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Show ' IBS INSPECT NEW HOTEL UTAH Directors and Stockholders, With Guests. Sec Fruits of Two Years' Labor. BREAKFAST FRIDAY MORNING MARKS RKUUIiAR OPENING Praise Is Heard ok Every Hand for Elegance of Utah's 1 Nqw Hostelry. With tho forma! ius:cctlon of the new Hotel I'tnh by the Mcckholdors of Hie hotel company and ihe opoiullnsr company, com-pany, in which more than 100 yuests took part, It can L-0 s :ild no lunger that the hotel will open at .such and such a LI mt. Sail Lake's jjrent hotel i'. for n fact oien and ready for business. Willi quests' rooms fully 1 mulshed to accommodate- 100 persons and the kitchen and dining rooms ctiu.ppod to supply meala for more than a thom!:i.l. today marks the business and ini'onnnl-openlns of the flm.;J lnlrl u-ncl .,f Wm. Vuvlr i"iK l,v lushing work day and niqhl was th.i management able lo present to the owners own-ers me building a moiii finished fioui top lo bottom. Some work icmalns to l:i donf on the grill room and two Hours of guests' rocmr. are to be furnl3he 1 within (he next ten days. Otherwise the hotel is ready for hiislncfs and complete. '! he main lobby has l:een ready several daws, as well a? have other doors. The formal icceptlon und Inspection from S to 11 o'clock was attended by nearly 200 people. No formal programme had been arranged. The force of office boys and others were at their stations in uniform and conducted the quests t-j all parts of the house. All the Honrs finished were bri'llstntly lighted and for throe hours tho company admired the elaborate interior. Tn view of the completeness com-pleteness of the hotel, the elegance of tho furnishings, tho conveniences on every hand, the well organized working force and I ho general tone of a metropolitan metro-politan hotel, It was impossible to Hnd a slnyle fault and not a word of adverse criticism was hoard. Gathering the multitude mul-titude of expressions of admiration together to-gether and condensing them, the consensus con-sensus of opinion was expressed in these words: "It Is the pride of the west. It Is all that has been claimed for it and more, and places Salt Lake among cities with llrst-ciass hotels." Enjoy Buffet. Luncheon. Walters In bright new uniforms of1 black served a buffet luncheon in the large grill room' on the ground Hoor at the northwest corner of the building. Champagne punch and lemonado were served in addition to the luncheon. An orcheMra under the direction of Prof-J. Prof-J. J. McClellau, ensconced In the alcove specially arranged for musicians in the grill room, furnished music while refreshments re-freshments were being served. In point of furnishings probably the most attractive feature and one often mentioned while lite furnishings were being installed Is the harmonious effect of colors In the tiers of rooms and the way In which the colors alternate on the different floors. Tho carpetlngs are heavy, making the building from top lo bottom almost noiseless. The rooms were opened into suites for the convenience of tho guests, showing how whole sections sec-tions of the hotel may readily be converted con-verted Into one apartment. The furniture furni-ture for the rooms is In keeping with the home-like appearance of the wall decorations. Brass beds are used In part of the rooms, while highly finished Circassian Cir-cassian walnut beds are used In others. The chairs are of the same modest character, char-acter, prettily and comfortably upholstered. uphol-stered. Striking In every way and marking the highest effort at keeping tho interior on a par with the beauty of the exterior of the building Is the main lobby. Four great rugs, green in color and velvety to the step, cover the center of the tiled floor. Arranged about the lobby are plenty of Inviting chairs and divans for the accommodation and comfort of the guests. All the details of the furnishings and equipment were given a careful and painstaking Inspection. That the hotel will testify to tho publicity It lias received re-ceived throughout the country was clearly clear-ly Impressed upon the guests Thursday night. Mtssourian First Guest. It was for a Mi-ssourlnn to be the first to register. Marcus Harris, a St. Louis wool merchant, who travels over the western country, gained entrance Thursday Thurs-day afternoon and wnlkincr up to the clerk's desk emphatically declaring that lie must have rooms for the night, look up the pen and with Chief Clerk Wesley Austin unable lo deny him the privilege registered himself, his wife and daughter. daugh-ter. Within a few minutes .1. C. Marma-duke, Marma-duke, manager of the Washington hotel at Seattle, followed with Ids signature. Rooms were provided for Ihcm and they were the flrst guests of tho hotel. Hundreds of persons congregated on the sidewalks on both sides of the great structure while the reception was in progress and saw for the flrst time the inside of the new hotel ready for opening. open-ing. George O. Rolf, the manager, has had most of his force here for a month and has been instructing the employees as to their duties and Insisting upon them getting get-ting a thorough knowledge of the building build-ing and of the city. With a few exceptions, ex-ceptions, the help was brought from the cast by Mr. Rolf. This was done In order or-der to keep from affecting the organized working force of any of the other hotels of the city by recruiting from their help. |
