The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
SALE OF FREMONT HOTEL.
CAPT. HODGDON SAID TO HAVE SOLD
 our TO JOHN 0. NERO.


 The Captains Ten Year Lease Expires in
 November Next-Charles E. Cruttenden,
 Proprietor of the Building, Says That the
 Deal Is Talked of but Eas Not Been Con-
 summatcd.
 If reports current on the street last night are to be believed the Fremont hotel, at present. conducted by Captain Hodgdon, it to change hands within a few days. The report last night was that the hotel had been sold to John O. Nero, who keeps the saloon at the cor ner of Chapel and Union streets, and that MT. Nero would take possession tomorrow afternoon. It has been known for some time that Captain Hodgdon has desired to sell out, and that several prospective buyers have looked over the place. MT. Nero looked around the place thoroughly last Sum- day and was there again yesterday. It is said that he finally concluded to pur- chase the hotel lease and fixtures from Captain Hodgdon and wifi assume the management at once. It is also said that MT. Nero will, during the coming summer, entirely renovate and refurn- ish the hotel. changing in considerable detail the appointments, including the putting in of an elevator, putting large plate glass in all the windows, and equipping it with nearly all new furni- ture. A gentleman who was in posi- ton to know said last night that the deal, whereby Captain Hodgdon was to dispose of the hotel, was practically consummated, and that MT. Nero pro- posed to endeavor to make the hotel the leading one of the city.
 MT. Nero when seen last evening said that he had thought of buying out the place, but that he had not as yet closed the bargain. He said that several de- tails were yet to be arranged, and he would not know definitely for a couple of days whether or not he would buy the place. The building is owned by Charles E. Cruttenden, the liveryman and was leased about ten years ago on ten years lease to Captain Hodg- don. whose lease expires in November next.
 Mir Cruttenden when asked last night concerning the reported sale by Cap | tain Hodgdon to MT. Nero and the lat | ter's lease of the hotel said: Yes, MT. Nero has talked of leasing the hotel, but the lease is at yet conditional and | nothing definite in the matter has yet | been done. I have been talking about | it with MT. Nero this evening, but no papers were signed. There may be something to the deal and there may not be. I went through the hotel with MT. Nero yesterday. He made a propo- sition to me regarding the lease of the place, but there are one or two things | in the proposition about which there may be a hitch.'
 Frank E. s. Munger, the well known manager of the Fremont hotel for Cap tain Hodgdon, at first said last evening that he had heard nothing about the reported sale to MT. Nero, and knew nothing at all about the matter. From reliable source it was learned that the deal is practically consummated and that Captain Hodgdon will at once step out
 The Fremont hotel was built about thirty-five years ago by the late Enos Foote on the site occupied by the old | Assembly house, which was torn down to make room for the hotel MT. Foote ran the hotel about fourteen years, when meeting with business reverses he disposed of the property to MT. | Cruttenden, the present proprietor, who conducted the hotel for four years after buying the building. He was succeed ed by l.. F. Kellogg, who conducted the business for eight years, having come to New Haven from New Hartford Af- ter MT. Kellogg, Captain Hodgdon leas- ed the hotel in 1888 for ten years, and has since conducted it.