sixty bell boys. 300 walters
seYenty-f1Ve aunhfesScs. twenty-five
porters, twenty bartenders. ten wine
cellar ihen. fifteen BARRIERS and about
$50 women OF all work in the kitchen
and elsewhere. who may be said tol
look after immediate personal com
fort of the guests. The chief engineer
and his assistants. electric light men.
elevator men. plumbers. locksmitlis |
and general repair men will easily
$50 more. Then. there will be
the office stan and the accountants
department. baking all in all vesg
nearly If not quite 1.500 men and NO
men to be paid of every week or
cvery month. As the case may be
aside from the private servants engag
ed BY the guests and who work tindsr
the general directions of the hotel.