Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-31
Hotel Hill Helps
Solve Shortage Of
Accommodations
New Hotel. Will Help Make
Omaha a Mecca for Conven-
tions; Equipment Most
Modern Procurable.,

The need for first-ciass hote
such as the Hotel Hill has long beer
felt in Omaha, but here as else
where. building construction hat
been suspended during the war anc
the need remained untitled. Early
in July, 1919, the Hill brothers de-
cidcd that the time for action hat
come. AT this time the old ller
EGrand was torn down and the space
emade clear for the erection of the
new Hotel Hill.
y Building operations were begun in
%August. 1919 and the hotel--a strict
SB modern fire-proof structure, with
MOO guest rooms-was opened to the
i tfaveling public September, |, 1920
SThs unique cafeteria. which will be
sone Of ttfe best equipped and most
Z complete restaurants of its kind in
the United States. the cafe, turkish
4 bath and barber shop quarters, COM
: nrising all that goes to make up a
j Grst-class hostlry, will be ready
z for business hardly lefore January
Il 1921. ~
: / The Hill brothers have been put
: ting forth every effort to have all
$ervice departments in operation to-
Z gether at the opening date, Septem-
Der !, but under the unsettled labor
8 conditions, their efforts were
: thwartcd. The entire project was
Z supervised by the Hill brothers, Lem
! Hill and John w. Hill, jr., who
i have owned the property occupied
/ BY the hotel for II years.
Es Need of Shelter.
Lem Hill, in commenting on the
I completion of the new hotel. de-
clared that "there is no need at this
time to quote figures or to- multiply
! words as to one of the gravsst prob
lens that has confronted American
cities since the war.
III ut was a matter of common
knowledge that there was an appall-
ing dearth of one Of the fundamental
needs of mankind suitable place
Sof shelter--a home for public COM
y fort, for transients and permanent
guests" said Mr.. Hill. Those, in
.the business Of providing such places
rstood helpless during the war and
ssome time thereafter. There is no
squestion but what the hopes of Oma-
sha builders have been fulfilled. This
shope was that the year 1920 would
produce building boom. The year
lis about gone, and the record for
Omaha seems to point to even more
building than last year. Aiding ma
sterially IN the solution Of this prob
Elem as, it affected Omahay the new
Hill shdtci 10 one In which its citi-
lzens can deservedly take pride"
n Adequate hotel ACCOMMODATIONS are
pertinent to citys progress and
sprosperity. Many Of the large con-
aventionr OF the United States and
gatherings ofamen of national inn
portance are attracted to the larger
cities because the smaller ones have
not adequate hotel accommodations.
This cannot now be said Of Omaha.
From a INSTRUMENTATION view
point, Omaha is equipped to take
care of from three to five large con-
.ventions at one time, notsto men,
stion the many visitors during the
Ak k-Sar-Ben festival.
With six other first-class hotelries
besides the new Hill in the field to
provide home comforts to the visi-
tor the Gate City now ranks with the
largest in comfortable, home1Gke
hotel accommodations.
Hotel Hill God-Send.
II can no longe, be said that tran
sients in Omaha must be provided
for in local homes for want of hotel
space. The many reservations made
at local hotels by teachers who aree
Ito attend the Nebraska State Teach
sers convention, at which a record
Sbreaking attendance of 5000 is pre-
sdicted, is the first instance brought
TO the attention cf those interested
jim taking care of outsiders in Omaha.
i The Omaha Chamber of Com
smerce co-operates with the various
civic, state and national organiza-
Ttions in this regard and men familiar
witf>conditions declare that the COM
spletion of the new Hill hotel is
sGod-send for Omaha, and should be
Instrumental in winning for her the
Fhonors of entertaining many who
sotherwise would have to seek ac-
fcommodations elsewhere. !,
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! More than IS per cent of the build
.ing industry in Washington is tied
nm by The refusa1 of fbe carcarters