The herald., 1896-05-09
THE ADAMS STREET HOTEL
All Competition With the Popular Site
Temporarily Withdrawn
a" Forces to Unite Upon al Effort to Supply a
Long Needed Tourist Hotel for This
City Immediately

, The plan to erect the proposed Adams
street tourist hotel now stands before
fh1s community without competition, all
parties connected with both that and the
| Westlake enterprise having agreed to
tn's arrangement yesterday. The Ad-
ans street project being first in the
field, and having developed sufficient
| favor to insure ultimate success. il has
been agreed that the speedy perfection
or the enterprise shall not be retarded
by any competitive effort. The Will
Snlre company. generous subscribers to
the original enterprise upon Adams
street has withdrawn it's subscription
list pending the completion of the fund
Tor the Adams street proposition, or un-
til July 1st. This action enables citi-
zens who recognize the imperative ne
cessity to this city of first class tour
list hotel. to promptly aid that object
without dividing their subscriptions be-
tween friendly rival enterprises.
The Adams street proposition contem-
plates the erection of Srch a hotel as
snail be fully the equal of the best ap-
pointed establishments of the kind in
America 1t has already reached stage
where the leading capitalists, corpora
tions and citizens generally look upon it
with favor. and are supporting it in pro-
portion to their financial ability. None
question its wisdom or necessity. and
the only reason that it's success has been
thus long delayed is the now ended COM
petition which it has encountered 1t
is confidently expected that the whole
amount of the balance now required will
be raised within the present month.
To accomplish this desirable end it is
only necessary for citizens to subscribe
as they are convinced they should The
issue is now unequivocally before this
community. and if it wants a hotel il
must signify that fact by subscribing
to the required fund. Generous help VIII
be needed. and this worthy enterprise
will stand or fall depending upon
whether that help is given.
Below is the correspondence leading
to the agreement:
LOS ANGELES, Cal. May s, 1896
]. S. Slauson, Esq, and Others. Adams
Street Hotel Committee-Gentlemen 1t
seems to be the impression that the Ad-
ans street hotel project and the Wiltshire
boulevard hotel cannot both be carried
to successful issue at the same time.
and that by attempting to carry both
simultaneously both are likely to fail.
We profoundly feel the Hreat public need
Of good tourist hotel in this city, and
believe that all personal interests should
yield to this need. We have shown our
good will toward your project by sub
scribne $1,000 to your donation fund, that
ii may not be said that we have in any
way contributed to the failure of your
i
to temporarily withdraw the Wiltshire
boulevard hotel project until the 1st day
cf July next, so that your committee
can push it's work to a successful issue.
believing that if you succeed we shall
also hereafter succeed, and whether you
succeed or fail with your project we hope
thereafter to receive the generous assist
ance of your committee and friends.
Yours very respectfully,
THE WILTSHIRE COMPANY.
BY w. b. Wiltshire.
Los ANGELES, Cal, May S,1S96
The Wiltshire Company-Gentlemen
We have just received your letter with
drawing until July LIST your project for
tourist hotel upon the beautiful Will
shire boulevard tract. Your subscrip-
tion of $1,000 heretofore made to the
Adams street hotel, together with this
more than generous and self-sacrificing
offer of withdrawal of your projected
enterprise. is fully appreciated by us
and doubtless will be by this commun-
ity, and greatly encourages us in the
hope and belief that Los Angeles will
now have a tourist hotel worthy of the
wants of this place.
Truly yours,
ADAMS-ST. HOTEL. COMMITTEE.
]. S. Slauson, Chairman.