| Show m mR HOHL HOHLt t CHANGES Gf Sl SlI I doted oled Hostelry to be Renovated Improved and Renamed the Southern W WAS BUILT BY JOHN MORGAN D Freed the Well Known l tester aster ter Furniture Man Stan and Fred Wood the Hotel Man Mae Secure the Lease to h Snit Salt Lake LaYe Is la to have re anew a new hotel The IM old od Ford hotel on West First l which has hoa had as many ups and andas downs as os nn Rn elevator clen tOI has been leased Lester Leater Ii 11 Freed the furniture deal dealer dealU bf a U and Fred red Wood the tho well known ho hotel hotel tel lei man It U wilt will be lo completely relOad tied ud and elegantly furnished and will open on Juno 1 under Inder the tho name nome of at the Southern which name Is commemorative tire tive of St Louis Louls greatest year ear and greatest hotel The lease leue was signed up days us jo 0 and rovers covers a n period of at live years nom From to I 0 will bo bu spent on ou and ond from to for tor lt the renovation of ot tho place Tho The room and ond kitchen on the tho top tail floor bo be taken out to mako snake place sleeping steeping rooms On the tho lower floor t for or r will III be a f lining dining room roan kitchen kitchell na gantry try helps help hall and lavatories be besides iid sides Id s the 1 Tills This arrangement will r give lie pace apace for tor 8 as 88 sleeping Bleeping rooms looms above the floor Early Monday morning the renovation will 1111 begin with painters paper bangers and plumbers In III Inthe the he house haute A brand now new electric eleva olom elevator tor will be one olle of oC the tho first rat ll things ln In in installed stalled to take tho the place of ot the tho rickety old affair that was wua formerly the terror or of guests While as 01 stated slated sIn ted the house will not be opined opened op ned until Juno JuJU l 1 there thero will be te somo seine rooms occupied by b Mon MOil Monday Monday day da Mr Wood who Is III to 10 bo he manager cf ot the new ne house will open an nn there on Monday and anil ho has hit lilt the unique plan pOIl of ot allowing prospective regular boarders to select their rooms from now on and If It they agree o no to stay rom from r six III months to 10 a n year y oar they the Y may ruoy Y also select their favorite style of ot furni furniture lure ture There Thero will consequently be lie much variety In the furnishings t urn 1 s n of at the tho hotel Mr Air r Wood Is very reel well known to tho Iho the custom nil through the west Since the opening of ot tho the Now New Wilson he te has worked from frame chief clerk to manager of ot that Institution Ho He leaves the tho tonight Ho lie started as os a bellboy boy about 11 31 years ago ngo Mr Woods Woo popularity and nd ability should contribute much towards the tho success of ot the Southern rn Tho The hotel will cater to the transient trade as os well veil as os tho the reg regular regular ular The rhe new Southern that I Is Into to be was wan built by John Morgan at nt a n cost of ot and aul WRY was opened In May Ma 1891 1801 I II y John Clark us liS owner of at tho the lease leoe and with Theodore Theo lore Mulford now pro proprietor proprietor of ot tho the White House ns as R tho the manager malinger But nul the hotel was opened at nt an nn unpropitious period when n tho the boom had just Juu hunted hursted Then tho the ren rental tal figures wore were tall tou mach for Mr Clark liDO jOO a n month In 1 n 1 year car ho he was wai ruined financially anti Mr Ir Morgan Mogan MOI took look the house himself and kept It for tor a n near year ear with Mr II Mulford still at tho the helm About this time Mr 11 Morgan organ fell tell III He lie made n brave fight for tor tho mho recovery of ot his health which had been greatly Impaired by the tho business depression that was so widespread nt at that time Hut death crone anti Ind Mr Morgans son fa Inlaw Mr r Snyder tried In vain to 10 keep Jeep the business afloat After ACter that the tho house which was called tho time Morgan Mor an was vas closed for n a considerable time when It t was reopened by b Mrs IS Ford who had previously engaged In ht tho the ho hotel tel leI business on Sato Hato street I Mrs Ford Jord ord It II Is state made mad money out nut of ot the venture an 1111 offer for tor tho the place she shi sold MIll to n 0 ir Green Orcen n a sheep man nan who In turn leased leMed thin tho property properly to Johnny Johnn Norris who got gol In herd hard straits and then Ihen got oat nut The Tho ground and andare building are both ov orned by eastern parties |
