The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-04
new HOTEL FOR
BROAD |:|.A|| D STREET.
Strong Company Organized Last
Night to Build and Equip
" Splendid Structure.
IN. is. Wal LERsT TEN PRES DENT
Large Real Estate Holder Heads
Company With Contractor
Wilson Nicc-Prcsidcllt

53s$ The new hotel and baths for Broad
III Etrcet Is now an assured thing ana R'ch-
e fr1ond's main thoronghfnrc VIII soon see
i . handsome sx-story 11tildng next to tho
4 new Bijou Theatre.
"a AT d meeting OF the men who nre In
8terested in the project in the Jefferson
( Hotel last night the Virginia Hotel ana
1sath Company was organized and the
Officers and board of directors appointed.
4 Work on the new building will be begun
nj once and fine structure OF reinforced
concrete and modern equipment ~ eHels
y particular is promised in the near fl-
ture. f1 8,
i$ "A. j. wolverton, oversecr Of the baths
at the jefferson Hotel is to be nccrcditcd
y for the new movement which Will give
v this city another hotel with baths which
II will surpass those Of almost any other
\ city in the country. He worked hard 10
y make the thing a reality and last night $
4 result was the outcome Of his labors to
* organize the company.
Mr.. Wal1erstein President.
Hs III. S. Wallerstcin is the president Ut the
IF rev company and Mr.. John n. Wilson
" IS the vice president. Mr.. w. G. Watson
& IS the secretary and treasurer and Mr.
Il John Howard Jr. will act as counsel.
fl9 Among those present at the meeting
8last night were some of Richmonds most
representative citizens. The work Of or
Eanizatlon was gone init earnestly and
i !, substantial company was formed with
K nm authorized capital of s25o,0o
S5s The company has an option on the lot
west of the Bjou, which is a large one,
4 having a front of forty feet and extend-
u ing 125 feet to the rear. The ground VIII
~ cost $4,000, and the option expires May
n 9th, but can be renewes for ninety days.
at tie pleasure of the probable pur-
n chasers.
The plans for the new hotel and baths
y have been drawn ND by Architect NJ j
8Dinlmock and w. Duncan Lee, and the
Il cost Of construction represents an outlay
y OF nearly a hundred thousand dollars.
The building will be Of the finest AMI
the equipment will be the hest Of any
\ similar hotel In the country The, spccln
feature will be the arrangement Of baths,
which will be under the management of
& Mfr. Wolverton. Turkish. Roman and
n Russian baths will he Installed and the
d bath apartments will equal any IN the
+ United States.
81 ii connection with the baths Will DO n
pool twenty-five by fifty feet, built OF
& marble and mosaic. and supplied with
water from an artesian we'll fifty feet
= deep.
Board Of Directors.
The following is the list of the board
Il az directors OF the new company: Messrs.
John H. Wilson, H. S. Wallerstein. An
drew Pizzini Jr., e. Ullman, CAPTAIN M.
). Dimmock, James J. Pollard, Judlsin WV
# Stngg,f S. Galeski, Fl Fl. Reeder, W. 1.
n Yarbrough and T.. a. DIETRICH.
~ The granting of n charter to the W.
ginia Hotel and Bath Company is only
Ia matter Of Jew days. The stock or
tho company vii, be In twenty-year per
cent. gold coupon bonds, Of 500. the IN
#terest to be paid semi-annually. The pur-
4 noses of the new corporation as set lortn
Fl in the charter, are:
~ ..ro engage in tho business OF conouc.-
ing hotels. restaurants, cafes. rhthskel
31ers Russian and Turkish baths ana
nlaces of public or private entertain
\ snent and amusement; to acquire BY lease
or purchase, land vacant or improved
40 be used for such and similar pur,
noses to buy and sell real estate ana
personal property as may be necessary
ITr such purposes; and generlly, to con
7 duct nv lawful business not inconsistent
i with the purpose above named.