The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-27
Is Well Up to Expectations in
Arrangement and Service.
THAT ROOF GARDEN
Is One of the Most Popular
Resorts in the City.
Most Delightful Place to Spend
the Summer Nights.
Baths Are a Feature With Sew
en- Styles to Pick From.

The new National hotel was opened
to the public the middle of this month.
and, as was appropriate, the Union of
Commercial Travellers took a part in
the first housewarming when the roof
garden was used for the first time.
The hotel as finished and occupied by
the public bears out every promise of
the builders and the hotel company.
1t is the most modern of the big hotels
in the west It has the best roof gar
den, for the entertainment of its
guests and the public generally, west
of Chicago. And down in the base
ment, 20 feet below the roof garden,
can be found the same degree of i'm
provement and innovation over the old
style of hotels. The bath rooms in
the basement are worthy of sanitar-
ium in variety and equipment. There
are Turkish, Russian, hot packs. cleo
trio. shower, plain and sitz. Then this
basement has a laundry, heating plant
and desiccating plan, store room,
barber shop and machine shop.
The improvements and furnishings
of the new National cost about $100, 900.
The hotel has ITS rooms in commission
and they are all arranged with an
especial eye for light and air. With
$50 feet of southern exposure the ques-
ton of light was not hard to deal with,
and a large air shaft equipped with
electric suction fans solved the fresh
air problem.
Two new style electric elevators are
used to distribute guests over the seven
floors Of this hotel. The sixth floor
is set apart for travelling men. Every
room on this floor is built especially
for this class of guests Large win
dows in unusually large rooms with
an alcove for the bed, give plenty of
1;1l, diSn1aU nf ~
pies.
Another notable feature of this hne
new hostelry is the dining room. 1t Is
hand painted and decorated and the
trimmings are in mission oak. There
may be a larger. but there is not
more beautiful dining room In any
hotel in the west.
A handsome marble stairway leads
from the lobby to the second floor. The
hallway on this floor is as wide as an
ordinary room and is a feature of the
floor. The ladies' parlors and recep-
ton rooms are also on this floor, and
they are modern and of an elegant
design.
The New National is located right
in the heart of the business section of
the CITY, Street cars to and from every
section of the city pass its doors. The
new building presents handsome and
imposing appearance and is pointed
out as one of the notable improve
ments of the past few years. But 1t Is
not appearance alone that makes a
good hotel. The National is in charge
of old and able hotel men. Mr.. Wood.
one Of the proprietors, started in as
hotel clerk and knows the business
from the ground up. Mr.. Williamson.
his partner, was formerly well known
as a commercial traveller before he
entered the hotel business six or eight
years ago. He knows as well as any
man the needs of the traveller and at
last has a hotel where he can serve
the public in ideal style. Especial at
tention has been given to the cuisine.
and the corps of attaches are being
thoroughly drilled in their duties.
The new hotel fills out Topeka's
claims to being the best convention
city in the state Its modern equip
ment and great capacity pull down the
scales in favor of Topeka in the ca