| Show early american ordinary forerunner of the hotel the early house housa or ordinary as it was commonly called was the crude forerunner of 0 the modern hotel in this country with the development of roads these ordinary increased gradually tha old name was dropped and the public houses with their taprooms taproots tap rooms and great fireplaces became known is as taverns about the time of the tha revolution the word hotel was found in general use relates a writer is ia the chicago tribune in 1794 the city hotel a new york house with 73 rooms was wai opened it was considered a tremendous establishment in its time soon other hotels were built in Philadel philadelphia phial boston and a n d baltimore the new establishments were confined however to the ilia principal I 1 eastern cities until the development of the rail road the first steam trains carried many commercial travelers westward into new business territories quickly their numbers increased and as quickly hotels sprang up in the towns and cities which became their stopping places |
