The San Francisco call., 1906-08-15

Lady Hesketh Unwilling to
Assist in the Erection
of a Greater Hostelry
HER SOLICITOR
SO ANNOUNCES
Senator Newlands and Fred
Sharon viii Seek Else
where for Financial Aid


daughter of the late United
States Senator William Sharon
of Nevada, has given notice
through her London solicitor that she
will not help in the rebuilding of the
Palace Hotel. She arrived at this de-
cision after a thorough discussion of
the subject with Sir Thomas Hesketh.
who advised his wife to devote her
funds to some other purpose.
This information has been conveyed
to the other Sharon heirs, who, how
ever. do not despair and announce that
the Palace will be rebuilt Architects
are already studying plans for the new
Palace and expect to make a full report
TO the heirs in a few weeks. Mean
while. Colonel John C. Kirkpatrick.
managing director of the Sharon Es-
tate Company, which controls the vari-
Gus properties of the late Senator Sha
ron, and his assistants are busily en-
gagged arranging for the removal of the
debris of the old hostelry on Market
street
The heirs of the Sharon estate con-
sist of Lady Hesxeth. Fred Sharon and
the children of United States Senator
rancis G. Newlands of Nevada. Short
ly after the recent disastrous FIRE. which
destroyed the greater part of the Sha-
ron estates income property in this
city, including the Palace and Grand
hotels, a meeting of the heirs was held
here. Lady Hesketh, who has been
resident of England for many years,
sent to the meeting her personal repre-
sentative, Lawyer Wright of London.
general solicitor for the Heskeths.
Senator Newlands represented his chill
dren and Fred Sharon journeyed hither
from Paris.
SOLICITOR Is OPPOSED.
The trio of gentlemen spent more
than three weeks looking over the
ground carefully and studying the sit
uation. Senator Newlands and Fred
Sharon finally agreed that the interests
of the big est, te would be best served
by the rebuilding OF the Palace Hotel
on the old Market-street site and as
soon as possible. They expected that
Solicitor Wright would readily concur
in their views and were naturally sur
prised when he informed them that his
clients, Sir Thomas and Lady Hesketh.
were not particularly agreeable to the
proposition.
1t then developed that Solicitor
Wright had already been in coramuni-
cation with Sir Thomas and Lady
Hesketh and advised them not TO take
part in any plans for rebuilding the
Palace He informed Senator Newlands
and Fred Sharon. however. that Lady
Hesketh would consent to have her
share of the insurance on the Palace
applied to a new hotel, but would not
advance any additional funds. Argu
ment was OF no avail solicitor Wright
had made up his mind and his decision
in the matter, as he explained, was that
of Sir Thomas Hesketh, which meant
that it was also that of Lady Hesketh.
OTHERS WILL SUPPLY MONEY
AS the amount of insurance on the
Palace was far from the amount re-
uuired to rebuild the hotel. the idea of
Lady Hesketh's name figuring in the
project for a new hotel had to be aban-
doned. It was this fact that caused a
delay in the plans for the new hotel and
for financing its reconstruction.
But the refusal of Lady Hesketh3 to
join her brother and her dead sisters
children in the undertaking was dis
appointment that Fred Sharon and
Senator Newlands soon overcame. 1t
YVES stated on good authority yesterday
that they are now planning to have
several friendly men of finance take
over Lady Hesketh's interest in the
Sharon estate, or at least the hotel por
tion of it, and join with them in rails
ing another magnificent hostelry at the
corner of Market and New Montgomery
streets.
Fred Sharon has said that the hotel
will be rebuilt and he has informed his
more intimate friends here and in Paris
that he purposes to stay in San Fran
cisco until the opening of the establish
ment is formally celebrated