Identifier: storyofstreatorb00will (find matches)
Title: The story of Streator. Being an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Williams, John Elias, 1853-1919
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Publisher: Streator, Ill. : The Independent-Times
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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nup-to-date and a little beyond wlu-n it was builtiiad fallen a little 1)ehin(i tlu jirevailing hotelstandards. In 1907 the owner, with cliaracter-istic enterprise, remodeled the entire interiorand brought it again up to the minute. The Plumb House is now eijuipped with ev-ery convenience of a modern hotel, and Streator will be called on to meet. The hotel now has80 available rooms and plans are under consid-eration for adding new extensions which willincrease this capacity. It is located on one ofthe jn-incipal corners of the Main street of thecity, and yet far enough from the railioadcentre to be free from the noise, smoke and dirtof the trains. The accompanying cut gives anindication of its architectural proi)ortions. Mr. and -Mrs. Hutchinson are thoroughly ex-perienced hotel peui)le, and know the require-ments of the traveling public. Prior to comingto Streator they were in the business of hotelmanagement in Chicago for years. There theyhad first the Gresham, and later the Oakland
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can boast of a house equal to the expectations ofits visitors, and commensurate with its achieve-ments in other directions. It is provided withsteam heat, electric lights, freight and jiassen-ger elevator, local and long distance telephones,hot and cold running water in all rooms, andalso a fire escape in each room. These improvements were made in the firstyear of the tenancy of the ))resent landloid, ^Ir.Joshua Hutchinson, who, on assuming the man-agement in 1907, thoroughly refurnished thehouse. Under his direction the hotel has pros-))ered and it is now a question of whether thehotel must not soon be enlarged to meet the in-creasing demand for accommodations which it Hotel, the latter l)eing among the most impor-tant family hotels of the city. Their traininghas fitted them for handling the best and finestclientile, and Mr. Hutchinson is little inclinedby experience or predisposition to \n\t i\\> withthe rough or disorderly. The Plumb, therefore,has become a synonym for order, cl

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