New-York tribune., 1910-12-07
DEFINES THE REAL HOTEL
G. c. BoIdt, of Waldorf. Marks
Line Shutting Off Saloon.
WOULD HAVE BETTER LAWS
New York State Hotel Mems As
sociation at Annual Dinner
Told to Advance Facts.

The hotel men of New York Cfty-aoout
seven hundred Of theul-had their annual
dinner In the Waldorf last night This
was the -v-nty-foIrth effort of the boni-
faces who entertain the thousands 81 vist-
tors 20 the Empire State, and the best OF
all Of them." as John McGlynn- Of the
Rensselaer, Hotel of Troy. said 70 the din
ers While most of the evening was de-
voted TO "reminiscences and stories. there
was sood deal Of r-rious thought in some
of the speeches
George g. Boidt the veteran of the Wal
dorf spoke to an attentive lot of men when
he discussed the relation Of the hotel to
the liquor question
THE general impression seems 10 be that
all a hotel man wants is protection In the
LIQUOR business" said Mr.. Boidt. but
want TO say that wherever ard whenever
you speak you draw distinct line for
yourselves by insisting that you are en-
gagged in the legitimate business Of hotel
keeping and have no affiliations with liquor
or saloon interests whatever.
Would Have Facts Observed.
Our endeavor must be. as 1 have so
often said before, TO separate the hotel
interests of this state. and, in fact. of the
whole United States. from any other and
let il stand by itself" he continued. And
in saying this I do not mean to cast any
reflections on the saloon and liquor inter
ests- They have their rights we'll as
We have ours. but there is difference. and
We want il noted and observed
Now, to accomplish this. at least make
an effort toward it. a hotel in the larger
cities should be designated by fifty rooms
or over, and in smaller communities by
twenty-five or over. I doubt if lowering
the latter requirement and making II less
than twenty-five rooms would bring about
q separation from the so-cal1ed Raines
law hotel. now so disgracefuI and distate-
full to US. This. I think. would help the
situation, and our representatives in AL
bany. I think. could be persuaded to ex-
eupt the legitimate hotel from any OBJ
noxious provisions they may feel necessary
10 enact for the regulation Of the saloon
or the so-called Raines law hotel
Mr.. Boldt read statistics which showed
that the Borough OF Manhattan alone con-
tains more than 215 hotels of fifty rooms
and more. He said the total number OF
rooms is 53.eoO: employees. 1000; assessed
valuation, s153. .d54 500: value Of furnishings.
81. 900; estimated annual cost of opera
ton, $1,000 600; a total of 500 054.5
The building OF good roads as an aid 20
the hotels and to the communities in which
they are situated was also advocated by
Mr. BoIdt
Edward NJ Tierney. of the Marlborough,
who was POSTMASTER, paid q tribute to
Mr. BoIdt. Of whom he said:
He stands forth as the sturdy oak. sJI-
prenle and majestic in his power for good
among his own kind. who honor and re-
spect him as their chosen leader
Growth Shown by Numbers
There were only a hundred men present
al the first dinner of the New York State
Hotel Association held at the Waldorf five
years ago, and President F. y. Balm tool
advantage of this comparison with the
number present last night TO show the IN
terest the hotel men are taking in their
work for the public Other speakers were
A s. Tompkins, ". NJ Chandler and
Samuel Dutton.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting Of the
association was held in the Green Room of
the Waldorf in the morning. and the fol-
lowing officers were elected: President, F.
N Balm: vice-president. George A Farm
ham; treasurer, Edward VI. T1ernev: sec
retary, Mark A. Caldwell, and assistant sec
retary, A. H. Rennie