Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-12-24
Massmeeting Called By Club Au-
thorities, Appointment
of Committee
WILL SELL STOCK TO
PROVIDE NEEDED CASH
Matter of Taking Liberty Bonds
at Par Excites Lively Discus
sion. Labor for Stock is also
Considered.

At a mass meeting of Cedar Citi-
zens held in the library auditorium
last night, called by the commercial
club to consider ways and means of
getting the work going again on the
new hotel, President Mace of the COM
mercial club put the subject before
the meeting and asked R. L. Jones,
club secretary, to read some Of the
communications being sent in that
showed the need Of haste in finishing
the building.
The first were letters of enquiry
from other states to the Salt Lake
Commercial Club, which had been for
warded to this club. A note from
the Salt Lake club secretary said great
numbers of the same sort were COM
ing in all the time. The next was a
pamphlet put out by the city of Nor
folk, South Dakota, that city, finding
itself in need Of just such hotel as
Cedar City is trying to build, and be-
ing similarly situated in the matter
of getting one built, had put out the
phamphlet urging Norfolk citizens
to subscribe stock in the hotel suf-
fcient to build it. The arguments for
the Norfolk hotel as put forth in thu
pamphlet fit the situation in Cedar
City, with the added force of Cedar's
possession of great natural attractions
nearby that Norfolk does not possess.
A digest of these arguments will ap-
pear in the Record.
Mr.. Jones also told the audience
that the Lund station agent, who has
been chosen by the Salt Lake Route
especially for his unusual ability as
a tourist handler and publicity man,
had written for information as to
when the hotel would be completed,
how many rooms, how many with
bath, etc.
The Salt Lake commercial club Of
ficials had informed the secretary OF
this club that if they could have as
surance that the new hotel would be
completed in time they could route
seven or eight parties of $50 to 200
tourists each through Cedar this com
ing summer.
Contractor George A. Wood, who
has the contract for building the new
hotel, was then called on for the
figures showing about how much ac-
tual cash is needed to complete the
building. From his figures if was
deduced that thirty thousand dollars
cash, with fifteen thousand dollars in
local labor, would complete it ready
for the plaster and plaster at least
part of it.
From secretary Jones it was learned
that as soon as the building come
within fifty thousand dollars of being
finished the Bankers Trust Company
stood ready to loan enough on it to
complete it. So that the thirty thous-
and dollars in cash would assure its
completion. Further questioning
brought out the fact that cash in hand
amounting to about four thousand dol
lars to pay debts and six thousand
to buy cement, and other materials
would allow work to resume on the
walls of the hotel. The financing of a
payroll amounting to around $4,000
a month would also be necessary in
order to keep the walls growing. The
only labor which could not be found
here was that of skilled bricklaying
It was estimated that $4,000 cash
would pay for that part of the work
The matter of cold weather work was
brought up, and the contractor said
the best concrete was laid in colo
weather, where it was not allowed tc
freeze. He also argued in favor OF
making use of available labor in the