The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-25
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK.


sion Next week.
II has been some time since Mountain Lake
Park has been mentioned by the pres, but
all the time the work has been steadily going
forward, and the prospect Of the charming
ate selected by the Association, one day in
the near future, becoming the popular and
fashionable religious summer resort, grows
brighter every day
For the purpose OF allowing those who
have purchased lots and desire to see what
has been done and what will be done, an ex-
curion train will leave the B, & 0, Depot
next Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock for Oak.
land, which will be reached at midnight and
lodging had for the night. Wednesday morn
ing conveyanees will take the excursionists
to the Park, and the day will be spent there,
leaving Oakland to return home at 0 o'clock
Wednesday evening. This trip Is also espe-
cially intended for those who contemplate
purchasing. Excursion tickets will be sold
at halt-rate anywhere on the line,
It's expected that gentlemen will be pres
ent from Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati and other prominent western
points, Architects and contractors will also
be along. ..,#
For the past two months about thirty men
have been at work cleaning up rubbish,
grubbing and trimming trees. This has been
done under the direction OF Mr.. Faul, Cele-
brated civil engineer and landscape gardener,
He laid out the beautiful Druid Hill Park
that Baltimore boasts Of, and says that he can
make Mountain Lake much more attractive
laying off and stalking out drives, walks, ter
races, etc,
The lake that Is to be built will be the great
feature MI Robert d, Woods returned yes
terday for short stay and he says the lOCa-
ton or the dam Is already laid Otfand 1t will
be built before winter. The b. 4 o. road
will build this dam and in return are allowed
half the Ice crop, AT this high altitude
there will be no trouble in getting several
crops and the company proposes 10 furnish
It's road from Chicago to Baltimore with
Mountain Lake ice, The dam will be ten
feet high and $50 feet long and the water
thus contained will cover an era OF twenty
acres. This will he an immense sheet Of
water and It will be fed entirely by cold
mountain springs and stocked with trout
only, thereby making glorious sport At the
head OF the lake there Is one spring that dis.
charges all the year around, three hundred
gallons per hour.
The top Of the dam will be 20 feet broad.
The water will flow out at one end, and be.
low the dam will be baths, the water used
coming from the lake, Extending around
the lake will be broad drive called Lake
avenue, which will cross the top of the dam,
and at the end where the water flows over
rustic bridge will be thrown across. The
lower side Of the dam will be handsomely
terraced. Tho lake will be In q regular basin,
and down the gentle sloping sides will be the
cottages One hundred and twenty-five lots
are already sold, and the purchasers
pledged TO erect at least three hundred dol
help excIaiming 6What a START when II Is
recolleCted that II was three years after Ocean
Grove was started before cottage was built.
On the plateau surrounding the lake one will
find groves OF handsome white oak trees with
pleasant openings here and there In one
word 1t can be said that finer location for
the purpose intended cannot BIZ found; every.
thing Is as lovely as nature can make 1t, and
must be seen TO be appreciated. For this
purpose Is the excursion intended,