Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-18
NAMES POURING In FOR
PROPOSED HOTEL
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other suggestions. Up to the present
lline the name which seems to have
most general approval, having been
sent sen. IN by at least three persons, is
The Penn-Harris." This name is
urged because it represents the State,
the city and the great William Penn
highway
The fact that this splendid hotel is
TO be managed without a bar has at
tracted much attention. At the morn
ing service in the Market Square
PRESBYTERIAN Church yesterday the
Rev. DR.. Hawes somplimented the
men who have made possible the new
hotel and congratulated the city upon
the prospect of great place of enter
talnment without the stigma of liquor
upon it.
Among those who have suggested
name Tor the hotel are the follow
ing:
H. L. Stroh, Washington, d. c.
I have been reading in the Telegraph
with much interest the push Of the
soma men OF my native city of Har-
rlsourg in the building of an up-to-
the-minute hotel
Those of my acquaintances of this
city, who have visited Harrisburg, say
they cannot understand why an
aggressive city such as PENNSYLVANIA
State Capitol should be lacking in
modern hotel accommodation; as they
with one accord speak of Harrisburg
and Its environments as a garden spot
Am very glad results are showing
and would suggest a snappy name for
the hotel as the 'Penn-Harris.'
n. q. ". writes:-'In naming the
new hotel, it seems to me one thing
should be kept in mind. When we
speak of the Bellevue -Stratford, the
Brunswick, Casey, Sterling, FIT. Pitt,
william Penn, etc, we do not have to
name the town we mean.
1T Is, perhaps. unfortunate, that
pittsburgh already has a William
Penn hotel, since the Harrisburg
hotel will stand on the highway OF
that name. Possibly we could find no
better name than that of the city
itself. Let us hope, however, that DIR.
Hamilton or someone else will be in
spired with a name as appropriate
and interest-creating as that which he
gave the water carnival,
1t is matter in which every citi-
zen should take an interest and in
which the hotel company should be
deliberate. Given a distinctive name.
the hotel will be one of the best ad
vertisements the capital could have"
E. l.. McColgin, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, writes as fol-
lows:
Washington as a name for the new
hotel. This name has appealed to me
as being suitable for a variety of rea-
sons. 1t is dignified and has not been
worn threadbare by being used as a
name for inns, taverns and hotels
throughout Pennsylvania, as is the
case with. some names.
The hame Fort Washington Will
always be identified with the history
and patriotic interests of Harrisburg.
because the fort marked the high tide
of the war of the rebellion in Penn
sylvania, and the whole nation for
that matter.
"A number of Pennsylvania hotels
bear fort names; Wilkes-B Barre has
the Fort Durkee and the new hotel in
Johnstown is named the Fort Stan
wix."
A. B. Millar. secretary of the Pub
lie Utilities Commission suggests the
Hotel Necessity as describing the
present conditions.
One who is interested in the mat
ter, but who does not give his name
says: II think your new hotel should
be named Hotel FEDERAL"