The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-02
TALK OF NEW HOTEL
KENTUCKY MONEY OFFERED FOR
NEW SCREVEN HOUSE.
PLANS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED
ARCHITECT WILL ARRIVE HERE
NEXT WEEK.

Proprietor Dub of Screven House
Received n Letter Yesterday From
John II. Sullivan Announcing That
He Is Coming to Savannah With
Plans of Hotel Dub-WeaIthy Ken
lucky Man Wants to Lend Mr.. Dub
5000, 900 for. Twenty Years and Has
a BrOther-in-Law in Chicago Who
Wants to Put Up 100000 More.
Plans for a six-story steel frame no.
tel, to take the place of the Screven
House and to be known as the Dub
Hotel, have been drawn by John H.
Sullivan, a New York architect. Mr..
Sullivan will be in Savannah next
week with the plans.
Proprietor Dub of the Screven
House received this information yes
terday morning in letter from Mr..
Sullivan. The plans were drawn at
the request of a wealthy Kentucky
man who is friendly with Mr.. Dub,
several weeks ago. Mr.. Sullivan was
here at the same time and Mr.. Dub
was asked to give his idea how new
hotel, such as he would like to build,
should look. Upon the information
furnished then the plans were drawn.
The Kentuckian suggested to Mr..
Dub that a handsome modern hotel,
where the Screven House now stands,
would be a paying investment. He
said that he had 100000 that he would
let his friend have for twenty years,
but that the money could not be paid
back in a shorter period. Mr.. Dub
said that the building would cost that
much money and it would require in
the neighborhood of $4,000 to fit up
the hotel. His friend replied that he
thought h'~ brother-in-law in Chicago
had $10C hat he would like to put
out and - would talk to him on the
subject.
The friend with the 100000 to in
vest went from Savannah to Chicago
and a short while later wrote Mr.. Dub
that he could get the other 100000,
making a total of 100000. Mr.. Dub,
would, however, have to pay one-half
per cent. more interest on the money
owned by the Chicago man. Mr.. Dub
says he thinks he can have the in
terest made all the same and that if
he can, he will build. If not, he will
continue to run the ScreVen House as
it now stands. He is confident, how
ever, that there will be no difficulty
in making the necessary arrangements
and that work on the new building
will begin next summer.
The plans of Architect Sullivan show
a bar. barber shop, billiard room and
restaurant in the basement, on the Bull
street side, the ceiling not to be less
than ten feet high. The remainder
of the basement will be for the en-
CINE rooms, ice plant, toilet rooms.
etc. On the first floor on Bull street
there areI to be four stores, or three
stores and a bank on the corner, with
an elaborate entrance to the basement
On the center.
The entrance to the hotel will be on
Congress street. The parlors and Of
| flee will be on the first floor with the
dining room in the rear. On the sec
ond floor there will be private parlors,
bed rooms and bath rooms The third
and fourth floors will be the same as
the first. The fifth floor will contain
large sample rooms for commercial
| travellers. = Stationary basins are to be
In each bed room and sample room.
The sixth floor is planned for a roof
garden, modern in every respect. The
plans show glass windows for the roof
garden, so that it may be closed dur
ing the winter months. A pretty lit
tie stage is also shown on the plans.
Mr.. Dub figures on the hotel having in
the neighborhood of 200 rooms.