The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19
THE ALL.YEAR HOME
Superseding the Old Type Of Lake
Minnetonka Cottages.
EARLY BIRDS ALREADY AT 'ToNKA
Plans for the Hotels Are Taking
Shape-Lively Season In
Prospect.

April weather, although there have
been no storms, has not been of the kind
to make lake people seek their cottages.
In fact, those who have comfortable flats
In the city have been inclined to hold on
to comfortable city quarters and give the
the balmy days of May have brought set
tied weather. Lake jewellers have not.
however, been idle, but there has been a
steady stream of people for the past
month on the house hunt bent. Every
vacant cottage has been inspected and re-
Inspected while the available supply has
been gradually reduced until but few
remain.
The old-fashioned lake cottage is rap
idly going out of use and attention is
being turned to the cottage built for
service the year round. Were 100 such
cottages to be built at once they would
be rented promptly. A point that illus
trates the demand for this kind of prop
erty is found in a case at Excelsior, where
a citizen is building small cottage for
his own use. Since work was comm enced
on 1t, about month ago, he has had
more than dozen applicants who wished
to rent it. The lake Is lower this sea-
son than for many seasons past, and rain
is badly needed. Given few warm show
ers, and rising thermometer and the
entire region would be bower of beauty.
An improvement that will be greatly
appreciated by the lake jewellers is the
establishment Of a telephone exchange
at the lake with long -distance connec-
tions. Both the Northwestern and the
Twin City companies will be represented
in this work. Toll booths will be placed
in convenient locations.
There will be number of changes in
the hotels. Hotel St. Louis will be
opened under the management of G. S..
Timberlake, formerly of Hot Sulphur
Wells hotel, Messrs. Reeve and Wilcox
having transferred their lease, which
still had three years to run.
Lake Park is still without manager,
although several have had this hotel in
view. The record of previous failures
seems to put damper on prospective
tenants.
Hotel Cottagewood at Cottagewood
which has been conducted by Mrs. A. A.
Twombly the past four years, has been
purchased by Henry Schomberg Of Hotel
San Angelo Of Minneapolis, who will give
it his personal attention. the coming sea-
SON.. f.s-@..- 10 4 lSStayffh1 49,
The White House ats Excelsior; which
was under the management of c. Holm
dale last season, will be under the man
agement of w. S. Sanderson, formerly
OF the Witter House of Grand Rapids,
Wis Ut
Edgewocd. at SIMPSONS Upper Lake
Park, will be under the management of
Mrs. George E. Day. Among the rest of
the hotels on the south shore there will
be no changes. The winter guests of the
Sampson House will have taken their de-
parture and the regular summer guests
will make their appearance. Hotel La
Paul will open for the season May l..
The White House will also open on the
same date.
Mrs. E. ]. Buxton will open the Belle
Alto about May 1, using the Kalarama
as an annex. Colonel James Goodnow
has taken the Clark House, and will be
ready for summer guests May 1.