Arizona republican., 1914-07-25
100000 HOTEL
FOR MESA CITY
Chandler Court to Be Made
Site Of Modern Hostelry.
Picturesque Location =:
Gem City Long i'll Need
of Such

with every modern convenience, and
located on one of the really pic
turesque spots of Mesa, was the
plan determined upon Thursday night.
when the Commercial club met to
discuss the needs of Mesa. The ac-
complishment of the ideal will not
be such a difficult problem as It at
fist blush appears. for much of the
necessary cash had been subscribed
prior to the meeting. A subscrip-
ton of about $4,000 will be all that
is necessary to effect the consum-
nation of the plans
The announcement that the South
ern Pacific railroad would rout many.
eastern tourists to the San Fran
cisco fair, via. Globe. Mesa and
Phoenix, started an agitation that
soon took concrete expression and
"a hundred thousand dollar hotel for
Mesa" became the all absorbing pur
pose of every Mesans' life. A meet
! ed to discuss ways and means and
a, arouse enthusiasm. This meeting
was had Thursday night.
| When President NJ. J. Dougherty
+ of the club called the meeting to or
der and stated it's objects there was
something doing at once Plans. pre-
/ viOusly proposed and plans recently
devised were gone into, but the one
that finally was considered and ac-
ton proposed was by Mr.. Lotus
representing the interests of Dr. A.
yIr Z
Code. in the Chandler court property
! Briefly stated the proposition is to
buy the present Chandler court prop
'erty at $4,000 giving ten annual
bonds at per cent per annum in
payment for same. This allows. ter
years for settling for the property
At the cost of $4,000 a second story
can be added to the present build
ing that will meet all the require
ments of a most modern. up-to date
hotel. Everything was definite ant
> these figures cover practically the
real and total cost and include thu
very best possible hotel building.
In a previous campaign for no
tel some $4,000 was subscribed Thi.
will stand good and some of thu
heaviest subscribers have agreed t.
do better committee composed o
J. j. Fraser. F. B. Gurley, o. S
Stapley, c. A Baldwin. c. F.. Brack
EFT. c. Diehl. D. Kleinman and Get
: Johnson was appointed to solici
funds and repoIt at an early date.
The meeting was a rousing and en-
thusia site one and discussion wa
full and free. The men taking tn
principal part We're ]. G. Spangler
Ernest Crismon, O. S Stapley an,
Geo. A. johnson.
There seemed to be general re
cognition on the part of all presen
that the proposition of Chandler
, Heard and Code in turning in tn
Chandler court property at the pric
land terms mention was an exception
! ally public spirited one and when
was announced that the same gen
tlemen would take $500 stock i
the new hotel portion it was fel
they had gone a long way toward
making the hotel proposition and as
sured success The active efforts o
Mr.. Lotus of Chandler in helping o
the Mesa hotel project were warml
: appreciated by Mesaites generally
The site selected is the northwes
: corner at the intersection of Mai
= and Mcdonald streets and is 15Ox13
feet. It is the property known a
the Chandler court property" in
= Guiding store and office buildings, o
three sides of a green court. 1t wi
be a most artistic and converter
building if carried to completion.