The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-25
PILE spRIGG HOUSE.

run IL win be- seen that this splendid
hotel, standing or Water street, directly
in front of the steamboat landing and
overlooking the river, is offered for
rant more desirable location for q
ho,ol there is not anywhere. From the
balcony, that runs along its entire
go IA one of the most beautiful and
romontic views. At the feet of the Wis
itor rims the beautiful Ohio enlivened
no the MANY steamboats, that daily leave
onr Ievee. To the west spring up the
emerald covered hills On the Ohio side
fallisp gracefully aud in gentle slope to
the river bank. In the foreground of
this magnificent picture is Wheeling
Island. covered with verdure and bright
with many-colered habitations. To the
riobt stretches the Suspension bridge,
spsnning the river and uniting the
Island with the city shore. A more
beantiful view or one moro likely to
attract the traveller cannot be found.
The hotel has a frontage of IS feet
and runs back l35 feet. On the north
side a wide and clearly kept alley gives
connection with Main street. On this
alley the side entrances to the
bar and billiard rooms below
spoken of, open. The house is built
of red brick, is five stories high, AID
has a handsome and elaborate front
much like the Brandreth kHouse in New
York City. The windows are covered
with handsome iron cornices and the
lower trent and balcony supported by
iron pillars. If there is anything in
outside appearances-and We believe
there is-the Sprigg House, with its su-
perb front, must commend itself to the
traveller. 1t is finished, outside and in
side, in splendid style and furnished
with all the modern conveniences. En-
tering the centre door from the street
we are in the office, which is arranged
most conveniently. Directly in front
of you is the desk and the new patent
such as is in use now in all
first.class Eastern hotels, by which the
nuisance of a box of bell
wires running through the sleeping
rooms is avoided and the guest notifies
the Office of his need Of the bell boy
without disturbing any one else. To
the right as you enter is large reading
room, where the guest can read or write
his letters or read his newspaper in quiet
and comfort. To the left is an airy, well
arranged billiard room, with ample
space for six tables. Back Of the bill.
lard room, and appreachable from it,
from the Office, from the barber shop be-
low, and from the alley, is the bar-room.
Going up stairs from the Office, we
come to the parlors, reception and din
ing rooms. The dining hall is as fine a
Que as there is in any hotel in the West.
1t is forty feet wide by sixty-fsur In
length, is light, airy and exceedingly
tasty. 1t is 80 separated from the kitch.
ems that none of the disagreeable smell
of cooking can ever reach it.
The house contains sixty sleeping
rooms, some of them en- saite for the con-
venience of families, so that they can
be entered without geing out in the
halls. The average size of the bedrooms
is sixteen by eighteen feet, though some
are larger even than this. There are no
dark halls in the building-all is light,
bright and cheerful.
Coming down stairs again we find a
most admirable arrangement at the
ladies' entrance. As is well-known, pru.
dsnce requires that the entrance to no.
tel, used by ladies, must be kept locked
Removed from the gaze and stare of men
in the office or reading room it offers, if
open, means by which hotel thieves
can obtain admission to the house,
In providing against these rascals, the
designers of the Sprigg House have also
arranged matters so that a lady is not
obliged to stand outside in stormy or
sultry weather awaiting the advent of
a servant. They have provided an ante
or waiting room in which is the bell for
the servant, and here in privacy, and
sheltered from storm. the lady can await
ADMISSION.
In the basement are four fine rooms
for the restaurant aud the barber shop,
besides the store rooms, ice house and
other conveniences, all neatly foored
with brick and most conveniently ar
ranged.
The house is in complete repair, has,
most of il, been lately papered and
painted and is one of the best, most de-
sirable and convenient public houses in
the country. To any one desiring to
carry on a hotel it offers advantages in
location not often found. A man who
understands the business of hotel
keeping can make a fortune in it. The
rent is low, and TO good tenant will lie
made easy.
Persons wishing to rent this first class
hotel property. should at once address
either of the names signed to the adver.
tisement.
~ Blond & Bachman have received
fine assortment of the spring styles OF