THE LAST THING IN HOTELS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5241, 10 January 1878, Page 3

THE LAST THING IN HOTELS.

There is an American saying that a man may be mighty sharp, yet not able to keep an hotel, yet we may fairly predict that those enterprising contractors, , Messrs. Spiers and Pond, will be as successful in this their last role.as in any they have previously tried. The railway travelling public have to thank them already for their judicious reforms in railway buffets, and probably under their management of the new Holburn Viaduct .Hotel it will he possible once more to take one’s ease at one’s inn. This admirably planned and perfectly mounted establishment, which will be open to the public in a few days, will probably fix the date of a new era in hotels. Every effort appears to have been made to secure comfort and convenience to its inmates. The bedrooms on every floor are uniformly airy and well-fur-nished, with bright hangings, pretty carpets, blue china ware, doylies and table-covers of good designs in art needlework, the wardrobes and wash-hand stands are of American walnut and gold, each room has a clock, “synchronous” with Greenwich, being in electric communication with it. The smoking-room, writing-room, and reading-room are worthy of the beat West End clubs ; the dining-room will accommodate a large number of people, and the kitchens have been wisely placed at the top of the house, where ventilation is most easily secured, and whence no odors can possibly annoy. All the accessories, luggage lifts, baths, electric bells for attendance, and so forth, are perfect in their way, and if prompt, willing service, with a choice cellar and undeniable cuisine, be also provided, the Holburn Viaduct Hotel must soon become a very flourishing concern.