The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-16
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Pan, n. and Gossip from the sPFineS
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WHITi sULPHTR sPRnSGs,
Anghst Il. 1881, 1

office, hale, hearty, cheerful, round'iaced
and as jolly as though he hadn't trouble
in the world. A man
ITO iaIlinGS mild, but Elslous for desert,
The OlOVeFOlt head and thu sihetFelt heart"
ThiS Is really email city here with its
fifteen hundred people and the metropoIi
tan tastes OF the temporary inhabitants.
And Colonel Peyton Is not only the Mayor
thereof, as 1t were, affording protection to
all, but he also has the stupsndous task Of
seeing that lodgine, food three times q day,
and plenty Of amusement as well are
furnished all his people. The executive
talent as well as the genius, the energy
aud the care regulate 10 govern the rami'
fed concerns OF this mammoth hotel seem
centsred in rare perfection In the person
Of Col, Geo, g.. Peyton, whose control In
administering the afairs Of the springs Is
ABSOLUTE.
Ool. Peyton took charge OF this hotel
here In 1867. During the war II was Oc
cupIed by frat one regiment then another,
but each recognized Ii ~ q national resort
and no damage was done. The blsementoi
the main building was used for slnbliDg
and the upper portion for hospital pur.
poses, Asit could only berented year by
wear, the lessee oil course could not afford
70 spend much money on 1t in impTovs'
merts, but Notwithstanding II became i'm.
mediately filled alter the war with guests,
though It's patrons then were almost en-
tirely from north Of the Potomac,
incidentally | learned from the Colonel
that the great improvements begun last
yesr will be continued when the present
season 10 over. A new and mammoth
brick hotel IL msdltated, which will be
eligibly situated II this Ia not buiIt q
wing will BIZ extended out from the pArlor;
the ball room will he enlarged TO one hun.
dred feet square and the dining room in
creased In size 90 that II will seat two
thousand persons at one time, The cell
ings OF alllhree apartments will be made
forty feet In height, and In the ball room
there will be tiers oil raised seats 10 &C
CommodRte those who don't take part in
the "mazy." A lake covering twenty
acres OF ground Ia already mapped out and
next summer will be covered with pleas,
ure boats. The race track will also be
completed, and, In short, II 10 undoubtedly
fact that next year White Sulphur
Springs will far outrank any summer re.
sort In the world tor all that gives pleasure,
health and comfort
With the present accommodations Q
total OF about seven thousand people are
entertained here during the season. To
provide food Tor this Immense number oil
people, situated 90 the place 10, far away
from any large city, wagons travel for
fiIty miles into the Interior gathering in
produce, while In addition u large stock
and Vegetable farm 10 maintained here TO
supply any possible shortage. Four bull.
locks, thirty head Of sheep and from
eight hundred to one thousand chickens
are killed every day; three hundred
pounds Of butter are used daily and whole
hogsheAds OF milk with other things In
proportionate quantity. When the va.
riety, which supplies the excellently kept
table 10 considered equal indeed, 10 o
first class hotel anywhere, some idea can
be formed OF The immense labor II ~.
quires and the excellent system to make
this department satisfactory. Not only is
the procuring and the cooking 0 marvelin
its accomplishment, but after all that 10
done, think OF thousand people sitting
down almost simultaneously aAd demand.
ing their dinners and expecting to get
Ysrything ordered from the large bill OF
fare within five minutes. The roar in the
dining room 10 similar 10 that in the parlor
In the evening and II is as pleasant i not
more so. A small army Of walters Is EN-.
ployed In the dining room. call them
az army because they are drilled every
day. ! think Dol. Psyton said there were
about three hundred OF them. On the
whole premises the number OF help EN-.
ployed is four hundred.
Istill wonder all the more how Colonel
Peyton keeps things working so smoothly
In the multitudinous departments. One
man might run 400 steam engines, but
how he can manipulate the same number
OF human engines ls more than l can
iathom. But Colonel Psyton does II, and
sympathiZe with the wonder OF the lady
whose remark is quoted
Several Presidents have visited the
White In past years. Ora : was the last
one.
THR PiTTsRuRoH SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
In the 1NTELLidENcER, lew days since
was "Fslix" Cracrafts elaborate descrip.
ton Of the trip Of the officials Of the pro.
posed P. s. R. r. from Pittsburgh to Fair.
mont, rendering interviews had with the
party when It arrived here, In part, unnec.
essary. At Grafton the New York CAPT.
talist was called home. Gen. Brown Joined
the party and the trip 10 the White was
accomplished In FIVE days. Dol. Hopkins
said there was no question OF doubt about
the money being raised within thirty days
In New York 10 put this entire road under
contract. It's entire length will be about
three hundred miles and the estimate
average cost OF construction about $40 QUO
per mile. The engineers and Col. Hop.
kins we're delighted with the country they
passed through, and are enthusiastic over
ite resources In The way Of soil, timber,
minerals and magnificent scenery. Strange
10 say, Pittsburgh men will hold but little
stock In the road. II will be built BY
eastern capitalists almost entirely,
Governor Mathews, who is Vice pfesi.
dent Of the road, met the gentlemen on
their. arrival, and on the same evening A
meeting was held and report agreed
upon, which will be more favorable than
the capitalists expect. Said Governor
Mathews 70 me onight: "This road l. a,
certain 10 be built as can be-"
LAST NioHr's GERMAN
was a very tony affair, the other side Of
the house holding the boards. Mr.. Pres.
ton, Of New otleanB led out Miss Steven.
son, Of Coylngton, Of KY; Mr.. Wilcox,
Miss Lily Violet, Of New Orleans; Mr..
H. Cabell, Of Richmond, Miss Bisham; O.
4. Anderson; Major Charlie Anderson,
Miss Sharpe; Mr.. F. Winter, Wiss vii.
COZ Mr.. II. B. King, Of Augusta, Miss
Woodbridge, Of 81, Louisi Nj. Read, OF
New York, Miss Bruce, Of Va ; Charles
Steele, Of Baltimore, Miss Cooper. Of
Pittsburgh; Nj. Howard Tyson, Of BalH.
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