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75TH YEAR.
CHRISTIANSTED,
V.II. U.
S. A.,
THURSDAY.
18TH
MARCH
1920.
! oSprings.
Frequently
this
winter,
the
|
bhotei
has
been
forced
to
turn
away
!
guests
particularly
over
the
week-end
'
and this
is takern
as
an
indication
that
.
the Springs
will be increasingly
popular
.
irom year
Lo year.
}
While
these
improvements
have
been
|
under
consideration
for
a
long
time
it
|
was impossible
to make
any
definite
de-
!
cision regarding
then
until after
a
new
lease
was obtained
on the property.
The
‘
Porto
Rico
Hotels
Corporation,
which
|
operates
the
Hotel
Condado
Vanderbilt,
|
has
been
operatin
‘the
Coamo
Spring
i
Hotel-for
three
years
or
so,
hut
until
|
recently
was
not
able
to get
a long lease
|
on the Spr
ng
property.
With the sign-
|
ing of
the
new
lease
recently,
defini.e
|
plans
were
made
for
improvements
|
which have
long
been
under
considera-
|
tion.
’
|
At the same
tirre
it is
understood
that
|
plans
are
now
b<ing
considered
for
an
|
enlargement
of
tne
Hotel
Condado
so
.
thatits accommodztions
may be very much
.
extended.
‘'hese
plans,
however,
have
l
not been
definitelv
formulated
and it
1s
'
probable
that no definite
decision
will be
'
reached
unt | the close
of its first sear of
-
operation.
It is said
to
be
the belief
of
.
the hotel company,
atter
its few
mor ths
.
of operation,
that
the
present
building
-
will be wholly inadequate
to accommodate
!
guests
who
wish 0 stop fthere,
and
that
(
plans
must
be made for enlarging
the
ho-
.
tel tor the future.
:
The
hote!
building
was
designed
so
.
that additions
could
be buiit and
1t is
un-
.
derstood
thiat
these
who
oiivinally in-
|
vestcd
in the
projeet
are prepared
to fi-
.
nance
exteasionsto
the
notel
building
|
as
soon
as
its success
had
been
defiaitely
i
determined.
Whie for
many
weeks
fol-
|
lowing its
opening
the
hotel
was
only
t
scantily patconized
owing
to poor
trans-
i
portation from
the
mainiand,
for several
i
weeks
the hotel
hias
been
completely fill-
|
ed
and
on
severa!
ogcasions
has
been
|
compelled to reject
patrons.—Forto
Rico
|
Progress.
|
t
CENTRALS AGR<E TO
SEL!L
[LOAL
i
SUGAKR
CHEAPER
|
e
AR
|
Will ;Sell
at
New
York
Prices
less
'
Freight for Loca! Consumption;
!
Agreement
a Compromise.
|
)
|
Sugar
centrals
in
the,
island
bhgje
.
promised
to
sell
sugar
‘or
local
con-
-
sumption
at
the
New
York price
less
|
freight.
This announcement
was
made
THE
ST.
CROIX
AVIS
18 printed
and
published daily (Sundays
and
Holidays
excepted)
by
G.
Johansen
at the Avis Office.
TERMS---50
cents
monthly in advance,
2 cents
per single copy.
ntered
as
second-class
matter
May
26th
1917 ot
the Post Office
at Christian-
dtad.
St. Crotz,
V. L. ortRE
U.. 5. A., uns
der the Act of March
3.
1879.
Contribution
to this paper will bz glad-
ly received
when the same
deals with mat-
ters of general
interest,
and is
accompa-
nied with
the
author’s
mame,
as a quar-
antee of good faith.
The editor cannot be
responsible for the views of his correspon-
dentsmor does he necessarily endorse them.
e
O
R |
T
R
R
ARAT O S
RRS
MM
COAMO SPRINGS
TO BE GREATLY
IMPROVED
Electric Lights and Running Water to
be
Installed
and an Addition Built
CoMPANY GETS
NEW LEASE
Gets
Control of
100 Acres
Surrounding
Hotel;
Condado Also to be
En-
larged,
is Reported.
Extensive
improvements
at
Coamo
Springs
ar: definitely planned by the Por-
to Rico Hoteis
Corporation,
including the
installation of electric lights in the
pres-
ent
hotel
building,
running
waier
for
the guest
rooms
and possibly
an addition
either
o the present
building
or a seper-
ate building for guests
or possibly
a group
of cottages.
Wells
also
are to be dug
so
that the hotel will be supplied
with fresh
water in addition to the medicinal
waters
of the springs.
These
improvements
have been
defin-
itely
determined
u;on
as
a
long
time
lease
has
been
obtained
on approximate-
ly one hundred
acres
of land surrounding
the present
hotel property.
The improve-
ments
in all probability will be
complet-
ed
before
the
beginning
of
the
next
winter season.
So far
only rough
sketches
of the
im-
provements
to
be made
have been
com-
pleted,
but
it is said
that
the
company
intends
to
preserve
the
present
charae-
ter
of
the
springs
and
that
whatever
buildings
are
added
will conform with
the oid
structure,
which willbe
exten-
sively repaired.
;
The
improvements
have
been
deter-
mined
upon in order
to meet the increas-
ing demand
for accommodation
at Coamo
No.
63.
Wednesday
by
United
States
Distriet
Attorn
y
Martin
who has
had
the
sub-
4 i
ject of reducing
the
price
of
sugar
for
local consumption
up
with
t'e
centrals
for several
weeks.
At the ‘ime the Federal
Grand Jury
was
in session
some
weeks
ago.
it is
under-
stood
that
the question
of an
investiga-
tion into the cost
of making
sugar
was
under consideration
as
a part of the
plan
to reduce
the cost of living.
While
no
official
statement
has
been
made
on
the
subject,
it
is
understood
that
some
of
the
centrals
were
very
much
disturbed
over
the
possibility
of
having an investigation
of their
produc-
tion
costs
and
that
the
proposition
to
lower the
price
of sugar
for
local
con-
sumption
was
a
compromise
suggested
and
which
was agreed
to by most
of the
centrals
and
District
Attorney' Martin.
Until this
week
white
sugar
had
been
selling at retail
at $0.20
per
pound.
By
the new agreement
with
the
centrals it
Is expected
that sugar
for iocai consump-
tion will be considerably
reduced.—lbid.
AUCTION.
T
the
request
of
lawyer
Stakemann
A
on
behalf
of Mr. M. Borgesen
will be
offered
for
sale
at
a
public
auction
to
be
held
at
NO.
32
IN
COMPANY
STREET IN CHRISIIANSTED
on
SATURDAY
The 20th Os March
1920
AT2 OCLOLK P. I
HIS HOUSEKCLD-FURNITURE
consisting
of
MAHOGANY TABLES.
CHAIRS,
PRESSES,
CARD TABLES,
WASH STANDS,
'
BEDSTEADS,
CHINA and
Gi ASS WARES,
KITCHEN UTENSILS,
ETC.
BPG
Also for sale
TWO BUGGIES
Christiansted’s
Vendue Office, St. Croix,
March 15th
1920.
Fee:
Fr. 10.00
-
Say
ten Franes
JOHN
L. CURRY.