The Great Railway
Hotel.
On Monday last Mrs Susan Ross obtained
the license for her new hotel, and it was
officially opened on Tuesday evening, when
the landlady generously served free drinks
for about a hour. The Cobar Brass Band
was engaged for the occasion, and it dis-
coursed splendid music outside the hotel.
Sandwiches were provided, and the land-
lady's health was drunk over and over again
in flowing bumpers. A HERALD representative
was shown over the premises during the
week. The building has a splendid frontage
to Lewis and Mollineaux streets, near the
Railway Goods Sheds, and is about four
minutes' walk from the railway. To Lewis
street it has a frontage of 140ft, while it
extends along Mollineaux street for fully
100ft— truly a great frontage. The bar on
the corner is large and spacious, being 25
feet square, and is well stocked with first
class spirits and beers. Immediately under
the bar is the cellar 12ft x 12ft, and 12ft
deep. In summer the advantage of such a
cellar will be better realised. Around the
bar are four parlors, well furnished and
varnished, with good linoleum on the floor.
Taking up the Mollineaux street wing we
find a long corridor 6ft wide and 12 1/2 ft high.
On the street side first comes a spacious
dining room, 28ft X 18ft. fitted up with
several tables. Next to this is a nice parlor
16ft x 18ft, opening off which is a travellers'
bedroom 12ft square. To the end there are
three rooms, one of which the landlady
hopes some day to convert into a private bar.
On the opposite side are 5 first class bedrooms,
each 12ft x 12ft, all 12ft 6in high, well
lighted and ventilated. The Lewis street
wing is devoted to a large dining hall 28ft x
14ft, and 14 bedrooms, each 12ft square. The
bedrooms are divided by a 6ft hall running
to extreme end. In each room there are
two beds, which allows of very much room to
each boarder. The whole hotel has about 32
rooms in all, the ceiling in each being 12 1/2 ft
high, with double walls. The building is of
Colonial pine, nicely varnished, and ceiled
with finely corrugated iron. The kitchen
is also fitted with all requirements, including
large range, brick oven, etc. The hotel will
be surrounded be a long verandah, the
framework of which is already up. The yard
is large and roomy, containing a 50ft long
stable in addition to buggy sheds, etc. The
whole was planned by Mrs Ross herself
in her spare hours at Mount Boppy
and the arrangements of the house do her
great credit indeed. Permanent boarders
should find every convenience in the Great
Railway, especially cool rooms.
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