The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-15

Announcement was made this morn
ing of plans for the erection of a mod
ern hotel for Kenosha. 1t is to be
located on the Wattles property at the
corner Of Main and South streets and
it is to be completed and ready for
operation by the spring of 1918. The
Maxine Carleton Company, which is
being incorporated today with CAPT
tai stock of $250,000, is to have charge
of the construction of the new hotel.
This company has an option on the
property at consideration of $27 800
and it is understood that the deal will
be closed up by the end of the present
week. The active promoters of the
new company in Kenosha are: Carleton
A. Dowse, Kenneth T. White and Les.
ter Holderness. It is announced that
provision has been made to have the
financial end of the proposition hand
led by one of the largest financial COM
panies in Chicago and that this COM
pany has already assured loan of
$150,0O0 to make possible the carry
ing out of the plans for the COM
pletion of the hotel.
The location which has been selected
is regarded as the most ideal location
for a hotel in Kenosha. The building
that is planned will give Kenosha the
most modern hotel in any city in Wis
consin. twill be eight stories high
and contain one hundred and twenty
five rooms, every one of them provided
with a private bath. White, White,
and White of Kenosha are the archi-
tects for the new hotel and the plans
and specifications are now completed
and in the hands of the new company.
In speaking of the plans for the new
hotel this morning, Mr.. White said:
"In the basement of the hotel there
will be spacious grill room with all
the necessary kitchen equipment, bar
her shop and Turkish bath. On the
main floor there will be a spacious lob
by, a cafe, and large store. The eighth
floor of the hotel will consist of ball
room and private dining rooms. The
company is now Incorporating under
the name of the Maxine Carleton Hotel
Company. Messrs. Buckmaster and
Hammond are the attorneys for the
new company. We have arranged for
loan of $150,000 from Chicago bank
ers and are now putting before the
public shares at $4,000, payable in
quarterly installments Our object is to
raise from $4,000 to 100000 in shares
and we are DESTROYS of obtaining as
many stockholders as we possibly can.
Shares are for sale at the offices of
Buckmaster and Hammond, ATTORNEYS;
at the New Park Hotel by Lester
Holderness, and at the offices of the
company in the Public Service build
ing by Messrs. Dowse and White, The
Concrete Steel Products Company of
Chicago, are the engineers. The build
ing will be of reinforced concrete con-
struction. The exterior of the building
will be of red tapestry brick with
Terra Gotta trim and will be treated
in the beautiful Adamesque style of
architecture. The promoters have tax
en- this hotel proposition UP with many
prominent hotel men in the country
and have been assured that this pro-
ject will pay good returns on the
money invested. Our bankers in Chi
cago have gone over the situation very
carefully and are confident that this
hotel in Kenosha, which will be the
first up-to-date building of its kind, is
g good investment and have assured
US of a loan of $150.000.D