The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
MOBILE ID HAVE
 FINE NEW HOTEL Seven Story Structure Will be NEWS FROM THE GULF CITY Mobile Is Becoming Such Favorite Winter Resort That Larger
 Hotel Accommodations
 Are Imperative.
NEWS FROM THE GULF CITY

Mobile, February 1S.-(Special)-Th burning of the Battle. house, the hotel which has been most closely associated with the history of Mobile, has left the city in sad need of more hotel accommo- dations. And from present indications these additional accommodations will be furnished within the next year. While the roomy old Battle house was in use, the growth of Mobile as. a winter resort had demanded another frst-class hotel and plans had already been drawn and accepted for the "cawthorn" when the Battle house was burned.
 This new hotel is to be a very hand some structure of probably seven stories. It was originally intended to build fivs stories, but 1t is now announced that 1t will extend up seven. The cawthorn Is to be located on the corner of St Fran cs and Conception streets and facing the pretty Bienvlle square. It will have about two hundred rooms, besides the ground floor, which is to be occupied en- tirely by the office, lobby, cafe, bar and billiard rooms and a very handsome la dies parlor on the corner.
 This hotel is to be erected by Dr. o. F. Cawthorn, who has made his large fortune largely through his dealings in Mobile real estate and who is now probably the largest property holder in the city. The new hotel will represent an investment of something like $35O 600, and has already been leased for a term of twelve years by Hervey & Son., the firm that has so sue cessfully conducted the Bienville
 The erection of the Cawthorn hotel does not mean that the Battle house lot is to be left vacant The Wizards, who own the property, are among the wealthiest men of New Orleans, and they have already announced that there Is to be new Bat tie house. They have not yet had the time to formulate plans, and it is not alto gether certain that the Wizards will own the new hotel It is asserted that 2 stock company has made an offer of $150,000 for the Battle house lot with the view of building thereon a new hotel. But in either instance the new hotel is a cer- | tainty.
 Winter Resort Demands. | The winter season is at it's height in Mobile, and it Is said that there are more visitors this year than ever before. It at once become evident the great loss the city has sustained for the present by l the loss of the Battle house. It is not l loiiiS huht ihOit tlVoPiS eie Soiiiiio eo Soiii 1 ing to Mobile fdr spend the winter, but the city is fast becoming the sailing l point for Cuba.
 The Mobile md Ohio railroad, which reaches the heart of the central western states, has been making special efforts to get the travel from along it's line to sail from this point, and 1t has been most successful The steamers that ply be- tween Mobile and Havana weekly arc taxed to their full capacity with passen- gers. and, indeed, 1t has become neees- sary to engage passage some days in ad
 vance if one must make sure of his trip. Most of these passengers. who come from the north. spend several days in Mobile. and the city derives therefrom much ben eft, especially in an advertising way.