The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-19
NE TROPOLE IS SOLD.
Bought by ]. Q. Hamilton of
Springfield.
WILL REMODEL BUILDING
$4,000 TO be Expended in
Improvements.
WILL REMODEL BUILDING

The old MetroDole hotel, which stands
at the corner Of Main and English-streets.
was sold yesterday to Mr.. ]. a. Hamilton
of Springfield. The sale was made by
P. J. Ccnklin, representative Of the Ports
mouth Savings bank of New Hampshire,
negotiations having been closed yester-
day. Mr.. Conklin Immediately wired the
owners of the building that the sale had
been made and sent the details by mail.
The new owner OF the hotel Will ex-
pend $4,000 Immediately in remodelng
and putting il in shape suitable for q
frst-ciass hotel in every respect Elk
terror and interior Improvements VIII be
made. Later he proposes TO outlay Sill
DG0 in equipping the hotel. The building
improvements to be made is on the east
end. Two more stories viii be put on mi ;
addition 70 make more room. The house
has seventy-two sleeping rooms at pres
ent, but more viii be added soon. Twelve
additional sample rooms win be furnished
and a new kitchen will be built, as well
as boiler room 1t IS Mr. Hamilton's
intention TO run his own electric lighting
plant in connection with the heating
plant
Mr. Hamilton is a thorough hotel man,
FOR three years last passed he having
conducted the Springfield, Mo. Metropoii-
tan The Metropolitan is the largest hotel
in Springfield. Hearing that the Metro
pole was negotiable he came here last
Tuesday TO look for an opening. He was
shown about the building and was well
pleased with the arrangement and the 10
cation, and believes that with a few alter
ations no Improvement could be made
on the same as a hotel property. So well
pleased was the Springfield gentleman
with the place that negotiations were at
once opened which resulted yesterday in
consumncation.
Mr.. Hamilton expressed himself as be-
ing satisfied with the prospects Of build
ing up fine transient trade. He return
ed yesterday to Springfield, but will re-
turn IN a short time.
Mr.. Conklin, who is the authorized
agent for the New Hampshire people, has
been trying to dispose of the property for
so--e u-Ga.
The new owner has been in the hotel
business for number of years and has
a large acquaintance among the CONNER
cial trave ers. He comes to WIGHT
highly recommended.
Late in the eighties the Metropole was
built by Colonel Milton Stewart. 1t stands
on South Main street. and while il was
running as a hotel. became very popular
1t was run by Mr.. Dean, now in the
hotel business in Ioittsburg, Kan, and
under his management thrived apace. Its
proximity to the business heart of the
city gave it a big custom at meal hours,
outside Of the regular hotel trade, and its
home-ike interior won it Its share of the
transient trade.
When Colonel Stewart moved away ana
the building passed out of his hands and
the reaction Of the boom came down on
the city, the hotel closed.
OF recent years its advantages in ar
rangement and location have been the
frequent cause for rumors of its Dur-
chase.
There is no question of its success and
popularity under active modern manage
ment. The Office is at present occupied
by a restaurant conducted by Ernest
known to al Wichita people for years
past as the transfer man"