Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-23

House at Altoona, where passengers on the
Pennsylvanis Railroad stop for meals:
The mountain lap in which this young
and thriving town 10 seated, has an eleva-
ton Of about 100 feet above the leve. Of
the sea. II is on the line Of the Pennsyl-
vania Central Railroad, and at the feot, on
the eastern side. of the steep sscen. OF the
Allegheny ridge. Many travellers going
westward, and arriving here .. evening,
clay over" for the night, that they MAJ see
by day the picturesque scenery afforded in
the PassaKs. And whom in the cars the
next morning, they have nothing to regret,
bot much to b thankful for. The train
steps in trent Of the Logan House." not
ATTY feet frv0 10 perch. A choice and
bountiful supper, sasgast psrlors, with Or
without music, airy chamber, beds and
mattresses that ellew ~ ssnsibility Of
bones, bath tubs On the same floor. and q
breakfast better than you can get 1t home,
generally, put . party Of frisnds ia excel
lent relish ~ ~ up the Allegheny Noun.
tains. They are sure 70 leave una nimous
verdict Of blessings on the Logan House."
II will net be disagrssabls 70 the "trsv-
cling public" to be little more particularly
informed - to the kind Of entertainment
that may bs depended on at this place. II
10 3l3 miles from New York by the shortest
route westward, which, in my judgment, is
alao the safest and least wearing. have
tried oil the routes often enough to compare
their merits and drawbacks !; and ! am
glad to praise The best, that the others NAV
be stimulated TO do ~ we'll, or better il they
can. What the traveller most suffers from,
and grumbles about, 10 railway station fare.
With svsey good reason. II Is mostly vile,
unwholesoms stuff. can give autLorita.
tive advice ~ to ~ out Of every 100 stop
ping places between Boston, Washington,
Chicago .::St. Louis. &c. "Dsn't eat there.
You viii get bad articles, badly cooked,
pay double price, and carry away . six
hours hsadachs.i Ons Of the three in 100
where this will not happen il here.
! On lighting at the Logan House, you zee
the sunwontsd convenience OF nearly forty
basins whsreat TO wash, and clean towels
to correspond. Water 10 brought in pipes
from . notch in the mountaiss, called th,
kettle" several miles distant. 1t give
inc malignant pleasure TO name in contrast
the "wash room" at Easten, on the New
Jersey Central road, where the Cincinnati
night express stops for breakfast. Within
6tty feet Of canal, and hundred or % Q
the Delaware river, they furnish one lii
basin and one towel fortnight. for 6ft,
or more passengers; and they expect oil I
wash In the same water. Ifany entsrpria
ing, strong minded woman wants elsa
water. she may And hogshsad outside
round corner. with . tap that lets out
stream IS big as . pipe stem, at which 4
, IN half an nour she may renew the basin
The basins At the Logan House ara in lin
, along the porch, extending sixty or sevsnt
feet each side Of the dining room door.
very important result Of this arrsng RENE a
, 10 that the traveller ha~ nineteen minute
out Of the twenty for which the train stop
to eat deliberately and in . Christian mar
ner. whereas At places like E.ston 90 muc
time !. consumed BY people interrupts
each other in the washing process that h
can do nothing but snatch and run. II is
! verify believe, . part Of the ejaculation o
railway eating house keepers generally L
reduce the time Of actual eating, aud TO jan
people together in q squabbls, SO that the
can't swallow more than half . meal, Will
they pay for a whole one. Experience,
travellers have discover,d this trick, an,
|, prefer to starve, if they have not q home
made sandwich in reserve.
The Logan House" has q front Of 3O
fest rmors, with wings running back Tn
dining room 10 | 20 feet long. and furnishe,
with short tables, At each Of which twelv
people may by comfortably seated. Tn
h'or is Always As clean ~ If it had jus
been hand-scrubbcd. The tab,sclelhs or
spotlsss. TWAS formerly practice to ful
nish napkins. but it became - common 70
travellers to mistake them for handkerchief
and carry them Of, that il proved too q
psnsivs. A the house dimes, on an aver
age, 900 persons daily, from thirty or mer
trains. you may infer that there 10 . deal Q
social science" involved in the mana e
mont. Yet there 10 no confusion, but per
feet order and quistness, explainab!s large
y BY the fact that the house has no bar
supply Of liquors is generally considere,
indispensable to make hotel indispensable
to make q hotel popular. But the Lcga,
House is popular, notwithstanding. S,
widely - II known and appreciated, tina
people, when they get on the train At Gin
cinuati. coming eastward, say to each o.he
I'VE dine Tor breakfasD ct Altoona" S,
they say at Chicago. So they say Mt New
York and Philadelphia going westward
They save their stomschs for the Loga,
House fare. So much inf does a good
wholesome eaiing-place exert on travellers
that II often determines them which Of sev
eral main routes to prefer. Take notice
New York Central, E,ie, and: Bsltimor
and Ohis-from which last save me. {
Fate
The Logan House has loo lodi gins oms
altogether on . more liberal scale than thos
Of any city hotel. The ceilings are high
ventilation is ample, and the furniture il
substantial and elegant. One must hav,
pleasant dreams, If any, on such beds ant
MATTRESSES. Every room has gas, aud eacl
floor bathrooms and closets. Each story hs
wide Railways, with balconies q the win.
dove, from which yeu look downward Of
the never easing passage Of railway trains
or upward to the tops Of the meuutai,
ridges, Just nov arraysd in the cad bu
beautiful coiors Of Autumn. On the ton o
the house 10 q lssk out for the watchmen o
trains. who pulls . bsll.rops to netify wher
the tables must b prepared and the fooG
dished. The natural head Of water is suf
ficisnt for hose pipes ever the roof, and oil
through the house. The steam heating ap
raratus y in separate building, and warn
ers are distributed in the halls and parlors
These latter are furnishsd in city styls
aoat'ng oniv the tawdryness that pssses fol
luxury. One Of them has served % ball
room all summer, being left uncarpstsd 70,
that purpose, and . first rate plane give,
the music.
Can Dlspatches % RefaeoA.
The Journal Of the Telegraph, Of . rseeat
date, aoswsre THE question - fellews: "a
brute entered the Office Of the Wsetser
Uaion Telegraph Company, few davs aee
and offered dispatch addressed @ ledv