The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-30
GROUND BROKEN
On Tayman's Hill for a Hotel and
Sanitarium.
A MAMMOTH BUILDING ID BE CoN-
PLcTED BY JUNE FIRST.

/ G .ound was broken on Tayman's hill
/ at nine o'clock yesterday morning for the
/ hotel and sanitarium referred TO i'm re-
| cent issue of the HERALD. At the hour
mentioned Messrs. W. A. Scott, of Pitts
! burg, DIR. J. NJ. Louther, w. H.. koontz
/ and c. J. Harrison each struck pick in
to the ground and loosened up a shovel
| full of earth which was removed by Miss
/ Meyran, of Pittsburg. A few minutes
| later a force of about twenty men COM
menced active work on the excavation
| for the proposed building. With the as
sistance of plows and scoops the excava-
I tion should be made by the last of the
week, when large force of masons un-
der the direction of Pittsburg contractor
will begin work on the foundation. 1t is
proposed to rush the building ahead as
fast as possible. and every effort will be
made to have it completed in every de
partment by the time the season opens
next spring.
The main building will have a frontage
of 30 feet and will be three stories high.
Two wings, one on the east and one on
the west, each two stories high, will ad-
join il, making in all building with a
frontage of 30 feet. A veranda. 20 feet
wide, will extend the entire length and
along the east and west sides of the house.
The main building will have depth of
l25 feet, while the wings will be - feet
deep. The exterior elevations, drawn by
a Pittsburg architect, present the outlines
of a very handsome edifice. The interior
will comprise 100 guest chambers, COM
modious parlors and halls, billiard room,
| ten pin alley, in fact everything that goes
| to make up modern, up-to-date summer
hotel. arranged for the entertainment and
convenience of people of wealth.
One wing of the building will be util-
! lied as sanitarium, and it will be
| equipped with all kinds of baths and APP
pa ratus resorted to by the medical pro-
| fession. The sanitarium will be open
| throughout the year, and will be under
the personal direction of Dir. j. NJ. Lou
\ ther.
The site selected for the hotel and san
itarium on the plateau just east of Mr..
Tayman's cottage residence is an ideal
one in every particular for the purpose to
| which it will be converted, commanding
as it does magnificent prospect of the
country lying to the east, south and west.
The buildings will be sheltered from the
north and northwest wind by the abrupt
rise of the hill, and can be supplied with
water from numerous springs that flow
from the hillside or from the borough
reservoir.
By reference To our advertising col
umns it will be seen that the gentlemen
interested in the project have made ap-
plication to the State for charter. The
directors of the company, which is To be
known as Somerset Hotel Com
pany,- are w. \. Scott, Jr., +. ID. Smith
and l.. A. Meyran, of Pittsburg, George
II. Tayman, Dr. J. NJ. Louther, c. j.
Harrison and w. Ii. koontz, of Somerset.
Mr.. Tayman's entire farm has been alb
sorbed by the hotel company and after
the building has been completed it is
probable that lots adjoining it will be Of
fered for sale to persons desiring to erect
summer cottages on them.
Somerset has been more or less of a
summer resort for the past fifty years.
Many years prior to the construction OF
the Pittsburg S Connellsville Railroad,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington
and Pittsburg folk in search of health
journeyed to this mountainous region III
order to derive the benefit of our health
giving climate. In more recent years,
when our hotel facilities became more
extended, still larger numbers of city
people come here annually. \ great
draw back TO Somerset rs a summer re-
sort has been a lack of hotel accommoda-
tons. The local hotels have all the tran
silent trade they can attend to and the
proprietors make little or no effort to at
tract summer trade. The class of people
that will be attracted here by first-class
summer hotel will be of great advantage
| TO the town and county.