The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-11
He and President Rockwell Will Be First Guests at
 New Hostelry
ARMY OF EMPLOYES TO BE ON HAND TODAY
Local Manager of Construction Com- pany Tells of Some of Record Work Done on New
 Hotel

Frederick w. Rockwell. president of the United Hotels company and F. A. Wells. the millionaire contractor who has com p,eted the Tutwiler in record breaking time. will be the first guests of the Tut wiler hotel. They will arrive this morn ing.
 It may be that MT. Rockwell will not pay for his accommodations at the Tut wiler but it is certain that MT. Wells will be charged a high tariff for the local officials framed up on the widely known has been insisting that his forces here finish the Tutwiler quick. wired yester- day from Texas that he would be here to- day and would demand accommodations at the $f,500O 900 hotel
 He may have been joking, but his local manager. John Harris, immediately con ferred with Secretary D. M. Johnson and George Traylor, local hotel manager. They came to the conclusion that MT. Wells could have a room and assigned him one on the tenth floor. There it is that MT. Wells will slumber tonight. Per haps he will be surprised to find his room ready. He will be more surprised when he pays for dinner with accessories at the opening Monday night. It is planned to stick" the ''old man" if such a prop osition is possible.
 MT. Rockwell, president of the United Hotels company, the operating concern for the Tutwiler, will be here until the opening Monday. He will help Secretary
 n m pSnf Doc ~. Traylor and others of the staff in get ting the final details arranged. MT Rock well, it is stated, will have with him quite a party of friends at the dinner Monday night
 Formerly Turned Over Monday
 With the arrival of Mr. Wells and MT. Rockwell and incidentally of Robert Jem-
 son, Jr., from New York today, it is stated that the Tutwiler will be formally delivered to the owning company, of which George Gordon Crawford is presi- dent, perhaps Monday morning. The op- erating company will then take charge and the afternoon reception will be staged Monday with the dinner Monday night
 John Harris, local manager for Wells Bros, in answer to inquiries yesterday. said that everything would be ready for the opening Monday. He made only one exception, and that was the circular stair way, leading from the main lobby to the second floor.
 The marble work there is somewhat behind, but we have not given up hope on that said MT. Harris. "The stairway is just like the Blackstone stairway in Chicago, which we constructed, and that stairway gave us trouble. It may be- however, that we will be through with that detail. All the remainder of the hotel is in good shape. Our mechanical plant is in better shap than any job was ever on. It has been going now for two weeks and is in fine condition The elevators have been tested to the last de- gree and they are ready We are getting matrial in by express on every train which is being placed rapidly. We will be short only few heaters and all will admit that heaters will not be necessary here for few days at least
 This work has been really remark able in some ways. We have spent hun dreds of dollars getting express matter here and have gone to the extent of send ing car loads of material here by express costing $400 per car. We have at times had five or six men on the road chasing delayed materials, trying to make a record on this job. The express matter on this job. I venture to say, will equal that of any six buildings ever erected in Bir- 
 Score of Employes on Hand
 A mountain of work will be done by the hotel organization today and until the opening. Last night 29 employees, both men and women, arrived from the cast on one train, while IT employees came in on a later train. All of them will be ac- in the servants quarters on the top of the Tutwiler. The employees are scheduled to start work this morning getting the house in order.
 It was announced yesterday by Resident Traylor in connection with the opening that the governor of Alabama had declined an invitation to the opening and sent his regrets. 1t is taken that the military staff of the governor will not be here in official capacities. although Gen. Joseph B. Scully and other attaches to the stan are expected in town. for the opening.
 The hotel was inspected yesterday by President George G. Crawford of the owning company and by John l.. Kaul, vice president. They are pleased with the progress being made and are antici- pating the opening with great interest.