The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-14
FOR A FINE HOTEL
Fifty Thousand Dollars Is to Be
Spent on National.
VIII Have a Frontage OF 135
Feet on Kansas Avenue
PLANS BEING MADE.
Addition Will Be Five Stories
High.
Roof Garden to Be Turned Into
Sample Rooms.
PLANS BEING MADE

improvements To cost AT least
$50, 900 may soon 10 be made On the
National hotel
Despite the Efforts Of these inter
ested 10 keep the details of the big
deal from the public, the story leaked
out this morning Plans for the i'm
provements have already been drawn
by N P Nielsen an architect with Of
fees in the Crawford building Bids
for the work have been sent in by con-
tracing firms and the work should be-
gin in near future The roof garden
Is 70 be completed and made into sam
PIE rOomS.
Under the plans drawn by Architect
Nielsen. the hotel viii extend north
including the Curry pr sDeEry- al pres
eHE occupied by 4 five and ten cent
store. The Elliott property adjoining
viii he taken IN as VII the Walker
building. occupied by the Felix Cloth
ing firm next door 10 the hotel prop
erty. The new addition 70 the hotel
viii be five stories high ard modern IN
every respect and VIII gIy= the hotel
IS5-foot frontage on Kansas avenue
Arches Will be cut and he stores VIII
# they continue To OCCUPY their pres
ert quarters. he connected with the
hotel in this way Th= r0Ou1S VIII be
Up-tO-date ard the hotel VIII be one
Of the hest II the was Il Is under
$1,000 LL1L the QL&A lL liz N'GA--
traI National bank in the hotel VIII be
turned into d hotel lobby The barber
shop viii he moved TO the first door
and made into ore OF the finest shops
IN the west
For reasons best known to himself.
Horace Humphreys. manager Of the
National refused 70 discuss the in
provemeuts this morning
NO, indeed. 7 have nothing to say.
Not one word was the best Hum
phreys had % offer
Architect " P Nielsen declared
this morning that he had the plans
all ready for the work 70 do ahead I
have drawn Up the plans, said Mr.
Nielsen but further than ID say this.
I can not make any statement
Under the plans OF Architect Mel
sen. the roof garden will be removed
from the National hotel The build
tug next door. TO the hotel VIII not be
disturbed except for Interior in
provemens. The Elliott building the
next structure II L1e- VIII De built up
as Will be the Curry property A total
Of ISIS rooms furnished in the very
latest style. and having private baths
attached viii be added giving the no
tel q greatly increased number OF
apartments
Arepresentatfve Of the Elliott prop
erty was seen this morning and stat
ed that nothing definite had been
done. by the hotel management. to-
ward securing lease pro perry
owned by John Elliott It IS known
however. thar Humphreys had 4 talk
with members OF the Elliott family at
which he uufoIded the plans to them
for greater hotel It is expected
that something Will be done toward
sfgufuz ID the leases within 4 few
days
ThrOOp Being Improved
The Troop under the management
of A 2. CoIsou viii also be improved
Mr. CoIson Is spending q large sum
OF money. at this time, improving the
uroperrv. From basement TO roof the
house is being gone over, and Is being
nut IN first class Condition The rooms
ara being refuruzshed. new carpets put
down
CoI-on Tells Plans
Speaking Of his plans for the future,
Mr. CoISou said
7 have faith in Topeka and am going
&c show IL by spending money On the
ThrDOp [ am going 20 put this house
IN the finest kind OF condition and give
the people a first class hotel topeka i
10 longer a small place, but growing
efry You would be surprised 70 learn
tFe mum be- Of statesmen for big houses
over the country and they talk I want
tFeu1 70 sueak well Of this city. and one
Uav 70 accomplish this end l. % give
rFe-1 rOCd hotel service NICE Euor11S and
the right kind Of Treatment ms VII De
done a FAR as the T1rQop Is concerned
IF business i1SCIfieS II and C1Iuk II
will in 4 very short time II * my DEefl-
ri0n ID add a couple OF stories 10 the
Th-u0p property rs can &c SALeiy zone
and without much trouble because the
structure Il one OF the aNEo1e@sL 70 DC
found anywhere