fire as the Palmer House, and the several hotel conflagrations at which so many lives were lost made it the stopping place for all the wise people who came to Chicago.

SOME OTHER ADVANTAGES.

Another, and an equally successful advantage in hotel keeping, which was introduced at the Palmer House, and is still continued there, was the graded system of prices. A man does not have to pay $4.50 per day for the privilege of stopping at a first-class, fireproof hotel, and then take his chances of getting a poor room. He can select whatever room he likes, and pay for it accordingly, take his meals where he chooses, at the restaurant, or the cafe, or, if he prefers, at the houses of his friends, or eating-places about town; the price he would be charged at a third-class hotel, and

There are two large passenger elevators, constructed with all the safety appliances, and made perfectly secure, which are kept running all the time, in addition to the usual number of stairways, so that the upper rooms are quite as accessible and convenient as those upon the lower floors.

The Palmer is the only hotel in the city where the guests have a choice of the European or the American plans, and they can take their meals in any one of the three magnificent dining-rooms on the parlor floor or in the Cafe or Restaurant on the office floor. The Restaurant, which is the most elegant in Chicago, and is not surpassed in the country, is an imperial apartment, circular in form, and made of marble and mirrors. It is the favorite resort of the fashionable people of the city for lunches and

have all the advantages enjoyed by one who pays $8 or $10 a day, except in the location of his room. The dining-room and the bill of fare is the same for all guests, but the only difference is in the location of the room. In all the requirements which go to make up a perfect hotel the Palmer House is complete, and there is none more elegantly and luxuriously furnished.

A CITY IN ITSELF.

When the hotel was first erected it contained only 400 rooms, but that number soon proved too few, and had to be increased, first to 500, then to 600, and now it is frequently impossible to accommodate the numerous patrons of the house in the 750 rooms belonging to this great hostelry. The house can accomodate 1,200 people comfortably, and several times as many as 2,500 have taken their meals there in a single day. It is the largest hotel in the country with one exception, and that is the Palace Hotel of San Francisco. Next year Mr. Palmer proposes to add another story, which will increase the number of rooms to 850, and furnish accommodations for 1,500 people.

dinners, and for suppers after the theater or

opera.

The classes of guests a hotel entertains are the best index of its character, and those who go the Palmer House are men who know where to find the best accommodations. General Grant always makes it his home while in Chicago. The Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise stopped here. President Diaz, of Mexico, the Corean embassy, and other distinguished people inscribe their autographs upon its register every day.

It is not necessary to allude to the luxuriance with which it is furnished, for that is a proverb the world over. The attendance is always the best, the bills of fare are the finest offered in the city, and the cooks cannot be surpassed in the country.

Mr. Willis Howe, the managing partner, gives every detail his personal attention, and to his ability and energy the success of the hotel is largely due.

necting with the main office, are the finest barber shop and the finest bath-rooms in the world. They are known as "The Garden of Eden" from the name Mr. W. S. Eden, the proprietor. There is no place of the kind on either continent fitted up with such magnificence. The cost of the fixtures in the barber shop alone was $23,000, and of the bathing department. $30,000. The former, which is 40x100 feet in size, is furnished with inirrors on every side and overhead, in which are reflected many times the burnished brass fixtures, the gilded columns and cornices, the marble walls and floors, the elegant plush and velvet sofas and chairs, the nicely dressed and silent knights of the brush and

triumph of modern art and taste. Nothing like it has ever been attempted before, and it is a crowning triumph for its projectors.

THE TREMONT HOUSE.

THE PALACE HOTEL OF CHICAGO.

The history of Chicago would not be complete without a reference to the Tremont House, the oldest, one of the most popular, and one of the most successful of the great hotels that are the pride of the city to-day. It was first established in 1833, the year that the city was incorporated. In 1840 it was enlarged and rebuilt. In 1849 the foundations were laid for a new house, which was built of brick, and opened in 1850, as the only really first-class hotel in Chicago. In 1861

razor, and the merry whisk of the sable artists who wield the broom. In all, there are 200 square feet of mirrors, one being 100x150 inches, the largest in this country. The washstand, which cost $3,000, is composed of seven different colored costly marbles, and over is a handsomely designed marble arch in which is a pyramid of elegant French clocks that are set to the time of different cities.

The bathing department is a marvel. Every known bath can be had. Marble floors, marble baths, and marble scrubbing beds are everywhere. In the "Macerecure" room twenty different kinds of baths are furnished. In one room is a diving tank, 15x50, with a depth of 512 feet. The "needle" shower bath, with its million sprays, cost $1,000. The Russian and Turkish bath-rooms are fitted up in the highest style of perfection, and throughout the whole department nothing is wanting to make it the most consummate

it was remodeled and stood until the great fire swept everything away. The present magnificent structure, erected on the old site, is in the minds of many the handsomest building in Chicago.

The present building stands at the corner of Lake and Dearborn streets. It is in the central business district, and therefore the most convenient for merchants who come to Chicago to trade. It is six stories high, of beautifully carved Amherst sand stone, and in design and construction has no superior for the purpose for which it was erected in America or in the world. The offices and parlors are finished and furnished in a style that could not be surpassed, and the chambers are as luxurious as can be found in

any private palace in the city, each having hot and cold water, marble mantels, grates, etc., all perfectly lighted and ventilated from the street or the central court, furnished with solid black walnut and

velvet, or polished rosewood with satin draperies and carpets matching or contrasting tastefully.

Especial attention has been given to sewer connections and drainage-the arrangement of traps and otherwise perfect plan of plumbing successfully guard the hotel from all noxious gases, giving absolute security against malaria in any form from the usual

auses.

A shaft 120 feet high, 4x5 feet area, heated, into which are led ducts, taking the foul air, if any, from every department, out of and above the building, completes the system of ventilation, and as a result the Tremont excels in the purity of its atmosphere, being free from the pernicious odors always found with less considerate construction.

There are four stairways from the basement to the top of the house, and two elevators for the use of guests, affording easy access to all stories, and ample egress in case of alarm from any cause.

The building is practically fire proof, being constructed with all modern means for protection from damage by that element. Standing waterpipes, with thirty openings, having hose attached of sufficient length to flood with water every room and corridor, connected with a stationary steam engine, the floors all laid with cement, the partitions filled in with brick, preventing any possibility of fire spreading in case of accident, and there have been placed in the halls of the house gongs, rung by electricity, as an alarm in case of fire, under control of the office, and will be set going instantly on the slightest alarm, and continue to ring. This ringing, with the system of calling each room by watchmen stationed on the floors, Insures the speediest alarm to guests it is possible to give in case of accident.

There are red lanterns in each hall, showing the stairways, and at the end of every corridor outside the building are iron-ladder fire escapes to the ground.

From the roof and the three stores be'ow it there is access to the tops of adjoining buildings, making a way of escape over the roofs, from Dearborn to State street, a full block, giving security to guests no other hotel can offer.

There are ample accommodation for 800 guests in a first-class, unequaled way, and although located so conveniently in the busiest quarter of the city, central to all the great depots, the banks, wholesale stores, and places of elegant shopping and amusements, it is yet most quiet and homelike,

The management of the proprietors, John A. Rice & Co., is liberal, and the scale of rates per diem is lower than ever before made for equal accommodations, on the American plan. The house is regarded as the most pleasant and comfortable hotel home for the tourist and resident guest in Chicago, and no effort of expense or personal attention is spared to maintain the high reputation which has already won for the enterpise the pride and admiration of our citizens and the world of travelers.

The elegant barber-shop connected with the Tremont House is managed by Mr. W. S. Eden, who also has the Garden of Eden at the

Palmer.

GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL. THE HEADQUARTERS OF STATESMEN. If a newspaper reporter or a citizen wants to find traveling statesmen he goes to the

Grand Pacific Hotel, for it is there they always stop. Mine host Drake has entertained more famous men than any landlord of his generation, and within the walls of the great palace over which he presides have been lodged and banqueted all the great men of the generation. It was here that President Arthur stopped during his recent visit to Chicago, and while he was attending the National Convention in 1880. It was here that General Garfield was when nominated for President, and here his first reception was held.. All the Senators, Congressmen, Cabinet officers, and other dignitaries make the Grand Pacific Hotel their rendezvous while in Chicago.

It is also the headquarters of the railroad managers, and in one of its club-rooms their frequent gatherings are held. Mr Vanderbilt and Jay Gould always stop here when in Chicago, and all men whose taste leads them to select the best that can be had. Patti, the famous cantatrice; Nilsson, Gerster Kellogg, Albani, and all the famous artistes make it their home during the opera seasons. It is the stopping place of princes and dukes and earls when they visit us, and the list of famous people could be lengthened out to fill columns. Scarcely a day passes but some man or woman of worldwide fame writes his or her name upon the register, which bears the autographs of kings, emperors, and presidents.

The Grand Pacific is not only a great public ornament, and one of the sights rural visitors go to see, but it is kept in a manner that makes the people of Chicago proud of the house and its proprietors. All the great banquets are given here, and they are given on a scale that eclipses anything ever seen in the West. The Bar Association chose it as the proper, and, in fact, the only place at which Lord Coleridge could be entertained in a manner consonant with his dignity and fame.

It was with rare foresight and judgment that the hotel was located, for when its foundations were laid, it stood upon the extreme limit of the business district of the city, and thoughtless people said it was a foolish thing to place so noble a structure so far from the center of trade. But time and the growth of Chicago has demonstrated the wisdom of its projectors, for it is now in the most convenient and accessible locality. The Postoffice and Custom House have since been placed across the street in one direction, and the new Board of Trade, one of the finest buildings in the land, stands opposite in another. It will soon be the center of the new commercial district, for around it are being erected the finest blocks and business houses in Chicago. It is the nearest first-class hotel, to the three great depots of the city.

It is conveniently located to the places of amusement and other attractions for which Chicago is famous. In convenience of location, in the luxuriousness of its apartments, in the elegance of its table, its splendid and in all service, the whys and wherefores that go to make up the attractions and advantages of a hotel, it stands pre-eminent, and there is no place in the world where a traveler can secure such comforts, such style, and such attractions for the prices that are charged.

The senior proprietor, Mr. John B. Drake, who has kept a hotel here ever since Chicago is a city, and whose name is familiar to the traveling public, gives the affairs of the house his personal attention, and is scarcely absent a day during the entire year, but remains in

the house looking after the comfort of his guests, greeting them upon their arrival, and bidding them farewell upon their departure, with a cordial courtesy that they always remember. His partners, Mr. Turner and Mr. Parker, are gentlemen well-known to the traveling public, as hosts of the highest order, and the gentlemanly corps of assistants are always attentive and polite.

THE SHERMAN HOUSE.
AN HOTEL WITH A REPUTATION.

The history of Chicago could not be accurately written without a reference to the historical Sherman House and its proprietor, J. Irving Pearce, one of the oldest and bestknown hotel men in Chicago, who kept the Adams House, at the corner of Lake street and Michigan avenue, when the place where the new Board of Trade now stands was a cow pasture.

Mr. Pearce was for many years President of the Third National Bank of Chicago, but became proprietor of the Sherman House a little more than a year ago, and is now giving his whole time to the hotel business. Since he became proprietor, he has put entirely new furniture throughout the house, and it is now not surpassed by any hotel in the country for the attractions and advantages it offers to the traveler. Its rooms are larger and more convenient than those of any other hotel in the country and are luxuriously furnished

The location, at the corner of Clark and Randolph streets, opposite the Court House, is in the exact center of the business district of the city, and within a block of the Board of Trade and telegraph offices. The ticket offices of all the railroads are immediately under or around the Sherman House, and it is within two minutes' walk of the principal theaters.

LELAND HOTEL.

THE BEST LOCATION IN THE CITY.

The Leland Hotel, owned and kept by Warren Leland, a member of that famous family of landlords whose name is a synonym for a well-kept house, is noted and conspicuous for several things. In the first place it occupies the best location of any hotel in the United States, and one that is not surpassed in the world. Just on the edge of the wholesale and retail districts of the city, on the Grand Boulevard of Michigan avenue, across from the Lake Front Park it overlooks the lake, and furnishes a delightful summer resort as well as a cozy and comfortable winter home. The fashionable driveway of Chicago passes its doors, and it is a rare sight to witness from the Leland windows the beautiful equipages and their handsomely dressed occupants who are continually passing and repassing.

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In the second place, it is quiet, aristocratic, and luxurious in all its appointments. caters only to the best classes of people, and the fact that one stops at the Leland is almost a certificate of high character and reputation. The house is sought as a residence by such merchant princes as John V.

Farwell, and such lawyers and statesmen as Emery A. Storrs. General Schofield, who has recently succeeded General Sheridan in command of the Department of the Missouri, resides here with his staff, and all the army officers make it their headquarters when in Chicago. It is free from the noise and confusion that make the larger hotels so uncomfortable, and Mr. Leland's guests find as much quiet, as much comfort, and as much luxury as can be had at the mansion of a millionaire on Prairie avenue.

In the third place, it is one of the best-kept houses in the land. The rooms are elegantly furnished, and the dust and smoke that not invade its windows. Its caterer seeks choked the occupants of other houses do the best markets and its cook is famous. The bill of fare is a model, and its dinners are sought by men who wish something better than can be elsewhere obtained. As a family hotel, or a stopping-place for ladies traveling alone, the Leland can be recommended, for there is no hotel in the country so famous for the courtesy and attention paid to its guests.

The reputation of Mr. Leland as a proprietor is enough to make the hotel noted, and it may be said that although it has passed through the hands of several people since it was erected and christened the Gardner House, after the fire, it was never a success until he took hold of it.

THE CLIFTON HOUSE.

A COZY AND COMFORTABLE HOTEL.

For those who want a cozy and comfortable house, without the noise and confusion that cannot be avoided at the larger hotels, we cordially recommend the Clifton House, one of the neatest, nicest, and most luxurious hostelries in the country. Here everything is quiet, genteel, and aristocratic, and the proprietors pride themselves upon the high character of the people who make the Clifton their stopping place. It is situated at the corner of Monroe street and Wabash avenue, just at the edge of the wholesale district, and is surrounded by the finest retail establishments in the city. It was reopened a cock and Loring, formerly of the Matteson little more than a year ago by Messrs. WoodHouse, and was then newly furnished throughout.

THE ATLANTIC HOTEL,

BY W. P. F. MESERVE,

thousands of men and women who now look to it for support. Something concerning the acknowledged leaders in this department of business, their methods and establishments, cannot fail to interest such readers of the trade review as hold to the doctrine that "cleanliness is next to godliness" among the Christian virtues.

The brothers who comprise the firm are three in number. Mr. G. M. Munger, the senior member, came to Chicago in 1868, and was subsequently joined by his younger brothers, who are now associated with him. Soon after Mr. Munger's arrival here he purchased a small laundry, which was then established at No. 53 Washington street. The business thus secured increased so rapidly under his skillful management that the confined quarters in which he found himself were soon inadequate to its requirements, and about two years later he moved into a more commodious building in the rear of Nos. 87 and and 89 on the same street, and opened a receiving and delivery omce at No. 86 Dearborn street, in the old Postoffice building. The new establishment had just been placed in complete working order, and a season of genuine prosperity appeared to be opening before the young laundryman, when the great fire occurred and swept away in a night all of his tangible assets. But before the smoldering embers were cool Munger had his plans matured for the future, and by the time the burned out Chicagoans had skirmished round and procured something in the shape of garments to wash, he was ready to wash them in a new laundry on Lake avenue, near Thirty-ninth street. In the spring of 1872 the firm had in a measure recovered from its losses, and opened a commodious establishment in the Hemlock block, at the corner of LaSalle and Michigan streets, where it remained until it removed into its present quarters on Wabash avenue. The building now occupied by the brothers at the above ocation is 50x150 feet, and is wholly devoted to laundry purposes. To describe it, together with the processes and machinery in use, would exceed the prescribed limits of a trade review article. Suffice it to say, that the building is simply complete in all its appointments, and is fully equipped with whatever is latest and most perfect in the way of laundry machinery. In this connection it may be mentioned that Mr. G. M. Munger, while neither a mechanic nor an inventor, has frequently improved upon and perfected the crude ideas of others, and may be fairly considered as the real originator of many of the labor-saving processes which he uses.

In 1881 the brothers started their West End Laundry at No. 523 West Madison street. This proved to be such a pronounced success that two years later they felt justified in purchasing, at an expense of $15,000, the property Nos 518 and 520 on the same busy thoroughfare, and erecting thereon, at a further expense of $25,000, a building to accommodate their West Side business. The West End Laundry, while not the largest, is said to be the most perfectly appointed establishment of the kind in the United States. and is frequently visited by laundry proprietors from other parts of the country in pursuit of pointers." It is under the personal supervision of Mr. L. I. Blackman, who has abundantly proved by his management of it his business ability. In 1882, G. Munger & Co. started a laundry

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Des Moines, Iowa, which, like all their other ventures, has proved eminently successful. The latest scheme in which the Messrs. Munger have engaged is marked by the foresight and energy which are characteristic of the men. They have recently purchased a handsome property on Washington avenue, St. Louis, upon which they are now erecting another monster laundry, which will be a credit to that beautiful city and to themselves. It will have as large a business capacity as that on Wabash avenue. The Messrs. Munger have six receiving and delivery offices in this city; their business is enormous and rapidly increasing; their reputation as sagacious, honorable men is without a blot, and the great establishments which they conduct with such ability are among the prominent objects of industrial interest in Chicago.

CHEAP AND STYLISH LOCOMOTION.

Every citizen of Chicago must necessarily be interested in the company above named. The business in which they are engaged fills a need long felt in Chicago, and this has been signified by the active patronage the company have enjoyed since last spring, when it first commenced business. The company has been incorporated under the laws of the State with a capital of $150,000. Mr. Smith Niles is President, Mr. A. G. Ashley Secretary and Treasurer, and Mr. L. B. Starkweather Superintendent. The business of this company is to carry people from point to point in the city at a very low rate of fare. The vehicles used are neat and tasty and afford a comfortable ride, and are without doubt the most complete and comfortable two-wheeled vehicle in use. The rates are seventy-five cents per hour for one or two persons, and $1 per hour for three or four persons, and twenty-five cents per mile for one person. The popu arity of this mode of conveyance will be seen when we state that thirty Gurneys are now in use, and that there is business constantly for many more. Fully 150 will be in use by this company within the next year. The vehicles cost about $500 each, and as yet the company have not been able to get them manufactured as fast as they have been wanted. These Gurneys are manufactured under patents, and the company above named have bought the right to use them in Cook County. It is only within a period of nineteen months that these vehicles have been introduced in this country. This company are about to erect a large barn for the use of their stock, which will be finished in May and will accommodate 300 horses.