New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-25
TROUBLE FOR 4 BIG HOTEL.
CREDITORS OF THE DE LOGERoT TO MEET
FRIENDS OF THE HANDSOME HosTELRY FEEL
CONFIDENT THAT ITS DIFFICULTIES
WILL RE STRENGTHENED


| oohorics lien for S. G92 has been filed against
p,,ncbe de Logerot on the Hotel Logerot property
| =, rrrtbave and Eighteenth-st., by the Pierce q
| Miller Engineering Company, OF NO ~ oor'iahu'-
Of The debt to the Pierce & Miller Company was
| incurred for electric lighting, steam pohe'' anu
mining for the Hotel de l-ogerot' -
,rho botal was started about a year ago by Rich-
ord do Locerot Marquis de Croisic, who htted IL
nm c,aborately and built handsome extension as
- d,ripg hall in West Eightcenth-st. The dining
anrox was brilliantly lighted up with eiectrici'y
last evening and seemed to be DONG eoou "usF
ness Most of the tables were occupleu VIII" sue'''
who listened to music from an orchesUa !" :"
halconv banked with choice flowers and e'ers'eehs
,r,o ho,o, has been popular one for banquets ana
dinner parties and organizations such as '"e 10y
Legion. the Sons of the Revolution 81 fta"cis
v,o societies and several others have held re-
cent entertainments there
Hotel men said yesterday that there had been
r,mors for some time that the hotel was III
financial difficulties, and 1t Is reported also tha'
there would be a meeting to-day OF the creui'o's
Of the Marquis and his wife at the hotel An
assignment and the appointment or receiver
II was believed would be the outcome.
rho cause of the trouble was believed Dy tnose
who were in n position to understand IT, u oe 'oo
lavish expenditure in fitting up the hotei at west
i:ichtccnth-st, and other like ventures In which
tho MARQUIS and his wife are Interested. The Mar
wealthy in her own right Hcsdes the hotel al
ready alluded to- they have. in this city, hne
anartment house at Fifth-ave. and Twenty-httn-st'
lust opposite Delmonico's called the Croisc, AFTER
inc Marauls's French estates and title
In addition to these New-York houses they
opened in Newport the Hotel de Logerot which Is
understood to have been doing n great business
during the sea son, and has enjoyed reputation as
a resort of extremely fashionable patrons. Ihe
cost OF furnishing these elegant hostelres In the
latest STYLE and with all the most modern and APP
proved descriptions of furniture and other appoint
ments has been large. and while owing to the
prevailing monetary stringency some customers may
have been unable to meet their bills promptly and
asked for time the merchants importers, manufact-
urers and dealers who provided much of the
superb fittings which adorned and beautined the
hotels have themselves been compelled to demand
their money.
The Marquis was not at the Hotel de Logerot
last evening and could not be found. although
1t was said that he not out OF the city. and
his superintendent was also absent The cashier.
Mr. Guyon said: Il very sure that there Is
no financial trouble else | should have heard OF
IT, II the Marquis intends to make an assignment
or ask for a receiver | should certainly have been
told"
Friends of the Marquis and his wife expressed
strong hopes last evening that they woaiu M pe apIe
they preside would not pass our OF thelr
hands On the contrary, II was believed that ar
rangements would be made OF character satls,
factory to the creditors, and that there would
be no changes in management either here or al
Newport No one seemed to know the amount
of the liabilities, or cared TO risk an estimate.