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The Rossmore is lighted throughout with electricity and gas and
splendidly heated by a hot water system furnished by two enormous boilers in the basement. A complete
system of pipes and registers throughout the house keeps the building comfortable in the coldest weather.
The most perfect arrangements have been made for providing against fire, which is a matter of great
importance to the travelling public.
The kitchen is in charge of a first class chef with everything
at hand to facilitate his work in the way of up-to-date equipment, and no complaint is ever heard of
the cuisine at the Rossmore.
The laundry is one of the most complete of its kind and is fitted out
not merely to do the work in the most expeditious way possible, but also with the least possible labor.
The Rossmore bar, situated in the southern part of the building,
is one of the most elaborately fitted in the province. The fixtures are all of quartered oak and include
an enormous mirror. In connection with the bar are several small rooms suitable for parties who desire
privacy. The bar has a provincial reputation for the excellence of thie liquors served over it.
The Rossmore is the leading hotel, not only in Cornwall, but in
Eastern Ontario. It has a branch of the C. P. R. telegraph office in the Main building and
the central office of the Bell Telephone Company is located in the Annex. In fact nothing is lacking
in the Rossmore that can minister to the comfort or enjoyment of its guests, and its patronage
is constantly increasing.
It is possible, of course, that in such a vast establishment
many points of interest are omitted in such a sketch as this, and indeed it would not be possible
in becoming limits to refer in detail to all the various points of merit. All is summed up in
the comprehensive statement that outside of Toronto and Montreal, there is not a finer hotel in Canada
and the people of Cornwall are to be congratulated upon having such all establishment in the town.
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