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HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA NEW YORK [[left margin]] Operated by Hotels Statler Co. Inc. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT HOTELS STATLER BUFFALO 450 ROOMS,450 BATHS CLEVELAND 1000 ROOMS,1000 BATHS DETROIT 1000 ROOMS,1000 BATHS ST.LOUIS 650 ROOMS,650 BATHS [[/left margin]] [[image]] [[right margin]] 2,200 ROOMS, 2,200 BATHS The largest hotel in the world E.M. STATLER, President ROY CARRUTHERS, MGR. [[/right margin]] July 8th 1919 Dear Richmond Your letter announcing the arrival of the boxes came several days since. Am sorry there was a devil of a time getting them. Of course I knew nothing about the new plant regulations, & then thought it only applied to live plants. If this ruling applies to all vegetable products the law will be unworkable, for all coffee, cocoa, coco nuts, beans, corn dye woods will have to be fumigated. All the zoos are having trouble over the law forbidding introduction of hoofed animals. 6 months quarantine is prohibitive, & the only countries from which we may import
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[[image: image of engraving a building, presumably of the Pennsylvania hotel, with text "OPPOSITE PENNSYLVANIA TERMINAL" in the lower part of the image.