Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-18
Former Albanian, Now Operating
Inn at Montgomery, Takes Over
AosteIry for Long Term-WiII
Take Complete Charge at Once.
Harry N, Dutton Will Continue as
Manager, With Frank Taylor as
His Assistant-Heads of All the
Departments To Be Retained.

The Piedmont Hotel Company, of
which George w. PARROT and United
Scales Senator Hoke Smith are the
nrtrcipaI stockholders, announced last
night that the hotel has been leased
fer Il long term OF years to James f.
Hickey. head of the Hickey Hotet
COMPANY. now operating the FIX
change Hotel in Montgomery, Ala,
and one Of the best known hotel men
in the South
Mr. Hickey lived in Atlanta for
s5rr years. but for some five or six
years maGc his home in Montgomery.
About fl wear ago he returned to Al
h.ta. and has announced that he viii
.7oad most Of his time here in the
future.
Announcement of extended i'm
movements that will be begun at once
was made by the hotel management
following the transfer of the lease.
Mr. Hickey proposes to spend MOI e
than 100000 in new furniture and
equipment. and in repairs and in
pToyements.
viii improve RathskeIler.
Chief among the improvements will
be 50 new rooms with baths, which
will be added to the 400 which he
hotel already offers to the public; an
ornate entrance on Forsyth street, di-
Tectly opposite the Forsyth Theater,
and rathskeller, to be located i,'
the basement of the hotel, on the
Peachtree street side. Mr.. Hickey
stated that he intends to make The
rarhskeller one of the most magnifi-
cent and elaborate in the South.
Mr. Hickey will take charge Of the
property at once, and expects to begin
work on many of the contemplated
Improvements as soon as the neces-
sayy arrangements can be made.
There will be no change in the man
agament of the hotel.
Harry \. DuttOn, for eight years
manager of the Piedmont and consid-
cred one Of the best and most pro-
g'es,iye hotel men of the South, will
continue in charge of the house, and
X Frank Taylor, who came to Allan
Ia several years ago from the Month
cello Hotel, Norfolk, Va, will con-
uhue as assistant manager.
The policies of Mr.. Dutton and Mr..
Taylor which have made the Pied
mont one Of the best known hotels m
Ae United States, will prevail under
ha new ownership. Mr.. Dutton also
VIII retain the heads of his service
apartments in their present posi-
tons.
Climax Of Series Of Changes.
HE transfer of the lease from the
owners of the property to Mr.. Hickey
comes as a climax to a series OF
''hses through which the hotel has
pa'Sed within the past few weeks
harvey & Wood, operators Of the
bellevue in Boston, the Hampton Ter
race IN Augusta and the Georgian
I''Face in Atlanta, have operated the
''anont since it's construction some
WE'VE years ago.
"'S'f'ng to reduce their holdings NJ
-'.' property, they have considered
'>f'S'ns Of the Piedmont lease toy
'''"Ta. months, despite the fact that
SUN had seven years to run. A ten
'' aa!eement was made some
.".".as ago whereby the J. p. Pound
''Npany was to take over the cp-
"'aon Of the Piedmont, made shorty
''.o'e the holidays, but fell through
ing to the objection Of the owners
" ."- property, Mr.. Parrot and Sen
smith, TO certain changes that
round had in mind.
LESS than two weeks ago Harvey &
'a feiinquished their lease to the
'"8F' NJ the property, and Mr.. Dut-
.' and Mr., Taylor operated tho hotel
.'' 'aeir direction until the deal
~" ". Hickey was contaminated