The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-17
Both BOdie, Recovered.
INCREASED HOTET. FACILITIES

With Adequate Accommodations n
Patronage Would GrOw-Greensboro
an Instance of What Hotels VII Do
for Il TOWn-In 1900 That City Had
Two Hotels of Less Than 100 Rooms
each-Total Number of Rooms of
the Five Hotels at Present Time -
About 7OO-Same unfber OF Trains
Run Into Greensboro Now as in
1900.
The president Of the chamber of
commerce has named the committee
to take in rand the hotel proposition.
They are, Messr5. w. A. Dick, chair-
man; Walker Taylor, NJ. S. Willard,
I. NJ. Bear and C. n. Evans.
It seems to be the opinion of the
public in general that Wilmington
needs another hotel anG hat the city
will suffer unless one is built and hat
at a very early date. Some figure
only on the number Of people who
visit the city at the present time in
basing their idea Of what the city
uCSuo III LIt way vi holClS, u llCS
lose sight of the fact that with ade-
Quate hotel facilities the number of
travelling men visiting this city would
be far greater that at the present time.
Greensboro affords a most excellent
example of how people will flock TO a
town with good hotels.
IN 1899 the Benbow hotel in Green's
DOrO was burned and it left two hotels
to accommodate the public, and they
were about half their present size. For
0 than d year the MCAdOO and the
Ciegg hotel accommodated the travel
ing public of Greensboro. Eventually
the BenbOw property wa sold and in
1900 a new hotel was erected on the
sight of the old building and was NAM
ed the GuilfOrd. This hotel has about
80 rooms. Soon after it was built,
Mr.. Charles BenbOW decided to erect
the new BenbOW. and a fiv2-stOry
building covering more than half a
block was erected with than 200
rooms and modern III every respect.
While the BenbOW was being erected
the Hotel Hnf1ne, which is only q
few yards from the station, was built.
This has about 100 rooms. After these
tLcICGO = I'll ttLCU IL was iIH~CodAS
for the owners of the other hotels to
have them remOdelled o lose out. The
result was that so DON were added
to the NcAdOO and a similar number to
the Clegg and both hotels renovated
throughout. All Of his was done in
a remarkably short time. From a no
tel capacity of less than 200 Don it
vas increased to about TOO. In the
meantime no new railroads had been
run into Greensboro and the same
number OF trains passed through the
town but nevertheless all o. the hotels
a once began to do a good business
and each year the business has in
creased, Greensboro grew slowly IN
til her modern hotels were built when
the town seemed to at nee take on
new life and the travelling men never
fail to speak a good word for the town
for they get the very best Of accOmmo-
datiOnS when in Greensboro.
Greensboro is but an instance of
what hotels will do for a town and
what the own is today is due more
to her hotels than anything else. There
is no special reason why the travel
should be all out Of proportion to
NAdl IL was LNC NSaiS GSO III Sill
five large hotels are now required to
accommodate the travelling public
against two medium sized hotels and
even before the old Benbow was burn
ed here there is no reason why the bus
more than -four hundred less than the
present time.
II greater hotel facilities were offer
edhere there is no reasOn why the bus
mess would not increase. At the
present time travelling men will not
come here unless they are absolutely
compelled to do Sc for they know they
may be unable to get a room. With
ample hotel accommodations they
would be glad 10 come here and spend
Sunday and would make this point
more frequently than they do at the
present time.