The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-24
Contemplating the Erection Of Conner
cial and Tourist Hotel.
Womb DC Located on Northwest
Corner of Second and Chestnut
Streets and Have Frontage on Lat
ter Street OF 1875 Feet-HoteI Would
De Modern i'm Every Particular.
Ideal to Make Wilmington a Winter
Resort.

Plans are now on foot for the cree
ton OF a large hotel in this city. the
same to be located on the northwest
corner OF second and Chestnut streets.
Those who are contemplating the
erection of a hotel will say but little
Just at this time as to their plans but
they do not deny that it is their in
tention to build the hotel if all things
work out favorable. 1t has bean rum
ored for some time that certain parties
were considering the advisao:lty of
erecting a large hotel in his city.
An option has been se..-.red
on the Moore property and cf"rts
are being made to close r deal With
Mr.. John H. Handy for the r petty
On the northwest corner ce Second
and Chestnut streets. This will give a
frontage on Chestnut street Of 1876 feet
and both pieces of property have a
depth of about 200 feet. AS a location
for a hotel it is an ideal one. being in
the central portion of the city and at
the same time it is Just far enough
from Front street to be free from ths
noise made by the many conveyances
passing along that street. Another
great advantage is that the property
being considered will have an outlet
on all sdes. On the south is Chestnut
street. the east Second ctr let. n rear
an alley extending from SecJn1 TO
Front and on the west an alley which
extends from Chestnut street to the
rear of the property. The elevation
is high and the view from the rooms
above the second story would be very
fine. There will always be = beau
tiful lawn on he opposite side Of the
street from the hotel. When the
United States government
property in a town it is never sold SO
there is no danger Of the small park
in the rear Of the postOffice ever hav-
ing a building erected thereon.
It is the desire of the promoters to
erect a modern structure in every par
ticular and one that will have several
hundred rooms. The building would
be of brick and in all probability five
stories in height not counting the
basement floor. 1t would not be
strictly a commercial hotel but would
be built and conducted in such a man.
ner as to cater to those who come
south to escape the severity of the
northern winters. each year there
are thousands of people who make
their way southwark to spend the
winter H1OI1CIS dIIu lHe duColIOll Ah0o
often been asked. why is there not a
hotel in Wilmington to bid for this
patronage" The climate in this sec
ton during the winter months Is al
most unsurpassed n
northerners come here during the Win
ter they are dlighted with the warm.
balmy climate. To go 40 or SO miles
to the westward of Wilmington during
the winter n finds a remarkable
Lo~~ -. %t,a oI;n,ofio onnditinnc
In some respects North Carolina IS
behind her sister states in the south
in the matter of hotel facilities. That
is. the catering to those who come
south to spend the winter. Ply this
statement it is not meant that there
are no winter resorts but that they
are not as general as in some of the
other southern states. Practically
every city in Florida is a winter resort
an it is getting to be the same way in
eastern Georgia. The climate in
Greensboro. this state. is far more
severe during the winter than in Will
mington and still there are many
northerners who go there to spend the
winter. If it were not for Greensboros
excellent hotels they would go 20 some
other southern town.
Those who are contemplating the
erection of a hotel are we'll known
business men and it is their intention
to form a stock Something
definite may be known in a eey days
or it may be some weeks before any
thing final is done. If a satisfactory
trade can be made with Nh. HANDY it
is probable that something Will be
known in a short time. Those VINO
are thinking of erecting the hotel will
say but very little as to how soon they
hope to have the hotel erected.