The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-11-24

them. The three great ,niliion.dollar
hotels Of San Augustine are models In
this respect.
The Florida investments have been
extremely profitable 10
those who built the hotels, end still
more so to the town where they are
located. Those who W ipto ihis sD-
terprtse here will, therefore, recelvo
double prodt-drst, on the mo0oy
invested; secondly ON, the impsoyed
business Of the city, resulting froolu-
creaaed travel. by which every cltiSAp
0t New Orleans, bat especially every
man In business, must be beuedted.
But, how IL the money to be raised9
1t Will not be forgotten that IN At.
tempt was made to obtain money sos
q grand hotel SOME years ago WAich
failed. 1t was not pressed eusfgetl.'
calIy enough; and again, the people Of
New Orleans did not then appreciate
the benefits likely to sccure from this
Improvement a. much as they do
nov. f'. ~
II the project IL taken hold Of, NJ
are convinced that 1t will command
far more success than formerly. The
railroads will willingly interest them
setves IN It, and contribute toward the
enterprise; and there are q uumbsr OF
large corporations that would be bene.
fitted by y grand hotel, which will also
give literally toward II. The bulk Of
the money, hewever, can and should
bs obtained by popular subscriptions,
aud we know of no better plan than
that suggested by our correspondent
"Why can't New Orleans build
o., ,O00, 600 hotel on the cooperative
plan? Issue 30, 900 shares, payable u
u week for 100 weeks, and by the open.
ing of the season Of 1891, iuaugusato
the great palace hotel of America by
grand celebration Of New Orlesns'
new era Of prosperity"
This Is . practical, simple and 0aey
way Of securing one Of the gSstOe
needs of New Orleans. Every one in-
terested in the city should conirlbsats,
and The fact thst this would bc an I'D.
ditional incentive to do 40. But II We
are going to build new hotel N must
10 Of the best kind, large, bright, at-
traciive, inviting and modern. II litAla
SanAugustine can support three million
dollar hotels, New Orieans ought Gers
tsinly to be able 10 support one. The
work of securing tho money cannot, OF
course, be accomplished Immediately.
II will take some time to do 1t, and will
require perststeucy aud energy for suc-
cess; for which reasons, tho movement
should be fuaugurated 1t once. ~
| The following extrsct from oue cor.
respondents Interesting letter should b.
read aud read again by every one havlog
the interest of tho city nt heart:
! Tho imperative demand OF tho day in
New Orleans Ia ~ magnificent hotel. m
| Think OF everything eiso; think Of clean.
or streets, new drives. now sverythins.
demand. Tho way TO = mans heart 4. down
his throat. Good hotols pny; msgni6cont
onos In right localities pay better. The
hssis but se interest @ on' on the ;Svss
mont comes whom tho army Of strangers
begin dropping their doliars over town.
Now Orleans offers In the shape Of grand
side world viii And itself NOT 70 mueh
but % that Il viii want to e come no hsrs. Il i:
perfectly natural that " CITY Of 250, 900 PoPn-
iation should have moro attractions than
Sns Sionsly 'E sss q Ss - :one.hins Else
to attract besides tho old city in herself.
| 1t 10 painful to note the comparative pro-
grsSs OF Now Orleans with othor cities over
the country. can nam0 tAreo cities (And
| there are scores Of othsrs) that last year
and this have beaten New Orleans largely
| in tho magnitude OF thcir public works.
Birmingham, Atlanta and Kansas :City
haye done vastly more than the CrsScent
| City, ~ evideRcsd by reliable figures. Did
| New Orleans put 81, ,OO0, 900 last year In
| houses and public improyementsIf Atlenta
aud Birmingham did even moro than this,
| while the record OF Kansas City in 1887
showed the stupendous sum Of SSO. o0o, 900
| in buiidings!-an amount equal TO two
thirds OF tho = 100000 Of taxable pro-
perty in thia city. take II that tho tax
able and non-taxA able property Of New Or.
loans cannot be far short OF e160, ,O00, 600, and
| IL may be much moro. Now, why not tske
| a common-sense Wow OF tho matter and
| build q q. 600 600 hotsI2 II need bo, build
ono worth 5000. .oOOi New Orleape could
easily afford this, ss an lnvDtmont-sn
| Investment which would bring returDs like
| . gold mine. IfGeorgia can add tl20 ,O00,-
600, to her wOalth in ten years, and Florida
| &75, 600 600 In the same time, whAt hind
| rance should there be In tho way OF Lonisi-
| ana accomplishing a. much7 Augusta,
Savannah, fhomasville, Attants-an are
bidding for this winter trade. ssvannah
| Ia building a $500, 600 hotOl. SO 10 Augusta.
Thomasvi1Ie has already two magnificent
ones. and Atlanta with her e76O, 900 Kin,bsll
House, il already talking OF another one
And vonture tho assertion, that with far
less money proportionsteiy than New Or
leans, and with only ono-third the popnlA-
/ a ts..u<l a m