The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-07
OUR GREAT HOTEL
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Large double French doors lead out
from the dining room on the second
floor to the upper par of the por-
Gco. which in summer time will be
covered with canopies, allowing diners
IN the evening to dine in the shade
in the evening breeZes.
Besides the storerooms, lobby, Of
flee, checking and newsstands, bIl
room, banquet hall, dining room, party
rooms and lounging room on the sec
ond floor, the building will contain
about 1874 guest rooms Those on the
third floor will be especially equipped
for use as sample rooms for COM
mercial travellers and for committee
rooms that will be especially desirable
during the meeting of the legislature
and conventions.
The fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth,
ninth and tenth floors will be given
over to the travelling public in gen.
eral, while the sixth floor will be beau
tifully arranged and equipped for res
idential apartments in suites or TWO or
more rooms, affording the people OF
Topeka who. wish to reside in a fine,
modern hotel az the cmoforts of
home.
The Ample observation-disclosures
Effects.
The building on the interior will be
decorated turnout and the lobby will
be second to none in the country.
There will be a considerable amount
of marble work on the two entrances
on the Kansas avenue side and on the
Ninth street side.
The total investment in the build
ing will approximate $650,000. 1t
was originally contemplated, as noted
above, that the North American
Hotel including ground, furnishings
and al, would cost approximately
100000, but then only a frontage of
rs feet on Kansas avenue was con-
templated. Since that time the com
pany has purchased what is known
as the MARQUIS lots. giving a total
frontage of 100 feet on Kansas ave
nue. with $50 feet on Ninth street.
The hotel is to cover the entire ground
and will be SO constructed as to leave
space for future extensions during
the coming years up to $50 guest
rooms
Backed by Influential Men.
The North American hotel project
in Topeka is backed by some of the
most influential business and repre-
sentative men of the city. Those SO
far interviewed on the subject express
great satisfaction at the buSineSslike
manner with which the North Amer
lean company has quietly and eff
GENTLY made plans for the new enter
prise, guaranteeing the subscribers
that their money will be used for the
construction of this building in a
The company, owing to it's speedy
action and facilities, expects no diff
culties at the present time in pro-
curing labor and material for the
erection of the building and it is
stated by the officials that all ma
terra. which it is possible to procure
will be bought in Topeka from the
local dealers. This has been the
policy of the company in other cities
in building their hotels 1t is hoped
by the officials of the company that
the building may be completed very
early in 1919, assuring the comple-
ton of this modern hosiery about
the tIma of the meeting of the next
legislature.
backed by large financial interests,
especially by the Bankers Realty In
yestment company, concern pre-
viously mentioned in the columns OF
this paper with headquarters at
Omaha and offices in Chicago, Ill
This company is a several million
dollar CORPORATION, dong a very large
and wide construction work turnout
MANY of the middle western states,
and their officials are well known for
their aggressive policy in carrying TO
compAetioE every proJect tney unoer
take. The advent of the American
surety company in the enterprise as
guarantor of prompt construction ana
completion is most gratifying to
Topeka
The men who will be active in the
construction and operation OF the
North American hotel at Topeka are
Peter Elvad. who has been here this
week, president of the Bankers Realty
Investment company and the largest
holder of the same kind of stock IN
the North American Hotel company as
that placed with Topeka subscribers:
]. F. Letton, president of the com
pany and general manager of all the
hotels, who talked before our Cham
Der of Commerce some weeks ago; F.
w. Fitzpatrick the noted hotel archi-
tect who was here a few months ago
and who has prepared all of the plans
and who will be here from time to
time as the work goes forward; Chief
Engineer Leper and General Super
intendent Henzie, in charge of the
construction; Arthur w. Gross and
William johnson, who have been in
Topeka for several mouths and who
have formed a very large acquaint-
ance with our people.
The Topeka subscribers began pay
/ ing in the amounts of their subscrip-
| ton +oday at the Bank of Topeka
and to Mr.. Gross for deposit there
under the contracts and surety bonds