Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-11-05

roughfare.
No American travelling about, either in
England or on the Continent of Europe, can
fail to be impressed with the general magnifi>
cence and elegance of the railway stations as
compared with those in this country, and no
traveller who has been hustled in wayside
eating house, after fast of ten or twelve
hours, undergoing the while that peculiar and
very rapid digesting process caused by the
motion of the train, can but realize in the
keenest sense the superiority of foreign rail-
road arrangements in this especial particular
to any to be found at home
Railroad officials have long known this evil.
and tried iu vain to correct the error. The
trouble has been in the avaricious character
OF mine host, who waiteth at the road side
seeking whom he may devour. rather than
providing a smoking, hot, varied and gener-
Gus repast for the weary traveler-just such
dinner or supper or breakfast as he charges
tor but does not give you. But it would
seem that country and her internal improve
ments must be lust SO old before the great
moving spirits fully comprehend the evils
that exist and move to suppress them, aud in
this order of things the old Baltimore and
Ohio-renowned all over the world for its
gorgeous scenery, its wonderful engineering,
the nagniicence of its bridges and the soli-
dlty OF Its road -bed-has been the first to
move
Like the other officers of the road controls
ing its various departments, manager of no
tells has been appointed, and tie compapv
propose to keep these establishments them
selves, not from pecunia:y motive it is
not strictly railroading-hut so determined are
they to break down the impositions rracticed
upon travellers that they have selected AIr.
Kingsley, the famous caterer and rostauratcur.
Tor the position and in him we guarantee the
pubic will find all they desire. New stations
are going forward as rapidly az possible. and
and are being constructed with that aim to
sotIdity, elegance and comfort which charac-
terize the whole road A model of the MANY
IN contemplation, we will describe somewhat
IN detail as the public are especially Interested
This is
THE HOTEL AT CUMBERLAND.
This building, which WAS conysbenccd about
the lSt of July, 1871. is now rapidly ap,
prosching completion. y large force o.: sork k
men are now engaged putting on the finishing
touches preparatory to the openiug fnr the en-
t"rtrinment "f travellers, which will be about
the first Of November The platform. sixty
feet wide in front Of the hotel, is being paved
with the Schillinged cement pavement. which
has been thoroughly tested in the northern
cities, and fonnd as durable as the natural
stone. 1t is laid in square blocks with circu>
lar plots tor grass and trees, protected by
curb OF the same material. The building is
built OF baltimore pressed brick, with iron
caps and balconies to the windows An nrna-
mental iron piazza. ten and a halt feet wide.
extends around the front and ends, giving a
promenade of four hundred feet.
The centre buil,jinu IlO foot G ;,oIo,
tront, is two stories high, surmountcd by
lofty cupoIa, from which is ohtoincd n mag
niilcent view of the city and surrounding
country. This part of the bnilaing contains
the dining roorn l4S feet 8 iuches by 81 feet.
winch will seat seat some four hundred rer-
sons. 1t is entered by three doors on the
front piazza, well as from each end. and is
Icing frescocd in the best style of the art
above the walnut wainscnting The wings,
AZ by 81 feet, are four stories high, aud cnn~
tain. in the northern one, tho ticket Office,
hotel office and gentleman 8 paror, with wash
room and water closets for same, and iu the
southern wing are the ladies' waiting room
and water closets.
The back building, SO by o. feet, three
stories high, contain the kitchen, bakery,
pantrles. &c, all very large and convenient.
The floors above the first story contain two
single rooms. with bath rooms and water
closets in each wing, communicating with the
Porches in the rear. A lofty and we'll lighted
basement extends under the whole building,
which will be used for a restaurant, billiard
room, barber shop, wash house, laundry and
cellars for storage and fuel. In order to drain
the building, over 1900 feet of sewerage from
two TO three feet in diamter, has been con-
struc'ed all OF brick laid in cement. The
building is heated by steam, provided by two
large tubular boilers placed in boiler house
2S feet by 80 feet, three stories in height
The upper stories of this building will be
used for servants Cincinnati Enquirer.
- An affecting story is told in connection
with a collision on the Parkersburg Branch
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on Sat-
urday last. Our readers will remember that
John Walker, the fireman of one of the en-
gines. wes caught between the "fnothnard' OF