The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-07
A new: HOTEL
COMMERCIAL CLUB PLANS
MODERN STRUCTURE
May Buy Oasis or May Erect En-
tire New Building-Some of
the Plans Advanced
for Structure

A new hotel Tor Greeley mas Deen
the idea uppermost In the minds Of
the business men of the town since
the meeting of the Commercial Club
little over week ago, when the
question was brought up by B. D.
Sanborn. The matter has been
placed in the hands of the entertain
ment committee OF the club, COM
posed of c. A. Granger, M. A.
Bunker, F. L. Ewing, D. r. Nc
Arthur, Charles J. Seem, H. Rey-
nolds, D. F. Camp, William Mayher,
z. X. Snyder and H. D. Parker, to
look up.
According to the advocates of this
scheme Greeley's hotel accommoda-
tions are not up with the town.
This fact is becoming known to
Greeley people as we'll as to the
travelling public. No discredit
should be placed upon Manager G. j.
O'Connor of the Oasis for this. MIR.
O'Connor does not own The hotel,
and is simply unable to make such
terms with the Colorado Mortgage s.
Investment company, as will permit
him to go ahead and make the place
what it should be. 1t is not be-
cause Mr.. O'Connor does not know
how, for he is considered one Of the
best hotel men in the state, but a
man could hardly be expected to
spend large sums of money fixing up
hotel in frst-class shape, and then
as likely as not have to abandon the
whole thing in less than year.
But the hotel question, not alone
will not down, but it will positively
up, and no surprise need be felt II
company be organized within the
next month, with sufficient capital
to either buy out the Oasis, rent the
new Graham -Steele-Jacobs block, or
erect an entirely new building for
J hotel purposes.
Each of these plans has some ad-
vantageous features. The Oasis was
built for hotel. and although not
so modern as could be desired, with
a complete refurnishing or of such
parts as we're really needed, some
very comfortable rooms could be had.
The beauty of this would be the con-
venience of having building al
ready prepared for the business.
Some talk is also heard of induc-
ing Messrs. Steele, Graham and
Jacobs to put an additional story on
the new block at the corner of Ninth
avenue and Ninth street. With an
office on the ground floor and an ele-
vator in the building this could be
made very desirable hotel. Every
thing there is new and modern, with
a fine view Of the park, and the
place is in every other way desirable.
There would also be plenty of room
to expand should the business Of the
new hostelry call for this. The
matter is being considered seriously
by the gentlemen having the build
ing erected.
Another project that also looks
good. is advocated by John T.
Jacobs, who is one of the men put
ting up the new building mentioned.
This is to erect an entirely new
building, on what is now known as
the Nusbaum property, formerly the
home of DR.. Hawes, corner Of Eighth
avenue and Ninth street. Mr..
Jacobs says he has already had offers
OF money If he would organize COM
pany to put up such building
there. He is firmly convinced that
a building costing SIS, 600 would pay
a good interest on the investment,
IL used for hotel purposes, and hav-
ing the ground floor occupied by
stores. The lot is 1OOxl9O, and the
building could contain 100 rooms on
the two upper floors. He has even
gone to t.le trouble Of roughly plan
ming the form Of the building.
Whatever plan is adopted things
will likely be popping in the hotel
business here soon, and within the
next year Greeley will have a place
of that kind that will equal any
thing in Colorado outside Of Denver
and Colorado Springs.
The Commercial Club committee
will report at the next meeting Of
the club.