THE REPUBLICAN

November 11, 1881

 

Our Hotels

 

            While there are numerous points which determine the character and reputation of our city, locally and generally, there are none that figure with greater importance than the hotel accommodations which it affords.  Indeed, strangers and all transient visitors receive their impressions almost wholly from this source and often times questions of great moment to the city are determined upon this basis.  Fortunately Waupaca is blessed with ample facilities of this kind and of a character, too, that will compare favorably with cities of twice its size.

            The Vosburg House is unquestionably one of the best hotels in this part of the State.  It is a large three story brick building, centrally located on the corner of Main and Union streets, in post office block, therefore making it very convenient for the traveling public.  Frank Vosburg, the proprietor, is one of the old, well-known landlords of northern Wisconsin.  The accommodations of this hotel are excellent.  The rooms are nicely furnished, comfortable and attractive.  The table is also liberally and tastefully spread and the Vosburg House is regarded with marked favor by summer boarders as well as the traveling public.  In connection with this hotel is a large barn which is always filled with choice feed.

            “The Waupaca” Hotel and Wis. Cent. Dining Hall, is located at the R’y station, far enough removed from the business center to have beautiful surroundings and to avoid the rattle of business activity.  The rooms are well lighted and ventilated and are as cheerful as any public house can contain.   Moreover, they are comfortably and handsomely furnished, and their attractions, in every particular, are all that the traveling public could desire.  “The Waupaca” in the short time it has been located here, has been noted for its bills of fare.  The surprise of many of its patrons is that these can be made so elaborate in a interior town where marketing is necessarily more or less limited.  They are served in true metropolitan style, which always adds materially to the gratification of its guests.  The proprietors, Curron Brothers, are a couple of the most experienced and competent landlords in the Northwest.  They make their business the subject of the most careful study and neglects no expense of labor to provide the most complete accommodations and entertainment for their guests.  They have recently added a new feature, in the shape of a handsome carriage for the transportation of guests from the hotel to the business center.  They have made arrangements for the use of Music Hall which they bring into requisition as a sample room.  We consider it fortunate for Waupaca that we have such men at the head of our hotel interests, courteous and obliging and true gentlemen in every sense.

            The Lewis House, with Mr. G. W. Lewis as its popular landlord, is situated on Main Street, one and a half blocks from the post office.  The building is a substantial and extensive one, being three stories high.  Mine host furnishes excellent accommodations for the traveling public, both as regards to table and rooms.  This house is largely patronized by transient customers and also has an extensive trade from the surrounding country, for which class his place is headquarters.  The rooms are neat ad comfortable, the table excellent, his beds as soft as tired nature could wish, and the general accommodations otherwise good.  Commodious sample rooms and a good barn are connected with this house. Mr. Lewis spares no pains to make his guests comfortable and “at home”.

            Robert Scott is the efficient proprietor and manager of the Scott House.  This is a first class boarding house and “Bob”, being an excellent landlord, has as many patrons as he can provide for.