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Show j FITTED UP IN FINE STYLE. I The Metropolitan Hotel Undergoes Thorough Kenovatioit Till It Is.' i . Second to None in the City. ' A .Democrat reporter this morning made a call at the Metropolitan Hotel for the purpose of inspecting the changes recently made in that house. He was shown up stairs by the clerk, who introduced intro-duced him to Mrs. Hill, rhe'riewly-installed rhe'riewly-installed hostess. Mre. Hill was. busily engaged superintending the carpeting and other arrangements regarding the final preparations of the rooms. "Come right in, Mr. Democrat," said Mrs. Hill, in her genial, good-natured way; and she then proceeded to show the reporter the many excellent changes that have been wrought on the floors of the second and third stories sto-ries of the building. The original design of the Metropolitan was not the very best in the world, by any means, as the second and third floors had been so constructed that there was in the centre of each a row of dark rooms, with a narrow passage on either side. This row of dark rooms has been entirely taken out, and all the side rooms have been extended out about eight feet on either side. This change has left a spacious and elegant hall the entire length of the building, and eveiy room in the hotel is a front room. The proprietors could not have made any change that will so meet the approval of guests as this one. On each floor elegant' bath . rooms and ordinaries of the most improved patent have been put in, so that guests can be furnished with hot or cold baths and other necessary accommodations without leaving leav-ing the building. ; The rooms have all been thoroughly cleaned, re-papered, and are certainly numbered among the best lighted, the healthiest and the largest sleeping apartments apart-ments of any hotel in the city. The front rooms, facing Third South street, have been arranged into elegant suites for families. All the windows have been hung with lace curtains and shades. The entire house is lighted with gas, the dining room and office having electric lights in addition to the gas chandeliers. The dining room has been beautifully fitted up, and now is one of the handsomest hand-somest apartments in the town. We are pleased to announce that Hill & Hill have opened this hotel, and that they intend to run it on the very best plan for the accommodation of guests in quest of a comfortable place at a moderate moder-ate charge. Mrs. Hill says that the intention is to make a specialty of family accommodations accommoda-tions and permanent resident boarders. Mr. and Mrs. Hill will doubtless make a success of the Metropolitan, for it is certain they will do all they can for the comfort of their guests. |