Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-03


relic of barbarism, pnd we are not do
ing anything unjust when we Danish
them from all the hotels of this State
Section u of THIS bill applies to the
question of beds. and that is one of the
things most of us look for when we
go to aastrange hotel. Let us see what
the provision is that is unreasonable in y.
regard to that. Section II says:
Section L. Every hotel, inn and ]
lodging houSe in this state shall here !
after provide each bed to he used by its
guests wiM spring and mattress. and
shall furn{Ah every such bed With pillow
slips and under and top sheets of White
cotton or linen not less than ninety nine
inches-ip length. including hens and of
sufficiAt*Glatn to completely, cover the
mattresSsand springs. provided no SHEET
shall be used which after being launder-
ed measures less than ninety inches in
length. including Items except sheets
on cots or other sleeping places used for
guests in eases Of emergency only. ali
such sheets and pillow Slips after be-
ing used by one guest must he wished
and ironed before they are used by an
other guest" ~
OF course these things seem rather
petty TO be put into law, but travelling
men and tourists in this State have been
mp against condition which they. the
travelling men and the better class of
hotel keepers are trying to eliminate
by the passage of this law.
We next pass from the bedding TO the
question of mattress SEES, and we find that
Section Is provides as follows.
Sect. Is. All bedding. Including mat
tresses. pillows, pillow slips, blankets
and sheets used in any hotel. inn or
lodging house. must be regularly and
, thoroughly aired. dislnfeeted and Kept
clean. No such bedding shall be used
WHICH is Worn out ~ for any other rea-
son unfit for further use. Six months
after this act taxes effect no mattress
shall be used on any bed for guestsE%@
any hotel, inn or fodging mouse. if usss7T
OF moss. seasrass atxcelsor. husks or
shoddy. Three months after this act
takes effect, no con1forters, puns or
quilts shall be used on Any bed for guests
i'll any hotel inn or lodging house, except
pers quilts or comfofters made OF down
The next section provides for the fu-
mitigation ON account of celtasions, dis
and the next section provides IN regard
to the keeping of clean glasssf, ana
cleaning the glasses with a towel used
for that purpose. dish towel instead OF
the hand-towe that the guest has used
that morning. "A condition which we5have
seen done in great many hotels. sec
ton IS provides in regard to the ashes.
that no ashes shall be kept in the hotel.
If We are going to sleep in a hotel We de :
not want to have live ashes kept about
the hotel. Section Il provides as.foliows:
sect H. All buildings of three or
more stories in this State which shall be
erected hereafter or remodelled and con-
verted for use as hotels. inns or lodging
houses, must be SO constructed by the
owners, contractors or builders that on
main hall on each floor above the ground
floor shall run to a window on door, or
to both. in the outside wall or walls. and
every such door or window shall be easy
of egress
I Is there anything unreasonable in
that? Is there anything unreasonable
in the provision that in a hotel there
shall be a hall which will give YOU easy
| egress to the outside in case of fire. day
or night? / think YOU will all admit that
| there is nothing unreasonable IN that
| section. ..-.s
| Section is. provides that every. room in
| a hotel shall have at least one window,
| and that amy hotel to be built in future
| shall have in addition to the one window
| one transom window as wide as the door.
| Does there seem TO be anything unrea-
sonable in that, that they Shall at least
| have one window opening to the out
side?
| Section 10 provides that each hotel and
| lodging house shall be fully equipped
| with a system of plumbing and drainage.
| They say that that will be hardship
| on the country hotels, but this is taken
/ care of by Section q, which reads as
| follows:
Sect. 81 Every hotel. inn or lodging
| house located in cities, towns or villages
having no public system of water works.
| shall be provided with privies properly
CONSTRUCTED over vaults. for the accom-
i mediation of guests. Such privies. shall
| be properly heated from the inst of ev-
| cry November to the first OF every April,
| between the hours of o'clock A, NJ. and
| 10 o'clock T.. NJ, and shall be kept clean
/ and sanitary at all times. During t"e
\ summer all doors or windows opening or
| leading into said pfivies shall be screen
/ ed with wire mesh screening. Separate
4 apartments, properly designated, shall
| provided for both sexes
Section - provides that every hotel
and lodging house. shall be provided
| with a gong or gongs ut least eight
| inches in diameter which shall be in
| the hallway on EACH floor in such IL
| position that their ringing can be
] heard in every room. These are fire
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