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Hotel Warshauer. John R. Burns.
proprietor. This popular hostelry occupies the most magnificent and costly
building in the city. It is a source of pride to its inhabitants. The
enterprise of our business man could not be better demonstrated than to
point to this really handsome building, which cost the suns of $65000.
Sixty-five thousand dollars is a large sum of money-how large may be
generally appreciated by taking a general and particular glance at the
building and its furniture which stands as a property value for that
amount of money.
First we will observe the building and its exterior. We
see imposing three-story brick structure. occupying a quarter of a block.
Through the polished plate glass windows we may observe the elegance of
its interior before we enter for they admit as much light as is quite as
bright within as without On entering we find that the promise given of
elegance in furnishings does not disappoint. On the first floor is a fine
office which is supplied with the usual accessories both for clerks and
patrons. Adjoining this we find a large commercial room supplied with
tables for writing, with pens, ink and paper,
and the latest newspapers. Adjoining the office, through a hallway is
the dinning room, with a seating capacity for two hundred people. Across
the hall from the office we fined the sample room, where none but, high
grade goods are served by experienced mixologists.
The club room adjoins
and on passing through an aisle we reach the lavatories. The kitchen
adjoins the dining room on the right, it is provided with a competent
force of cooks, and everything appertaining to it is as cleanly as a well
kept lawn. Any guest is at liberty to inspect the kitchen, and the writer
will guarantee he will find no refuse, except in a covered box outside,
made for that purpose and which is emptied of its contents daily.
Ascending to the floor above, by either the elevator or a spacious
staircase we find a number of elegant rooms, either ensuite or single.
They are furnished as completely as a home giving one a sense of comfort
not to he found in Oregon outside of Portland. The parlor occupies a
corner, of the building furnishing an excellent view of the main streets.
It combines simplicity with elegance, and offers its own mute
invitation to the guest to enjoy its luxuries. The third floor is of the
same general character, the same cleanliness being observed there, as in
all other portions of the building. The building is provided with electric
lights, hot and cold water, bath rooms and so forte. It would not be amiss
to speak of the five mineral cabinets, three in the office and two in the
sample room, as they comprise the finest collection in the city.
The
"Arlington" Hotel, which is under the same management, also occupies one
of the main corners of the City. It is a two-story brick, with forty rooms
for the commercial trade. The staff of help amounts to twenty-four people,
all under the personal supervision of the proprietor.
Mr. Burns is a
native of Cardiff, South Wales, England and a graduate of Hammersmith's
College, London. He has been a resident of Baker City since 1886, and
became engaged in the hotel business three years later. Socially and
fraternally he is very popular being an enthusiastic Elk and Knight and an
amateur musician of some note. |
