Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-22

Company Become the II OfeI-keeperB
ON their Entire ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
giant stations and Comfort for the
Travelling Public.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer, Oct. 10.
No American travelling about, either in
England or on the Continent of Europe,
can fail to be impressed with the general
maguifcence and elegance of the railway
stations as compared with those in this
country, and no traveller who has been
hustled into a wsy-side eating house, after
a fast of ten or twelve hours, undergoing
the while that peculiar and very rapid d.
costing process caused by the motion of
the train, can but realize in the keenest
sense the superiority Of foreign railroad ar
rangemen:s in this especial particular to
any to be found at home.
Railroad officials have long known this
evil. and tried in vain to correct the error.
The trouble has been in the avaIicious
character of mine host, who waiteth at the
roadside seeking whom be may deVour
somebody, rather than providing smoking,
hot, varied, and generous repast for the
weary traveler-just such dinner or sup
per or breakfast as be charges for, but does
not give you. But it would seem that a
country and her Internal Improvements
must be just so old before the great moving
spirits fully comprehend the evils that ex-
list, and move 10 suppress them, and in this
order of thing the old Baltimore and Ohio
renowned all over the world for its gorge
GUS scenery, its wonderful engineering, the
magnifcence of its bridges, and the sOlidity
of its roadbed-has been the first to move.
Like the other officers of the road con-
trolling its various departments, manager
of hotels has been appointed, and the Com
pany propose to keep these establishments
themselves, not from a pecuniary motive
for it is not strictly railroading-but SO de-
termined are they 10 break down the i'm
positions practiced upon travellers that they
have selected Mr.. Kingsley, the famous
caterer and restaureur, for theplsition, and
in him we guarantee the public will hh tall
they desire. New stations are going for
ward as rapidly as possible, and are being
constructed with that aim to solidity, ele-
gance and comfort which characterizes the
whole road. & model the many in con-
temptation, weIwill describe somewhat in de-
tail, as the public are especially interested.
This is
NHE HOTEL AT CUMBERLAND.
This building, which was commenced
about the Is of July, 1871, is now rapidly
approaching completion. A large force of
workmen are now engaged putting on the
finishing touches preparatory to the opening
for the entertainment of travellers, which
will be about the 1st of November. The
platform, sixty feet wide in front of the
hotel, is being paved with the Schillinger
cement pavement, which has been
thoroughly tested in the Northern cities,
and found as durable as the natural stone.
1t is laid in square blocks with circular plots
for 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 orna-
mental piazza, ten and half feet wide, ex-
tends around the front and ends, giving a
promenade of four hundred feet.
The center building (l40.S front) is two
stories high, surmouDted by lofty cupola,
from which is obtained magnificent view
of the city and surrounding country. This
part Of the building contains the dining
room, I40.S by 81 feet, which will seat some
four hundred people. 1t is entered by
three doors on the front piazza, as well as
from each end, and Is being frescoed in the
best style of the art above the walnut
wainscotting, The wings-47 by "a feet
are four stories high, aud contain, in the
northern one, the ticket Office, hotel Office,
and gentleman's parlor, with wash room
and water closets for same, and in the
southern wing are the ladies' waiting room
and two parlors, with wash room and wa
ter closets.
The back building-38 by 81 feet, three
stories high-coDtains the kitchen, bakery,
pantries, ETC., all very largeland convenient.
The floors above the first story contain
two private psrlors, besides ninety three
double and single rooms, with bathrooms
and water-closets in each wing, communi-
eating with the pOrches in the rear.
A lofty and well lighted basement ex-
tends under the whole building, which will
be used for arestaurant, Billiard room, bar
Der shop, wash house, laundry, and cellars
for storage and fuel.
In order to drain the building, 1900 feet
of sewerage from two to three feet in diam
eter. has been Constructed, all of brick laid
In cement.
The building is heated by steam, pro-
vided by. two large tubular boilers placed
in a boiler house % feet by 35 feet, three
stories in height. The upper stories o.
this building. viii be used for servants.
A c1fRToUs accident recently occurred al
the Gatnbo powder mills at Winslow
Maine. A man named George hinnisoD
while at work in the mills, got his clothes