The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-18
FINE TIMES IN SARATOGA.
Comm odove Gnrrison's Engage nent The
Crowd Here False Tales Contradtcted

Crowd Here -False Tales Contrndtcted
SARATOGA, Aug. i7.-When I asked Com
modore Garrison, in his cottage at the States,
to-day about his reported engagement with u
beautiful young lady from ~ Louie he denied
IL catogoricaliy
Il am not engaged" eaid the Commodore,
" TO any young lady. and do not intend to be /"
How did the story originate Commodore -
! asked.
Well, there has boon very beautiful and
good young lady here all summer. She has
now gone 10 the Branch. I wouldn't have her
name published for the world She has amused
me good deal. She's moro like q daughter
than anything else. for she IL the daughter OF
an old friend in ~. Louis. Why. know her
when she was n baby. We all thought II was a
Joke on mo til some OF the newspapers men
toned her name. Now I think II 10 best for mo
TO deny tho story. Pm not engaged. never
thought OF being engaged, and never shall think
OF being engaged"
Ten minutes afterward tho Commodore
could be seen talking to one of the most be-
wtching widows on the States balcony and to-
morrow. ] suppose, tho Qu,d nuucs will have
him engaged TO her.
All reports about tho failure Of the season or
all reports about u slim season this year at
Saratoga are false The United States Hotel
has averaged over 900 guests every day since
Aug /. Many Of these guests pay $40 per day.
ard none loss than %. Several families Of i've.
with servants. coachman. &c., pay t75 per day.
Mr. Gage, the cashier says tho recoi pts average
1900 per day.
How much will tho total receipts for the
season amount to p asked.
They can't fall short II $500. 900. Tho proper
ty was bid in at t7l5OO0. though il cost In high
times million. Mr.. Marvin controls the ho-
TEL lt is principally owned in the Marvin
Who makes or loses il there IL profit or
loss ~ | asked.
Why. the hotel Ia rontcd hy Thompkins.
Gage, Perry and JanVrin from Mr. Marvn.who
controls the interests Of the Marvin family
The rent IL 900 600 and We will pay il and have
a nice profit this year. Wen take in 1900 900
THIS summer, pay out 900. 600 and have $780,
900 with which to pay the rent The remainder,
fiO,OOO will be a profit To hr divided between
the lcssees- Thompkins Gage. Perry. and Jam
vrn."
The boarding houses in Saratoga are all full
fuller than have ever known them. Every
night the balconies OF the hotels are packed
The Grand Union is not paying nxprnses. II
you reckon the interest on the investment.
$4,000 900, and II never will pay. Mrs. Stewart
says she don't care whether II pays interest or
not. The Grand Union has now $50 guests.
They do not pay the prices than they pay nj the
United States. In fact. many Of the Grand Union
guests pay 81 per week. and some even lower
than that. The money receipts IL the Grand
Union. worth 81 1000 900. are probably lower
than those Of the United States worth t5OOOOO.
Mrs. Stewart has hcena missionary in Saratoga.
Her money Is here. and sho enjoys IL. II tho
hotel takes in $500 900 and spends 5000. 600 she
calls 1t tlOOOOO made. She don't count the
$4,000 interest money that would have to be
paid If she did not own the hotel
ELI PERKINS.