CAROLINE BAY HOTEL COMPANY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12899, 9 February 1906, Page 6

CAROLINE BAY HOTEL COMPANY.

5 '.- "., <%»>■ . r " I' t ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING. 15! k second meeting-of axt . anieresc in- the formation of •eiect an "up-to-date Ixotel in the Vicinity l of Caroline-' Bay w;ts - lueid -"ia ! ' Borougu ■Councd" Chambers: * lJist <-eirenajg; e were' -present— Ihe: Mayor . Jin-tne tHiaar), Messrs "W: Gumi. Aljpcrs; lsuß^foiS;'' Wroughtoii; J. King, .Hurti&y,- Hoyrf& kSton/.'-Broadiieaci, -Hunt. Fraser and otiierst-, 7 ' Apologies were"'senis' fay Messts Sinitiisoa, Kewjnan, and Wells. The ; - frim wrote, expressing Shis approval off'the' sche ffiie, and etating from persoSial knowledge that tliere was a dearth -of'ac-- 1 - commodati6iiv- ; '• ' :y> ' ?i r - tmm t The Mayor stilted 'tliafc - lie committee - appanited 'at the first Jneetuig' iad spent > a :and - in looking for- arid was gi'otmd .fox disippomtment -an 'the *rarplimated choice there was of sites. Pre- ■ ferertCe ha-cl bean expressed for a roomy site,-" ; : Say two -acEesi- to afford -"TooiiL's'ior gardens''-and size- 1 whs examined atid kpproved eicepVior reasons wafe'-too from -tHe -post • office, and It trks dear.- -. -Sunnyyale had • 'i>eoa - mentioned, bSt that property-ttras aiot'jn -the market, and (the same obstacle • lay xa the way of acquiring some • other "sites. The committee finally were agreed-fba£ the most suitscble site aTailaHe was that of the late Mr Lough's bouse. This is not far from the railway' ytatiois ' ®jr -.-po«ir office, ovei- - looks *lhe Bay, aad 'a good Tfee' ' committee had gone into the qiiesticn of to xecommena-'that- s house of 60 or 60 rooms lie built-, costing abOTit !£2000j: eitigr furnish the house or lend money tosipE ated 4>pat mage the;rsipital requnfa JBl^bOO^, Th# ccihmittee the= ■.-■ taken until £SOOO Bad been -subscribed. •. without s? anyi- : -(iairt-aSsaiign promise<3i:i .'Shte Hst p%, J. ?j Craigie 20 . .Sv .Ribodw : . : 4cl, Sir Hewmra 10.,, Mr' v , -J.' V . Clayton- 5 -10," Mf ' Alpers • : 3.o.*. t ai»3*Cs&eraCi: and others had promised 'suppewt scheiine is gone on with. One fact deserving of? jatgntrony wast ihatv/jh«! ,^cam^ltiee creased hotel accommodation in Timaru. ..JJr_'Alpers _ moved tite -ad«q>ti<ai of the Mayor's report- * " """"" -In reply to Mr Reid, the Mayor said there was no choice in the matter, it must te '■ a^9Bisfera6i«s^sl&3^!^i :^^SSi| buy License from one of the other nouses.i\lj| Hurdley condemned the site menffed, as too small, and %oo dear. He preferred tla''aairy Sc-' - *^- ::9 -iIMiilMil Ijie Mayor siiid some knd||epolfed'''tlLait view' of .the §gnds "and of the monntaiiM.-. Asw ' ihexß: was/room enough to spend J3TO,O(K> "on! ife.- ... y :; r -: Mip Bowie said there ietwjeen . ■except . ' harlrouf and Bay- "%.a - " Gunn pointed o-at objections" to tiie •dairM site that it had a. smith-west etposure: and had the; smoke of- a factoiy on '. c -eae Mi|e and .of If tHO company proved a- tl^^site. -*° a win<| ®..up. vi ' " Mj| Ijlayton- -s t^gt of site wiOwrafe any bias, certainly' ... the Loogh but after - icmder'c&ie: 1 -- ; f ?-caii^3^ ing !!t6at part ef ilie fowii. The dairy cxposare, and was too 'so away>i&. ■$ the other members ef the tedwhen it was found that the sections' lie,, would have preferred could not be obtained. The ideal- site would be on the Bay itself south of the tea kiosk,' but the company could not' get a tenure from the Harbour Board that would justify the investment? of capital in a big building ther®. Hie Mayor fead not mgntioned a point wifcich: had been brought up to the contnjittse, tl;ai r.si hotel erected there" might be expectsd to do a -good deal of , catering for ;toariiEpet;p:e. in the shape of dinner parties; -As to iize of section, 3fr Alpers remarked that o a three story building with roof, equal to» a. four story building, wide ba : - conies, would give a large amount of opers air space, .to . counterbalance;, the want of

gardens, jtnd . if ilie weather -was uotSgood •enough to h* - on the Bay' ft Trotild' r.o> i>6 good enough to he out in gardens He pointed orrt that the _qneslsan ; .of;: pi i.tf ; was. "-a 1 secondary matter r when' they Ve->' contemplating fffie erection of a costly "boiling, and it must be borne in mind tl:; ' "the values of land are certain to incre." more rapidly in the business part of 11 town than further oxxt-.,. . , Mr-Hunt sinS he visited the w^ ; with .ft i>jre|udiee, ,bpJE;...a§^^-

specting it li(3- preferred.-ifc to r tlie others :tiiat iltf was.-ithe more -hiistiag.c3c6ide'<eatiaiice : by Se'fbihaokimb'},;?'orni : \r:, ] Mr Clayton saSifc'thfe of an afcre, would' provide! (r r diim I for gardsn. .510,000 cover the section. | Jfc'jKSnestonljyr&errecl the Lough- secdediy f ] 3& ia faYOur-^bf' a'i "-'w ,^th■, plenty uof ..room bat? iwhsif!itli6y found tijai such a one conld'ffdißliS. gptjtiie felt, eompelled to-'ipve tciJtiHe Lough , sat#/- •"-ilt -wqfi!3U>ber i aii that the ; Hotel-\p6tdd' ®e ; house, where supplies could be got for customers who desired * business'-man.^in Tim»rn - jonghfc to his'support; to: this scaemei as^it- >the i spending of thousands a y^r;M'Tim"aTU : j ; eveiy business man" mttst/beife'fit by' iti ' i 'lf -the "people looked mtfiit?rii( tjiat way—-at the indirect lien that there; wiis 'a ibowimg clos6 by, and fie thought 5 section, ,it ,it ' Could' inot ;jlje ; bought, :might. be ljeaSed.'fpr/gaTdehgOlSi'lj fi : : - i Mr to un-o«P>fljdbß.,,-weEfe.,iiot adverse, bui l friepji^ i would supply competitive no tj-oubt^.that they, would get good designs, 4 a <! Tiinj^^Wffi ! '-*6ffla-get it. i :: Aofe"d' J asta' <»nSe^ v -(l') that j^h%'^dx4i^! bs J 'dii%ctor^' Be. liigmmevS^Tto. Sffejr. "ffiFo!SegSfiati6ris for %# |feg«S6ctM kbown its Lough's. <, The wasr~carried •; nnanimoosljc.;.' - i, -. /*-- s ..'- •' ,is the draft-prospectus; xe-.

pi6speetu».'Sflflie Bav ! poi-ated unaer-" The Companies Act, 1905.".limited, .C«*Biimmsmrn^ia These are offered for subscription .ifii the _ lollSwrng terms :-ffitos per share icat %' 10s er on ?ais® Stt balaice in/calls nw exceeding 10s kejgintecvals of not less than one calendar mogtb. Clayton,~^u!ider Janies Mj^or; C. S. Fraser, insurance mafiEfgef; Willialn Stimfc H. B. HSrt, y %rickmakfit :'maii--*age}i.l' Gi F. C.A. • W. H. Hunt, builder ; f" .-secreS. > <fC rmed the ,of acquirmg a section of .IJntf 'W'^irllirie l "'Bay; of \epeting. fiwt-.class mod,ern hotel ■'ofi Mrtf' 60 A »l-iTO -kidms^^lina through Kssee, as* a private "iamily liotel for the accommodation of tourists, visitors - "It is estimated that land suitable for the purpose can be acquired for about thCj size and and £6OOO. il *'feve received ojpyjffe3^g -need of iiof this character, ™ the capabiii-itres.-or^-Hie 'to\m~oi. sSmaru to attract ='a large and ever-increasing number of visiitors.- It -possesses in Caroline Bay the safest and most attractive bathing resort in the colony. ; It is the key to the.Moufit Cook Alpine there is every Depart•wilj. be • largelyaSncreased. A great' majority of them would be only too glad i;o spend part of their holiday, coming pi* TB9&8, if were assured of Trout fisfisport ifcljat - annually ; attracj|s as there is r a large number oi people who now visit Sooth Canterbury for the fishing,; would charap : - - ab r^£h ? se splsno^i m^Ke it eminently attragfivfe as a the residents of thfe neighbouring cities of Chrktphurch aid !jE^n^din iis as as ,forTjstrangers from?a .. . I $ • The aemand for accommodation at the jresqpt time is, in tlie .opinion of the pacdan hotel to be conducted at a profit to the shareholders. But that demand will be greatly increased as soon as it becomes generally known that visitor® to Timaru will be adequately catered forj and the taking will and one.- • ' ".• - 5 "In view : of tfae ;; expectedif visitors Jto , the 3at, ; the_; lame -of the international^ CSirißtchorch, it is erinnentjy d€i?irable;fhat: be cdmnlehced' without ofder that the summer of

Minimum "Subscription.—The subscription oa4 proceed to aUotmerrfc'is 1800 'eftafea. " tion of a director shall be the holding of Shares (or, stock) ,the-®mpany: of the 'faominal value of dB—

Tiie .meeting tilled up v ths blanlc in tha last ;The Mayor said there should be a lift, and' Mr Clayton;:.saidWthey ; should have (jlectrio light, if they .-had -to generate it on the premises.;, MSr Gonns suggested steam heating .p; emi~es, j iiSJ

In reply to Mt Gnnn, tie Mayor "raid lie thought they would' be safe -to buy the < land as soon as they had £SOOO subscribed, ; and gpt,iio more they should build | ; as much as could. Ho had no doubt I that thev would get tlie full amount. i A list."was passed' round the room for sub- j scriptions. Mr Fraser moved that Mr Alpers be appointed ' solicitor to the company, as he had taken great interest in the matter. Mr Rolleston seconded this, and the firm of White and Alpers was appointed. The Bank of Xew Zea'and was appointed the company's bank. Mr Alpers thanked the company for their resolution, and asked lo have, his name removed from the provisional directorate, ai.d Mr Jackson substituted. This rominatior: was seconded and carried. Mr Fraser was appointed secretary ><> the company., and Mr R. H. Bowie \v;.s elected in "his place a provisional director. Mr CJavfccm understood that when £SCCO had been subscribed a meeting of shareholders would be called and perniaiien? directors appointed, and the Mayor said that was so.

It was left to the discretion of the provisional directors, that ihey appoint a canvasser, or canvass themselves. It was carried as a recommendation that .competitive designs be called for ;• building-. Mr Reid suggested as a recommendation that the -directors endeavour to purcha.'-c the first license ih the market. He tfieughf the hotel would not be a success without :v license.—The Mayor said lie had inquire " 'the..spiling' value of" licenses and it ner.rly made hka faints ' ' ' ' : The' Mayor thanked' those - present for the -enthusiasm- they had shown, and spoke encouragingly o£ the prospects of the company. --

' Tlie meeting dosed with'.*: vote of thanks to the! chairinan. ■' - .. ■