The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-10-06
A BIG HOTEL FOR @0DLAHO
GEORGE HOPES TO PUT CP
BCuDING-CONTRACr LET.
VIII Contain Thirty Rooms, and VIII
Cost SS,OOO-BuIdlng VIII Be
OF Brick, Two Stories.

The end for which the people OF
GOOdland have long been clamoring
was given the form Of q solid promise
Wednesday, when George Hopes, for
almost twenty years q resident OF
Sherman county, confirmed the re-
port that he was TO build a big hotel
on the corner lot just south OF the
Leonard brick He told the reporter
for this paper that the contract had
already been let for the brick and the
brickwork: and 50 that promise has
the same quality as the laws OF the
Modes and Persians Of yore. which
altered not
The building as planned will have
frontage OF - feet, covering ali
Of lot Is and nine feet Of lot "A. in
block 81; and viii be so feet deep
and two stories high. 1t viii contain
80 rooms. and the style Of the build
ing from bottom to top viii be mod
ern, and when completed viii be we'll
equipped with all the conyeniences OF
a good hOstclry- The estimated cost
IS $4,000.
Mr.. HOOIes said that the contract
for the brick and the building OF the
brick walls had been let 10 Slessinger
& Straut, contractors and builders OF
Colorado Springs, and that the brick
material would be shipped here from
Colorado Springs next week II is
expected that this hotel viii be put in
complete readiness for occupancy by
December I.
Several sites had been offered for
the location Of a good hotel, the one
which was finally chosen, the corner
opposite the 8Iillisack store and GER
tain lots in the block opposite the
First National bank block But Mr.
Hopes finally settled upon the north
site, which is the corner across the
street north from The Republic Of
fee He thinks the location is fay-
orable because it is near 10 the court
house. and the pOstOffice, IS in close
proximity to the real estate Offices
where gather many strangers that are
in search OF land and investments.
and is in as clean a location as may
be found in the city limits In fact.
il may be styled the uptown hotel
Mr.. Hopes will assume the active
management Of the hotel as soon as
IL is completed. He has shown much
public spirit in coming TO the relief
OF the great public need in GOodland.
but, OF course, like any business man,
he didn't take to the idea on account
Of philanthropy. but because the
opening was good here for a hotel,
and because he thinks he can make
it pay The business houses in the
locality where this building is to be
put, felt the advantage that would &C
crUe to them by the erection and
maintenance OF this hotel; and IL is
understood that the inducements Of
fered Mr.. Hopes was the site and
$500 in cash.
MI Hopes came to sherman cOun-
ty from Muscatine, Ia, almost twenty
years ago, and took a Homestead four
miles northeast Of GoOdland- He
farmed there for fourteen years, and
then removed to Goodland and bought
cut J. 3. Penn, proprietor OK a meat
market. Later Mr.. Hopes sold oEt
bis meat market and went into the
livery business, and then into the
meat market again, selling out both
times and in almost every business
transaction he has made money. His
latest venture in GOodland IS the
hotel business, and If he keeps UP his
old time record, Mr. Hopes viii be
glad at no far distant day that he
built a hotel in GoOdland.