The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-09
MAN|TOU HOTEL
TO Be enlarged
$. II. Auerbach TO EXpend Over
$4,000 in RemOdeling and
Furnishing.
CAPACITY OF HOUSE TO
BE GREATLY INCREASED
Mrs. Ida NJ. Goldman Will MAN.
age Popular House Upon
Its Completion.

Salt Lake City is soon TO have an'
other model hotel, which, il is declared,
viii compare favorably with tho other
hotels Of the city. especially in point
of furnishings The Manitou, located
on East Third South street, which was
recently purchased by Samuel IL. Aucr-
bach Of New York is the house which
is to undergo numerous changes, Ac-
cording to present plans. the entire
house VIII be thoroughly remodcled
aud renovated. Besides this, it Will he
enlarged and rcfurnishcd. over Soo,-
600 will be expended in these features,
For over fifteen years the Manltou
has been doing business in this city
rs u hotel, ana i'll that period has
housed some of the most distinguished
personagcs III the country. Gradually
other hotels We're opened upon larger
scales. and these forged to the front,
leaving the Mauitou as enc of the sec
ond choice houses of the city.
Located so near the Knutsford, aud
long been felt, should become one of
tho first-class hotels Of the city IN
point of size aud furnishings, as well
as i'll point of location. 1T is believed
that these facts presented themselves
TO Mr.. Auerbach at the time he con-
templatcd the purchase of the prop
erty, and now, having secured it, he
has started campaign of thorough
renovation III more ways than one.
The Manitou is Il hotel of eighty
rooms. 1t has been used for years rs
both u permanent and transient house.
but when the plans which have been
drawn arc completed IT will become
one of the city's leading commercial
hotels.
Hotel to Be Enlarged.
The plans call for the cnlargjng of
the house. Room which Is now taken
up for various other purposes will
with the addition thus secured the ho-
tel will be able TO boast of an even 40
rooms when the work is completed.
Besides this, the lobby is to bn entirely
remodcled. Work upon this Will be
started in the near future. and the
present office, which is dark and un.
inviting, will he Transformed into n
handsome lobby. well lighted and fit
ted i'll the fastest and most up-to-date
style.
The remodelng of the Manitou Will
cost in the neighborhood of $50, 600,
while the furnishings Will cost approx
mately $4,000.
The matter of furnishing he hotel
has been placed in the hands of the
Freed Furniture carpet company.
One half of the rooms are TO be fur
uishcd i'm mission. while the remaining
half VIII have CircasSIan walnut and
mahogany furniture. The lobby is to
he furnished in handsome Spanish
leather. This furniture is expensive,
and has been purchased by tho Freed
Furniture company expressly for the
Manitou.
In speaking of the furnishings for
the house, Lester n Freed said that
they will he as fine as can be found
in any hotel In the city, or in Utah
for that matter. Mr. Freed stated that
his company had made q special effort
10 secure only the best goods the mar
ket affords. under orders from Mr..
Auerbach. aud when the house is done
and ready TO receive the public again
il viii rank as one of the best Ill the
city.
Mrs. Goldman to Manage.
II Will he of interest TO the public
to know that The Manitou VIII be man
aged by Mrs Ida NJ. Goldman. who also
owns and manages the Touralnc. Mrs.
Goldman win continue io manage this
popular house, but viii devote the ma.
lor portion of her time 10 looking after
the Mantou when it is completed.
All the old furnishings of the Mani
tou have been sold, and when The house
is again ready for business every one
of the 40 rooms Will have new furni-
turc, carpets. curtains, linens and the
like throughout.