Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-20
HAMILTON WRITES THAT PLANS
FOR COMMUNITY HOTEL WILL Be
SATISFACTORY, in HIS OPINION

That things are moving forward
satisfactorily in getting the plans
for the community hotel ready for
submission to the contractors on
which they will make their bids be-
came more evident yesterday when
E. w. Graves, president of the Doug
las Community Hotel company, re-
ecived a letter from Charles e. Ham
ilton. president of the Charles 3
Hamilton Hotels. Inc, the company
which is to operate the hotel when
it is ready. The letter from Mr.
Hamilton discussed features Of the
hotel plans which were the occasion
of delaying for one week the arrival
in Douglas Of the architect, The
plans are to be brought here for con-
sideration next Monday.
1t is apparent from the letter of
Mr.. Hamilton that he is giving the
work of shaping the plans to the
best interests both of the owner and
the operator of the new hotel, the
best thought of himself and his Or
ganization He tells of frequent con-
situations with the architect and
points out the features which he re-
garded as requiring changes and
assigns his reasons for the changes
sought. He emphasizes the need for
getting the plans we'll framed before
the structure is started, thereby saw
ing money which otherwise might be
wasted in bringing about changes that
would have to be made and which
made under those conditions, would
be more expensive than the proper
arrangement can be made in advance
by intelligent thought,
,"It might. be swell to call attention
to the unusual good fortune we have
enjoyed in securing lessee for the
1lotel,n said Mr.. Graves. Many
people, even those of much travel
experience, may not be familiar with
lust what is meant when it is said
that the Charles B. Hamilton COM
pany is to have the lease. But if
it is known that the Charles B.
Hamilton mentioned is president of
the Charles b. Hamilton Hotels, Inc,
a chain of hotels that include such
we'll known hostleries as Hotel Alex
andria, Los Angeles; Hotel Fresno,
Fresno, Calf; Hotel Reynolds, River
side, and a dozen or more other
hotels in California, all popular with
ers, and that this system is closely
affiliated with the Eppley Hotels COM
pany, which has such hotels as the
Fontenelle, Rome and Logan hotels
at Omaha, Neb; Lincoln, Capital and
LindelI hotels at Lincoln, Nep.; and
q half score of other best hotels in
the larger centers Of Iowa; the IA
nous Fort Pitt hotel and the William
T1.4 44aI.. n.
will begin to realize what a stroke
Of good fortune we enjoyed when we
interested the Hamilton people in
our new hotel as link in his chain.
zone needs only to study the
situation over to see the advantages.
In the tourist trade which we might
term the long distance class,
there is a. heavy traffic from
Iowa. That type of trade demands
well managed hotels. The Hamilton
name carries the trade marx of good
service at home and they will seek
it for% that reason as they travel
along. The same will be true farther
east and those who follow the hotel
registers in our city know that
Pennsylvania and eastern states are
even now large contributors to the
tourist trade here. So it will be
seen that the community hotel will
start with a certainty of patronage
by the reason of its affiliation with
an already established system of
hotels
1t was pointed cut by Mr.. Graves
that the Hamilton company has just
opened the Ell Portal hotel at Mesa
and that it also owns the Hotel Vista
at Flagstaff, so that these, also, will
fit nearby into the chain of stops
for the tourist coming from the
central portion of the country to the
Pacific coast.
Another thing that is of interest
is the fact that the cuisine has
always been a magnetic factor in the
Hamilton and the Eppley hotels and
that it is a demand of the manage
ment that this be kept at high
standard. Illustrating this point, just
recently the chef at the Alexandria
was selected as the speaker by the
cooking school which one of the
Los Angeles papers offered to the
people of the city and they featured
hinl-Benjarnin Louis by name-in
large advertisements solely because
he is the outstanding chef OF the
Pacific coast. That policy of the
operating company will guarantee to
Douglas dining room and safe
service that will make it attractive
Mr. Hamilton, commenting upon
the plans, as he has studied and
knows them, offers the suggestion
that 81 anticipate no trouble in maxi
ING it. satisfactory to everyone con-