The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-02
NEW FOR.'D||''''S;
IS LEASED 3. D
sNell.Kn0Wn Men Have Taken
itfor Seven Years.
BE MANY IMPROVEMENTS
The Gentlemen Leasing the Hotel Are
tMessrs. George I. Peyton and 4.
M. Berkeley Both Of High
Standing.

Colonel George l.. Peyton and Captain
r. NJ. Berkeley, both we'll known vir-
ginians, yesterday leased the valuable
property known as tho New FqHd's Hotel
for term Of seven years. and after
extensive repairs will conduct the hotel
under new name and In frst-class
style
Messrs. Peyton and Berkeley will as.
sumo possession Octobof fst, or Few
days before. II Messrs. WE'LL ana shere.
the present proprfetors, vacate the prop
erty before that time. Colonel Peyton Is
already in the. city stopping at the hotel,
and is maturing plans and getting an idoa
rs to the Improvements to DO made IN
tho hotel and It's furnishings and equip
ment. He stated yesterday that the name
OF the hotel would in all probability DO
changed, but no has not yet definitely
decided upon the name. Among those no
Is considering are The Virginia Hotel and
the Capitol Hotel The hotel will DO new
In fact as we'll as In name, when It
shall have been fitted UP to the idesAD- OF
the lessees.
Has Wide Expert
Colonel Peyton is one OF tie most size
cessful and widely known hotel men In
the State, and one Of the veterans In point
of service. Thousands OF the best people
of Virginia have been guests at hotels and
resorts Of which he was proprietor. For
sixteen years he conducted the famous
old Greenbrer, White Sulphur Springs.
w. Va, when that old resort was the
rendezvous every summer OF the elito
of America. and Its old walls sheltered
many Of the most famous beauties and
,,,sf o,,1 obo1, ~ ~ This
and other States. During Colonel Pey-
toms tenure of the old WlSte that
resort was In its palmiest days. After
retiring from tho nagement OF ne
Greenbricr White. Colonel Peyton was for
six years proprietor Of the Rockbrldge
Alum Springs and the Jordan Alum
Springs, two we'll known Virginia re-
sorts. He Is an old Virginia gentleman Of
culture, and the courtly manners OF the
olden time. Il. .5s
Ills associate. Captain Berkeley. also
comes OF an old Virginia family. not less
widely known that the Peytons. He was
for twenty-nlne years connected with tho
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway as n pas
senger train conductor, and Ia known
throughout the State, and beyond. Cap
tain Berkeley Is himself well known in
this city and married a Richmond lady,
a daughter OF Mr.. George l. Herring. Of
No. 2lo4 East Grace Street. Captain
Berkeley is as popular MS no Is well
known. 5@s
Money Not Spared,
Colonel Peyon yesterday stated that
the 5000 appropriated by tho court for the
purpose Of repairs and renovation offthe
property will be expended In equipping It
as fIrst-class modern hotel. and as much
moro would be expended as was necessary
to make 1t attra ctive and thoroughly COM
Portable. The hostelry will be refurnished
throughout. and newly carpeted and
papered and painted, new beds and furni-
ture put in, interior changes made In the
office and parlors. and new and modern
toilet rooms put in. When the property
has been thus thoroughly renovated and
renamed. 1t will be conducted in first
GLASS s.Jle as an American plan hotel
While tho matter OF rates has not yet
been definitely fixed, they Will probably
be from 81 to s. per day.
management will be Its cuisine. table
and service, The proprietors are eminently
fitted to provide the Best and conduct the
hotel In first class style.
The now management have not yet de.
cided upon their clerical force, but will
conRder that later. The lease Of the
present proprletors does not expire until
October LIST, but at that time tho new
lessees will take charge, The mana e
ment will cater especially to the PATRON
ago Of public men, and count upon max.
Ing the hotel a resort for legislators and
those having business at the Capitol, In
the State courts and tho Federal building,