The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-20
TAFT Hotel To
BE READY JAN. |
Management Officially An.
nounces That Hosiery Will
Open on Time
AHEAD IN CONSTRUCTION
Practically All the Brick Work Is
COmpleted-Pushing Work on
Inside.

| New Haven, Sept. 20-The manage
ment of the Hotel Taft officially an
nounces that the hotel will be ready
Tor occupancy On or before January l.
1917. This may seem somewhat pre-
| mature to the people Of New Haven
but as a matter of fact, the construc-
OF the hotel is far more advanced than
the outside would indicate.
AT present practically all the brick
work is completed and the building
will be entirely enclosed by the end
of this week. The scaffolding will all
be taken down on Chapel and College
streets later in the week and work
will then be confined to the inside.
The outside, with it's top story of ter
ra Gotta, is presenting a most attrac-
tive view from nearly every point in
the city. 1t looms up big even from
the depot, and with the large electric
sign to be erected on the roof, the
Taft will be one Of the first things
that will strike the eye of the strang-
er who comes to New Haven.
inside the building there has been
a great deal of work done while the
outside has been erected This work
will now be pushed more than ever,
as there wifi be nothing to interfere
with it. The furnishings are we'll I'M
der way. One of the officials of the
International Silver company, who
have the contract for the, silver, Wis.,
tied New Haven the other day, and
in conversation with a reporter stated
that the silver for the Taft would be
the finest in the country. Special de-
signs are now being prepared, and
the material will be the best obtain
able.
Everything else will be in keeping
with this, and the public will have
an agreeable surprise when the doors
are opened and the hotel ready for
business. The people of New Haven
have already responded nobly, and
the opening night will see a crowd at
the Taft such as has never before en-
tered the doors OF any hotel in this
city. 1t will be metropolitan affair,
but withal a digpified function worthy
OF the city and the leading hotel. The
managers are really at a loss to pre-
pare for the crowd that has already
signified it's intention of being at the
opening and every mail brings to
Messrs. Merry and Boomer applica-
tions for tables. There is Of course
no additional cost for reservations,
but it may be found necessary to linn
it the number that can be admitted
1t looks now as though the Taft
would have to follow the example of
some of the largest hotels in New
York and have three nights of open
ing
Permanent quarters are being en-
gagged by New Haven people who
have decided that it is easier to live
in hotel than to keep house. HI. L.
Merry. one of the managers has been
in New Haven for some time, and can
be seen any day at his office in the
Malley building for the purpose of
discussing rates and plans with any
prospective guests. The rates are
very far from excessive, and the ac-
commodations will be the very best
that modern hotel management can
make them. In fact, New Haven peo-
pie will be proud of the Taft, and
will feel that for the first time in its |
history the city will have a hotel in |
keeping with it's advancement and cub
ture. 81