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About The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1925)
Monday Evening, June 15' 1925 HUE ESCAPE. SIGN IF EUGENE HOTEL USE 3 TONS STEEL i total of threa tons of th high tJK hotel for fire escapes alone, Jos. Franzwa, expert metal i 'Ai-1rAr- wi.a not onlv hunilli-it ' contract for the fire escapes and tie huge sign on top ol the hotel, Joe de!in"l the work as well. Ten years ago the city council un .oimouslj approved the type of fire ,lc,pe eesiltted Franxwa, since that time many of them J... Seen installed in the city. Guet of the Eugene hotel can Jeep soundly, say nr. i . a. uiarn, ,nt of tlie manager!, "for not only ill they he in a fire-proof building, in case of fire of any kind, they c,n Quickly escape by making use of thh apparatus.'1 Another real achleyement Is the iuie electric sign, .i teei wine, a i..t l.nh. and 75 feet long, -which serilds the name of ttie hotel to tritellers coining iuio jugaue. jir. Franxwa personally UiervHed the erection of this huge affair. tr Franzwa has been in hia proa- em location at 7-42 Cbarnelton street for the past 10 years, unu uunng mat tlne has built up a remarkable reputa tion by his high quality of work, it :s stated. THE EUGENE GUABD tes 16,000,000 telephones through the world, works in tflo medium : a happy family, stated C. L. Uirseu, wire thief of the company. "It i. I'urpose ot the company to i serve the people and we eitend our j lines of service even into remote , communities, ' he said. The Pacific States and Associated companies now have over 111,000,000 subscribers. "We cairy on under the policy that if a workman is a stockholder and thus a part owner in the busi ness he will strive to uphold and build the reputation of his company. ii preseut W.Uw BEAUTIFUL TILE 111 HOTEL IS ADMIRED T been ia Optra lion, teveral of the big test tilt contract in ihs Xorthwt have been handled br ihii company. The Vnion but el at I'mon, Oregon: ih Idauah hotl at Houf, h.l o; th V. M. C, A. Rwimtuinf pool aUo tit Hoiae; anJ the Miner building id Eu gene are cutnbrrrd mnmtg th moil important. Tht firm alto ha a the contract f r tht new hotfl at Lon- ; view, and all craniic tile for the Roosevelt hotel In Portland ii being i furnished. The beautiful tila work at th r eniutuyeea own En hiit ha iiea.H - . stock and 150.UU0 mora ar in the of admiration to hundreds of visitor. tne mantgers declare. Tha latest and most attractive patterns are uted throughout, and the- work is faultless, it is said. The William Fields Tile company, of Portland, did all the work and fur aiihed ti e material for the entire hotel. Mr. Fields, who ia known fu ins many friends in Kugene as "Hil process of burns." said John L. Bland local manager ol tht company. "In case an employee desires to gain poss seasion of stock in this company lit has but to fill ut an application and a specified sum v.-ill be aeducted from bis salary monthly in payment for this stock he buys. With the com pletion of payment the stock is turned over to him tind ha collects his divi . Big Sheet Metal Job Done in City by Local Company Sheet metal, in huge sheets, and in tiny piece, was furnished for th) Eugcue hotel by Stroebul and Miller, local slnet metal workers, and it was all carefully fitted by these expert workers. Two of the main tusk. ly," was for several years the pro-i both of which required extreme care nd,A Altogether thers are aho'it j prietor of the Fairmount Brick yards 1 and skill, were the tall smoke stack. mu.uw BlocKUojiters in the company, ! here. He left here and settled in! none of whom owns as much as one i Portland, where he has had remark-j t per cent of its total stock. Another noteworthy fact Is that tho majority of its stockholders art women." Mr. Bland has been 'with the com pany for the past thirteen years. He was stationed in Portland and Ts coma before coming to Eugene. "Managing a telephone exchange r quires considerable patience and hard able success in this line. He is now regarded as one of the outstanding manufacturers of tile on the Pacific coast, and lie has used the very bet of his products for the new hotel, it is said. A branch office of this firm is to be opened in Eugene at 45 Seventh j avenue west, u is announced, anil patrons of the new Eugene hotel will not be out of touch with their freinds because they will hava at their disposal complete telephone iquipment. The Pacific Telegraph and Telephone company hna installed in exchange and 187 telephone sta tions in convenient places throughout the massive structure. Besides these 1S7 phones two individual long dis tance telephone booths are placed on the lobby floor. The two booth blend with the decorations of the hotel and seem to add to the effect of this modern hotel. The switohboard behind the deik In tne lobby has 320 line equipment and is supplied by four trunk lines. This paramount service was provided for last winter when an adequate wit placed in the alley back of the hotel. The cable 1b of insulated wire and contains 100 feet of 800-pair cable and 400 feet of 100-palr cable In thli service. The wires In the building are con cealed in conduits In the walls. The Dtire work of installation of instru ments took -only about a month nf labor by the effecient workmen of the company, who handled their part of the work so well that at no time TTflji other construction or decorating held up, state the contractors. The tplephona comynny which oper- a trrowing community. During the time the company has'coam, it, is stated. work, but the appreciation shown ay Mr. Fields himself will return to Eu- the patrona is worth the effort, " Mr. j gene as general manager. "My re Bland said. turn to Eugene to work on the new C. O. Larsen. wire chief for this j hotel has been a revelation to me," division, came to Eugene about the j he declares, "and I believe that there lame time as Mr. Bland did, and has ' is a wonderful future ahead for anv been in the employment of the com ; business that expects to grow witli pany for a number of yeara also. J. M. Lamb is the district plant chief. It is hia policy to make his plans with due consideration of the desires of the public, he said. C L, Hulbert is district traffic superin tendent, a- An outstanding feature of the tele-. phone company is the pension, die-! ability and death benefit insurance carried for its employes by the com pany. The company also looks for j the general welfare of its employes j and gives them an excellent business training and opportunities for ad- j vancement. j This company employees 70 people : In Lane county and has an annual j payroll here of $105,500. Forty-eight j operators are employed, in tne Eu gene office alone. The main office and switchboard are situated at GS Eighth avenue west. and the Ciuga sign on the top of the. hotel. Each piece of steel had to be car-j fully cut to fit on these contracts,! and extreme care had to be used in fitting them, it is stated. A parti-1 cularly delicate job was that done on 1 the sign, for which each letter had to be cut and installed. Metal work is one of the oIdet of ; arts, and one of the most fascinating, i declared Mr. Strobul and Mr. Mil- ler. The two formed a partnership; about a yoar ago, and since that time have handled many of the big she; : metal contracts in the city. ' The sign on the top of the hotel is 75 feet Ions:. 14 feet wide, and S3 feet high, one of the largest on the n iirir - "nirariiniiT snmrt asasiiar.aieii'TWiTssiviii For the Eugene Hotel Milk, Cream, Eggs, Butter and Ice Cream Plenty of Parking Space Provided for Cars at New Hotel Drivers of cars who attend the gTarid opening festivities of the Eu gene hotel tonight are asaured of ample parking space, the management announces. The plot of ground across from the hotel on Ninth ave nue east, has heen prepared for parking, and a man will be in charge of the grounds who thoroughly un derstands the placing of automobiles so that the maximum number can be accomodated. - " Oo somewhere this summer. Plan to male It the happiest vacation you ever had Low Roundtrip Fares are In effect throughout the sum mer season. It's amaring what they will enable you to see and do. So go this vacation. Know Oregon. Visit Tillamook Beaches, Newport Beaches, Coos Bay Beaches, Mountain Resorts, Crate? Lake, Oregon Caves. And rely upon our agents for full travel information. Ask for our illustrated booklet "Oregon Outdoors." Southern Pacific F. G, LEWIS, Ticket Agent Phone 44 furnished by the WILD ROSE DAIRY Motor Route B We furnish a special Holstein Milk for babies and invalids The Tile Work in the Eugene Hot Done by Eugene, Oregon Branch WM F ill DS TIL 45 West 7th Street FRANK FIELDS, General Telephone 528 lanager Eugene Office Pag Seven r r ; 1 ' is-! , (
