Arizona republican., 1910-05-19
Goinq After the New Hotel.

The action of the mayor and coun- mi;toe or business men to confer with Alr J. C. Adams at the board of trade rooms this afternoon at :.S9 o'clock n the project of d new hotel was decidedly wise step and II was eX- i.ressive of public sentiment
 Phoenix needs nothing so much just now as d new hotel For the past year the hotel facilities of the city have been unequal to the demand. During the busy season Of the past winter il was a daily event for num- erous visitors to be denied accommo- dations at the hotels for lack of room Many hundreds of people who would have remained here for weeks or months left the city with reluc- tance and went to the coast or else where This was the condition. with the Adams hotel in commission. That house destroyed. the city is con- fronted bv a situation which must be remedied at the earliest possible moment.
 The Adams. which was sufficiently modern al the time of construction, Was not up to the times" The city was beginning to need badly strict Iy modern hotel-a hotel whose ac- commodations and comforts would appeal to the travelling public and to winter visitors. That need has now become acute.
 We must have a hotel of at least S00 rooms: a hotel constructed in conformity with modern requirements. It must be fire proof. of course; that goes without saying And it must be such hotel as will compare favOra bly, with the favorite hotels of Los Angeles and Pasadena. Now is the time for Phoenix to be placed in the front rank of winter resorts. There are thousands upon thousands of wealthy Americahs who each winter travel to the mild climate or Florida or the southwest. No other spot in America offers such climatic induce inents as Phoenix. But climatic in- ducements are not enough. People of the class mentioned insist upon hay ing the best hotel accommodations They are more than willing to pay the price if they get the service. Large numbers of them will come to Phoenix if we provide the hotel ac- commodations.
 What this means to the prosperity of the city is clear to all. IL should be equally clear that d hotel which will cater to the best trade will pay. Capital would look in vain for a bet ter investment in the whole west than a first-class and commodious hotel in Phoenix Contrary to the inn pressions of some people. it is not necessary to make estimates on win ter business" alone. IL is easily pos sible. by proper construction, which will comprise modern ventilating and cooling plant. to make the new hotel cool and comfortable throughout the summer. And the business is here for hotel in summer as well as in winter. These are facts which should be kept in mind in making plans for cooperation between our citizens and Mir Adams.
 To elaborate little: Let us sup pose that the new hotel is to be, say, six stories in height, and of reinforced concrete. fire-proof construction. A roof garden upon such a hotel. fur nishing refreshments and a summer theater would be mint" in itself IL would have hundreds of patrons every night.
 The gentlemen named by the mayor and council should each of them make it point to be at the meeting this afternoon. And every other citi- zen who is interested in the welfare of the city should be on hand The list of men invited, which we print elsewhere, is by no means exclusive. It is list only of the citizens whose names happened to occur to the may or and council in a hurried meeting. It is to be a meeting of the people, and everybody is invited.