The Alaska citizen., 1911-01-02
NIXON WRITES OF
 NEW VENTURE

letter from R. F.. Nixon. one of the original prhprietors of the Northern, Seattle. 10 Bill McPhee. gives some Interesting information regarding olitimers. as well as an account of the H3tal Frye, which Nixon is 10 assume the management of. MT. Nixon says in part:
 Seattle, Wash, Dec Is. Dear Friend Bill:
 In my last letter of two m~nths ago, I told You of having sold out my interests in the iIotel Northern to NIT. Boyker.
 You will notice from the enclosed clipping that l am going to open he Hotel Frye, the Largest and fin est hotel north of san Francisco.
 This hotel is class A structure. being fire proof, built of steel rein forced cement with terra cotta exter- for and marble finish, the building alone costing Sl,oOO,OOO consisting of loo rroms, of which 200 have pri yate baths.
 Through the owner I will furn- ish this hotel with the highest grade of hotel furniture We will have every mndern convenience. in that all rooms will have hot and cold running water, long distance telephones in every room, filtered drinking water. the latest Webster valve heating system, the Vacuum cleaning system. hot and cold show CT baths and dressing room or each floor
 am going 10 take care of all my friends and customers at the same prices as at the Northern }1.00 per day and UP, and l will have $50 per day rooms with bath. Our slogan will be, Room with Bath for D liar Half.
 l will operate a first class grill in connection with the hotel, which will be located on the main floor directly off the lobby, which will seat 200 people The bar will also be directly connected with the Grill and lobby. and Will be furnished in mahogany. marble and onyx.
 I am going to make it the only firepr0of and modern hotel down town for the masses, instead of an uptown hotel for fhe classes. IL is an ideal location. standing on the corn
 r of Third and Pref ntaine place immediately opposite the city hall, md across the street from the Are tie. four blocks from the pOstOfTice and two blocks from the Rainier club. also Seattle Athletic club, two blocks from Pi-neer Square, one- half block from the new C. L. Smith big store building.
 Now, Bill, have given you enough n hotel dope, and will now tell ou that I lost my dear father who lied, October 13, and you dent know how glad l am that l went to SC him, he talked of it to the last. Your old friend Hank Summers is here in Seattle; he has got the world by the seat of the pants and a down hill pull in a new patent 10 make the GUggs get down on their hands and knees 10 him. Ii looks good on the face of it and he will be on the river with it in the spring. Our mutual friend, Hamilton has landed f ct first and has been elected county commissioner and wished me to say hello for him. He is going to make good; you know he is a rustler Brown is going to open a fine saloon and family li- luor store, Third and James, near our hotel. Jul Guise is doing fine with his apartment house, the Mil ton it is called. and is running full all the time, and you bet he is run n iOcr it ritrht and has 1u to oO on tho waiting list fer apartments, the To- cation is so good. Dan McGilvray and the Alaska crowd put in the first well week ago or so and are running at the rate of 5000 bar rels a day.
 There's only one tailor In town and that's Reagan, Second avenue.