Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-07

LEDGER. June 5th.]


After o long and unexpected delay,
the Ledger ID able to report something
Official. authoritative and definite IN re-
this city. by the Tacoma Land Company.
The matter referred to appears in the
following telegram:
PHrLApxIpHrA, June 9, 1888.
Gen. J. W. SpraGue, New Tacoma, w.
THE Tacoma Land Company au-
thorises Wright and Spragus TO erect the
cured cosst a ! Ioession! {. B. Wnssr.
The authority indicated In the above
dispatch il in the form of q resolution
Of the Board Of Directors of the Tacoma
Land Company, and the gentlemen su-
thorized IN tie premises are Nessrs.
Chas- B. Wright. the President Of that
company, and General J. W. Sprsg1e,
one Of its directors The latter an
svered BY telegraph, stating. a. 10 the
question Of the location Of the hotel,
that the architect, who Vas recently
here 70 inquire into the matter, had said
that Of all the sifes pointed ouf TO him,
none would, IN his Judgment. answer 30
well a. the ground in block 901, bound
ed BY A, Gilt aveaue, Ninth and Tenth
streets. Il Is proposed 10 petition the
CITY Council to vacate that portion of
Cliff avenue in front of this block,
which would render available for the
use of the hotel, in addition to the
block. q strip OF ground 100 feet wide
and 800 fest long, except a cutoff at the
northern end. Block sol measures 80
feet in its widest part, and has length
OF 300 feet. Il il further proposed TO
remove Mr.. Otis Sprague's residence,
which stands ON the northern end Of the
level ground available for the purpose
300 fest long by $50 feet in depth. The
architect expressed himself pleased with
the prospect of beautiful and attractive
terracing and grass plots and flowers
downward from the edge of the bluff.
thus adding to the area already indi
Gated. The proposition Is to build here
q hotel 300 feet long and 30 feet wide,
on the plan Of the famous Hotel del
Monte, built by the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, in Monterey, Cali
fornia, for the comfort and pleasure of
tourists and those who seek the seaside.
Mr.. Willard, while in San Francisco dur
ing his last journey to Tacoma, being
consulted in reference to the plan that
would best answer the purpose, and hav-
ing the Hotel del Monte suggested in
this connection, expressed himself en-
phatically a. being pleased nth the
idea, declaring that 1t was the very
thing needed, with some notifications.
Accordingly, this was the plan adopted,
and the estimate Of cost IL $4,000. In
this hotel there viii be ll2 outside
rooms, that is, rooms facing the streets;
and the furniture, which 10 TO be pro-
cured from an establishment in Indi-
ana, one of the largest factories in the
United States, will far surpass that Of
any other hotel In the Northwest. Capt.
J. @. Ainsworth, now in the city visiting
at the residence Of Gen. Sprague, says
the hotel viii not only be q credit to
this city, but will b nrst class in all re-
spects, as we'll in the structure Of the
building, with reference to comfort and
health, a. In the elegance and COM
pleteness of it, furniture, and by a wide
difference better than any other hotel
north of San Francisco,