Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
NEW HOTEL STOCK
MAY PAY 10 PER CENT.
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in his hand a telegram from a big
firm in Milwaukee which announced
that having seen notice of the open
ing of the Penn-Harris it would hold
its gathering of eastern representa-
tives here, having desired to come
for the past two years, but refrain
ing because there were not hotel
accommodations.
In all during the evening s10S,000
worth of stock was subscribed and
President E. z. Wallower, who was
toasEmaster, expressed himself as
highly pleased.
Fine Entertainment
The. dinner was excellent and well
served. The tables occupied the
whole of the room and the speakers
were seated at long table extending
from one end to the other on the
Third street side.
Henderson Gilbert and Floyd
Hopkins were in chareg of the enter
tainment, and together they gave q
first class musical show on a little
stage in the center of the room.
Most of the artists were from the
Majestic theater, but one or two
were residents of Harrisburg. They
included Carnena and Adele, Eadie
and Rasddn, a seXtet from BLOW
Your Horn" and Harry Dare, of
this city. The Middletown Aviation
Quartet sang wonderfully we'll. Miss
Neva Landrum, whose voice is
heard every night by diners at the
Penn-Harris, was a bright spot on
the program. Her voice has received
high praise from musical critics of
the city.
$4,000 Quickly Subscribed
and the additional stock subscrip-
tions. Forty thousand dollars was
very quickly subscribed. The first
speaker was Spencer c. Gilbert, HIM
self q big stockholder, who said that
forts and conyeniences of the mod
ern municipality except adequate
hotel accommodations. I'VE invited
folks to see our parks" said he,
"and then begged them to spend
their nights in them for we had mo
hotels to which they might go; we
asked them to inspect our paved
streets, and hinted that they had
better keep on inspecting them until
morning, for we had no rooms to
offer; we asked them to admire our
unrivaled river views. and suggested
they remain along the river until
sun-up, because the hotels We're
filled to overflowing." The Penn
Harris meets this need, he said, and
he predicted that in the years to
come the new hotel will make Har-
risburg more of a business and
political center than ever before and
that laws will be made and unmade
within it's four walls, to be ratified
later at the capitol.
Warwick NJ Ogelsby explained
the financial status of the company,
its leases and prospects, every pre-
caution being taken to insure the
stockholders a fair return on their
money.
David E. Tracy, E. j. Stackpole,
E. S. Herman, ]. William Bowman.
William T. Hildrup, Mr. Virgins,
Mr.. Stoddard, the architect, and
other stockholders told of the long
fight to get the hotel and Mr.. Stod-
dard. who subscribed $1,000 in stock
last night, said he did so because he
believed the hotel to be a going
proposition from the start and as a
tribute to the splendid PUBLIC spirit
and the broad minded, generous
gentlemen with whom he had to
deal during nearly two years of work
on the hotel plans. -
Bidding for stock then became
lively. Mr.. Tracy followed Mr.. Hill
drup with $4,000. Mr.. Wallower
took $4,000 more. Mr.. Tracy
pledged $4,000 for Mr.. Starkey,
who is in England on business for
the Pipe and Pipe Bending Com
pany. E. S. Herman subscribed
$4,000. Mr.. Bowman put up $4,000
Mr.. Stackpole took $1,000. Spencer
c. Gilbert came forward for $1,000.
David Kaufman for his two sons
subscribed $1,000. Mrs. Kaufman
took $500 worth. DR.. J. p. Neal
lister subscribed $1,000. Mrs. NJ.
Virginia Weiss sent a check for
s2,500. John Fox Weiss put in
S1.00. And so it went, the tables
joining in the bidding until $103, 900
worth of stock and had been
pledged.