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Show rwsiDiy it is not geterally know that the Astor House block has two owners, own-ers, whose relations are strained, to say the least- John Jacob Astor and William Wil-liam Waldorf Astor. Although the rent of the hotel itself is necessarily paid in a single check, that of the stores and offices at cne end of the building is collected col-lected by the representative of one Astor, As-tor, while the revenue from the other end is garnered by the representative of the other National Hotel Reporter. |