West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-05-26

sale OF Choice Lots at the Great
Methadist Resort

The sale of choiSe OF lots at MouutaI
Lake Park last Thursday Is regarded ,
quite success, SO for as premiums al
concerned.
The 'rst choice of lots was knocke
down To- MWor Anderson, of Wheelinl
Tor 800, ano he al q secured seoon
cEo'ce for sa0. Or. Logan, OF Wheeling
secured third choice for $40. a,ri Msio
Anderson and Rev, J, y. Gouchor, q
Baltimore, the fourth aud iinh OF th
choice at $40 each. The sixth. seventh
eigh'h and ninth choice brought SIS each
me purchasers being DIR. Logan, l.. w
I. Alien, of BALTIMORE. John Thompson
OF Philadelphia, and Rev. J. Il. Masden
from the tenth To tho twenty -eie htl
choic the price ranged from s. to SO
Inc amount OF premiums, all told, was
SoS6. which, with $3.50 eacn for tho lots.
represents s4,S36 secured To- the Associa.
'oh 10y tho sale The terms of tho sale
Included provision that tho purchasers
must erect cottage on tho lots bid i'm by
them before July /, 1888. Tho provision
Is deemed wise one, as at other resorts
SPECTATORS have bid i'm the lots aud then
10 He'd ~ build on them. With the thirty :
eight cottages previously contracted for
To- re erected the present season, this sale
secures at least sixty>six cots
nges for usxt season. A number of
me bids were for those unable TO bc
present. The purchasers had also the
optlon Of taking one or more lots ON
paying the same premium, and "a sewer.
al oil the bidders took two aud three lots.
the Total amount Of the gala will proba-
hly aggregate about $1,000.
AS sIaied, contracts are already oui TO,
"oout iofty cottages, which is doing re,
markably well for a start, considerinp
that Ocean Grove in its third wear had
out eight cottages. The class of peonIe
interested in the Mountain Lake Park
PROJECT Is also sure guarantee of its
>uccess, as will be readily seen Inv a
glance al the names of those now build>
ing and about TO build. These arc: IL
y List, OF Wheeling, one
OF It's most wealthy citizens, who il erect
ing $4,000 cottage; Major c Anderson.
of Wheeling, one for 81, 800; DIR II III I,o.
gan, OF Wheeling, one for $1,000; Hon
VIM III Farr and Colonel IL Bell, of
Brooke County, w Va, one each Tor
{ 1000; Mrs Harriet Beaoham, Of Balls
more, one Cor 5000, Rev c II Mnsden.
ri wheeling. ono for 81, 500; Mrs Rev A
, Hank, OF Baltimore, one for s., 1000: DIR
Nj = Nall, ltitchie County, w Va. ono
Tor $1,000, etc. Other lot. holders who
nave contracts out to build this season
are; Kew j B Van Meter, Rev l. II III.
derman, Rev II Goucher, MI $ l. AL
len and Mrs > Is Blake, u Blltimore. t.
4 Rhodes and w Il Graham. of Bridges
por',.ppio. DIR Vance. of Clan ksburg, w
va hev > Mullord and Rev T. w Ry-
an aud w Conner, OF Wheeling. Rev
Mr. Alexander, Rev Mr. Buchanan and
ltev Fullerton. of Moundsyille. w
va, Hon q w Atkinson, United States
Marshal OF West Virginia. Rev j Flana.
gan Ji Grafton, MIR IL w Smith, of Mar.
uns Ferry, Ohio, Hon Geo G Sturgis and
Rev i u Hughes. OF Moigantonn, Mrs
Carr, OF Falrmont. Rev w G. W!lding,
Of Parkersburg, Rev John Thompson
OF Philadelphia. Mrs Martha Mills, of
germantown, Pa, Nj Davis, of Oak
l4pd. Rev Mr. Baumguduer, of Deer
Park, w Wilson, OF Wheeling. s Il
Mccormick, and Ii G Wise, of Grafton,
Judge Patrick HapilI, of Oakland, Hon
q NJ Babb, of Grant County, w Va, and
others.
Ballard, of the Allegheny House,
w beeliDg, will also erect a large board
ipg' house costing $4,000. which IL Is in
tended shall be ready for business June
20. good>sized hotel now under way
will be ready for occupancy by the sam O
date. Mr. larry III Van Meter, of Bal
timore, will haye charge of tho hotel. or
the iinprov ements directly IN charge of
the managers, and which will be pushed
as rapidly rs possible, are the Taberna>
Gle of the Lakes. the hotel, boarding
houses, depot, store. post and telegraph
Offices, etc. The Tabernacle will occupy
the highest elevation on the grounds,
upon section of about fourteen acres
especially reserved for campmeeting
purposes, and will be built TO accommo-
date 1900 persons. This section will be
fenced off with barbed wire and will be
made as attractive as possible. In add.
ton to camp meeting which it is pro.
posed to hold. the Cum oerland valley
Sunday School Association ian institu,
lion similar to that o! Chatauqua) will
hold its annual session on the ground.
from July 70 TO August 4,