Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
RESIGNED THE LEASE.
MOnOngahela House Changes
Hands Once More.
TOBE CLOSED FOR MONTHS.
TWenty-Six Thousand Dollars Paid to
Anderson & Woog.
TO BE CLOSED FOR MONTHS.
no OFFICE BUILDING is WANTED

The Monongshela House has again
changed hands. Anderson q Woog, the
lessees of the hotel, have sold their ten
years lease to the proprietors of the build
ing. The amount paid by the latter was
$4,000. Mr.. Woog will probably take hold
OF another hotel in this city, and Colonel
Anderson NAV 90 to New York, where he
has hotel in view.
The transfer of the lease was made at
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. A meeting was
held by the proprietors of the hotel. Messrs.
Anderson & Woog were invited to be pres
ent. The proprietors were represented by
Charles j. Clarke, Florence Miller. Law
renee Dilworth, and William R. Blair, the
attorney. The lessees were asked what
amount Of money they would take to give
up the lease. After considerable discussion
S26, 900 was the figure named. The lease
was then signed over to the owners of the
property.
Included in the transfer are the fire in
surance policies on the goods in the house.
Everything was turned over to the owners
of the building, who will settle with the
companies. They will then arrange final
xettlement with the lessees.
FORMER EMPLOYEES DISPENSED WITH.
All the employees who have been working
since the fire were notified yesterday that
their services would no longer be required.
Among them is Sam Golden, the colored
porter. who saws he is 95 years of age. Sam
has been in the service of the house since it
was built, and bemoans the fact of leaving
the old hotel. 1t is probable that he will
be re-engaged by the new lessees, whoever
they may be.
The work of rebuilding the damaged por-
ton of the hotel will be inaugurated at
once and pushed to completion. The ques-
tion as to what will be done with the build
ing has been settled finally. 1t will con-
tinue to do business with the public as q
hotel, and not as an cfice building. The
information was obtained from Charles j.
Clarke, who was seen by DISPATCH re-
porter at his residence, in Oakland, last
evening. Mr.. Clarke said:
''The hotel will not be changed to an Office
building. The proprietors of the hotel are
satisfied to continue on the present plan, and
will reconstruct the hotel. The house will
be overhauled and every room in it will be
refurnished. The house will then be in bet
ter shape than ever, and will again come to
the front as one of the best hotels in the
country.
at will take US fully six months to repair
the damage done by the fire. The work
will be started at once and pushed to COM
pletion. We purchased the lease, for the
reason that we thought we could better re-
model the house after we got the tenants
out. The latter would be practically out of
business forhalf Of the aext year. and it is
= L.,
The insurance policies were turned over to
us in order to facilitate the settlement of
claims. 1 do not know who will run the
hotel after we remodel it. We will lease it
to anybody who wants the house. No, the
proprietors have no idea of running the
house themselves 1 do not think any of
them want to engage in the hotel business.
SEEKING OTHER LOCATIONS.
Mr.. woog has made an offer for another ho-
tel may and secure the lease. He said: ''The
lease we had ran for nine years and six
months vet; and we decided to dispose of it.
If we reaitned the lease, the proprietors
would have been under obligations to hurry
the work of rebuilding. This they might
not want to do. As we are out OF the house
now, the proprietOrs can do as they please
with the hotel. We come out about even on
the transaction.
81 have made an offer of SIS, 900 for the
furniture, lease, etc., of hotel here. lean
not say what house it is, as it may interfere
with my plans. will have an answer from
the proprietors next week 1t is large no.
tel-about 115 or 40 rooms. It will take us
about week to straighten out ouriaffairs.
1t was rumored that the hotel Mr.. H.
Woog is after is the St. Charles. The latter
has been recently refurnished The i'm
provements alone cost about 5000. Mr.
Anderson would not say what ne intended
to do, but it is said he is after hotel in the
metropolis.
Among the features the proprietors of the
house contemplate when it is remodeled is
large restaurant where the new cafe is, on
First avenue. The restaurant will be run
at popular prices.