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Show - - . - . - - I ! I - The Wils:nYillDc Opened ; ; fcr Dusi:ess. To-Ijht; Fine Hostelry. All Is bustle at the Wilson hotel today. to-day. Every effort Is being made to complete the preparations for the opening open-ing that is scheduled to take place tonight to-night ' Several previous dates were set for th ceremony but were abandoned on account of the non-arrival of the furnishings fur-nishings from the East. These furnishings furnish-ings are most all here now and In place, and the proprietor," A. Fred Wey, declares de-clares there will be po further postponements. postpone-ments. . .. - - , -' The-Wilson will be one of the finest hotels of its kind In this part of the country, and will be a credit to Salt Lake. On the ground floor are situated the pfflce, ladies' reception-room, gentlemen's gen-tlemen's waiting-room and bar, which are finished In highly polished quarter-sawed quarter-sawed oak; the dining-room, finished In white and apple green and decorated with gold trimmings; the gentlemen's washroom, finished1 In white marble, and eight sample or showrooms for the use of commercial travelers. The ladles' parlor Is on the second floor and is also finished In quarter-sawed oak. There are two hundred guest chambers cham-bers In the building. Of these sixty are connected with bathrooms. The walls on the upper floors are done in natural plaster with natural Oregon pine finishings. finish-ings. Each room has a stationary wushstand with running hot and cold water, and is furnished with an iron bedstead, painted a light green and white and trimmed In gold; bright, heavy carpets, oak chairs and tables and rattan rockers. - The bar fixtures are novel in design, being of the old Flemish style, without any of the mirrors that are generally seen in such places. The kitchen Is large and airy and well equipped. A fine collection of mounted heads of wild animals decorate the walls of the main corridor. Easy chairs and settees are numerous about the lounging rooms, and In fact, to sum It all up, the hotel is-well finished and nicely furnished. . W. D. Rector, formerly of the Brown Palace, at Denver, and Fred Wood of this city will be the day clerks, and A. O. Dusenberry ' of Provo will be the night clerk. Frank H. Webster, formerly for-merly with the Lexington. Chicago, will be the chief steward. Miss Josle Foley of the Cadillac, Detroit, will be the housekeeper; Miss Angle Sullivan of the Wellington, Chicago,- the bookkeeper, and Paul Keonlngof the Stratford, Chicago, Chi-cago, chef. Miss Lulu .Morgan and Miss Crager ' of this city will be the 'cashiers.' . '-' " ; About eighty -persons will be employed In the hotel. Commencing 'tomorrow morning, breakfast will be served in the new rea--taurant from 7 till 11:30 'clock; lunch-, eon . from 11 :30 o 2 ;. and . dlnneT from 5:30 to 8.. Luncheon will be served for 25 cents, and a table d'hote dinner for 75 cents. An after-theater special has been prepared, and meals will be served a la carte at any time. |