Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-04-12
Unanimous Action.

Inc meeting FRIDAY evening was at
tended by sc stockholders. 1t was
their opinion that the Qpportune time
to build is now, that the company can
not afford to wait, hence the instruc-
ton given the board of directors to pro-
coed at once. On the motion to wreck
the old Wilson hotel property and be-
gin ut once the construction of a new
building to cost not less than 100000
action was practically unanimous, "a
voting for it and two not voting either
way.
Add to Board.
Four new directors were also elect
ed, making a total of nine. The new
men elected were T.. Il. Mason, +. A.
Kayser, II. A. Teget and A. J. Peter
son.. The old members are J. Il. Burn
stedt, president; f.. S. Johnson, vice
president; v. G. CrOsley, secretary
julius Bermann, treasurer; and b f.
Paine. These nine men now constitute
the full board Of directors and will
have charge Of the erection of the new
hotel building.
The board will proceed at once to
get plans and specifications for the
new hotel and the stock sales commit
tee of which W.. l.. Whitman is chair
man will also begin ut once M active
SO. a., all -f n.11s<s1,,n1
stock. At the present time $SO,OOO
worth of stock has been sold with
practically no effort on the part of the
new company.
Hundred Rooms.
Tentative. plans, from which definite
plans and specifications are to be made.
hundred rooms. The first floor will
contain only the lobby, office and din
ing room. There will be six store rooms
fronting on Des Moines street and
three fronting on Second street. The
building will be equipped with eleva-
tors. The structure to he torn down
takes in only the original old Wilson
hotel building. The annex, occupied
by a billiard and pool hall, will be re-
tanned in the new building.
1t will probably be a month or more
before definite plans and specifications
can be secured from an architect and
it will likely be about two months be-
fore actual work of wrecking the old
building can be started. 1t is estimat-
ed that construction of the new build
ing, its finishing complete. furnishing,
etc, will take approximately nine
months. Hence by next spring, at the
very latest, Webster City will have Il
fine new hotel of which the whole com
munity may be proud.
A Public Need.
For years Webster City has needed
a new hotel worse; than any other one
thing of a public nature. Various ell
forts have been made at different
times during the past ten years to erect
a new one, but nothing definite came OF
them until the present local stock
company became interested and deter
mined to do something and DO 1t at
the very earliest possible moment.
That they have decided to stop at nc
makeshift by way Of repairing the. OLD
building and remOdeling it will be good
news to all. There is but II way 10
get a thoroughly modern building
one that will pay as an investment
and that is to do just what the. com
pany has decided upon, an absolutely
new building.
Community Interested.
The Webster City Hotel company is
to he congratulated on its decision and
it is deserving Of the united efforts of
the whole community in making up its
decision. Its board Of directors is COM
posed of nine of Webster City's best
known and most responsible citizens
and with them directing operations
local investors may rest assured they
will get n dollars worth for every dol
lar expended. The Webster City Hotel
company is going to erect a structure
of which the city may well DE proud
and they plan to spare no expense to
that end. There is plenty OF money
to be had here and the action planned
and acted upon at last evenings
meeting of the stockholders assures the
city of n real hotel, modern in every
way, within less than a years m
During the time that the old struc-
ture is being torn down, the rooms in
the annex will be used as hotel rooms
and Il. T. Harvey, who is operating the
hotel, has also rented the rooms l.. vi
Mills is remodeling in his W buildings
occupied on the first floor by his plumb
ing shop and the Miller cafe, which
will also be used for transiients.