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H. Roberts was offered a rental of $12,-000 a vear bv Mrs. Charles Batir for a 150-room hotel building to be erected at Seventh and Ohio, meeting certain specifications and requirements which she should stipulate. One of the conditions was that the building should be fireproof. Mrs.■ , ... ■ .Baur agreed to take a ten-year lease. The offer,S.however, was“It would take at least $100,000 to put up the kind of building wanted,” said Dr. Roberts. “For various reasons I could not entertain the proposi-. ‘ . i*~ • :tionIt was Under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baur that the Terre Haute house gained a reputation far and wide of being a really first-class hostelry, one of the best in the country. They spent money almost carte blanche to keep everything up to date, and their efforts were appreciatedby theremarked Mrs. Baur confidentially to a iriend during a brief visit here this week, “do youX was in a room at the Terre Haute that• - * - . •hasn’t been papered since we left. We put the paper qn and that’s how I remember, although itBut the table is keptwas aupmany years ago.ere is no complaint about the meals.” RaUr is one of the highest salaried women-'.J- .. • • » *- / ■ r . . ■ ' ■ . * • *. ‘ •.in Indiana and she is worth every cent of the $6,000 she drawi*from the owner of the Oliver hotel in South Bend. • Before the death of her hits-band Mr. and Mrs. Baur had the management ofthe Oliver. They retired, however, some time previous to Mr. Baur’s last sickness and it was afterhis death that she was offered $5,000 a year with a* . • • * * • . * * • . * . . * *•- • *. / ’ % * ** . - • * !suite of apartments for herself and mother or $0,000 if Mrs. Carnahan preferred to live in a home of her own. At first the family lived at the hotel, later taking a house. Then Mrs. Baur’s salary became $6,000 a year, with a room and bath for which guests pay $5 a day, reserved for her. At the time Mrs. Baur took charge of the Oliver it was losing money. Last year the profits are reported to have1 v. ' ■ . ’ - '' -been $60,000. The investment is said to be between $400,000 and $600,000. The hotel was built for South Bend by the famous plow manufacturer as a monument to the family name and has a reputation of being the finest hotel in the country fora town the size of South Bend, outside of summer*• 1resorts. Mr. Oliver cared little for profit, although he wanted a management that would not show a deficit on the actual running expenses withoutcounting interest on the investment. Mrs. Baurhas more than met his requirements.
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Terre Haute Saturday Spectator
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Sat, Apr 28, 1906
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