Show TWIN OF THE WALDORF New Yorks New Hotel is to be Called the Astoria New York Feb 20Mr John Jacob Astor announces that his new hotel at Thirtyfourth street and Fifth avenue the great palace which has grown up beside the Waldorf to be called the Astoria He has named it after the city on the Pacific built by the founder of the family The name like that of Waldorf is historically appropriate Although the twin palaces are to be run in conjunction each is distinct and I is surely vast and luxurious enough to bear a name of its own t Waldorf is the name of the German village in which the original John Jacob Astor was born Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia river in Oregon was the first plan of the founder of the Astor fortunes established in America and for that reason his name sake perpetuates Astoria in its vast hotel which is now nearing completion The Astoria and the Waldorf are to be I connected and operated conjointly by Mr George C Bold but each will preserve pre-serve its distinct identity and each will have its own system of management I manage-ment creating together a mammoth for structure of unequalled possibilities L luxuriousness and comfort |