The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-22

There was az important meeting OF
he stockholders Of the Seashore Hotel
Company yesterday at tne Office of
Hessrs. George X. French & Sons, tie
purpose of the meeting being to com
slider the plans for anotl..r annex &c
The company's hUteI at wrightsviile
Beach.
Those present at the meeting were.
AessIs. George r. FreEch, G. Herber'
Smith, Oscar Pearsall, Jos II. Hinton
and Edgar l. Hinton. "a. len
presided in the absence of Mr.. Chas
w Worth, the president.
Mr., F. A. AIpIegate, architect anc
builder, was present and submitted
plans and specifications for the pro-
posed new ann *. and The company d.
eided 10 have it built At once. The
contract was IeC 10 Mr.. A~pplegate wk.n
guarantees to nave it completed Oy
Gune 1st and not later than June l5.n.
He ordered the lumber at once and
will break ground for the building to-
morrow.
The new annex IS to br built at the
southern end " the hotel and will be
connected with it in like manner 90
the n on the north end, buIlt last
year by Mr.. Apologize.
The building viii A. larger than tho
ether annex. 1t will be 3S Ieet vide
by 113 feet long and will be three
stories high. II will contain 80 rooms,
and on the first ard second floors there
ill 10 Avrrnn~.r .1n1- IN crrfrn Trr
rooms will be IL ny = feet il size and
between every two rooms will be neat
bath rooms, IavItories aud closets.
From either room there VIII be COLI
Meeting doors, End there will be en-
frances from Zach DON into each in
kernediate bath room. The bath rooms
will be equipped with pOI celain tubs
and the most modern GxcIres.
Wide halls VIII run down the certr4
Of each floor, with rooms IN either side
of them. On the first and second foo.
the passages will run thIOayn :EtO tn
main building, giving passage ways
through the entire building and the
two annexes. Ample staircases will
connect the three floors, and a ten 70, |
piazza will run along the SIDE fronting
the ocean, around the southern end Of
the annex IND along the side fronting
the Banks Chahnei and tn cailrod /.
The rooms will be double ceiled
throughout, making them entirely pri-
Vate and oYer the doors of all roonI5
and halls will be transoms with the
latest improved t. ansom lifts. On top
of the annex will be an observation
tower that will stand DO feet from the
ground. The building will be beautl-
fully painted inside and outside.
BY the end ot t"is week. contractor
Apologize expects to nave eighty h aids
at work and is satified he will have The
annex ready for guests by the 1st Of
June.
The addition of the new annex with
its fifty rooms will give the seashore
hotel 160 rooms. and the entire length
Of the hotel will be 426 leet. In front OF
the main building the piazza is TWEEN
ty-four feet wide.
Mr. Joseph H. Hinton, the manager.
expects to open The house June 1st and
be assisted in the management by his
brother, Mr.. Edgar l.. Hinton. They
have secured the Carolina orchestra {"
play for the season, and expect to have
a series of the most elegant balls even
given at the sea side.
In addition to the new annex. con-
tractor Applegate the past week he
gan work on thu handsome billiard and
pool room and bowling alley, to be
erected on the Banks Channel in front
of the hotel. The front of this building
VIII De aSSlSISu III lhe lASCi -
his brother Mr.. Edgar Hinton. They
Tong. The building will extend 60 feet
out over the sound and will sit on
piling above high water. Piazzas Will
run all around the building, and on the
end over the sound there will be a
wide piazza to be used for loung1ng
From the piazzas steps will be ri
down to the water and at the front OF
the steps will be boat landings. On
enc side of the building will be an up
to-date bowling alley, and on the otheI
side a large billiard and pool room. witt
r~efreshment booths on either side al
the front entrance. 1t is to be q nice
addition to the hotel and vii; afford
diversion for the guests.
The fact hat the Seashore HotA
Company has decided to build the an
mex would indicate that the trolley line
to the beach is assured. In fact ii wa:
current yesterday that the eiectrlc.
equipment had been oru;-red for tn
conversion of the Wilmington Seacoas
Railroad into a trolley line, but Prc5l
dent Hugh MacRae, when seen yeSter
day says the prospects are still good
but he was not prepared to make a de