"THE HOTEL OF THE FUTUTE."

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4871, 20 August 1884, Page 2

"THE HOTEL OF THE FUTUTE."

The following is the4|ranslatiwrbf an article in^ paperi 1 German humor is proverbially poridero^ ' thefyolkjpf the 1 joke^fseei^s;|tp'',be|]th'itl6uri:f'^; German cousin is; desirous of emulating ■ Americans example in^ the art of longxbijf* 1 drawiug :^'Vl)he{atest American progress in building will be;i Manimioth Hotels - soon to be erected in theiSheH Boad, Sti This ; enormous hotel is to have a.frontage of thr^e Eng^ishlmiies long, and a • depth" of six 'miles* The heighfcol 77; stories! 1^ frooi the gro«ad\fl>d^tovth.e<'^ hotel, will have no stairs,: but will always be rea^y to take guests up to ? • 1 their rpbmsV: N.o. room:;ffa|^rs";far«^tdrbe 'd\ employed, but visitorsJwill be aerredibyjar ?S newly patented automaton, * put: ift every; = bedroom, jehich iwill do-all shtyiagp^ shampooing, , f^r Ac guesfs ibyV very i simple and ingenipus mec^anisos; Sup. i poising the ,%uest^ requiresfchot wate#^ ; the ;^ aatpinatpn::- ■will,^beS^ble^|b;":'cill::^;^ downstairs; ■■^a>:b!aok«t^^^i^r^"fpr.lf^&'':f^Wo. 13,107^' and the water wil^bi upJn^S seven seconds ::bya^;p^ Half an hour befere;tai&/ff^'^/i n |tead^^^ of ringing balls, a gun^i-pounder) will 1: r be fired on each floor to call the quests to f"':-^ get ready for their meals, fftie tables iiv¥? the dining room^ willmeasure four miles each, attendance beiog performed by 1£ waiters oh horseback on either'side of the table;; Music during•to%^^p/f^wiiU'fio>--' played gratis by weight btui(lslofi 27; men each. For the convenience of visitors a " railway will be built on eaotfloo^ as'well as telegraph bfiices. >TH;e price of-^ oho bedroom will toe .from ■& ¥to^e2;^The of; Jts building is estimated tb^bV^ £140,000,000.' ThebiniariroW^inooS^ tain- 900; American,;;9^Kftfe&f and one Englisbi table; and th>mb>i:pf;tße»isitbrs^ l are expected to be American.■^ IThes: bll- V/,-:t liajrd^yrbbm;'.;will'^ bej;fitteji t pnt^?!#ith'V"af^'" 'spitton pf?lo^fee^;ju^rcumfeMnce^'^^^^^v; '"yl^\'