The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17
HOIHSACRAMFNTO
MARKS A NEW ERA
rive Hundred Invited Guests
Join Directors in Festivities
at Formal Opening
building TeStifies to Determine
ton of People to Keep Step
With Prosperity
lSpeeioI Dispatch 70 The Call

tSPeciot DIspotch 10 The Call
SACRAMENTO, Oct. l6.-California's
capital city is celebrating tonight an
event more symbolic of present pros
perity and more potent with promise
OF future growth and accomplishment
than any similar occasion in many
years has brought forth. II is not a
night Of public festivity. or anniver-
sary remembrance, but a night given
TO recognition of the fulhlIment of
plans conceived years ago by several
Of its public spirited citizens as a first
step toward actually placing it in it's
rlghtful position, in the first rank
among the cities of the state
The stock holders Of the Hotel Sacra-
mento company are gathered tonight
with their friends and half a thousand
invited guests within the walls of the
new Hotel Sacramento. joining in con-
sratulations 1pon the completion of
one OF Caiifornia's finest and most mod
erh hostelries and toasting the future
success 1t "is 4 toast that is already
assured of recognition. for never has
western hotel been opened to the
public with more auspicious beginnings.
nor its advent been heralded with more
popular enthusiasm.
NEW EPOCH IN CITY HISTORY
For many years the metropolis of
Caifornia's great inland valleys has
Ieit keenly the dwarfing influence OF
Iack OF modern. up TO date hotel ac-
commodations; as the capital city OF
the Golden state ii has been unable to
care properly for the law makers who
OF 10 entertain even its transient guests
with the hospitality that the spirit OF
It's citizens and The spirit Of California
demand. But tonight there is no
blush upon Sacramento's cheeks from
such cause its new hotel accommo-
dauons stand on equality with any
that the state affords and. more than
that, it is significant reminder that
Sacramento is alive to a greater future
already practically at hand.
The celebration of the completion Of
The Hotel Sacramento marks the be-
ginning Of a new epoch i'm the city's
history 1t is the outward sign of d
change 10 metropolitan estate. a pledge
OF the city's determination and ability
10 keep stride. hand in hand, with the
states growth and advancement So
II is that the citizens of Sacramento
are rejoicing tonight in the accom-
plishment Of a project that bears more
Than mere material or commercial as
pect. The opening Of the Hotel Sacra-
mento is turning point on the city's
path toward metropolitan achievement
MONUMENT TO ENTERPRISE
More than two years ago little
group Of Sacramento's most prominent
businessmen recognized the imperative
need Of a new. first class hotel as
the only means of filing want long
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their home city by organizing stock
company backed by Sacramento cap
-al TO purchase property and erect
q hotel adequate TO the ciIy's needs.
Today the magnificent half million dol
lar structure that has been christened
the Hotel Sacramento stands as a
monument TO their energy and enter
prise. and as splendid addition to
the buildings Of the city.
IT is fitting that the opening of the
new hotel should come at this time,
when every indication points to a more
rapid growth for Sacramento within
the years Immediately TO comedian
has been its lot for more than the last
decade.
FEATURE OF ADVANCEMENT
It is but one feature of a general
advancement destined to give Sacra-
mento standing in the eyes of the
world as one Of the greatest and most
important cities Of the Pacific coast
It comes at a time when new railroads
are opening vast adjacent lands to COM
merce that must pass through the city,
when interurban lines are stretching
out in every direction and when recla-
nation projects are being carried out
that will make the great valleys tribu-
tary to the city among the most pro-
ductive in the world
There is a touch of pardonable pride
behind the celebration that is being
held by the directors OF the Hotel Sac
ramento company tonight. They have
wrought an accomplishment bound to
bring more immediate good results to
the city than any other one thing
could do.
Sacramento may now boast a hotel
as complete in equipment and appoint
ment as any on the coast, and one espe-
cially designed for the needs of a city
containing the legislative and execu-
tive headquarters of a state govern
ment The new building, which stands
but a block from the capitol grounds
al the corner of X and Tenth streets. is
a handsome five story and basement
structure of reinforced concrete. as
nearly fireproof as modern methods can
make any building. and large enough
10 care comfortably for 250 guests
CAPACITY ALREADY TAXED
It was opened to the public FIVE
weeks ago, but was not declared fin
ished until the present time. Already
Il has been taxed TO it's capacity, and
at no time since 10 days after its OPEN
ing has IL been without all the guests
il could care for.
The building is of a bold mission
type of architecture. presenting hand
some fronts in two streets. II is
designed primarily for the comfort and
convenience of its guests and includes
every modern idea known to hotel
building and equipment It contains
230 rooms, Of which 1eS are guest
rooms. and is provided with more than
100 baths. Its lobby presents a coy.
hospitable appearance, enhanced by
comparatively low ceilings and arches
arranged TO break the monotony of
large space. The foyer is reached from
either X or Tenth street, and imme-
dfately of it are richly decorated wait
ing and reception rooms. The lobby
is finished in scagliola. while the fit-
tfngs Of the desk are of brass.
OFF the lobby of the hotel on the
main floor is the dining room and ball
room, finished In white and gold, with
old rose hangings at the large win
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