CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14368, 21 March 1917, Page 11 (Supplement)

CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

NEW DOMINION HOTEL,

(From "The Colonist,'' March 32.) " On the site formerly occupied by the old Golden Fleece Hotel a new brick hotel has been erected, and is now ii l occupation under the title of the .New I Dominion. The new structure is ot. ' plain exterior design fron. i.n ardut-eo-tural point of view, but is commoriw? and extremely convenient for its ;>urjiOse. On the ground floor are the bar. commercial room, bar parlour, oitic/ large dining-room, kitchen, -pantry, e.t-:'. , Upstairs are the sitting-room nn'd bed- ' rooms, each of the latter having 'j-ccess to a gallery lire escape. The appointments are up-to-date, with a bathroom and lavatories at each end of tho iioor on which are the sleeping apartments. '■Mr Ross, the proprietor of t.lie nouse, is a licensed driver, and his motor car will meet all trains and steamers, .it being bis intention to cater for the country and visitors' trade. The hou.se is most conveniently situated, being within two minutes' walk of the centre of jthe city., and no doubt enterprise wiil bo rewarded and the JNew. Dominion receive a fair share of the custom sought Messrs Chamberlain and Stannard were the contractors for tfte erection of the building, the decorative work being cairied out, by Messrs Lcuisson Bros., ami the furnishing by Messrs I'nzc an-.l Sons. . -

ri"ho traffic returns for the Nelson see- (■''■■! c-f the railways for t!ie period ended February 3rd showed that 9886 pas-sei->;<w-s were carried, as against 96-10 <Vr the' corresponding' period- last year. The 'nmnbor of season tickets issued ;w:is V2iy. an increase of 34. The live stool-: carried totalled 2394. as against 11208, find the tonnage handled was '2632 tons, as against 2597. The ""venue iwps £2763'15s 3d, as against £:333 10s 6d. ■.-.-.. 1 The rainfall for Nelson for February. ■\s recorded by Canon Dart, was 0.10 inches, a'tnlal much in excess xf the February record for several years past.