Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-18
$50, 900 GOES INTO
HOTEL FUND ON EVE
OF 100000 DRIVE
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l.. Martin, Represented the esprit
Of Albuquerque" and Rip Van
Wrinkle, played by Maurice Klein,
was the timid soul, lacking vision
and without faith in the future or
lpride in the past. He used all the
stock arguments that have been
presented in the past and have pre-
vented the start of an actual eff
fort to give Albuquerque a hotel
But he lost the debate with In
spiration and in the next scene. a
year from last night, the curtain is
drawn back again and the lobby Of
the new 100000 hotel is shown.
H, b. Watkins clerk, is busy esti-
mating the profits of the night,
when a swarm Of travellers rush in
from the westbound train. They
japply for rooms. but are sadly told
that the new hotel is filled. The
guests are about to turn away in
disappointment, when q promoter,
d. w. Faw, suggests the building
of another new hotel He is put in
touch with Mr.. Coors and then the
scene shifts back TO the present
and the work of starting the cam
paign is actually under way.
play Well Rehearsed.
The play was we'll received, par
| ticularly the prologue by Miss
Helen Beatty. Cries of author!
Author" brought no results. but
following the meeting, Mr.. We'll adj
mitted authorship. The parts of
the travellers VINO cOuid not get
rooms were played by S. T. Nann,
Dr. M. X. Wylder, Arthur Prayer,
Otto Bebber and Bill Vaughey We're
the bellboys.
Throughout the meeting q special
leased wire brought messages di-
rect from the local Western Union
office to the banquet hall from all
parts of the country. These were
read and increased the enthusiasm
of those who came to help start the
hotel drive on the road to success.
An added feature was the deliv-
cry of messages to men present,
containing such queries as How
Much?" and Are You With Us?'
These seldom failed to bring the
response in the way Of encourage
substantial subscription to the hotel
stock.
Drive Starts To-day.
By 3 o'clock this morning, TWEEN
ty-nine teams of solicitors, com
prising from four to nine members
each, will begin the canvass of the
city. They will be assisted by the
Flying Squadron which will be
called into districts were assistance
is Needed. The teams include about
$50 solicitors and they expect to
make thorough canvass of the
city, overlooking no one.
The members have been in
structed in the details of the hotel
project and are prepared to an
swer all questions in connection
with it, 1t is felt by the hotel
committee that the publicity cam
paign in the Albuquerque papers
has thoroughly explained the hotel
| plans and convinced all that the
hotel is not only a necessity for the
| city but will be a paying invest
ment.
Leaders Keep Up Pace.
Members of the kiwanis hotel
diligently during the, past few
weeks for the success of the cam
! paign, and they do not ~expect tol
let down in their efforts. Last night
when the subscriptions were past
| the $4,000 mark and about closed,
Sidney Well, who was all over the
banquet hall exhorting' Albuquer-
queans to subscribe Immediately
| and give the hotel drive good
start, made a final appeal for
| everyone in the hall to subscribe |
to 800 worth of stock before they
left. Forty men walked up to the
desk and signed subscription
blanks for a total of more than
$4,000 and putting the total for the
night up to $50, 900. Mr.. Wells en-
ergy was boundless and his enthu-
siasm inexhaustible, and members
of the hotel committee declare that
he has imbued the ESQ solicitors
with the same spirit. 1T meansl
that we cannot fail" they say.
Following are few of the manyl
! messages of congratulatiOn to AL
buquerque on her will to build a |
new hotel
From the Biggest"
New York.
Greetings from Hotel Pennsyl-
vania, the largest hotel in the |
world, to the newest hotel in the
world. We are much interested in
your campaign and send you hearth
cts good wishes for your success
which we feel is assured.
"E. M. STATLER,
president Statler Hotel Company"
Parlor, Bedroom, Bath. !
philadelphia.
please reserve parlor, bedroom
and bath for me, opening night Of
new hotel. If Albuquerque has de-
cided to have that hotel 1t will be
built
GEORGE II. LORIMER,
Editor and General Manager,
Saturday Evening Post"
Aston Wires.
New York.
Best of luck to yourselves, to
albuquerque and to that new hotel |
VINCENT ASTOR."
With Real Cash.
New York.
1--WE heartily approve of the pro-
posed new hotel enterprise and are
glad to subscribe to $1,000 of the |
preferred stock.
"E. N. SANDERSON,
."Director, Albuquerque Gas and
LHIactric CompnnV