El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-01
NEW HOTEL WILL BE MONEY MAKER.
Promoters Believe Ell Paso
Offers Splendid Field for
Such an Institution.
Plans Are Completed for Its
Observation-Disclosures
in Every Respect.

This is the opening quotation of the
prospectus for the big. new FL Paso
hotel-"The Ell Paso." The promoters
of the hotel declare that the German
historian, when he wrote more than a
century ago, must have had Ell PaSo in
mind
The new hotel, according to the pro-
motors, is to cost 100000. Walter D.
O'Brien, who has the undertaking in
charge, believes there is no question
about it being successfully financed
and, with the Ell Paso promoters. is
most enthusiastic.
The property owners to be directly or
indirectly benefited are disposed to CO.
operate, and the financial success of
the plan locally is believed to be as
sured by the support of such men as u.
T. White, Walter Earhart ]. j. Mundy,
J. Z. Sweeney, J. G.. McNary, w. G..
Walz, Jos. Magoffln, Joshua Reynolds,
Phil Young, w. Konlberg, A Aron-
stein, and Aug. AndreaS, besides the
San Francisco firms of Clarke &
O'Brien and Heller & Wilson; a direc
torate will be chosen later on from
among those interesting themselves in
the project.
The First National bank of FL Paso
is to be the depositary and custodian
of funds, and the Rio Grande Valley
Bank & Trust company, trustee undeE
the bond issue. Clarke & OBrien, OF
San Francisco, to be the financial
agents, and Walter D. O'Brien, mana
ger.
The Ell Paso Hotel company is to be
organized for the purpose of buying
the site, erecting a first class, modern
hotel on the northwest corner of Ell
Paso and Overland streets, and furnish
ing and operating the same"
1t is the intention of this company to
dispose of preferred stock, which is
10 bear interest at the rate of Z per-
cent per annum, payable semi-annually,
and common stock and bonds. The
bonds will bear interest at the rate of
percent and will be secured by a first
mortgage on the land and building
owned by the hotel company, a deed of
trust TO be held by the Rio Grande VAL
ley Bank and Trust company to Sc
cure payment of principal and interest.
Description of Hotel.
The designing and planning Of ;h5
FL Paso hotel incorporates the best
ideas of modern hotel service, inspired
by exhaustive study of the great cara
vansaries in every important metrop-
oils.
The building is to be first class in
to the last bit of decoration.
The facade, which has the advantage
of three street fronts, is to be seven
stories and mezzanine in height, Ital-
ian Renaissance in design.
The top will be surrounded by an i'm
posing loggia, enclosing the roof gar
den, which is to be one of the many
attractive features of this hotel.
Every room in the hotel is an outside
room, and has connected with it eth
er a bathroom, shower room or wash
room, so that guests are insured first
class service.
To Have Roof Garden.
The roof garden is to combine the
principal features of eastern roof gar
dens. It can be used as an open-air
restaurant and cafe, or for vaudeville
or other entertainments, for which
purpose an elevated stage is to be pro-
vided.
On entering the hotel one will pass
through a vestibule, both sides Of
which will be given to concessions,
such as cigars, new stands, curios, tel
egraph and telephone booth.
From this vestibule the guest passes
into an imposing lounging room in the
center of the building, "a feet in height,
lighted by an ornamented glass cell
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radiate all the main working parts Of
the hotel, such as office. dining room,
kitchen, cafe and grill bar, elevators,
ETC., all ideally arranged
The bar and cafe will be arranged
and conducted more like a lounging
room of club, so that a guest will feel
perfectly at home in transacting bust
ness in them.
The FL Paso street front of the
ground floor will be reserved for
stores; the remainder of the ground
floor will be used by the hotel and will
be artistically finished, using such ma
terials as marble, Caen stone, ornamen-
tai iron and plaster.
Many Novel Ideas.
The mezzanine floor will have a bal
cony overlooking the lounging room
and such minor rooms as women's re-
ception room, waiting room and chill
dren's dining room. On this floor will
also be located drummers' large sam
pie rooms, with baths attached, so that
a travelling salesman will be able to
use one room for two purposes, sleeping
and business.
In the basement will be located a
billiard room and barber shop, also such
rooms as servants dining room and
locker room, baggage room, receiving
diAu SlOidSC engine ana
boiler room, which will contain a re-
frigeration plant for cooling ice boxes
and making ice; also a blower and ex-
haust vacuum cleaning plant and a
system of ventilation which will change
the air in the principal rooms on first
and mezzanine floor every ten minutes.
conservative estimate of the Earn
ings and expenses Of the Ell Paso Hotel
company has been prepared. This fol-
lows:
Earnings.
Gross income from 216 rooms
based on "A rooms being va
cant eight months ond 40
rooms vacant four months Of
the year .$12S760
Six stores on Ell Paso street. $4,000
Concessions in hotel. . $3.50
Saloon, grill and roof garden. 10000
lee cream parlor- ........ 1000
$166,240
Expenses.
wages ..---.-.S 5O,3ZU
Coal gas and oil. ....... $500
Taxes and insurance. .. 5000
44,S2O
Net income. 1921, 420
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