The Coconino sun., 1926-04-16
HOW THE NEW HOTEL IS ARRIVING

Plans for the building of the new five-story
hotel are rapidly taking shape and 1t is expected
the hotel committee will soon be called upon TO
decide definitely on the architects plans for the
new building. The committee who has been
handling the details, or rather gathering the ne
cessary data went about 1t IN a conservative
wav desiring expert advise and counsel from men
who have made this work their life business.
First a survey was made of Flagstaff by an ex-
nert detailed for that purpose by the Hockenberry
system, an organization that has supervised the
construction of hotels all over the country. lney
are. not interested financially in the Flagstaff
project Their work is merely to expert the pro-
position and advise whether or not a hotel should
be built here if So the kind and size OF hotel that
could be made to pay. This report was made Dy
one of their experts who turned his facts over TO
another expert whose duty it was to advise the
size and kind of hotel; whatit would cost in de-
tail to run it and how it should be managed. His
report was most conservative and satisfac-
tory to the committee Through his advise, it was
proposed to connect up with the Hamilton hotel
chain system of California, now operating sew
eral large hotels This would guarantee super
vision of the hotel by expert hotel men, good
deal on the order of the Fred Harvey system. 1t
is thought that this connection will be made II
plans work out as it appears now they will. The
details of the hotel interior are to be worked out
with these experts from all anges-economy, eff
fcient service comfort and attractive exterior de-
sign. Within short time architects will have
their part of the work done and plans submitted
to the committee. This committee has been en-
larged from the few who undertook the work of
finding out what could be done, taking in all told
some twenty or more business men. 1t is not a
close corporation" but community proposition
open to all. With the whole problem ironed out,
facts, figures and plans of the proposed building
to show for their work, concrete proposition
evolved, it will be presented to all for their ap-
proval An office has been opened by the COM
mittee in the Clark building on Leroux street,
with representative of the Hockenberry system,
Mr.. Webster, in charge, to carry on the work to
a conclusion. The committee has every reason to
believe that it will be a successful one. 1t will be
a community hotel owned and controlled locally
but connected up with chain of hotels run by ex-
perts in their line of business 1t may be said that
details have been gone into by experts which ex-
tend from bell-hops to managers and from jani-
tors to superintendents. We cannot believe that
big hotel of this kind can or will work an injury
to those now here. 1t will only enhance the value
of their property and open way for more wealth
to come to Flagstaff. 1t may help property in
the vicinity where it is built but it will boost the
value of Flagstaff property wherever located
Boosting Flagstaff boosts property. We want
every one to come to Flagstaff-and, we need
some place to put them when they come.