The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13
HOSTFLRIES IN
ALL SECTIONS
Structures AIINew and Equipped
With Every Modern Inn
provement
Management, Cuisine and En-
tertainment Unsurpassed
in Any City

THERE are $50 hotels in the new
city OF San Francisco-and there
are more to come. The hotels al
ready completed or nearing compile
tion contain $500 suites and rooms.
The St Francis has zoo rooms and
suites and will have 1000 when its
second addition is completed. The
Hotel Fairmont has 5I1 rooms and
suites. The Palace, which is rapidly
nearing completion, viii have SIS.
The 80 hotels which the city already
possesses are capable Of accommodate
ing 5000 guests. This means a great
deal. It means, among other things
that this city. three years removed from
the greatest confagration Of history, is
capable Of taking comfortable care of
national. political religious or fra
ternaI convention.
San Francisco has always been
famous for its hotel accommodations.
The old Palace hotel was world famous,
for Il had extended its hospitality to
nearly all the great men of the world
who visited this city. Other hotels
which fourished before the FIRE like
wise possessed enviable regulations
wherever globe trotters gathered TO
compare experiences. And now there
is 10 doubt that San Francisco is go
ing TO outto herself by providing a
lumber Of the best hostelries in the
world.
The Fairmont, the st. Francis and
the Palace are the largest hotels. but
there are a number OF other hostelries
Of very large size, two Of them, for
instance. being respectively II and II
stories l4igh.
The hotels Of this city are not cen
tered in one district; they are scattered
throughout the city, every section hav-
ing its quota. Of first class hotels. The
advantage of this distribution is easily
understood. All travellers do not like
10 lodge in the midst of the hurly burly
Of great metropolis. Perhaps they
have not been used 10 so much stress
and turmoil and would be uneasy if
constantly exposed TO il. Such visitors
may seek one Of the fine hotels in more
quiet sections Of the city. Then again
certain visitors desire TO be close TO
some particular part or the city where
their friends or their business interests
Iie, or they may wish TO be within
easy distance Of public places. like
Golden Gate park. These visitors viii
md that there are first class hotels in
the sections which they most affect.
The hotels of San Francisco are new.
This IS something which travellers ap-
preciate. Newness means freshness,
sweetness and an atmosphere of clean
liness which cannot be supplied by the
most. scrupulous vigilance against dust
and dirt There is no other city in
fef, To- ola I'm,
TO this unique feature of hotel life.
san Francisco owes ii, Of course. to
the fact that the conhagration of three
years ago blotted out all her hotels,
with the exception Of Two hotels Of
the first class and possibly one or two
others. But these hotels happened to
be of very recent construction. so that
what has been said about the newness
OF the local hostelries is literally and
universally correct. Everything, there
fore. is strictly modern and up 10 date.
The carpets. the furniture, the hang
fngs. the hxtures. everything that can
add 10 the comfort and pleasure of
guests is new.
The hotels Of San Francisco are ad-
ruirabIy equipped to resist fire. Most
OF them are of reinforced concrete or
OF steel and stone. class A construc-
tion. They are furnished with all the
latest devices for the fighting of fre.
and il would be most difficult for
blaze TO get any headway In any Of
them.
The management OF the big San
Francisco hotels is conducted on a
broad, metropolitan basis. No expense
As spared TO get the best Of everything,
whether in service. IN the kitchen. in
the wine cellar or in the apartments.
The managers Of the hotels are men Of
culture and experience, who know the
needs Of the most exacting guests and
understand the art OF catering to the
most fastidious.
big hotels are samptuous and luxurious
TO the last degree They are served by
the best chefs whom money can hire
aided by corps Of stewards and walters
who have been trained in the best
schools OF their trade-the great hos
telries of the old and the new worlds.
The hotels entertain large parties at
luncheon and dinner. made up OF resi-
dents OF this city who appreciate the
hest Of eating and drinking and seek
II at frequent intervals in the beautiful
dining rooms OF the hotels OF this city.
They are also the favorite places for
big dinners and banquets. In their
magnificent bathrooms the social func-
tions OF the city take place. it is a
dull evening when there is not an en-
tertainment OF some sort in all of the
big hotels OF this city. Splendid or
chestras led by famous musicians add
20 the attraction of these great cana
vanserais.
Tie hotels Of the city are all easily
ae1tssible by streetcar service Most
OF them are served by several lines and
all are on the line OF streetcar travel
Architecturaily considered the hotels
Of this city viii rank with the best in
the world. The greatest skill has gone
into their construction and beauty has
been joined with utility IA the most
harmonious manner imaginable