Rand Mcnally Cos Handy Guide To Washington And The District Of Columbia

Author : Ernest Ingersoll
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ISBN 13 : 9781331587767
Total Pages : 212 pages
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Download or read book Rand, McNally Co; 'S written by Ernest Ingersoll and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rand, McNally Co; 'S: Handy Guide to Washington and the District of Columbia The rate mentioned is the lowest ordinary transient rate by the day; a higher price must be paid for superior accommodations, and lower terms may be made by the month. Indeed, it is true, though not generally understood, that for a long stay a man or a family can live as cheaply at a good hotel as at a boarding-house. An Annotated List of Hotels. The Arlington. - Lafayette Square facing Vermont Avenue, $5. This hotel, which has steadily increased its size and accommodations, until it is now the largest first-class hotel in the city, has been distinguished for many years as the abode of great people, many cabinet officers and the like making it their permanent home, and holding conferences under its roof that have modified the policy and history of the whole country. Baltic, north side of McPherson Square. An elegant family hotel accepting transient guests. European plan. Cairo. - Fire-proof, fourteen-story building on Q Street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets. This is primarily a family hotel, but is open to transient travelers, at $3.50 and $4 per day. Dewey, L Street near Fourteenth. A new hotel, opened in 1899, which has been built and furnished in a style to answer first-class requirements. Its manager is George D. De Shields. The hotel now contains 132 bedrooms, thirty-two of which are provided with a bath, and it has already been decided to double these accommodations. Bancroft, at Eighteenth and H streets, is a pleasant hotel, largely occupied by families. Terms, $3. Chamberlin's, corner of Fifteenth and I streets. An expensive restaurant (p. 12), with a few rooms, chiefly permanently occupied. Cochran, Fourteenth and K streets. Terms, $3. Colonial, formerly Wormley's, Fifteenth and H streets, $2.50. Gordon, Sixteenth and I streets. An extensive and elegant new hotel, patronized by the best classes of people. Conducted on both the American and European plans. Terms, special. This hotel is situated in the fashionable quarter just north of Lafayette Square. Ebbitt, F Street, corner of Fourteenth, $3. One of the foremost hotels for business men and political travelers, which built up a wide reputation years ago. It is favorably situated for sight-seers. Fredonia, a quiet, family hotel, very favorably situated near where New York Avenue crosses H and Twelfth streets. Terms, $2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.