The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
TUTW|LER BUSINESS PLEASES OFF|CERS0F UNITED HOTELS C0.
Rockwell and Johnson Reach Birmingham for Steel In- stitute-Very Optimistic
 Regarding Outlook

Frederick W. Rockwell. vice president Of the United Hotels company, operating the Tutwiler hotel. and D. NJ. Johnson, sec- retary. are here to be present during the
 meeting of the American Iron and Steel institute and to look over the hotel since it's opening June 15 last. Mir. Rockwell was guest of George w. Traylor and Mrs. Traylor at luncheon yesterday. and later was a guest of Robert Jemison, Jr., | at the football game, which he grew en- thusiastic over.
 In every way MT. Rockwell was en- thusiastic. He said that the Tutwiler had gained considerable ground during the
 past few weeks. that the patronage was getting better every day, that the outlook was exceedingly bright. and that the managing company officials were more than gratified at the showing made. We are very proud of the showing
 made by the Tutwiler since it was op-
 ened," said MT. Rockwell. MT. Tray Tor, our resident manager, has handled a difficult post with much ability Our reports that come in daily indicate that
 the hotel is increasing its business con- | sistently. As matter of course, the un- settled condition has somewhat retarded
 any very great gains. but so far as we
 are concerned the situation Is good. "The management of the Tutwiler hotel has never supposed that the volume of business would be extraordinarily great at the beginning. We correctly assumed that hotels here with clientile which
 has been earned would find their measure l of support, which is true. However, we have based our greatest hopes on the in creased volume of business. The people of | Birmingham and the surrounding cities | have given us the heartiest support. We hear from sources far away from here of
 kind things said of the management and l the service. The fact is that many trav- elers have been brought here by assur- | ances from their friends that our service
 was good. We have striven and will con
 tinue to strive to merit and hold that fine support and that gratifying commenda-
 ton.
 l ''The Tutwiler hotel belongs to Birming-
 ham people. It Is being operated for the travelling public, the people of this city
 and the people of the state We hope every day to make improvements. There will be no cessation of effort to get better results, and to contribute materially to tho comfort of tired travellers and to the people of this city. I was much gratifed yesterday to find that the restaurants
 were literally patronized by Birmingham people. We are particularly anxious to please our local friends, and even more so to please our friends from all parts of Alabama We want them to mako Bir-
 Iningham a Mecca for visits and we nat
 uarally want them to make the Tutwiler
 their homo in every degree.
 We hope to do our share In every un- | dertaking of Birmingham. In advertising locally and in foreign agencies 1t wiN be our consistent effort to make Birmlng- l ham greater and better in every way'' MT. Rockwell was equally as enthusias- | tic about the other United Hotels as about the Tutwiler. He said business was get | ting better in hotels. He added that the eastern hostelries had all the business they could handle. As for the war, he was of the opinion that America. would be tremendously benefited by the result. MT. Rockwell and Mir. Johnson will re-
 main here during the meeting of the
 American Iron and Steel institute to as- 1 sist In the entertainment of the distin-
 guished men atethat meeting. With their assistance. Resident Manager Traylor will be able to have practically every or l ganization detail handled by experienced hotel executives. including Leslie Fair child, assistant manager, and the re- mainder of the organization
 | Assurances were given yesterday by Mir. Rockwell that several innovations would
 be instituted during the next few months designed to make better and more grati-
 flying the stay of transients at the Tut wiler.
 Marriage Licenses
 The following marriage licenses wore lyesterday recorded in the office of the lprobate judge:
 Claud l.. Boyd. Birmingham. to Miss Matte Louise Sullivan.
 Jim Franklin. Edwards. to Miss Bertha Densmore.
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