Williams news., 1904-10-22
THE NEW HOTEL FL TOVAR
Named for Brave Conquestadore
 of Coronado's Little Band

CISCO NaSQueZ COrOnauO, the span ish governor of Galacia, who left Mexico in the year 1540, accom- panied by several hundred warriors, in search of the mythical seven cities of Cibola
 Coronado and his men found no gold, but they discovered New Mex leo, Arizona and other sections of the Rockies. Their most spectaeu lar find" was the Grand Canyon of Arizona.
 Chief among Ceronado's lieuten- ants was a brave conquistadore named Pedro del Tovar, captain of the detachment that explored and conquered the province of Tusayan, now known as Mokiland While among the Mokis, Tovar heard of the Grand Canyon, which borders old Tusayan on the west. He re- ported the tale to Coronado, and Cardenas was sent out to verify 1t.
 Though not the first white man to see this titan of chasms, Tovar was largely instrumental in its discovery, so when the Santa Fe needed an appropriate name for the new hotel at Bright Angel, ''El Tovar" was selected. It is true that Don Pedro, etc., waited nearly four centuries for immortality, but bet ter men have waited a thousand years and still remain unknown to fame.
 It is far cry from 154O to 1904. Early in December will be opened the most unique, the most com- fortable, the most costly hotel in the southwest, under the manage ment of MT. Fred Harvey, whose reputation as caterer is national
 Occupying a site 1000 feet above sea level, close to the rim of the grandest of canyons, at the railway terminus and not far from the head of Bright Angel trail, El Tovar commands a prospect without a parallel in the world. A perpen- dicular mile from rim to river (seven miles by trail) and thirteen dizzy miles across to the opposite canyon wall. The roaring Color ado below looks like silvery thread and it's tumult seldom reaches the stiffness of the upper air. On three sides are the fragraho pines of Coconino, a government forest reserve, and the largest continuous belt of pine timber in the United States. Everywhere a riot of color and beauty of form, vision un- speakable
 El Tovar is long, low, rambling edifice, built of native boulders and pine logs. Expressed with exact ness, the width north and south is 325 feet and from east to west POO feet.
 Its lines are in complete har- mony with the simplicity of the mighty gorge below. One feels that the architect, MT. Charles F. Whit telsey, of Albuquerque, struck the right key note. There are here ex- pressed a quiet dignity, an unas- suming luxury and love of the great outdoors. Not a Waldorf Astoria, but such hotel as the | traveller seeking high class accom- modations will find to his liking.
 To be more explicit:
 The hotel is from two to three stories high It contains about 125 rooms. The main building and 1 entrance face the east. Ample ac- commentators are provided for 25O I guests. Outside are wide porches and a roof garden, affording exten- sive views while one is sheltered , from the Arizona sun. Boulders and logs for the walls. and shakes for the roof, stained and weather beaten color, merge into the gray green of the surroundings The inside finish is mainly peeled slabs. wood in the rough, and tinted plas- ter, interspersed with huge wooden