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Show "THE KNUTSFORD." A Magnificent Hotel for the East Side to . be Built In Less Than a Year. A representative of The Times had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Sylvester Cunningham, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, yesterday at the Walker House. Mr. Cunningham is president of the Western Hotel company, of which Wendell Benson is treasurer and William Wil-liam Thompson one of the directors; and in reply to inquiries, the following information was obtained: "Tho Western Hotel company," said Mr. Cunningham, "will build the East Side hotel for rent. Tho laud on which it will stand, at the corner cor-ner of the State road and Third South street, was donated to us by a Salt Lake syndicate; or at least the money to pay for it has been placed in bank to our credit, and can be drawu upon as soon us we fulfill certain conditions. Tho amount is $83, 000. Look at that picture over there." said Mr. Cunningham, pointing to tho architects' drawing of tho Knutsford in one cornor of tho rotanda. "That will give you an idea what the hotel will look like in external appearance. As you see, it will be six stories in height, with two fronts. It will contain' 250 guests' rooms, and we reserve a space of thirty-three feet more on Third South street on which to erect an annex of sixty other rooms, if necessary.. The completed building will cost fcSOO.OOO. "Wo have decided to call the hotel 'Tho Knutsford,' a family uamo of my ancestors. The work is not so far advanced as I expected to find it, and to tell the truth I am disappointed. Tliero has' been delay in getting foundation rock, but I understand under-stand that source of annoyance is now over, and that hereafter tho work on tho foundation will go forward rapidly. Wo nro here to let tho contracts and hope to close this part of tho jobduriug the present week. "Tho hotel, when finished, will be for rent. Wro do not propose to furnish tne building, but we shall probably have something to say as to how it shall be e !..! A V . .. 1 t furnished. You may rely upon it that tho furnishings and fittings will bo in every way worthy of a first-class hotel and of the city. We expect to have everything completed by next April." Mr. Wendell Benson is also iii the city, and, while acting as treasurer of tho company, he will remain here in the capacity of agent, and will also superintend super-intend the erection of the hotel. Tho company is a stock concern, but there is none of the stock for sale. |