Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-01-09
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Q, 1855.
More Hotel Room.


More Hotel Room.
One of the principal wants of Nashville
at present is a large first class Hotel. Elk
cellent as are the hotels we now have, it is
no discredit TO them TO say they DO not
come up to the demands Of the travelling
community. Our hotels have not kept pace
with the growth and Importance of our city,
as may be seen on any occasion calling to-
gether number of visitors from different
portions of the State On such occasions
1t is almost impossible for our hotels to ac-
commodate those who may be drawn hith-
er. The want of additional hotel room has
been seriously felt for considerable time,
aud has often suggested itself TO our enter
prising business men, and the wonder is
that some effective step has not been taken
before this to supply the demand.
Nashville is becoming more important
every year as stopping point for travellers,
and in the course of two or three years,
when the railroads centering at this point
shall have been completed, this tide of trav-
el will be increased tenfold Steps should
he taken Immediately to accommodate this
increased demand upon our hotels. A
large first class hotel should be erected du-
ring the coming summer or fall, which could
be completed in time for the influx of tray
ell we may expect in the spring Of next year.
Are there not capitalists in this city and
county who see and feel the Importance to
Nashville of such a hotel, who would readi-
ly subscribe stock sufficient to erect and fur
nish it in the best style? We think there
are, and all that is needed to confirm the
fact is for some man of known energy and
business capacity, to take the matter in
hand, and he can 'push it through" beyond
q doubt. Who will move in this matter
If those who feel as we do, that such no.
tel as we have designated is as necessary to
the prosperity Of Nashville as some of the
railroads we are building, and who are
able to give some tangible evidence of, and
confidence in, their belief remain inactive
as heretofore, they need not be surprised if
capitalists from other portions Of the country
step in and reap the advantages they might
have secured. The want of hotel room will
become matter of more notoriety than it
is at present, for the increased demands up
on our hotel-kcepers and their inability to
meet these demands, will so seriously incon-
venience travellers that they will refer to
the matter outside of our city, and as
capitalists are always ready to seek profta-
bic investments, they will not be backward
in looking toward Nashville. We look up
on it as "fxed fact" that we shall have q
large first class hotel after awhile, but our
enterpriSing business men should not wait
for capitalists from other portions of the
country to come to our relief in this behalf
They are interested in the matter, and
should see that our city suffer no injury
from such a want
But suppose we reckon without our
host" and neither our own or foreign cap
italists erect new Hotel, are there not
men enough in Nashville and Davidson
county-men who are not capitalists, but
Of enterprise and liberality-who would
subscribe from $500 to 81 900 each, until
stock enough is raised, to carry out the en-
terprise. We believe there are; and it is
probable that they are the men to rely up
on anyhow. But We shall see. We throw
out these hints hoping that Others more in
tereSted will take up the subject and act
upon it.