The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-26

The Oldest Christ Church, Rev. A. Wad-
leigh rector, has become too restricted I'm its
limits and new stone edihce which will cost
$4,000, has already been commenced. The
place on Thursday Of this week. in the presence S
of the Right Rev Bishop Stevens The other
congregation Of this depomination worship In
lions OF the Rev. II. s. Spackman, recently oi
The Baptist Church is a large and 1ne brick
building, and is presided over by the Rev ~ o.
Lincoln, ID. ID. Another but smaller church OF
this denomination has just been dedicated, and
fhs MeiSodist Protestant Church, Of which
the Rey DR. Kilgore is pastor, has a new edifice
in the course OF erection. There are, in addition
TO the above, two Lutheran churches. the Rev.
respective pastors The Catholic congregation
Rev. Father Stack now worship in the County
in course OF erection for some time past,
although the work upon 1t is at present inter
p TnpIsd by, by an unhappy Misunderstanding
So much for the churches.
The Court House Is certainly one the largest,
most attractive, and most substantial in the en-
tire state. 1t is built of pressed brick, set off
with facings of Pictou stone, there being slight
projections, one of which is surmoL nted by a
clock. The building was Completed in 1850 at
a cost of 100000, and affords ali the accommoda-
dations that would be required ofsuch struc-
tuie. A new County Prison is also under way,
and when completed will cost fully $780, 900, and
excel the Court House without and within,
Moreover, work will soon be commenced on
handsome new building for the use of the Gov
ernment as a Post Office, and for certain busi-
~
With hotels, WiIliamsport is quite we'll sup
piled, as, indeed Is usually the case. But the
prominent one Is SO very prominent that ~
centre of beautiful grove of five acres, imme-
dately opposite the depot, and is known as the
ing is of brick, 156 feet square, aud contains 200
rooms, with comfortable accommodations for
full three hundred guests. The dininghall is
even more spacious, and will seat 500 persons.
A year and half have elapsed since the build
ing which cost S2OO, 900, was CONF pIeted, and 1t
has inIO Such favor
vices OF seventy persons are consta atty required
70 keep it in running order. The proprietor.
MIR. Peter Herdic, in addition to the ground,
building, and furniture, owns large amount
of real estate In the vicinity, as well as the
gas works which furnish the hotel and the
buildings in the neighborhood with gas. The
establishment is now under the management
even as a summer resort But this is not a
matter of surprise, as the delightful scenery of
the vicinity, the refreshing GOODNESS of the
nights BLANKETS are required even in this sultry
weatherl, and the placing of summer board at
from Sl2 to SIS per week, viii clearly show.
This rare combination of advantages has
resulted in the engagement OF numerous suites
of rooms by families who intend TO pass the
doubtful If they could have chosen a pleasanter
or healthier place of sojourn.
The lack OF time will prevent me from noti-
cling at length many of the institutions OF the
city, prominent among which are The public
schools, which contain about one thousand
these-the Dickinson Seminary-is under the
control of the Methodist Church, and has fine
and large buildings, and about three hundred
scholars in attendance.
THE BUSINESS
of Williamsport can best be summed up by
figures, which shows that there five weekly
and one daily newspaLer, three national banks,
one savings bank, three foundries, three
machine shops, one boiler mandatory, one
blast furnace, one woollen factory, two steam
tanneries, one steam bakery, and thirty steam
sdU-mtHS. Nearly all of the latter are of the
first class In size and many of them have
capacity for turning out 900 feet lumber per
day. They are kept running day and night
and even then nnot do all that is required OF
them at present, while good judges assert that
the timber resources OF the West Branch cannot
day 53i 500 feet of lumber were cleared eastward
by the canal, and 372,200 feet by railway and
these figures will give some idea of the impor-
tance of the lumber trade at this point.
So much for the ''mountain village'' of Will
Transport OMIKRoN.