The Mankato free press., 1922-02-10
KARP IN BIG HOTEL
CHANGE AT WINONA
With A. l. Roberts They
Buy HosteIry There
TAKING OVER BUILDING
Home For Travelling Public Be-
comes Property of Man
kato Gentlemen

ACu u IAo1 ohu al IuuI L. IlOUcE u
proprietors of the Saulpaugh hotel in
Mankato. have purchased the Hotel
Winona, Winona. The deal was clos
ed Saturday. Referring to the trans
fer, The Wlnona Republican and he
raid says:
"A deal which had been pending
for the last twenty four hours was
closed this afternoon when the own
crship OF the Hotel Winona passed
from the hands of Mrs. Mary L.
Tawney and the Winona Hotel com
pany TO that Of The Roberts Karp
company OF Rochester, composed CT
Arthur l.. Roberts, formerly general
manager of the Kahler hotels OF Ro-
chester, and Ted J. Karp, manager
], of the Saulpaugh Hotel or Mankato
the local hotel March /.
Extensive Improvements Planned.
Extensive improvements and new
furnishings are a part Of the pro-
gram Of betterment for the hotel that
will be launched at once by the new
management. Already furniture men
and contractors are on the grounds
looking over the property. A detailed
invoice of the entire building was
taken yesterday by the new owners
and work will be begun at once.
! THE transfer OF the hotel from To-
cal interest to the new combination
has been carried out through The De-
posit Trust and Savings Bank. l.. ].
Luhman vice president OF the bank,
has been in active charge of the sale.
The new owners OF the leading
hotel property here are widely known
in Northwest hotel circles. Mr.. Rob-
erts has until recently been a leading
.actor in the upbuilding Of the big
Kahler hotel system of Rochester,
and was general manager Of the com
pany at the time that the big million
dollar Kahler hotel was launched. He
was also active in the management
of the Colonial and Zumbro hotels OF
that city, and is widely known among
president of the Cooke Cafeteria
company and the Fairmont hotel
company as well as of the Roberts
karp Hotel company. Mr.. Roberts
will be active in the management OF
the Hotel Winona.
"Mr. Karp, the other partner in the
new company, is also widely known
in this section. He is at present les
see and operator of Mankato's leading
ing interested in several other hotel
properties in the Northwest.
No Change In Staff
mo change in the active force OF
the hotel was announced today by,
the new owners, and the present
force will be employed at least for
the present. The new owners left this
afternoon for their homes, but expect
to return early next week when they
will go into the various details of the
local enterprise. The same policy that
has made the Kahler hotels nation
ally known and the Fairmont hotel
at FairmCnt and The Saulpaugh at
aIankato southern Minnesota's popu-
lar travellers homes will characterize
their management here. Mr.. Karp
will also spend some time in Winona.
Opened In 1890
"The Hotel Winona was opened
May 80, 1890, and was built by a
local stock company known as The
Winona Hotel company. A. B. You
mans was president of the company,
Charles Horton vice president, AMI
w. J. Landon secretary treasurer.
There were 130 stockholders.
"The cost of the building was
$111,S45, not including $4,000 worth
its first manager and lessee, e. K.
larbell of La Crosse.
Opening Was Great Social Function
THE opening Of the hotel was
gala event Over 400 couples took
part in the opening banquet and ball.
Speeches were made by many prom
Linent men, including Representative
Tom Simpson.
"Tarbell later purchased the stock
of the company and became owner
of the hotel Upon his death it was
sold to the new stock company also
known as The Winona Hotel com
pany. The stockholders of this COM
pany were e. M. Roberts. S. l..
Wright, F. w. Kadletz, and George B.
Mallery.
Later the Tswney interests bought
control of the hotel, and it was oper-
ated by George Tawney. In later
years it has been managed by a num-
Der of managers, including G. A.
Hine and F. w. Hardy, the present
manager.
The Hotel Winona was built on
the site of the old Huff House, which
was removed to make way for the
new building, which at that time was
one of the finest hotel structures in
the entire northwest.
1.-The majority of the stock prevf.
GUS to the sale today was controlled
by Mrs. Mary Tawney. Mrs. r. M.
Roberts was the other stockholder.
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