Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

the grounds. seeking to meet the lover
| of 800 years ago.
Regarding "Riversdale," the beauti-
| Jul place at Bourne End which George
kessler recently bought and has re-
named New York Lodge" many de-
tails have been published, so they need
not be repeated here. ! am told, how
ever, that this, one of the few river
| places that have been bought outright
| by Americans, cost the champagne man
| $4,000. and he is said 10 be spending
800 600 i'm remodeling. enlarging and
furnishing it. 1t has only 20 bedrooms
and is not quite large enough for its
new owners requirements. Inciden-
tally, British journalistic pens have
been dipped in gall to write of the re-
| naming of 'Riversdale,' and comment
on the announcement that 1000 electric
lights win illuminate the grounds at
night.
INVASION WELCOME.
However, all this means business for
British 'tradesmen." by whom, and by
the Thames waterfnen the invasion of
the river by Americans is welcomed.
though 1T be gall and wormwood to the
exclusive English set. For while the
latter are wealthy, and spend money
right and left. yet the Americans are
spending more money. It will easily
approach a million dollars. the sum
That the newcomers will spend there
this season Each bungalow or house
is completely furnished when rented by
the season. And this furnishing on the
river means proper equipment of
boats, such as canoe or put sliff and
launch. The latter may be u steam
gasoline or electric motor launch. but
every house OF decent size has one as
ns.ll In
kind of bungalow costs $50 per week
and the cheapest kind OF house is 500
per week. In bungalow one needs
three indoor servants and one outdoor
who attends to the garden. is engineer
of the launch and perhaps chauf-
feur OF the motor car. The houses need
from half a dozen 10 two dozen serv-
ants or more, depending on their size.
This. of course, runs into a lot OF
money.
The other day went to see the head
of a well-known firm of real estate
agents at Maidenhe7ld. They have
branches everywhere along the river
and handle most OF the property ~ so
that II is to them that Americans rush
If they want a house 1t was this firm
that sold George Kessler his house, that
sold Mrs Brown Potter's house. So
cured n tenant for Amberley and pfac-
tically all the other houses mentioned.
The invasion OF the river by Ameri-
cans, said this authority, rs sudden.
They have come with rush. have
had more requests for river places than
are on the market. II is the first season
that the Americans have come on the
river I'm such numbers. July is just tho
middle OF the season. for we have scores
OF applications for houses and house
boats from Aug. l. We are finding al
ready that many Americans who have
ttagtt. saI 80
much I'm love with the gay river life
that they have instructed US to buy tho
property for them " possible Others
again have already givon us instruc-
lions 10 rent placas for them-the same
place II possihle-neXt year.
REGAL sPENDERs.
'The Americans will spend an i'm
mense amount OF money on the river.
Many who cannot get houses are taking
apartments AT the river hotels Rough
~ ! should estimate the money which
will be spent this year by Americans
here as follows;
neillS '''',',:' ,''''''' ''''' 'Nsou'pVo
Upkeep and living eXponsos...,,. 400, 900
Fetes. extra boats. up-riveT OK
pellhes ss'ss'.st'-s ''fs''t's'st Npivbu
Spent AT hotels, apartments,
houhepohls ',''',,''''.',. '''''' lOO'0W
pANitN9 VI NeAN ~ Nlh1 NlNlNNlN HVfNNN
Rough total ............,.....,,{ss $3.50. 900
Should one include what Americans
spent AZ Ascot and Henley on special
entertainments and special clothes, tho
rough figures might 20 well over the
million mark"
Now that glorious Honley regatta Is
over several Americans win be spend
ing the August weeks In houseboats.
Before Henley the owners or these pa
laual floating homes would not hear OF
renting, and even now they want an
enormous figure.
Besides the hundreds OF American
families doiniciled FOR the season On tho
Thames one must figure IN the invasion
the Two or three thousand perhaps
morn. who spend wcok-ends and weeks
at the old world river inns or the newer
hotels or who motor down from Lon
don under the hour and spend the day
along the beautiful river stretches.
HAYDEN CHURCH.