Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-05-18 | Page 8 | Hotel Buys Blinds and Carpets

HOTEL boys! BLINDS AN! ! CARPETS After Investigating eastern prices the proprietor of the Marlon Hotel of tills city telegraphed, from Chicago an order to the Ogden Furniture company com-pany for the carpets and window blinds for the entlro hotel, 90 rooms and all the hallways. This is significant because it shows that Ogden business houses are prepared pre-pared to furnish goods as cheaply as eastern houses can The mnnager of the furniture company states that 'the carpeting ordered Is of the best placed plac-ed on hotel floors. It is extra heavy and Is known as "Wilton Velvet. ft is of brown, red and green which give a bright appearance and never fades. There are ninety rooms in the building, build-ing, forty-five on each of the upper floors, none of which aro of the same size, besides three hallways. In. the hallways the carpeting will- (be -red, tinged with 'brown. The blinds for the windows are of ibrown color on the outside and 'blue inside There are 1C5 window blinds to be furnished The furniture company la busy getting get-ting tho material ready, extra help being employed to measure the carpets car-pets and sow them.. It is stated by the manager, Hyru'm PIngree, that the carpets and blinds will be in place at thp time of the United Commercial Travelers convention June 12, 13 and 14.