The San Francisco call., 1909-04-06
WORLD SHOWS NO
BETTER HOSTEIRIFS
Experienced Tourists Know the
Comfort and Taste of
City's Inns
FairmOnt, ST. Francis and Pal
ace Challenge Best in
Old World
CAN FRANCISCO has 12s hotels,

.largs and small, several OF which
are OF the first rank According TO
estimates supplied by leading hotelmen
there is now room for entertainment in
san Francisco for $4,000 guests in ho-
tells and there are 1900 guest rooms in
s-ound figures The number OF rooms
falls very little short OF this imposing
total
The FaIrmont, the St Francis and
the new Palace hotel are the larger
houses There are several hotel struc-
lures Of large size in addition 10 these,
Two in fact being, respectively II and
- stories high. The larger Of these
not in the first class contains 152 rooms
A feature OF interest is that the hotels
are scattered throughout various sec
Iions and are less exclusively concen-
trsted on z few streets than was the
case formerly This gives rise TO
great opportunities for selection where
The surroundings are congenial, and
where the location is close TO any busi-
ness neighborhood.
With the exception Of two hotels Of
the first class and possibly one or two
others, ali OF the hotel structures are
entirely new The Oldest of them has
been in existence less than three years.
IN the cases Of the two first class ho-
tells that stood on their present sites
prior 10 1906. they are practically new.
except as regards exterior and division
walls Their furnishings and equip
nents have been provided since 1905.
- One OF these hotels has been largely in
creased in size by the opening Of a new
wing that.was incomplete prior 10 1905
ALL HOTELS NEW
In the matter Of newness the hotel
array Of San Francisco is unique. There
IS no other city in the United States
that can make q similar claim The
value Of this. as related TO the comfort
and pleasure Of guests is very sppre-
cisble All is modern and up TO date,
Including every article Of furniture,
every utensil. and all that pertains 10
z modern hotel
san francisco has long been marked
as 2 convention city. The Knights TEN
plsr conclave Of the United States held
2 triennisl session in this city in 1883.
A few years later the Grand Army of
The Republic had its national encamp-
ment here. Since these dates many
national bodies and a few international
bodies. embracing in their several
mem mberships many thousands who
have come as visitors, have placed the
stamp Of approval on San Francisco
as a pleasing place in which 70 gather
and transact business, adding the joys
Of sight seeing and an interesting
journey 10 0tner pleasures.
AS soon as an auditorium Of sufh-
Gent size shall be constructed to &C
commodate the assemblage OF large
bodies Of people San Francisco will
again be widely known a popular
convention city The statement at the
opening OF this article relative to the
number Of guests who can be stimuli
taneousIy accommodated, with the al
ready existing hotel capacity, indi-
Gates this TO be the fact
GREAT CONVENTION CITY
Chief among the attractions that
have awaited visitors and that still
await visitors is the excellence Of the
hotels. Thousands Of tourists making
the round trip from the east to Cali
forHia and return are annually enter
tanned by the hotel proprietors Of San
Francisco. People Of distinction from
All parts OF the world are among the
guests Travellers of all degrees find
comfort and abundance of Iuxuries
while they are the guests Of the local
bOnifaces.
In fact, the earlier of the national
assemblies that gathered in san Fran
cisco legitimately led TO the later ones
by advertising the good treatment
that they received while sojourning in
this city and the comforts of life by
the Golden gate.
OF the three first class hotels in the
for many months. The third, the new
Palace, on Market street. will be
opened in few months Some of the
highest salaried men in San Francisco
are employed as chefs IN the local
hotels and the hotel management rep
resents those who have made conspicu-
Gus successes IN other cities OF prom
inence before they were invited to
come 70 San Francisco. There has been
no niggardly policy IN Quitting the
hosteiries OF the Golden Gate city with
elegsncies and with all necessary ap-
plisnces to secure comfort and the
pleasures Of elegant home life.
Many Of the wealthiest families in
san Francisco customarfly reside in the
hotels because Of the charms they af-
ford and the comforts and general
satisfactory conditions existing. The
whole world contributes TO the table
delicacies that are served The whole
world supplies guests OF rank and dis
tinction. who journey this way in pref
erence TO any other route Of world
travel. one large incentive for the Sc
lection being the high class entertafn-
ment that the hotels afford.
STREETCAR FACILITIES
Every hotel in the city is either on a
car line or conveniently near 70 street
cars. Great care has been taken to
secure freproof conditions and in this
leSpecl liS Iduh - very HlSn, mucn
superior TO what IL was prior 10 1906,
and II is abreast with houses OF simi-
lar sort anywhere. Millions Of dollars
have been expended in hotel construc-
tion IN the last two years
Not only are the hotel accommoda-
tions Of san Francisco more extensive
but they are also greatly superior TO
sThat they were formerly The systems
" plumbing, Of ventilation and Of
lighting are strictly modern and the
best that can be procured The service
is first class The advice of skilled
hotel managers has been a contribut-
ing cause TO the production OF hotels
which, by reason of their newness and
strict modernity, are not only abreast
but in advance Of any similar number
OF hotels anywhere on earth, accord