The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-24
PLANNING A $lO,OOO,OOO HOTEL

and Scotland. Tins looks like larpes1
linen bill. but the items will include 101gfl
dozen bath towels. 1900 sheets and TO- a
600 pillow cases. Then comes the furni-a
ture bill, which is even larger, aggregat-i
ing s225,OO0 for slO,OOO,OOo hotel. All Of
this is made from special designs and allf
purchased in the United States excepting
furniture of the French period. when
will be bought IN Paris. The items Of
the furniture bill include 5000 chairs and
1000 easy chairs
The silver for the tables in large hotel J
cost a small fortune. For the Biltmore,
5000 pieces will be required. includin:
12,00o each of forks, spoons and knives
and all the variety of teapots, suga eN
bowls, cream pitchers and so on that al
well set table requires The Gorhan
company was given carte blanche to sub i
NIT designs and furnish the silver at a cost
of not less than $4,000. The silver will. !,
of course, have the stamp of the United
States upon it, while the china and glass
ware will all come from France, Ger
many and England This will be of differ
ent designs. appropriate for the grill and
banqueting rooms and for general service.
large new hotel is 100000 There will be /
10000 plates, 11,o0 cups, and 10000 glasses.
Even the egg cups count up to 5000.
The good bed and board" that used to
indicate the first class boarding house is
also the prime requirement of the great
hotel. in these times of luxury and good
living. The bill for the bedding for the
Biltmore will be $4,000. over 600o0
pounds of cleaned and sterilized hair from
Armour & Co. will stuff the mattresses
of 1900 beds. There will be 10000 yards Of
ticking, 15,000 pounds of finest goose
feathers and 1000 pillows 1t is customary
in furnishing a new hotel to have some
great establishment assemble the carpets,
hangings, furniture and bedding and ev-
erything, in fact, except the wines and
foods. Then selections are made of the
proper designs and the assembling firm
is responsible for the quality of the goods
delivered. In this matter, w. ]. Sloane
G. Co. take the responsibility.
1t may not generally be known that ci-
gars are brought far in advance of their
use that they can be properly dried and
aged before the customers of our great
hotels make their selections. Last fall,
in the cool of the year, which is regarded
as the best time for cigar making, the
hotel orders for its cigars were placed in
Cuba. The selection OF the wines for the
Biltmore is now being made by Mr.. Bau-
mann and Mr.. Bowman in France. The
wine and cigar bills total over 100000.
The builders of gerat hotel finish their
work and then the furnishers take up the
working force appears and the establish.
ment complete in all its details opens its
doors for guests.
1t takes a small army to run a modern
hotel in great city. The Biltmore will
have 200 walters, i5c chefs and cooks, 100
bell boys, 100 chamber maids, so engineers
and 10 watchnien, besides managers. as
sistant managers, housekeepers, clerks,
bookkeepers, pages, sewing girls, and la
dies maids The switchboard in the hotel
office will have % operators. An escalator
will take the dishes from the dining floor
to the dish washing room above. so that
the kitchen will be reserved exclusively
for cooking and serving. All refuse from
the tables will run into funnel and
thence into an incineratur to be consumed
without smell or smoke. The new hotels
provide presidents suite with its own
kitchen. dining, reception and bedrooms,
so that they can oe shut off, if necessary,
from all the rest )f the world and reached
by private elevator directly from the
trains passing underneath the hotel. The
Presidents suite is on the first floor above
the office floor which Is used as a pri-
vate dining room floor containing eight
rooms. 1t is tribute to the thoughtful
ness of our times that all our newest
hotels are providing greater comfort for
their help. Not the least commendable
feature OF the Biltmore is the provision It
has made of bath rooms. parlors. libraries
and dining rooms for its employees
1t Is said that the best evidences of Il
city's substantial prosperity will be found
in the business recorded by its postoffices
and its hotels. The record of both Of
these IN New York emphasizes the metro
politan character cf the greatest city on
the continent The latest addition - its
hotels, now. approaching completioM will
add one more, TO she many. MONUMENTS Of
its growth and grandeur.