Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-16
MAYER HOTEL A
CREDIT TO ELKO
Editor TriPlett, of Wells Herald PAYS
Lengthy Compliment to
Local Hostelry
(Fromy the Wells Herald)

10 tne mayer hotel 10 find there SIlcb
modern establishment. One is
at once confused by the elegance of
the quarters and the courteous hear.
ing OF every member of the force of
genial attaches Of the hotel.
It is an established fact that one
can travel ali over the west and will
find in no town Of many times the
size of Elko Il hotel of better con.
struction. better equipment, better
accommodations or more comfortable
surroundings
Some years ago c. e. Mayer and
son w. II. Mayer, determined that the
conditions at Elko would justify the
erection Of hotel of more than ordi-
nary proportions, and these gentle
men set about to accomplish the OBJ
ject of their belief. They were the
owners of considerable valuable land
and 4 small brick building, but lack
ed the necessary funds to carry to a
successful termination the erection
and opening of hotel such as they
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as the county would support. They
broathed the subject to number of
the leading business men Of the coun-
" seat, but were received with the
general statement that the conditions
would not justify the expenditure of
the sums of money they had calcu-
lated upon. Undaunted by the lack
of support they received at home
they set about TO form a company and
went into the country for stockholders.
Among the farming and stockrasing
element of all sections of the county
they were received with greater at
tention, and had practically no diff
Guilty in inducing some OF the leading
men of the county to join with them
and aid in supplying the funds.
The result is that the Hotel Mayer
stands on. the main street of Elko
close to the Southern and Western
Pacific depOts, a lasting monument to
their fore-sightcdncss and business
acumen, ii vreuii to its builders and
owners dividend payer to its stock
holders.
The structure is of brick three
stories in height, with frontage of
l2o feet and cement basement
underlying almost the entire build
ing. With the addition of fifteen
rooms. just being finished, the hotel
contains sCventy-fve rooms, every
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front of the building is of plate glass,
and in the structure are the post
office. dry goods store and jewelry
store.
a description of the interior of
the building will. doubtless, b. of
interest to the public generally.
Commencing in the basement we find
a room 70 by so feet in size, exclu-
sivc of the furnace room. This
basement is nicely fitted up. Here are
located pool hall GO by 40 feet,
covered with cork carpet and con-
tanning six pool tables. which are in
use nearly all the time; a barber shop
with three chairs and capable and
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Going to the first, or ground floor,
we find the hotel office and lobby.
cafe, kitchen and bar room. The lob.
by is thirty-five feet square, with
writing desks and tables and plenty
of lCathcT.upholstcrcd easy lounging
chairs. Two sanitary drinking foun-
tains in the lobby furnish the guests
with an abundance of pure clear
drinking water. The ceiling in the
lobby is sixteen feet high, covered
with pressed steel and painted a
cream color. From the ceiling are
suspended three handsome chande-
liers, each with capacity of $50
candle power lights which with the
innumorablc number of small cleo
trio globes, furnish an abundance of
light. The floor of the lobby IL
finished I'm mosaic tiling. Passing to
the cafe is found a room 80 by 10
feet in size. with high ceiling and
maple floor. nicely carpeted with
rugs and furnished in a manner sec
ond TO no cafe in the state. The
Kitchen, 80 by - feet, is model of
cleanliness, containing large ranges
and all the better implements that
can be found everything so arranged
as to be of the most use with the
least expenditure of effort and time.
The bar room is 50 feet square, with
the best of furnishing. Here, as In
the lobby the floor is of mosaic
tiling.
From the ground foor one Is
carried TO the upper stories of the
building in an automatic electrically
operated elevator the only one of its
kind in the state. This convenience,
when Il was first installed, was looked
upon with awe by the guests of the
hotel, but all are becoming accustom-
ed to II, every one finding It mighty
convenient. The two upper floors arc
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