The sun., 1919-01-25
City's Newest and Largest
Hotel Ready for Business
at Noon.
STATLER rs DINNER HOST
Large and Resplendent Bars
May Have to Be Altered in
Few Months.

modern OF them all, opens for business
at noon to-day. Tho new hotel Is on
Seventh avenue. directly opposite tho
Pennsylvania Station. 1t was built by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and
will be operated by the statler Hotel
Company as lessee
by f. NJ. Statler was attended by Samuel
Rea, president Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Gov. w. C. Sproul OF Pennsylvania
and about 200 specially invited guests
The affair marked the contamination OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
plan for a modern hotel TO be operated
in connection with It's New York city
terminal The formal opening. as far
as the public Is concerned. will take
place tonight. when the management
has arranged a dinner and entertainment
for about $500 guests.
: Tho Pennsylvania has 2,20o guest
rooms, each with a private bath, and the
service will embrace some Of Mr.. Stat
ler's own ideas, which he declares will be
Of interest to transient New Yorkera Mr..
Statler Is head Of the chain of hotels
that bear his name In Buffalo, Cleveland,
Detroit aid St Louis. and no is re-
sarded by the travelling public as a
boniface with very definite ideas of how
hotels should be run. 1t Is claimed for
him that he originated the idea OF cir
| culating ice water. and in tho Pennsyl-
vania this idea is circulated. so TO speak.
statler Against Drys.
But Mr.. Ststler Is not entirely an les
water man. Considerable space in the
northwest corner OF tho new Pennsylva-
MIA is devoted to the most up to date bar
| that has been opened In New York for
many months II Is complete in every
particular. and there Is plenty OF ac-
| commodauon. This fact led 10 Mr.. Stat
| Ter being asked his opinion on the pro-
| hibition question.
You can say for me-" Mr.. Statler ex-
! planned. that when prohibition becomes
! legal provision We Will abide by II.
That goes, of course, However. bono dry
| prohibition, as you call II. cannot be
| popular until a majority Of the people OF
the community register or announce
themselves for It So far am not con-
WINGED that a majority OF the people
want H."
The main lobby Of the Pennsylvania
has entrances from Seventh avenue
| Thirty-second and Thirty-t third streets
| Plans for the edifice were made before
the prospect OF nation wide prohibition
| were as definite as they are now and
provision was made for mahogany
counter and brass rail on the Seventh
avenue front, north of the main entrance
Last night attaches were working &c
| tptn -A tn a n htta a Z
while II could.
! The main dining room OF the hotel !,
on tho ground floor and there lie also a
! grill and lunch room. mezzanine gal
| lery that overlooks the main lobby Ii
! given over to writing rooms, library
rest rooms and other modern accommo
dations.
Tho ball room. parlors private din
Ing rooms are on the next level and thu
whole plant includes two complete Turk
ish bath establishments and swimming
pool. The roof Is equipped for res
taurant to be served from kitchen in
dependent OF the other dining room!
and open air Longing places are pro
vided in connection With this part OF I'll,
institution.
Visitors Inspect Hotel.
Before the informal opening Mr.. Stat
Ter and Thomas W. Hume. term!na
real estate agent OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad. escorted President Rea and 6
number OF the PENNSYLVANIA directori
on an inspection trip of the newly com
pleted property.
In n short speech afterward Mr.. Stat
Ter explained the difficulties In the wa,
OF construction that had TO be overcome
during tho war. Among those presen
we're:
GOV. W. c. Sproul OF Pennsylvania
Miss Ruth Rea, Charles II Markham
Regional Director. Allegheny region
United States Railroad Administration
and Mrs Markham; Elisha Lee, Fedora
manager Pennsylvania Railroad. ant
Mrs. Lee: George d. Dixon, Henry Tat
nall, W. Hayward Myers and A.
County. vice presidents of the Pennsyl
vanla Railroad Company; Mrs. Dixon
Miss Dixon. Mrs. Tatnall, Mrs. Myer
and Mrs. County: L. L. O'Donnel, gen
eral manager OF the Pennsylvania Rail
road. and Mrs. ODonnel.
Ralph Peters. Federal manager OF IN
Long Island Railroad, and Mrs. Peters
Col Moorhead E. Kennedy. president o
tho Cumberland Valley Railroad Com
pany, and Mrs. Kennedy.
, Mr. and Mrs. Henry c. Frick, Mr.. an
! r.
Mrs. George Wood, Philadelphia; Bay
ard Henry, Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs
Morgan ]. OBrien, George w. Gibbs
New York; L. +. Hill, Mr.. and Mr.:
George ID. Ogden. Mr.. and Mrs. Jane
7. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs Forrest Dryden. New
. ark; Mr.. and Mrs r. V. Massey an
Mr. and Mrs. s. W, Straus, New York
S. J. T. Straus. Chicago Mr.. and Mr.
Richard V. Lindabury. Newark. Mr.. an
, Mrs s. c, Rowland, Baltimore Mr.. an
Mrs Blanchard Randall, Baltimore NJ
/ and Mrs. Gamble I.atrobe, Wilmington
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W. McAlpin. NJ
and Mrs. Jules Guerin and Mr.. and Mr.
Walter T. Frew Of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J van der Bent Ne
York; Mr.. and Mrs James f. Fahn'
stock, Philadelphia Mr.. and Mrs. v
Symea Richardson. New York: Mr. an
| Mrs. Thomas W. Hume, Philadelphia
| Mr.. and Mrs. +. ]. Adams, Mr.. and Mr.