The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-05-22

The dining room is now IA.
OF Mr.. Il. Cctti, who is charged W.,
tho tresco work, and is about COM
pletcd. 1t is spacious, comfortable,
handsomely furnished and splendidlv
ventilated hall. The walls and cell
ing arc paneled in native pine wood,
carefully selected and tastcfully ar
ranged as to grains, and the plaster
work is prettily frcscoed in East!akc
stylo.
THE CASINO
which is i'll the rear of the dining hall
is large building with double roof.
nnd tower OH the western face over
the main entrance. 1t has two ell
frances, one on the western face and
one from the dining hall, with which
It Is connected by covered way.
Ihe building is constructed with iron
trusses, and the magnificent hall on the
nrst moor, 45X120 feet, has not sin
gic post or pillar in it. 1t is in this
hall that tho career of the Now BRIG h.
ton will be inauguratcd on the 18TH of
next month with q grand promenade
concert and ball. Committees com
posed of n number of the leading citi
Zcns of the State have appointed and
will manage the details of the in
auguration. Reevcs's famous band
from Providence, Rhode Island, has
been engaged for the occasion, and
invitations have been forwarded TO n
number Of distinguished persons in
this and other States.
The second floor Of the Casino is q
model dormitory of 20 rooms, most of
them en- suite. There are 81 windows
on this floor and spacious Railways
cumming through it, with the com
plcte arrangements for ventilation and
light.
TIE GAS WORKS
Visitors are shown something cn-
tlrely new and unique in the gas
works Of the New Brighton. AS has
been stated in these columns, the LIGHT
will be furnished by Springfield GAS
machine, which will light steadily and
continuously 500 lights. The machine
and its fixtures and attachments arc
erected in separate building for the
purpose, and situated about 500 wards
from tho hotel in the rear of the
grounds. The outfit, including the
service, cost considerably over SIS 900.
Gas is manufactured by an automatic
process from gasoline, the machine
holding about twenty-five barrels of
the oil, each barrel of which will
produce about 10000 feet of gas. No
fire is used in the process. From the
gas house the mains extend over thc
entire grounds, furnishing lights in
every building and to the ocean prone
nadcs and bathing houses. AS has
been said.
THE COTTAGES.
which are to DC built and which can 'bc
put up i'm an Incredibly short space of
time will be 30 by 40 feet with balco
nies, and will be connected with the
hotel office by speaking-tubcs, electric
bclls, &c.
THE PARK AND GROUNDS.
The grounds adjacent to the New
brighton arc to be made as attractive
rs the buildings AS soon as the
building material is removed the en-
tire ground extending from the ocean
to the back beach will be graded,
lcvcllcd, filed with soil and turfcd,
making n lawn which will extend
nearly to high water mark on the front
beach. This will be laid out in walks
ana promcnades, which will run
through groves of picturesque silver
leaf poplar which grows SO luxuriantly
VII thc ISIallu ana which exhibits the
most picturesque and attractive of
foiiagcs. The ocean beach in front of
the hotel is probably one Of the finest
natural beaches in the world, and of
course that cannot be improved.
ADJUSTMENTS.
The guests of the establishment will
always have the romantic resource of
gathering up the shells on the sen
shore" by day, and by night the cx-
hilarating and exciting sport of chas-
Ing sand crabs, a sport which is known
only to the islanders, and which is
pronounced equal if not superior to
that OF fox hunting. The sand crabs
bnrrow In the sand i'm the day time
and only emerge from their holes in
the night, when they prowl about the
beach i'm search of fish and other
thinga thrown up by the sea. A Ian
tern placed on the sand will attract
them, but they movo rapidly and arc
exceedingly clever dodgers. After
the pleasures Of the chase arc ended
and You have baggcd two crabs, there
Is another pleasure still in store. The
experienced hunter will place two Of
tho captlves in bucket of water and
he will be treated to the sight of a
conflict beside which the NEUROLOGICAL
Kilkenny cat fight palcs into the in
sionificonpn of n pnoco conuonf;o,,