The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-09
Directors and Stockholders,
With Guests. See Fruits OF
Two Years Labor.
BREAkFAST FRIDAY MORNING
MARKS REGULAR OPENING
Praise Is Heard or Every Hand
foG Elegance Of Utah's
New HOStelry.

with tho formal inspection of The new
Hotel Utah by The stockholders ,f the
hotel company and the operating COM
pany in which more thar 100 guests took
part 1t can tc said 70 longer thnt the
hotel will open at such and such Il
tmc-Saj Lakes great motel i. for Il
fact. open and ready ror business. VITA
guests rooms fully furnished 10 accom-
in1date 100 persons and tEc Kitchen ana
dining rooms equipped 10 supply meats
for more than thOuSaal, today marks
the business and informal opening of the
finest hotel west Df New York, only by
Ushing work day and DiCht was ths
management able TO present TO the own
crs inc buildt1S a most finished fron
Top To bottom some work icmains TO
90 done on the grill room and two l!oors
oI guests rooms arc u be turnlshc
within the next ten days Otherwise the
hotel is ready for business and complete.
: Tx main LOBBY has seen ready several
days. as we'll as have ouhcr floors,
The formal reception gnd inspection
from To II O'Clock was attended by
nearly zoo people. No formal programme
had been arranged. The force oi office
BOYS and others were at their stations
IN uniform and conducted the guests II
finished were brilliantly lighted and for
three hours the company admired the
elaborate interior. In view OF lhe com
nleteness Of The hotel. the elegance OF
every hand, the well organized working
force and the general tone of metro
paltan hotel II was impossible 10 find a
single fault and not q word OF advcrse
criticism was heard. Gathering the null
titudc OF expressions of admiration to-
scther and condensins them, the con
sensus of opinion was expressed in these
words:
at Is the pride of the west 1t Is
all that has been claimed for IL and
more, and places Salt Lake among cities
nc hfNI. 1fE
Enjoy Buffet Luncheon.
Walters in bright new uniforms of
black served buffet luncheon in the
large grill room on the ground floor at
the northwest corner OF the building.
Champagne punch and lemonade were
served IN addFion to the luncheon An
orchestra under the direction OF Prof
]. ]. Mcclellan, ensconced In the alcove
specially arranged for musicians in the
grill room, furnished music while re-
freshments were being served.
In point of furnishings probably The
most attractive feautre and one often
being Installed is the harmonious effect
Of coors in the tiers of rooms and the
way In which the colors alternate on the
different floors. The carpetinss are
heavy. making the building from top TO
bottom almost noiseless. The rooms were
opened into suites for the convenience
of the guests. showing how whole sec
tions OF the hotel may readily be con-
verted into one apartment. Thc furni-
ture for the rooms is in keeping with
the home like appearance of the wall
of the rooms. while highly finished Cir
cassian walnut beds are used In others.
The chairs are of the same modest char
acter. prettily and comfortably uphol-
stored.
Striking In every way and marking the
highest effort at keeping the interior on
a par with the beauty OF the exterior OF
the building Is the main lobby. Four
great n color and VplVStv n
the step, cover the center OF the tiled
floor Arranged about the lobby are
plenty OF inviting chairs and divans for
the accommodation and comfort OF the
guests
All the details of the furnishings and
equipment were given a careful and
will testify to the publicity it has re-
cetved throughout the country was clear
ly impressed upon the guests Thursday
night
Missourian First Guest.
1t was for Missourian to be the first
TO register. Marcus Harris, a ST. Louis
wool merchant. who travels over the
western country. gained entrance Thurs
clerks desk emphatically declaring that
he must have rooms for the night. took J
up the pen and with Chief Clerk Wesley
Austin unable 10 deny him the privilege
registered himself. his wife and daugh !
ter. Within a few minutes j. G. Marina |
duke manager OF the Washington hotel
at Seattle. followed with his signature, |
Rooms were provided for them and they |
were the first guests Of the hotel
Hundreds of persons congregated on
the sidewalks on both sides of the great |
structure while the reception was I'm
progress and saw for the first time the |
inside of the new hotel ready for open
ing.
George o, Relf, the manager, has had |
most of his force here for A month and |
has been instructing the employees as 10 |
their duties and insisting upon them get
ting thorough knowledge of the build !
ing and of the city With few ex-
ceptions, the help was brought from the
east by Mr.. Relf This was done in or |
der 10 keep from affecting the organized |
force Of any OF the other hotels |
OF the city by recruiting from their help |