Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-12-15
HOTELS.

With the increased travel in the
State by reason Of the construction
of good roads many towns arc pre-
pairing to increase their hotel &C
Communications by building new
buildings Tor the accommodation Of
the public.
Williamson is to have a new five
story. tire-proof hotel at cost of
$4,000
Montgomery is building large
hotel to cost Sln0.0OO.
Charleston is planning another
large hotel to cost near 81 ,0Ou. 900.
BccklcN has taken steps to erect
another large hotel to take care Of
the travelling public which will 90
over the Primary Highway. which
runs North and South through the
center Of West Virginia from Penn
Sylvania to Virginia and the other
roads which will run into the town.
Buc khannon is to build Il large
$3.50. 10000 MOTEL. Buckhannon is in
the mid>! Of a farming section of
the State and is connected uD with
State Road System and is the nome
OF the West Virginia Wesleyan Col
lcgc. Il Methodist institution which
has Il student body numbering form
600 to 700.
Many other towns and cities of
the State have under way plans to
enlarge their hotel facilities. All
these towns are alive to the Situa-
ton and are preparing to take adj
vantage Of their opportunities.
Any town or city Midland Trail
Will make no mistake to increase
The capacity Of its hotels because of
the increased travel that will be
along his highway which runs from
the Atlantic to the Pacific.
1t is Il very fair estimate to SAY
that on any day during the tourist
twenty-five automobiles wanting to
spend the night at any given point
on the Midland Trail and on con-
Scrvativc estimate each of these
will contain at least four people.
This would make at least one hun
drcd people seeking to spend the
night at any given point affording
recommendations. This average
would easily keep UP for eight
months during the year. If each
persons spent only two dollars, it
would mean an expenditure of $48,-
600 a year. And this estimate is very
conservative and threc-fourths less
than the average on the National
Pike.
L.cwisbulS has an opportunity to
gel her share Of The income from
this travel. 1t only means to be
awake and 10 grasp the rppor:uni-
les in larger hotel facilities. This is
no knock against our present hotels
and other accommodations. They
deserve credit for what they are do
ing. 1t is an appeal fer the people
OF Lcwisburg and vicinity to wax
up; look up and take advantage of
her opportunities. LcwiSburg has a
futurc-a great future but that flu
iurc will not amount to anything
unless the opportunities are taken
alold of. We do not know what is
being done along this line. neither
do We care who does it but we do
know that 4 hotel in LcwiSburg Will,
sufficient capacity to accommodate
the demands of the future travelling
public. properly advertised, can pay
for itself in less than four wears
time and bring handsome income
TO the man or men investing in the
proposition and LcwiSburg would
be advertised from coast TO coast
On the other hand if The opportuni-
~ is not taken hold Of the town will
be passed through by the travelling
public and if noted at all will bc
recorded as a dead and non-cntcr-
prisin2 town.
This is no knock. as said above.
against present hotels. which have
served well passed conditions. but
which arc not large enough to take
care of The future. We trust some
man or Let of men may awake to
the present and future opportunities
nf LcwiSburg and vicinity and put
an enterprise Of this Kind over.