Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-01-04

responsibility. Adirectory was,i,, :
en- to represent his ideas, with a. G.
Cant as president ana e. NJ. Flack
as his active assistant 10 superiutend-
ing and pushing the work. Mr. G. M.
Latham also devoted much of his
time to representing his broc hers iu-
terests and ideas, especially in the
work OF furnishing the completed
house. The other directors were
Messrs. A. II. Anderson F. L. Ellis,
E. p Campbell and Hunter Wood.
but Messrs. Cant and Flack we're
understood to be Mr.. Latham's per-
sonal representatives in bringing the
work 10 a successful completion. Mr..
Latham continued to come to the
rescue whenever diJcouragements
were found. He placed the $4,000
of bonds issued, taking $l7,50O him
self. He furnished $4,000 when he
was last here to make good deficit
that threatened trouble, aud when
money was needed to furnish the
house he again came to the front and
met this requirement for more money.
As the hotel now stands Mr.. Latham
has about $4,000 invested in it. the
total cost beiog something over $780,
600, including the bonded debt of
$4,000. Nothing was more appro-
pl late than that the hotel should
have been given Mr.. Lathams name,
for without his money and eDcour-
agement at every turn HopkinsviIle
couh not for years have built such
magnificent hotel, which stands as
the pride OF the city and unsurpassed
by any lot, in the Sou b in the ele-
gance of all it, appointments.
THE FURNISHINGS SIMPLY sUpERB
The elegance of the furnishings
must be seen to be appreciated.
Every bed room is carpeted with
brussels carpets, the finest to I've had
The corridors have velvet carpets and
never a football is heard. The ordi-
nary, he bridal chambers and parlors
have carpets of Royal Wilton, that
are perfect dreams of loneliness.
These rooms are furnished in rerfect
taste and with magnifcence to com
port with the elegant surroundings.
One OF the bridal chambers is finish
ed in blue with white furniture, the
Other is pink with brass bedstead
and other furniture. to match. The
main parlor carpet is of light color,
the furniture of mahogany. including
a fine Decker piano. It would re-
quire AL artist to describe in detail
all OF The interior beauties OF the
house, room by room.
The hotel contains ell told more
Il an 100 rooms. There are 80 beds
and 25 cots, giving the hotel sleep
ing spacity of nearly 200 which can
be still further increased without
Gre wding. The building contains
three full stories, besides basement
rooms under the front and an attic
story. The Virginia street trout is
l52 ieet and the wings on Six h and
Seventh streets are l2l feet.
Tho hotel is centrally located, be-
ing one square east of the court house.
and two squares north OF Ninth street,
the thoroughfare connecting the l.. &
N. and 0. V. depots, which are five
squares apar. 1t will be seen that il
will be but short walk from the no.
tel to the principal points in the city.
1t will be but one square to the court
house, telegraph Office, steam laundry
and Main street business houses; two
squares to the postofice, express Of
ice and Tobacco Exchanges; three
squares to the Telephone Elk.
change Office, KENrUoK1AN office, Tab
ernacle and Phoenix Hotel; four
squares to the l.. & N. depot, o. V.
depot and tobacco warehouses.
The site is the one formerly occu
pied by the old Central Hotel, prior
to the fire OF 1882.
DESCRIPTION OF H >TEL LATHAM
he structure 5 deSigoe aud ca.
rid on, in he 'ltalian Renaissance. y
. style, winch, beiug the ae,na OF 10
iafment and elegance, hes in in mag
lltieencA apprsled & cus taste or "a.