South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-11
PLANS ADDITION
TO OLIVER HOTEL
New Owner Will Contract for
200 More RoOms-An-
nOunce Sale.

Sale ~ The oliver hotel By tho
oliver Hotel Co. 70 the recently
formed oliver Hotel corporation,
with Andrew o.. Wcisbcrg. for many
years one OF Pittsburg's leading
restaurant men. as chief stakeholder
md president Of the new company
was announced Monday
Sale OF the hotel. which is one Of
the largest recent deals In the mid
die west. was cOnsuu1m mated through
The efforts Of Charles +. GehrinR
publisher Of the Hotel Review IN
New York City who brought about
<the linking Of the Hotel Belmont
and the Murray Hill 90 the Bow
man-Persning-Square group. the
sale OF the Park Avenue hotel. and
was the broker in "a number OF other
important transactions. Mr.. Gehring
with Mr.. Miller, has just announced
his Te-entry into the hotel broker
age field.
i Fireproof Hotel.
The oliver hotel is firepro5f
hosiery Of 300 rooms. and Il in
cludes model bakery. a high-class
cafeteria and cafe, and "A banquet
hall with seating capacity Of 500
persons. So great is the demand for
accommodations however that Mr.
Weisberg Is already planning for a
2O0-roou1 addition on property ad-
Joining the oliver and owned by TO-.
which will make the hotel one OF
he most commodious and complete
10 be found I'm any city the size u
South Bend.
Although still in his thirties. Mr.
II. r.aar... D. rH
successful career He began at the
seventh Avenue hotel. IN Pittsburg,
and before ne reached the age Of -
rears was assistant manager of the
house. which at that time was one
az the best known hOstelries in the
country. Later. he went into bust
,ess for himself IN the same city and
% The winter Of 1915 attracted ma
rfonaI attention through his geueros-
Ity I'm distributing food feeding the
unemployed with sandwiches and
coffee for one week. there being "A
daily bread inc ia front OF his hotel
which was photographed and repro
duCed in the newspapers throughout
the country. II Is estimated that 40
600 men. women and children We're
he beneficiaries during the week.
Has Wide Experience.
From the beginning, Mr. Weis-
berg has been one Of the most ac-
tive workers on all hotel and res
raurant organizations. including the
PENNSYLVANIA State Hotel associa-
lion and the local branch Of the In
ternational Stewards association, Of
which he has been president. Dur
z he war ne gave up his iucratiy q
business in Pittsburg and went TO
the officers training camp in PlattS-
no "A
for the efficiency shown and eff
cheney due, perhaps. In part. TO his
six years service in the signal corps
or the national guard Of Pennsyl-
Nania.
MIR. Weisberg is a man OF en-
caging personality, with an ability
fp make friends which IS not even
second to his capacity for mastering
the iutricac Giles Of business from be
ginning 10 end, his long training In
the back OF the house giving him
intimate knowledge OF the pur-
chasing Of supplies and the super
vision OF the dining rooms and kitch-
en-.
Mr.. weisberg is widely known by
tho travelling public who will find
the name OF wetsberg not less allur-
ling I'm the future than the name Of
r the Oliver hotel has been in the past
The new proprietor OF the Oliver
promises not only 10 maintain all
past high standards established at
the hotel. but to make many i'm
movements which will place the
DIVER i'm the front rank Of metro
DOIitan hostelrieS
Sells PittSburg Property.
Mr. WeisberE has sold his prop
crtv i'm Pittsburg where he has one
20 tl,e most dolfghffuI homes in