New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
OLD HOTELS LAST DAY
SHADES OF PAST DEP4RT.
Famous Fifth 4cenae Hosiery
Closes at Midnight.


s--1l Z Iaas the. DAY and the hour at which we
rroprietors OF the hotel had given aue notice tna'
there would be nothing more doing such con-
razrations were really a part OF the fii'4i
Avenue though now. with all the eIesan'
hcs,leries- further uptown along the line OF broaa
way and Fifth avenue. there IS no one OF l4ieil
that has lent itself well as a distinct paIt o1
th.. ric15re on an election night or night "ilsn
q big parade with plenty Of red IRE was o-i ~
es-d-that IS. the avenue or the ways t-le @
,ilsrr with the kink the front that mis- IN 'hs
west side Of Broadway between sd and -4lh sIFeeAs-
Tl.,-rv-fos,rth street and FIfth avenue and Ildl
stretch OF Broadway above 80 street "Ili0h se-7
70 have been scooped out for prospect Tor Nsll"tS
TO New York. have had and may have sun lhe'I
xcs7,e since The Fifth Avenue Hotel meant SUITS
place 10 stay at when one came 10 town. ou' NJ
q the hotels these localities now more laF'd
a The centre OF things u New York VIII e'el
show I'D quite Wei a night q noise ana Ns, 60
tration as the plain-enoUgh six story maroie OU>
i-,e that showed just prominently eIohs l4'e
Madison Square frontage as any other ouiio-lis'
not exce-ting even Madison Square GaFoe.' w
its caInparile tower aid nyiTS 11-1--a S--- 0 49,
Of the attenuated darirons-
I've, 2 decade ago. when electric signs had be-
co-ne -corapa-atIveIy ordinary on the chlef hlsn,
vcays OF the town the Fifth Avenue never len
for this sort Of blaze. and YET what better place
was there watch z parade from 'laI- '-7' D0
couy over its main entrance
Though the wonder al along has been thaI
hotei Of such comparatively short stature on such
3 broad basis could Withstand the uptown move
--e,r II the business district and its olotlIne pa
IONS knew that II was only a question Of time
when i must yield, il was long WINE sl-ce
there was such crowd and such plsS 0-4e 4"
and about the old hotel as yesterday
The long and broad lobby leading from the front
entrance whose limits were marked by the benches
Of the famous Amen Corner presented busy
scene al day, not 50 much with the real nome
folks who had lived al the hotel for years. but
with incoming patrons Everybody in whose mind
AEa-7T LTe-
who could get TO the hotel cid SO yesterday
Many Of them were old patrons Of the house
who came from considerable distances 10 take a
last look a1 the hotel as used be" before the
auc1ioneers iTnpous voice is raised on Tuesday
morning 10 sell of the furnishings and the real
dis1nau5ling begins-before the hotel is torn down
10 make way for q taller building, i not one more
agreeable 70 the eye
Then. OF course. there were the sWarTns Of poll
1iclsns and frequenters Of what was once near
the throne when Thomas Collier Platt and later
benjamin B. OdelI was the highest court IN mat
1ers pertaining 10 the Republican party in New
York State
Hundreds who dropped n for just a last few
minutes simply couldn't get away IN less than a
few short hours. because they met hundreds OF
others who had come with the same purpose The
cld patrons from out Of town who had made reseT-
vations CT tables for dinner al the wind-up last
T. night the only who had gathered
there for sentiments sake, for any quantity Of
politicians. present prospective If such dis
al da1.
They were not all Republicans. either the Amen
Corner having been a-nena bic the point OF lis
teaing Democrats. PopuIisis. GTeenbackeTs and
ether brands OF partlsans ever since II got its
name Republicans largely predominated, how
ever il the gathering, which thiCkest yester-
day afternoon between and o'clock. when the
TWO United States Senators from New York
rived 10 give their Hail and Farewell 10 the
place where they had held hundreds Of confabs in
rhe past
There was a rush toward the old corner when
word passed around that Senator Plat had
arrived Instead OF coming through the front en-
trance, as n the old days, when re was the leader
of the Sunday school, the Senator came 10 the
sd street entrance. There wheel chair wait
Ing for him, but the Senator, despite his appar-
entity feeble condition. refused 10 make use of IL
ard, supported by Luther B Little. treasurer Of
the Republican State Committee on one side and
his secretary, Z. r Merry. The other, made his
way 70 his fayOrIte corner. Prolonged cheers and
cries OF ''Hur-ah for Senator Platt." greeted the
easy boss Edward q. Riggs. the first uresi-
Gent Of the Amen Corner Association. introduced
the Senator as the original member OF the asso-
ciation.'
II vas with difficulty that those standing only
few feet away could hear his remarks The Sen
stor said among other things
I is ne privilege q elderly gentlemen 70 which
distinction I may soon aspire. 10 resent the rude
Nay that progress has Of turning things upside
toNh atlI siItl9lsh 'le structure which IS 10 take
the Iiace II this one may be bigger and Eraude-
g
couht whether il win De 50 much associated with
TIE Fierh Avenue Hotel has entertained in i,s
cay larger number Of the great Of The earth
whose plans for social and commercial enterprises
sno improvements were here UarureG and executed
sL .5ss slZ 'IaeT l9llse IN America but perhaps
Is clt -sIne VII remain IN its long association
Wiz the Republican parry
r revived. one vision extended from Mentauk
5lolHf 70 tsuftsLo- a1d r Is no idle boast say
Amen corner ana ghe-e -hrashed out he issues
e. Teces @ qss 45 S 559 a9r = Pros , Of many a. years d.
n
-E-ote its statutes ana decreed al its important
-, sa "a 2et ~ Ike his rats inc % consider eheher
forms o. otherTse II nav M thai 3e-,s 41e t re
eTTroeu1 Is q al times -he best or thar 10 eIert 4
sfsHding mar 3, shall rr rAngs as the yrspaTe-s
i1ohody car take arvay f-or7 4be F5f-7 4ve77 % I4
=, ne ar7= that = f1r years enjoyed the place
.-ere ceTne ana conferred rhe strongest minds
Nh.n thei- combined Judgment had been finally
reached there went 2 sentiment in accordance with
,fo 'e e-act P2f'lsF judgment was moulded and Put
There we're shouts f7r "rrauncey- p hen he was
introduced by ex-P-esderr Riggs Get up on The
ae7ch. said some one. we want q look If You"
with laugh the Senator compiled. saving rhof1z1
H. hso SAT on the bench ou and of for forty years
f,e mad never stood on ft before After telling Il
Fhe influence q the corner II the past Mr.. Defev
SAID This Is OF the places where for af-y
years past history has been made This corner has
rnade sratesrnen ana has wiped out statesmen and
expect that Il not in this place then in some other
4 viii keep On doing the same work"
Then State Chairman Woodruff made little Il TX
hut vas corrected by Nj Riggs when he said the
four famous plush covered benches of the cor
would repose in the headquarters Of the Re
publican State Co1u1ittee The proprietors Of the
hotel nave presented them 70 the association Nj
Riggs announced, and the association is not q po-
liticsl organization.
Y Bond, who the first guest 10 reglster at
TIE hotel when il was opened in ls5s was one of
the guests al luncheon yesterday Dr. HAYES A