This piqued his interest in establishing one, thereby purchasing a hard granite hilltop called Bacon Hill as the site for his new Raymond Hotel. The dynamiting and grading off of  of the hilltop came to more than twice Raymond's estimates, and he turned to his father Emmons Raymond for assistance.
The idea intrigued him enough to buy a large, rocky hilltop named Bacon Hill as the location for his new hotel, Raymond Hotel.  Demolition and grading on the hill proved more expensive than he anticipated, so he turned to his father, Emmons Raymond, for help.