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
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45 West 7th Street
FRANK FIELDS, General
Telephone 528
lanager Eugene Office
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