The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-11-19
THE OGLETHORPE
WILL REMAIN OPEN
UNDER GUARANTEE
MESSRS. FENDIG AND STRACHAN
ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY
AGAINST LOSS.
A MATTER OF CIVIC PRIDE
Action of Local Business Men Viii
Assure Brunswick an Hotel for the
Accommodation of the travelling
Public and Winter Visitors,

Beginning this morning at the Ogle-
thorpe 4l Will be Mine Host" Fen
dig and Mine Host Strachan, ar
rangements being made yesterday
whereby these gentlemen take the
hotel over for the present or until
some definite plan of operation can
be worked out.
The hotel is owned and controlled
by the Oglethorpe company and not
the A, B. & A. and to insure the
house remaining open Messrs. Fendig
and Strachan guaranteed to make up
any dehcit arising from its opera
ton.
This action, which deserves the
public recognition of the entire city,
was taken as maLter of civic pride
and is the '.'Be-fo Brunswick spirit
exemplified. 1t will clarity the situ-
alton for the present and give these
gentlemen and the A., B. & A. an Op-
portunity to negotiate with people
VII, are competent to handle this fine
pIererty.
Messrs Fendig and Strachan nave
personally guaranteed to make good
any loss sustained and have asked no
one to share the burden, but ii any
of the business men Of the city feel
SO disposed they i"ay join the cor
porst'on
The gentlemen hays also assur ed
the present staff At the hotel that
they will be kept on and that salar-
les are guaranteed. This is the spirit
of cooperation that means something
and that counts, insuring as it does
that Brunswick will have hostelry
for the proper care OF the travelling
public and winter visitors.
Following is the statement issued
by Messrs. Fendig and Strachan re
garding the matter:
AN erroneous impression exists re-
garding the ownership of the Ogla-
thorpe hotel. 1t does not belong to
the A., B. & A. Ry Co. or any of the
terminal companies and never did. 1t
is owned by the Ogleihorpe company,
or rather the bondhoiders thereof to
whom it was mortgaged.
THE bonds are owned by num-
Der of northern capitalists in various
cities and they have no more rela-
tionship to the A., B. & A. Ry than
for instance the private business OF
an alderman has to the municipal
col poration of this city.
a. he A., B. & A. is operated By
receivers reporting to the United
States court, and the receivers or
pro erly eXpend one cent toward per-
petuating the active and open opera
ton of the hotel, consequently it is
futile to charge. any actions regard
ing the hotel to the A, B. & A. Ry.
or its management.
1T is a fact the property was
bought and owned to some extent by
some of the capitalists, who invested
in the A., B. & A. securities, but it is
understood there are some owners
in the hotel who are not interested
in the railway.
1T is also true the A., B. & A. Of
fieials have had to do with the man
agement of the Oglethorpe affairs, be-
cause they reside in this locality and
also to some extent are interested in
the property. The very fact these
gentlemen bought and remodeled the
hotel was sufficient proof of their in
terest in Brunswick and their desire
for it's improvement.
1T is an open secret the property
has never yielded these investors
any returns, to the contrary it has
been a constant drain on their poe
kets. The decision of the bondhold-
ers to close the hotel was not case
of getting cold feet at the start, but
a conclusion reached after number
of disheartening losses and disap-
pointments extending over some four
or five years in endeayoring to keep 4
it going.r M
Further it was neither nor is the
intention or desire Of the owners to
eep the hotel permanently closed.
Such action would be suicidal and
but the owners hare
concluded to close it nutil a good, re-
sponsible hotel man can be located |
to handle it.
a'The owners are willing to let any