Ben Steinauer

 

Ben Steinauer, proprietor of the New William Tell House, is one of the most pushing and successful hotel men of Sacramento. He is a native of Switzerland, born at Einsiedeln on the 21^st of March, 1847, his parents being L. and Eliza (Fuchs) Steinauer, the father a farmer by occupation. Ben. Steinauer spent his boyhood days at his native place, and received his education between the ages of six and fourteen years. In 1866 he went to France, and for a time followed farming near Paris, until 1868, when he came to New York. He traveled extensively throughout this country, visiting, among other places, Louisville, St. Louis, New Orleans, thence back again to St. Louis, where he had a saloon. In 1874 he came to California, and for a time kept bar in Sacramento, and afterward conducted a saloon. On the 1^st of January, 1876, he leased the William Tell House. The New William Tell House occupies the site of the old St.  Charles Hotel, and takes the place of the old William Tell House, corner of Ninth and J streets. Mr. Steinauer has made great success of his hotel, and it is the intention at this time of writing to so add to the building during 1889 that 120 guests can be accommodated. Mr. Steinauer was married February 15, 1876, to Miss Theresa Kern, a native of Pennsylvania. They have one child Matilda. Mr. Steinauer is a member of Red Men, and of the Verein-Eintracht. He is a pushing man, and he has certainly achieved great success and great popularity as a hotel keeper.