The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-10-01
Hotel Plans To
Be Heard Again
Chamber Members Fail to
Gather at Meeting Set
for Last Night.
misunderstanding Explained
Civic Workers to Meet Next
Thursday When Building
Proposals Will be Topic of
the Evening.

TIC GNCulllSs
The hotel pot continues to boil
and bubble, without overlooking
as various schemes continue to be
proposed, all with the ultimate end
OF locating a hotel in this city, or
along some section of the Fox
tract on the meadow boulevard.
Because of a misunderstanding,
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce, which was to have been
held in the city hall last night,
was not held, although assistants
to the interested hotel promoters
with DR.. e. X. Biggard, head of a
Chamber committee which is en-.
deavOring to bring hotel here,
and newspaper men were among
those present.
At the meeting, according to the
plans that have been formulated,
the hotel proposition was to have
been placed before the Chamber.
The session is expected to be held
Thursday night, if plans of Cham
Der officers are carried out. At
that time the scheme which would
have to do with the placing of a
hotel here will be gone over by
promoters.
DR.. Biggard, who. with his com.
mittee, started the hotel ball roll
ing. states that number of prop
ositions are being considered, and
will be taken up by the Chamber
Among them is the RAN scheme,
that was explained at a recent
committee meeting.
Mr.. Rau was not present last
night, and his representative, Mr..
Stanton. did not care to release
plans which he is considering. al
though the representative declar.
ed that doubtless Mr.. Rau would
be very glad to explain everything
that had to do with financing the
hotel il he were present. Mr.. Rau
his representative explained, will
doubtless be present and explain
the proposition at the next meet
ing of the Chamber.
No local capital is needed for the
Ran plan of building a hotel. that
would be of the finest type, Mr..
Stanton explained. 1t will be all
outside capital. Beyond those
statements. and the explanation
that the Rau scheme for financing
is very involved. nothing further
could be learned.
1t was explained that Mr.. Rau
is national hotel promoter, had
promoted exhibits at the Sesqui.
and had built successful hotels in
California. and Florida. The par
ticular places were not mentioned.
Besides the Rau scheme, it is
said that Benjamin Fox. who con-
verted many acres OF fine meadow
land into perfectly good building
lots along the boulevard. is also
considering hotel plans.
Mr.. Fox's hotel, however, would
not be in Pleasantville, and would
have only 200 rooms, instead of
300, which would be in the hand
some building Mr.. Rau would like
to see constructed here.
Mr.. Fox would place his hotel
on the meadow. boulevard Be-
yond that, little information could
be learned. The Rau promoters
seemed to know that the converter
Of meadows was thinking of plans
to locate a hotel somewhere in his
city. The rumor of the Fox-built
uOICi, was tOiu iACi .
sometime about the first of the
week. AS for Mr.. Fox, he is keep
ing silent on the matter.
We'll, we've started something"
said DR.. Biggard. who was presi-
dent of the Chamber two years
ago and made that body one OF
the most energetic of any for a
number of years. I'VE hope that
it will come to something. Any
way, we will keep on trying"
Everybody who was on hand was
disappointed because a few mis-
takes, had made it impossible to
hold the session.
But they all plan to be present
when tho meeting is held next
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