Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-18
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 ON HOTEL T5ULOCK.
The Owners Issue a Statement in Which They Outline the
 Proposed Changes.


 to a connection wi h the Rock Island has been almost startiing. Now that the bridge is assured by the ap- nnintment cf the bridge commissicn- CTS hv County Judge Kerwin. and as this assures the building of the North and South road. which was dependent upon the construction of the bridge. the city has taken on new lfe that hesDeaks more then words can pre- neous with the announcement of tho bridge commissioners by Judge ksr- win followed the amour cement Of tae CT eanization of the Southern Land company, a half million dollar con cern for promoting real estate.
 Perhaps greatest among the indiv d. ual Improvements decided upon and conditioned upon the building of the new line of railway. however, is the re- modelling of the Hotel Trulock. the story of which was told exclusively in the columns of the Graphic Wednes- day afternoon Since the publication of the story. the Messrs. Truloc1 have given out the following formal statement. which goes into the details of the contemplated improvements:
 "Yes, We intend to remodel our hotel and expect to spend between $50, 900 and s60,oOO to that end We have been thinking of the matter for some time and only decided to do so since the county has pledged itself to the building of free bridge across the river which insures us an inde- pendent line of railroad connecting Pine Bluff with the great Rock Island systen1-which means Greater Pine Bluff. We have employed as architect 1 Mr. Chas L. Thompson of Little Rock, who has constructed several hotels 1n Hot Springs and other places. He l is now working on the plans and ex- poets to complete them in about two weeks, and just as soon as we can let the contract expect to push the work as rapidly as possible. We will change the entire ground floor, the office or lobby will be in the center Of the building and will extend around fin an [. shape to the ladies entrance on West Court square, which will be about twice as large as the present lobby. The floor will be a beautiful design of mosaic tile. and we will wainscott in marble, about four feet high. The same will be done in the main dining room. ladies cafe and gentleman's cafe. In fact, the; entire ground floor will be laid on mosaic tile The main or gentleman's toilet will be treated likewise, with marble fixtures. The walls and ceilings of the lobby, dining room, ladies cafe. gentleman's cafe, etc, will be artisti- cally decorated, thus making them neat and elegant. As we expect the town to grow rapidly we will build an addition to the rear, thus giving uc more rooms. We will install cleo l tric passenger and freight elevators. equip every room in the house with telephones and lavatories, and will :, have forty rooms with private bath The house will be refurnished from top to bottom, and every room will be elegantly furnished and as con- fortable and convenient as a private home. We will also have several pri- vata dining rooms for the accommeda ton of parties The kitchen (which is one Of the most important points in a hoteN will be p by 5 feet and equipped with all the modern conven- fences. The hotel will be run both oa the American and European plans, and eH a strictly high class basis, and We believe the visitors 10 our city want and expect as good hotel accom- wedations here as they can eet any. whore, and We propose to give # 70 them.
 eve gre pushing the matter as ra~- idly as possible and hone to hay aeta- al work beain by about March l aH3 when fl is completed, vi c1 N'i1l ha fn about four months afta9 begin nipe work. expect to have as eoo1= ae3 .s ento=a]a.e hotel $ there k in fss state.
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