Jones Co. TX - Newspapers - The Stamford American: February 6, 1925 *********************************************************** Submitted by: Dorman Holub Date: 28 December 2019 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/jones/jonestoc.htm *********************************************************** The Stamford American February 6, 1925 Contract let for new Stamford Inn The contract for the new Stamford Inn was let by A.C. Cooper first of the week to Horn Bros. of Abilene. The David Castle firm of Abilene are the architects. It is to be Mission style with tile roof, interlocking tile walls, steel joists and steel framing throughout with plastered partitions and ceilings and reinforced concrete floors, in fact, as near fire proof as it is possible to build. It will contain 50 guest rooms besides a large lobby, writing rooms, large dining room, a special Rotary Club lunch room, kitchen and other utility rooms. In the basement will be located the laundry, heating plant and a number of sample rooms. The east wing of the three unit building will have a roof garden and the roof of the front porch will be arranged for a band stand. The three sections of the building will be so built that either or all of them can be built onto, to make another story or to extend back further. Another story would add 40 more bed rooms. The heating plant will be of sufficient capacity to care for the 90 rooms when the extra story is needed and is built. The rooms of the new structure will be large and over half will contain bath rooms. Mr. Cooper is a thorough hotel man. He at first thought of a 100 room hotel but decided to build on a lesser pattern. It costs a barrel of money to furnish 100 rooms. Work is to be underway on March 1st and to be completed and the building ready for opening September 1. Stamford Cotton yard has 9,773 bales of cotton. Charlie Rowland, about 40 years old, was found dead on South Anson street, early Thursday morning by Uncle Charlie Meeker. The body was lying face down just off the sidewalk about 30 feet from the Meeker residence. He was last seen alive about 1:00 in the morning and stated that he was going to the Price rooming house on South Ferguson and go to bed. It is thought that he died from heart failure. No autopsy was made but Dr. Bickley, health officer, examined the body and gave it as his opinion that it was heart failure. He was related to the Martindale brothers east of town and one of them came in and notified his brothers, Dr. Rowland at Shawnee, Okla., and another at New Albany, Miss., and both answered that they would come. The Penick-Hughes undertaking parlors. (Kinney, Chas. M. Rowland, died on South Anson St., Heart failure, died 2/5/1925, 47 y, 7 m, 2 d) Building Notes J.D. and Pleas Curd have just finished a new filling station at the southeast corner of the square. It is a new type, hollow tile with stucco finish. Further down east Hamilton, Mayor B.P. Davenport is having a nice brick erected which he has leased to A.H. Goldsticker for a potato chip and candy factory. It is well built, with plate glass front, cemetery floor and artistic finish. Down on South Ferguson, by the Armour building, the foundation for the Western Candy Co., factory had been poured and the walls ready to go up. Warren B. Tayman is building a bungalow out on Hudson road. It will be 5-6 rooms and modern. The framing was up Sunday. Out in south town, it was noted that L.W. Cundiff had recently remodeled his home by stuccoing the walls, and adding a sleeping porch. The new brick home of Mr. and Mrs. R.V. Colbert on East McHarg is till in the process. The Central Christian Church has been completed to the first floor and roofed. The Central Presbyterian church edifice is awaiting the memorial widows. There is a new residence at the east end of Oliver street. The Thornton home over on the east side of the Hanna Addition is a commodious home. Rev. W.C. Moffett, new pastor of the First Baptist church. Miss Beryl McCord, 15 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.S. McCord, who with her parents resided in Stamford until after a year ago when they removed to Dallas where she passed away of pneumonia at 4:45 a.m. last Thursday. Miss Beryl was a sweet, talented and lovable little girl.