A MONSTER HOTEL.

Evening Star, Issue 4083, 28 March 1876, Page 3

A MONSTER HOTEL.

{Geelong advertiser.) i( Uy riyaUing our American friends m our projects for establishing The last venture of this kind has been brought before the public, and connected with &e temperance movement, in the shape Pf oject . for establishing a company with a capital 0 f L 20.000, in 20,000 LI shares, tor the purpose of erecting on the St. Jameses Surch reserve, fi«J r ? ntag S, t0 CoUins street, a huge ffist-plass Temperance Hotel, to contarn, irrespective of offices and conveniand be constructed for we tofflefit of its temperance supporters in nist-class style. The ground has been annual rental of L 330 for a tlU l£ yeara ’ ** d of courße alcohohMtion op the premises will not be per HV 8 eatimated LIS,OOO will be sufficient to erect the building, leaving • “■*“> M.OOO far toiLr™l mtmgs, while the earnings of the business are calculated at 1,12,356 anthe expenditure, allowing L6OO for wear and tear, at L 6,762. The Sr ana J en i fent ia .t° he entrusted to Mr and Mrs Tankard, junior, for three years, at a small salary and percentage on the profits. Mr Tankard With whom the project seems to be associated—takes a considerable contributing interest. One of the main features is to be the accommodation provided for, ladies,' for whom a drawing-room, ommg-rodnt, promenade court with foun Si^ a 4.? l r()0m >’ * c -» to be provided, e n COmf of the gentlemen are weU cared for, smoking, commercial. rooms being set apart for their * .The latest conveniences .to be adopted for the comfort of the, residents, and it is intended as soon as 5,000 shares S’ rations, as it is expectedthewaridns Lodge* with the Tdmperafice the ,06lppy w Si Ipt*