Arizona republican., 1911-05-08
MEETING AN
 EMERGENCY New Wing VIII Be Added To Commercial Hotel BUSINESS NOW DEMANDS II Improvement Will Also Fur nish Accommodations for Growing Needs of Talbot & Hubbard and Donofrio- Zunkel Go.
BUSINESS NOW DEMANDS II

For d year or so past Phoenix has ! enjoyed a perpetual building boom in
 the residence sections while the busi-
 ness part of the city made little pro- gress. In recent months, however. there has been a change as indicated by the new National Bank of Ari- ! zona, Hotel Adams md Redewill | buildings. But within the last two
 or three weeks there has been more new work projected as outlined in these columns than has occurred be- fore for years. some of it being all ready under way.
 The latest announcement is the | building of another wing to the Com mercial hotel. an undertaking that will be under way jdst as soon as the plans can be turned out by Architect ! R. W. LesCher. who by the way. was 1 the architect for the splendid new of | flee building of the Water Users as- sOCiatiOn Tenants are already se 1 cured for the ground floor and base ment of the proposed new wing of the Commercial and indeed their needs have rather hurried Proprietor George H N. Luhrs to the rushing of
 this latest improvement It has only been a few months since he added d story to the north wing and made ] otker improvements. and then fitted up the office with new tile floor and he thought then that he was l through building for a time But a business man has to keep pace with
 the times and. Mir Luhrs expects by fall to have hotel not quite SD Inn posing in its outside appearance. and of not quite SD many rooms. but equally as comfortable and perfectly | appointed as the new Adams hotel now under construction He will make two bites at the cherry. though The first will be the wing above re- l ferred to and as soon as that is fin | ished he plans to remodel the front and the office interior
 The new wing will run from Jef- l ferson street north to tine alley known officially as Commercial" street. running from Cactus Way to Wall street. Its length therefore will | be 1371a feet In width the new wing will take up all the room between the
 ends of the north and south wings and Cactus Way. As the north wing is a few feet longer than the south
 wing. the width of the new structure
 at the north end on Commercial street
 will be approximately 10 feet and the
 width on Jefferson street will be ap proXimately 4S feet
 When this structure is up the block | bounded by Washington. Jefferson and | First streets. and Central avenue will be built up solidly. and the quarter | block occupied by the Commercial hotel will be all solid house. except | for little courtyard right in the
 center just a few feet square and which in itself will serve for many useful purposes.
 This new wing will be of two sto-
 ries and q basement. tSt the fOunda- | ton will be strong enough to support
 one or even two added stories at a
 later date if they are desired This wing is not designed at present to add any more guest rooms to the | capacity of the hotel but to furnish ! facilities for better utilizing the store room apartments and better accom- | modating present guests. Every hotel | catering to commercial trade must | have sample rooms. At present the | Commercial has to use one of the | Central avenue storeroomS which is
 too valuable for such a purpose. and
 any other odd and inconvenient apart
 ments that may be available. When