Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1885-07-19

will be first class in every particular,
and kept In first class style. i ask is
IL generous or fair in the citizens /.
combining against me and aiding in
the building Of hotel that the town
does not require? II the gentlemen
who profess 10 think another hotel is
so urgently demanded and who are
so deeply interested from purely per-
sonal motives really mean what they
say why do they not as have done,
and am doing, build it themselves,
and not ask the citizens to subsidize
themin building and maintainingwhat
should be purely business enterprise?
As well might Mr.. Leighton, Mr..
Orschel or any Of the other gentle
men who are building houses that
will be a credit to the town have asked
for subscriptions to aid them in their
enterprises. The claim that brick
hotel is 80 much superior to frame
one is in the present case absurd. fla
brick hotel catches fire in itself what
advantage has it over frame? The
Inter Ocean hotel is isolated and the
only danger from fire is the same as
that to brick house with this in its
favor, that it is only two stories high
and an easy exit can be had through
the windows from every room without
the necessity of passing through burn
ing halls. The plea made by the gen.
tlemen so deeply interested for the
necessity Of new hotel is too thin
and unworthy Of consideration under
present circumstances. Asking five
thousand dollar subscription to aid in
building sixty thousand dollar
house, for that is what they say the
house and furniture, TO say nothing OF
the lot, is to cost, seems ridiculous. II
the eleven-twelfths of the investment
is going to pay, and cannot think
they are so disinterested as to put
their money into it unless they
thought 1t would, why do the gentle.
men hesitate about the other twelfth
and make such an appeal for it:
Every purely private enterprise should
stand on its own merits. En- PEASANT
/ would ask what has become of the
money subscribed to the Marquis for
building an abattoir? The plea that
those so deeply interested make that
Macqueen's hotel is fixed fact, new
hotel, whether it pays or not, cannot
hurt the town, is ungenerous, not to
say selfish. Why do they not come
out and say we want the hotelin a par
ticular location because il will benefit
our immediate property, and with you
10 help us in this what do We care
how IL affects the interests Of Others;
we are only looking to our own inter
ests? In conclusion will say If any
gentleman thinks hotel property is
such a good thing he is welcome to
mine at cost, but being IN, aud to pro-
tect my present investment, l am
making the additions and improve
ments, and all | ask Is fair trial
from generous public. AS TO the
sincerity of my intentions, If after
, that the citizens of Miles City decide
that new hotel is required aud thai
1t should be built by subscription from
them in whole or in part, wOul,
suggest that they appoint a committee
to fix the location. That will prov,
the sincerity and disinterestedDess O
those now advocating its being built
/ have, think, more than the aver
age interest in the prosperity Of I'll,
town and hope to see the day that a
least two first class hotels will be re
quired. When that day comes pri
vate enterprise will furnish them.
Very Respectfully,
w. N. MAcoUEES.