The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-02
GAYOSO AND PEABODY HOTELS
or MEMPHIS AND THE HAL.
LlDAY OF CAIRO.
ROOMINC CAPACITY us
Ten story Addition Planned Tor Gay
oso-s5o 900 Addition to The Hal
Iiday Rapily Approaching
Completion.

An important development in the
hotel business at Memphis is an
nounced. in which Cairoites play q
leading part II appears that the Two
big hotels in that city the Gayoso anu
Peabody have been combined under
the management of the Cairo people
the W. p. Halliday Estate, with t. r.
Parker and J. s Aisthorpe as the ac-
tive representatives. The combination
of these two establishments Will give
the Memphis Hotel company room
ing capacity of CPS. the New Peabody
200 rooms and the Gayoso with It's al
dition now in course of construction
1926. The Memphis Commercial OF yes
terday speaks of the new arrange
| ment as follows:
| I. p. Parker and J. S. Aisthorpe. two
Of the proprietors of the Gayoso Hotei'
returned yesterday from New YORK
city where they were in conference
with w. p. Halliday, of Cairo, Ill.,, anu
| Suvesant Fish. the result OF the con
ference being a long term lease of the
Peabody Hotel properly. with the put'
nose to remodel the build ne ana put II
( in shape to handle the hotel business
Of Memphis on equal terms VITA the
pre- ent Gayoso Hotel
Mr. Aisthorpe was seen at the Gay
oso Hotel last night by a reporter lot
The Commercial Appeal and AXE
f.. freely of the plans for remodeling the
Peabody
we have secured a longtime lease
on the property said he and VIII
! take possession September !. PlahS
are now being made by our architects
for a splendid steel structure 70 re-
Mace part of the Peabody building \
,en.storv building will replace he west
part of the hotel This will be 7oXI9t
feet. and will be modern in every de'
tail.
The rest Of the building VII be en-
tirely remodeled and put in tirst-class
shane | think when the new PeaDoas
il completed that there VIII De ~
finer hotel anywhere and il viii De
one that will furnish the public every
necessary convenience and accommo
dalton
IL do not know yet whether we shai
run the new Peabody on the American
or European plan At any rate, We
propose to give the public satisfaetloI
and feel that we can be on the sai'
a., side OF a monetary proposition
Martin Isele Talks.
I'm speaking of the change last nigh
Martin rsele had the following to say
I'VE have no future plans al pres
ent While we have the right 10 re
main on the premises until August u
! we will close down the business WITH
+ in few days, as there will be no us
continuing loss.
When the collapse occurred al tn
I hotel the attorney for the Peaood
Hotel company held a consultato
with the Isele Brothers regarding Ia
lease, and explained that under
clauss in the lease ,ne lease was II
: validated. The clause read that IN u
event the building was damaged
the extent of s35 900 the lessees woui
no longer be liable 1T the time IN
conference was held Martin lsele wa
ont of the city. and his brother 10
eph Isale. acting on the advice OF n
ri attorneys notified r. Brinkley Sno'
e den. agent for the building. that II
a lease would be surrendered. The re
Is body Hotel company then continue
r. business in the building without
lease.
When the building Inspector co
demned the annex II was announc'
e. by Mr.. Snowden In answer 10 me J
-Dector's notice. that the annex won
O be rebuilt The lseles. according 10
20. statement made by Martin l'e
N. awaited the decision 20 build and we
N. then assured by Mr. Snowden IN
they would be given time 10 submit
proposition looking toward releasi
RI. the building. including The annex.
us The Memphis Hotel company in I
m meantime made a proposition viii
A. the Snowdens considered a good o.
m. and the lease was signed last mig
IN The term of years stipulated IN I
as lease i- not known but IL is a long Oh
Martin Isele stated last night u
Mr. Snowden told him that the -
of SIS Oo1 would be paid annually
an the entire building and that the Ne
,to nhis Hotel company aud the own
av. would share the taxes equally
adj. Good work is being done on
sty big addition 10 the Halliday Ho
ph here The walls are up. the interior
ere now being finished and the groui
ne are being filled. There will be 10
rooms in this addition and u
make The Halliday $50 room no,
md one Of the most modern establ
p ments Of its kind in the country
every particular. and of ample ca
"a city IN serve all the ordinary needs
-. the rtty Tor many years TO come.
xas To Contractors.