The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-27
Is To Cost $415,OOO-
Great Interest In the
Enterprise and Sub
stantial Subscriptions
Being Made By Many
4 Citizens

"It is a beautiful compliment to
Lakeland, a beautiful compliment to
Lakeland"
thus spoke Manager Appleyard of
the Chamber of Commerce last night
when he made known to the
big audience assembled in mass meet
ing at the Auditorium, the terms on
which Lakeland can secure $415, 200,
all-year hotel There were facts and
fgures to show that everyone connect
ed with the enterprise is willing to
go at least half way to meet the citi-
zens of Lakeland in putting the thing
across.
The Auditorium was well-flled and
the crowd was attentive at all times,
displaying its enthusiasm with fire.
quent applause.
The Lakeland Band furnished the
music for the occasion.
On the stage were o. c. Lanphear,
president of the chamber of COM
merce; 4. j. Appleyard, secretary OF
the Chamber of Commerce; Francis
]. Kinnard, of Tampa, architect of the
proposed hotel, and members of the
chambers committee on hotel and
apartment house development, as fol
lows: E. l.. Mack, C. E. Todd, Chas.
P. Zazzali, Ben M. Pulliam, T. M. Phil
lips and II. M. Senior.
Mr.. Lanphear opened the meeting.
He referred briefly to the splendid
community effort that brought South
ern College to Lakeland, and stated
that the community now has until
July / to decide on an opportunity as
great as Southern. He then presented
Manager Appleyard with his array of
facts and figures covering the whole
! project.
Mr.. Appleyard explained that these
facts and figures are in the nature of
a report of the work of the hotel COM
mittee made through the chamber to
the people of the community and now
being presented to them in the nature
of a referendum. He made plain that
it is now up to the people and that
the responsibility of seiZing or neg
lecting the opportunity is with the
: people.
He showed from figures compiled by
the hotel committee that the city
needs an increase in up-to-the-minute
hotel facilities to put it on parity
with other communities, which may
be termed our rivals. According to
these figures, Lakeland has 10 modern
hotel rooms to each one thousand of
the present population. Daytona, Eus-
tis, Orlando, st. Petersburg, Miami,
West Palm Beach were among the
other cities considered and all show
figures much in excess of Lakeland;
Daytona, for instance, having 1872
rooms for each 1000 population.
"a Having arrived at this fact, the ho-
tel committee, which has spent
months on the matter, proceeded to
ferret out the most advantageous
method of securing additional hotel
I facilities for Lakeland. With all de-
tails worked out, this committee was
Rrep&ed to state that for every dol
n i1WestaA IN the hotel by Lakeland
fizens. foN dollars of outside capital
will be forthcoming, with all condi-
lions arranged surprisingly favorable
to Lakeland.
To begin with an option has been
secured on the Overstreet property,
122 feet square, ON the corner of Main
street and Massachusetts avenue, the
committee having taken into consid-
received expert opinion.
j Plans for the proposed structure
have been drawn by Francis ]. Kin
nard, and show an eight-story build
ing, containing 1870 rooms, with en-
frances from both streets, and court
on the Massachusetts avenue side,
providing view of Lake Mirror for
large number of rooms. Views of the
building as planned were displayed
and those showing the hotel in a
lovely setting arranged by extending
Main street to Lake Mirror and max
ing walkway around the lake with
pavilion at the foot of the street
was decidedly beautiful and created
much interest.
AS to the financing Of the project,
the backing of the Adair Realty Com
pany Of Atlanta, Georgia, has been Sc
cured and cooperation is ready all
& along the line of those who will have
the construction in hand. The own
ers OF the lot will take $4,000 of the
purchase price. OF 100000 in bonds on
n the hotel; the architect will take
bonds In payment Of so per cent of his
fee; a number of contractors have ex-
pressed a willingness to accept stock
for their profit in case they receive
the award.
The Adair Realty Company will ad-
vance the cash needed for the lot and
payments necessary to the contractor
during the period of construction,
which 10 estimated at eight months,
10 that the money subscribed by the
n80bIe or Lakeland will remain in the
x.a 1&Inrfd banIwe while the building Is
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