Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-01-18
WORK ON ADDITION TO
TRAVELLERS Hotel WILL
START EARLY IN MONTH

Plans for Tire new and modern add
tion to the Travellers Hotel have been
completed. and accepted; and work on
the building will be started immediate.
ly after the contract IN let which will
~ oa February II III was announced
yesterday BY Mrs. &. H. More owner
and by Herbert Green. san Antonio ar-
chtect. who drew the plans.
\ model of the i.eSce street front 81
the building has been prepares IN ih-
arehiiecs and IL noW on display IN The
window of the Whitman IDrks Store.
where II ~ attracting mnh attention.
The model shows All details 81 The front
arrangement. incldin- The ronf garden
AMI Tile glass encp~rd dining room.
The addition will increase the NUM-
brr M rooms IN Nm" Travellers IN more
than hundred. and the plan calls for
an elaborate dining room and roof gar
den. large lobby offices. and other
features.
The enlarged hotel will front Levcc
street at Twelfth. The structure viii
be built of reinforced concrete. fire
proof throughout. with an exterior fac
inc ~ tapestry brick with stone trim
mnrs. ON the corner facing Twelfth
street. on the ground floor. Will be
two large store rooms with tile floor
and large plate glass windows and vcs-
tibuIc
The hotel entrance viii front Lcvcc
street The floor M the large lobby
will ~ ~ tile. with an ornamental
plasteur panel ceiling. The general Of
fire will ~ located in the center ~ the
lobby together with privatc office of
opaque glass panels Two modern pas
spnpcr elevators Will he installed On
each side of the private office. extend
inr tp the dining room and open gar
slpn on the roof
The rear 81 the first floor viii De de-
voted to "A large service room. from
which freight elevator will operate to
the dining room on the roof. Five
sample rooms for travelling men Will
also ~ included III the first floor The
building will hc heated throughout with
steam varor system.
The roof will ~ devoted 10 large
glasscd- in dining room. surrounded bv
an open roof garden.
The plans call for three bedroom
floors An bedrooms Will communicate
with private baths. and telephones Will
be installed in each room.
The entire building viii hc so equip
ped ar 10 make the new structure one
of the most modern hotels in south
west Texas The architect estimates
that the addition will BE completed
within four and half months. thus
heing ready for the fan tourist trade
Bids Will bc opened February !. and
construction will begin almost immc-
diately. as the ground for the new
structure has already been cleared.
and IA ready for the work "a begin
When this addition "a the Travellers
is completed. Brownsville Will have one
W. the most modern and best appoint
"a hotels in South Texas-a hotel
which will provide every possible farili-
ty. Mrs II III More stated -Thc an-
nounccment was made al the time the
Bird Store property was purchased that
work On the addition would ~ started
rs soon rs possible. II has been my de-
sire fer several years "a build this III
dition. and is a great pleasure Ia me
to make the announcement that MI diff
firultics have been overcome and that
! can now assure the people Of this city
that brownsville will soon he casSed
among those cities ~ The South which
can provide tourists and the travelling
rullir with the highest class hotel "a
cilities-