The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14


 fully said that this city has no ade-- quate hotel. There is enough now for sometime though it is believed if the Roden is ever finished it will find a field for it's operations.
 Men Who Are Responsible
 The Tutwiler is named in honor of Maj. Edward Magruder Tutwiler. He bought $500 900 in first mortgage bonds He also built the 900 Ridgely. He possessed some idle money and it was suggested that he would be doing a great thing to help out on the hotel. At that time the Chamber of Commerce committee, with W. P. G. Harding as chairman. was try ing to get a hotel. Major Tutwiler said well and good and wrote a counter check. Harvey c. Woodward owned the lot on the corner of Fifth avenue and Twen- tieth street desired for the hotel. His agent, Eugene L. Brown, and Robert Jem- ison. Jr., conferred. Harvey Woodward and MT. Brown said that they would ac- cept second mortgage bonds for the site valued at s3OO0oO In addition Mir. Wood ward and MT. Brown bought some first mortgage bonds. This was considered es- pecially praiseworthy on the part Of MT. Woodward and Mir. Brown
 That was the first real step. George Gordon Crawford bought a quantity or stock MT. Harding bought some. John L. Kaul, Frank Nelson. Jr., Robert Jemi- son and Robert Jemison, Jr., bought some. William Webb Crawford entered into the matter, as did the Sakses and other prom inent citizens. So that when Birmlng- ham people go through their hotel tomor- row they may say to themselves: our men did this. All of this (except the furniture) is Birmingham money
 William Leslie Welton was the archi- 1xx-fft, nv a h. itects away from here to get data. Final ly w. l.. Stoddard of New York was called In as associate architect, and under the architectural direction of these two men the house was built. George Cor don Crawford, than whom there Is no better executive in the south. and Robert Jemison, Jr., have worked without ceas- ing to create the type of hotel which was believed to be imperative. They worked like beavers to get for this city place that the whole south could be proud of, and one which local citizens away from home could refer to with pleasure. They wanted elegance, magnificance, dignity, restfulness, home-likeness-and they have attained that ambition.
 Tariffs Will Be Reasonable
 The Tutwiler, despite its wonderful equipment, it's capacity and it's elegance, will not have excessive tariffs The United
 
 reasonable charges and they will carry out that reputation here George w. Traylor, Jr.. is local manager with a corps of assistants that are said to be thoroughly trained hotel men and very efficient.
 The operating company officials do nos feel that the Tutwiler will injure any ex- isting hotel or cafe here. They feel thar there is room here for a hotel of the Tutwiler character and elegance. They also believe there is room here for hotels like the Motion, Empire, the Hillman, the Florence, the Morris and the Metrupoli- tan. It Is believed that all of these smaller hotels will be benefited by the coming of the Tutwiler.
 That hotel standing out as the prin- cipal star of the galaxy will attract convention after convention and dele gation after delegation. Naturally there will be greater crowds here There will