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Show Waiterless Restaurant Now the Latest AFTER the horseless cnrrlago. the playorless piano and nil the othor less things that modern Invontlon has devised, this city Is to havo a waiter-less waiter-less rcstnurant, nnd, of all places In tho world, it Is to bo on the slto or tho old Saranac hotel, In Broadway near Forty-second street. John L. Murray, backed by a syndicate syn-dicate ot wealthy tobacco manufacturers, manufac-turers, has obtnlned a 21-years' lease ot tho building. His plans are elaborate elabo-rate and unique. Mr. Murray, who has othor restaurants restau-rants In this city, has been trying for a long tlmo to think out somo scheme to do away with the time-honored nul-snnco nul-snnco of having a waiter stand at your elbow whllo you aro discussing private pri-vate affairs with a friend. Ho thinks bo hns It at last. In the new restaurant all one will havo to do will be to glvo tho order upon entering. Then the most Intimate Inti-mate and confidential conversation may bo pursued with Immunity from tho eager oars of tho servitors, for at the end of each course alt ono will havo to do will bo to press a button, Then, In Arabian Nights fashion, tho center ot tho tnblo will sink through the floor Into a serving room beneath and presently will rlso again with the now dishes. Tho tnblo has been pnttorncd by Mr. Murray, who has just returned from Europe, whero he searched for Ideas, and tho plan will be made practicable by having the kitchen next to tho top floor, but con-nectcd con-nectcd with nerving rooms on all the H othor floors by moans of a dumb waiter system operated by compressed Except for tho top floor, which will H contain bachelor apartments, the building will bo used exclusively fot H restaurant purposes, and tho floors H will be so arranged that prtrato dinner H parties for four or moro persons ot banqupts for as many as 1,200 can b H provided nt almost a moment's notice H Henry Erklns, architect and decorator H of Murray's Roman gardens In Forty- H second street, will have chargo of the alterations and decorations ot tho H Saranac, and ho said that $400,000 H would 'bo oxpended In tho Improve- H monts, exclusive ot the decorations. ' H |
