MR. JOHN MACKAY'S NEW JUNCTION HOTEL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1120, 21 November 1879, Page 3

MR. JOHN MACKAY'S NEW JUNCTION HOTEL.

It is to us afwaya a pleasant duty to remark upon newly-erected buildings : but it is especially jo in the case of buildings which improve the? appearance of Oamaru, and in which then* is more than an ordinary amount of utility. rank Mr. Mackay a new hotel, situated about two minutes' drive front Oamaru on the J'fain >ortfi Road, in the last-mentioned class.. It id true that Mr. Maclcay has shown that in hid idea.! he is not behind the times. Oa the contrary, we think that there are few men who would have been sufficiently venturesome in the beat of times to enter upon a project entailing 80 largo an ♦ispetidtture as that of Mr. a rut chore are fewer stilt wliij wuulti have tioae it tvich the anything but bright outtoolc that pceludeiii the nearly twelve months' harii times under which we have groaned. Hut we suppose that 3J r . Macfcay saw his ctiance, coriftdered the proK and ni;u, arid soon found himself in, the thick <u' a big scheme in the thick of most dist,ceasing timea. Hut be has nothing to fear, ffe ha.-* bttdt his house with the object <"E supplying a good and beautiful honin and ptace of texnpocary resort for travellers and health and pteasureseekers, and not for the sole purpose of selling intoxicating tutors. Any shed would do for such a |vucpo»»% for drinks are fitst as good or just tvi bad in such a ptace as thev would bum a palace. Mr. Mackay, succors. ;.u'i we think that he will reap it as the rtttult of his entorptisy. Tlie principal of this notice is to. atf"i'd those iiutstde tlie district an idew of the chai-acfcr of Mr. . Mackay's new hotel, and we shall, tiwvt£i)CUv A slu'Cfc S;:;u*r.ui:C tho , c«ilu»Pr w« that the tto->ra :-rt: Boncrete r thar. ir. is lighted; by gtu.atid we are informed th»r. if. is capable ot 10© hogsheads, besides alt th'-' otln-" stock necessary for tho hofisL a stair, we arrive in the bar, trmu which there are sis doors arid other apertures opening into snug apartments, and through which the demands ot patrons can be suppliud. There are no less than four bar parlors, the- who to- of which are comfortably and elegantly furnished and fitted with every appurtenance desirable Ht such ptaces. On« of thcs"> rooms pr«seats an appearance that would be crtclitabte to any hotel in the Colony, 'tho dining-room is a remarkably hue apartTnent. Its dimensions are -tft s l-tfc,and th» furniture and of the ruo.it approved description. the commercialroom, to which there is a private entrance in tho front of the building, is of the sauw dimensions as the dining-room, and ts in every respect just what is re<td render it convenient for commercial men. Upstairs everything is on the same admttnblo' scale. There are two private parlors, welt carpeted ami neatly a;id ampty furnished, one of these being siciratcd so as t«> afford a view ot r.iie ffon. iVlathe.w Uotuies" beautiful esCate on the ona side, and the town and ocean on the other. These are most suitable for the purposes tor which clu>y i There are also four double and nine single* , bedded rooms, the whole of which pos.*- ss the virtue of being neatly furxiisiied with every and. what is of still r.i"i'e importance, are lofty arid roomy. Tueie | is also a bath-room (by no mearis an un- , important adjunct to an hotel), with every conveniencu and a copious supply of water. The passages are broad, gas ;.s tard on, and in fact the house is tit for the centre of any targe city in the Colony. A glance at its handsome exterior is suttuaent to; jrive anyone the impression that we are - only doing tho proprietor justice iti making this assertion., but an inspection of its interior is convincing. The grounds, paddocks, and sfabk's are worthy the building, and will doubtless contribute largely to the income from the concern. Tho hotel is to everyone conowned in its construction, and we have, therefore, much pleasure in stating that Messrs.. Watson and tJiven were the masons, that Mr. Walter Newton was t!;e carpenter, and Mr. Forrester the architect.