The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-22
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General waahinEton Notes Of lstsrsst.


Social Correspondence Of tH lnteaiccaer.
WARRINGTON, April 20.-Plans Of Col
Bob 1ngersoll's log house in New Mexico
have reached here. They are unique, art
hence interesting. The house Is q muci
more expensive affair than that Of Jos
qulm Miller's. the poet OF the Sierra,
whose log hsuse on the hill iust north from
the White Houae. overlooks Washington
Col. Ingersolva summer residence in Col
fax county, New Mexico, is to be according
to the plans which your correspondent. ha.
just had the privilege Of seeing, a huge
affair. The rooms will number over TWEEN,
ty, some Of them as large as q good sized
New Mexico house, and as they are strung
together In the most peculiar and fantastic
shapes possible, the building viii be q Gu.
rlous one. .gSsEt "a ,CsGs
Col lngersoll, as has already been an.
nounced, hes recently purcha3ed from er.
Senator Dorsey, Of Star Route fame, an in.
te.est in bis hugo cattle rancho in New
Mexico. This rancho is located in Coltax
county, in the northeast portion OF New
Mexico, and consists Of some o4,00O acres
Of land in over hundred Locations" )"
which include all the valuable spring in
that section Of the country. That ,heo do
things on large scale in New Mexico is
shown by the single fact that the county in
which this rancho ia situated Is as large ss
the State Of Massachusetts. Dorsey's
rancho, which Is valued at $1,000, 900 and
has 5000 head Of cattle on 1t, is located
about the e-center Of the county. Upon this
he is building this house for Col. Ingersoll.
The building is TO be entirely OF logs With
the bark upon them, bnt dressed down
thin and well oiled. Some Of the rooms
are more than 20 feet square and from one
run down to half that size. The interior ia
to be tiuished in hard woods, mountain
mahogany and white pine finished in hot
oil. Some OF the rooms will be pla1tered,
others finished with the native wood. .. :,
QUAINT BUILDING.
To such an extent is the rustic idea car.
ried in the construction Of this queer,
quaint building that even the window
frames are to 5s Of wood with the bark
still upon it. The windows ars-to be Of
odd, fantastic shapes with stained glass,
no two Of the IS or 100 in the great build.
ing aye alike. Colonel Ingersoll's family
consists Of bu. four people; himself and
wife and two! daughters, yeti his house
is to be large enough for thirty people.
The entire building is to be only one story
in height, except as to the library build.
ing, whish Is surrounded by an observa.
tory thirty feet high. Workmeni are now
busily engaged in laying foundations,
hauling logs from the groves near By,
dressing them down and polishing them
up, and soon the walls will begin 10 make
their appearance above ground. From
:his time until July from twenty to thirty
Sorkmen will be constantly engaged upon
it. To build an ordinary log house is no
alight task, but when you come to build
one with over twenty rooms which are con-
nected in the most absurd and fantastic
manner with alFsorts Of angles and quaint
designs which ere to ccat money and take
time, it ia still greater task. Col. inger.
soils log house will cost from $4,000 to
Sl5. 1000. The estimate on the house itself
is $40. .OC0, and when fencs aud fountains
and grounds and telephones and affairs OF
this kind are added, the cost will run up
to nearly SIS. 900. -, -