The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 9

THE aALVESTON DAILY NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1929. SAN LUIS COMPANY FORMED TO BUILD ON OLD TOKIO SITE ff to announcement mad by J. F. Selnshelmer, president the reorganized San Luis Hole Company, architects have al eady beqn In consultation wit Mr. Baker and somo definite plan are expected shortly.

nils firm of architects has associated with tho construction all the new Baker Hotels In of Company. it. 1 3 to Mr. Selnshelmer i Mr tho company ri Kelso, vice president anc Feck, sccrf-tarv-treosurer. The board directors Is composed of the following Gaiveslonians: A.

Black, John Chrlatcn- sen J. iW Butler. B. D. Moore, J.

X- J. M. Gibbons, Fred Hartol, D. w. Kempner, Sam J.

Wllliamj H. L. Zieglbr, Fred Pabst, Scaly Hutchlngs. A elB C. S.

Peek. Ben Base, J. Stratford, John Sterling, Selnshelmer, George Scaly? Ham. dmann and George Flood The old Sab Hotel Corporation which was In existence be- rorc the reorganization was headed bv Ben Saas. J.

E. Stratford was vice president and John L. Sterling, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Stratford who Is head of tho wuo IB neaa 01 me Oalveston Playhouse Corporation announced recently that the work of dismantling tho Interior of the Garden of Toltlo was underway and that the structure would be rnied to make roojn for the new hotel.

Toklo utands on tile site of the shaped tower 245 feet across th front and 5B feet deep with cour approximately HO by 20 feet. Th tS the KTade Iln 'o th to the roof will be npproxl mutely 130 foot and to tho top houno tower 180 feet The building will be of reinforced concrete with outside walls reach OI Cntly BU Tho basement III provide for a garage spaco with a capacity of 91 this floor win also bo a golf and exhlb.it space, boiler room trunk room, laundry, dressing room, carpenter and paint shot? bowline alley and other On the ground floor cor storage a tion, two kl dr ground floor there will bo and filling sla- space ItcHcn coffee nhbp. Hnop, store, barber shop and eleven Jdua shops. An arcade will open to six of these shops and con- ct with the foyer which adjoins Ice lobby. There will be an 38- oot covered promenade across Iho entire main front of tho building.

Ixbby Floor FoaUiros. The lobby floor win have provisions for a drive for automobiles proposed San Luis Hotel. Juit when actual work on the new hotel will ret started could not bo determined, Mr. Selnshelm- er Bald that as soon as the plans of architects had been approved by the directors that bids would be asked and that contract would probably bo let within ly days. Colonial Spanish.

The style of architecture will bo what Is known as Colonial Spanish. The building will cpvcr a lorm plot of ground approximately 310 feet on the front. 281 feet on the renr. 102 feet deep on ono end and approximately 32 feet doTM on Urn short end. The structure will consist of a Uilscmcnl, ground floor, lobby floor, mezzanine over tho lobby, seven gueiit room floors, roof garden and roof garden mezzanine.

Tile basement, ground floor, lobby floor and mezzanine will cover practically ine entire ground area. The guest room floors, roof garden and roof garden form -a unvo jor automobiles with an entry to tho Jobbv. Other catures of thin floor will Include convention hall and dance room feet by 120 feet, a Bun porch with access to dance hall and main otunda, dining room, lobby an- rojdnmlcly 26 by 48 feet, office reBt ro and other rooms The mezzanine floor provides for le upper to con-en lion' and dance hali and tho upper portion of the dining room. Beauty and o'her comport- jevon guest room floors Customs Officers Keep Close ChecJi OniheWaterfront Hotel About flfty men working In three shifts comprise the local United States customs inspection forces of which Frank W. Qu.is.

-superintendent of customs inspectors and warehouses, Is chief. The primary duty of the customs nepectlon service Is to enforce the provisions of the tariff act with particular reference to smuggling and evasion. On the various piers of the Gal- waterfront these men are on duty twenty-four hours a day, hres hundred and ilxtr-flv'o days out of the year. All bonded cargo handled from imp to pier from'pier to ship. checked by Inspectors who an-" irovlded with manifests showing un itemized list of the comtnodtfcs Tho Inspectors examine the bag rage of Inbound passengers and re- Jort all articles not manifested 'hey are also charged with the uty of observing the movements all suspicious characters who night ba Involved In smuggling; en- erprlses.

All vessels arriving from foreign orte are boarded by tho boarding fficer and his assistants, when nanlfnsts.and other papers are cx- Fimlned in the caao of foreign ships quor stores checked and put un- cr seal. The inspectors receive orders and eport regularly to tho barge of- ce at Twenty-first street an3 Avo- ue A. Hero a record of all work kept. This office la In constant ontact with the main customs ousc. When a ship Is to bo search- for liquor or other contraband the barge office Is notified and a detail of men sent out.

Many of the men of (ho inspection service have been at this work for long years. Applicants for this position must pass a. rigid civil sen-Ice examination. u. s.

rmsi Burrjis BHANCHES IN CUBA Havana--OT--There is constant influx' of United States capital for the purpose of establishing businesses and operating Industries In Cuba. Recent additions to Cuba's Industrial family include branch factories of several leading United States producers of food products. Galveston Watei Is Obtained from 7 Artesian Wells CElvjston's municipal water works is keeping step with civic progress by extension of Its service purlng the past year service has been extended to tho west end of tho city so that is. now completely served with fire protection and domestic water service ever an area west of Fortieth, street to tha cltjr limits and from Avenue to Avenue U. Within a short tlma new sewer laterals which Include about twelve miles of pipe in a network from Avenue to Avenue and from Fortieth to Forty-seventh streets will bo completed.

Another outatanding extension of city water service Is the laylmr of a main to Pelican Spit across the bay whnre a number of industrial plants and government stations are located. Thls-ls expected to be finished and put into use soon. Gelveston's water supply comen from seven artesian wells ranging from 800 to 850 feet In depth? cated at Alta Lonm twenty mllea away. It Is pumped from the wells electrically operated pumps. jrmerly Diesel engines were mied to make tho electricity but It wia found cheaper to purchase the clec- rlclty.

From the wells It KOCH into tho mams and then to Galvcston where It is received at the Fifty ninth street. reservoirs, flowing from thcro to the'-pumping plant at Thirtieth street and Ayenue H. It then, enters the distribution matas. i A TM. t(: shortage hero Is extremely unlikely due to the fact that tile city reservoir has a otorago ca- lt of .11,000,000 gallons wnich is an ample supply for two days under tho greatly Increased summer demand or for three days in the winter.

Galvollton's water supply com- 'n. with SSy in country, having successfully passed every purity test. One of it, chief charactffi.M cs Is Its pleasant taste which is devoid of traces of chlorine, BO evident some citle where so much rriust be fo7 purification The rate may also be favorably compared with other Texac being fifty cents for Uio first feet; twenty cents for 100 cubic and fourteen cents per 100 cubic feet for all consumption post 10,000 feet. ments. Un room UOOrs re JK ho 30 room or approximately rooms to the floor.

Thlr- of the rooms on each floor are provided with bath, two with connecting bath and two with The end on the front of the building will bo ar- lanircd to form apartments con- is of living room, wllh bed close bed room nnd kitchenette, fourteen such apartments will bo allowed. The building will hnvo clroula ng ico wntcr Ihroughout. On the roof garden floor the hoi! proper will be 120 iv 62 foci and dining room bv 63 feet nnd 10 by 23 feet. Tho exterior walls will he of oad-buarlng tlln combination vlth nolld brick masonrv and on all exponed portion, will bo aluccoft! with colored waterproof fllucco. All wa Is will bn damp-proofed on the iiiaiuc.

All exterior window Bills and all I terlor trimmings on the outside the building will be of lilgh- ade cast atone, plain or orna- entcd In harmony wllh the de- gn of the building and of color match and harmonize with tho ucco. Ornamental TIK in tho lobby will be ornamental tile as will those of the barber shop, coffee shop and other rooms. The floor of the convention hail will be of 00 k. Tile will be on the floors of the nun porch, dining room and smaller rooms. The mezzanine floor will bo of cement mid carpeted as will the guest room' floors and outnldc halla.

Tho floor of the roof garden dining room and lounge will be of ornamental Ule. All guest rooms will be papered with delicate lints predominating. The walls and ceilings of the lobby arcade and foyer on ground floor and the lobby on the lobby floor will have ornamental paneled woJIs and ornamental plaster cornices and other enrichments, he convention hall and dining rooms will alfio have ornamental plaster co mn and T. he building will be equipped wllji three high-speed passenger and ono freight elevator, all extending from the basement to the roof garden. The heating will bo nrovldcd hrough tiio vacuum system with main plant In the banement.

MVSTBBY SHfP TO BUN WITHOUT PBOPEIiOS Berov, a marine engineer, hat he has invented a propellorleB? ship. He says it is non-slnkable nnd that It will develop unsury passed speed. He calls it lh'4 Best of City's Schools i.l_£.JL_^ of OiilvmtnnV KlpmraUry Schools TWO MILLION BOND TsSUE PROBABLEHEREFOR SCHOOLS With the realization that schoo the backbone of llio communlt GWvcsUmlans aro rallying to tl njcds of their public schools an tHo machinery la being eot In mi tlpn for a school expansion pri gram which will give to tho clt unven now school buildings, an an to Its negro high school, nn general rehabilitation of all cxls Ing buildings. Whllo Qolvoiton In tho past rev yearn through lack of finances hau not been ablo to maintain a physical school plant commenaurut with other cities. If tho recommon datlons nubmitK4d by a special survey commllliM) and-tho school com mltlco of tho Onlvnnlon Chambei of Commerce nrn ndopted, tho out look for school development hero Is exceedingly promising.

Jn order to put Into effect thn propound recommendations a hlrh- wlI 1 krd of together with hom Ijsuo nppro-xlmatlns M.000,000 plann are being worked out the two opnclnl committees and the hoard of (-chonl trustees The liroposltlonn are expected to lie nub- nilili-d 1i tnxpnyora within the near future. ftnlvcuton haa bnt-n etrngoly for- In Ihnt two of Its rchool liulldlngs wore given to the city by two of outstanding phllan- Ihroplsls, Ofiorgo Bnll and Jlnnrv Rosenberg. In addition Brewer Key on his death left an estate morn than J200.000 to purchase ilnyrroumln In connection with the chfioln. iMr tiiln irnson ponnlhlv Oalvcn- innluns were nlow In realizing (l-n i iicodi of i children. The fortv "vr" 10n lcd cllv om show nl to Know tho wear and of are as are other school buildings erected during Ct The GalvcBton school plant con- UA1P1.M -1 I of seven cl 'lldien, efcmentnry 1 Coh 0 Bocauso of the rapid expansion Ihn west end alncu It was reclaimed through grade ralnlnc- operations, there been nTwost? ward trfiul in homobulldlng and the ncri'ass In the number of the scholaatlcs in the went end schools has been exircmnly largo.

This has made It necessary to two new uchool buildings in in west end and to rcurratmn th, boundary The AlamoThoot 'inMciuiitcd building, will bo ng will bo r'celed urVhor wart y1 cn t' i Oll0 unlor high schooln which will Vo ch 0 "oiTf rl o2; 0 7 ry nnl flf'' lll Ot tVcst mattcr vlt al nil' nil traffic nnd nolao as lemoned Us tlscfulncds. Tho grenleat Improvement In thn roposcH program Is thn erootlTM sohool buildings for cgro children ixn nnnix to io negro high school. Om, hose (,, (,, )0 nd nnd the two In III" wn7l nil. All of lt rr buildings IMC hn modernized. Tin, tolnl enrollment In tho Gal- 00 Approximate wlllch nearly 6,000 arc white children.

At the midwinter graduation there were sixty-right graduates while an equally large number are expected (o graduate at tile June commencement exer- clson. The scholastic- alnndlng of the students of the Gnlveston nchools has always been high. At tho llni- fo'l rtutu recently, GnJvcs- Tho recent supreme court ruling separating munfclpal and school tenance purposc.i will have a far-reaching effect I here-, affitlala deciured. in that th, lru now has a fl conatitullonal limit, while heretofore the constitutional limit of $2 BO prevailed both for city and schools illo present plant connl.its of tho Rosenberg. Sun laclnto.

Sam Houston, Alamo 110 Brewer W. Key and 11 cs End elementary ncnools and necrn school and Went, and Enat dhtrlct negro elementary uhoaln. In addition to ilie public achools there IH iui system of parochial schoola hnrn, Including facilities for high school for both boys ami girls, am! clcmeninrv and primary work. Thoao Include the Klrwln High School, Ursullne Academy, Sacrod Heart, Dominican Academy, Sacred Heart Parochial School, St. Patrick's H-hool st Peter's School In tho wont end and' the St.

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