The Alaska daily empire., 1913-09-15
ALASKAN HOTEL
 OPENS TOMORROW


 The new Alaskan Hotel will have it's | formal opening tomorrow night. at I7:3O. From 7:3O to S:3O the elegant ! ly finished and furnished establish ment will be open for inspection only and nothing will be served during that time After the inspection and at IS:3O the real beginning of busi- ness for the new enterprise will take place. Preparations have been made to entertain a large crowd and the means of getting to the place have | been plentifully supplied with extra ] ferry service to Sheep creek, Tread will be out and also Milt Winn's or chestra and Ed. Billodeau, entertainer, ! have been engaged for the occasion. ! The Alaskan Hotel is one of the most important business ventures of this kind in the North. The hotel is situated on Front street at its intersec- tion with Franklin Place. It is three stories and basement, making four stories in all It was erected by the owners of the land Charles E. Hooker, Jules B. CarO and John and James McCloskey, to suit the tenants and i leased to the Alaskan Hotel Co.,, of which P. l.. Gemmet and Frank Me ! Coy are the owners.
 ] The main entrance is from Front street and opens directly into cozy lobby and the main stairway The clerks desk is immediately facing and is equipped with the telephone eX- change board and wireless apparatus for the operator Off to the right is a neat and comfortable writing room with individual desks.
 Immediately to the rear of the lob by is the ladies grill. reached from the lobby and also by a side entrance from the outside walk leading from Front street. This little grill room is certainly a comfortable and coZy place. Each table is provided with electric call bells and telephones.
 The gentlemen's grill ifs reached from the lobby by passing through the writing room and from the street through a very ornate entrance. The grill contains an ample bar, a large 1 lunch counter and six handsome open settee boxes, and these like the tables in the ladies grill are provided with call bells and telephones.
 The finish of the entire lower floor is in mahogany, matching the ele- gant mahogany fixtures and furniture. The furniture is all leather uphol- stered. The entire floor is well illum- mated. Brass chandeliers in tasteful design and art fixtures for the cleo tric lights are everywhere in evidence
 The kitchen is built of concrete in 1 cluding the floor and is thoroughly fire proof and sanitary throughout. It has plenty of daylight and ventilation. The cafe feature of the hotel is un- der the direct control and manage ment of A. T. Spatz, formerly with the Butler hotel, Seattle for many years Mr SpatZ has engaged much of the old help that was with him at the But l Ter and has secured for chef of the establishment August Heinmann, late of the Butler, Seattle, and Waldorf-As- tOria New York.
 There are 46 rooms for transient guests, 23 on each floor. Seven rooms on each floor are provided with pri- vate baths and there are also public baths on each floor. The rooms are large, well-lighted, comfortable and provided with hot and cold running water, and telephones. The furniture i is sanitary and elegant, consisting of walnut and brass. The finish of the upper floors is treated in oak and all the radiators, like those on the lower floor are done in gilt as a compliment to the main product of the town.
 From the roof blazes forth the large electric sign which can be seen far down Gastineau channel and from the roof also rises the wireless staff from which intelligence of steamers will be | gathered.
 The concrete basement contains the steam heat plant, cold storage rooms and wine and liquor vaults.
 P. l.. Gemmet will be manager of | the establishment and he has named w. D. Coppernoll as his chief assist ant The destiny of the bar rests with Omer H. Patton, who is to be chief of the dispensers. The services of Joe Kinney, formerly with the Steadman at Ketchikan, has also been secured for this feature of the business. -O-O-O-
 | Jack MOultOn arrived from the