. City of Houston . ng the house. It hasbaths and toilet rooms on every floor,steam heat, electric and gas lights, andelevators—all the modern appointmentsand conveniences, in fact. Its dining room is on the first floor andwill seat 125, and besides it there is anordinary which will seat 50 more. It hasa fine billiard hall, also, and a bar. The Capitol was built by AbrahamGroesbeck. It was leased by Geo. Mc- Ginley, who runs, also, the CaldwellHotel at Birmingham, Ala., and is stillconducted by him. Hewas formerly theproprietor of the Tremont House andBeach Hotel at Galveston; the Everett,Jack
. City of Houston . ng the house. It hasbaths and toilet rooms on every floor,steam heat, electric and gas lights, andelevators—all the modern appointmentsand conveniences, in fact. Its dining room is on the first floor andwill seat 125, and besides it there is anordinary which will seat 50 more. It hasa fine billiard hall, also, and a bar. The Capitol was built by AbrahamGroesbeck. It was leased by Geo. Mc- Ginley, who runs, also, the CaldwellHotel at Birmingham, Ala., and is stillconducted by him. Hewas formerly theproprietor of the Tremont House andBeach Hotel at Galveston; the Everett,Jacksonville, Fla. ; the Kimball House,Atlanta, Ga., and the Stockton, CapeMay. His experience of the hotel busi-ness extends over many years. He beganin it, in fact, when he was but ten years old,at the Astor House, New York, under itsoriginal lessees, Coleman & Stetson. Clarence H. Gueringer is chief clerk ofthe Capitol, and its manager. PhilipHolmes, is his assistant. The Capitolsrates are $ to $ a SIT OF HARRIS Scene on the Line of the Missouri Pacific System. HOUSTONS TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.
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