Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-15

season the hotels have been taxed to
their limit and beyond, by the lhcreas-
ilg number of visitors, and many more
We're TUNED away.
Seeing the wants of Addison and the
pressing need of more hotel accommo-
dati0ns. Mr. NJ. Newberger, of Parkers-
burg, organized the Webster Springs
Hotel Company, and they have erected
one of the finest hotels il the State.
The house is substantially built C.
wood. is three and One-hslf stories
high. and has a foundation measure
mslt of l24 feet by so feet in depth,
with one hundred sleeping rooms. The
office. parlOrs, billiard room and dining
room are all on the first floor, and are
handsomely finished in the native
woods Of Webster county. The hotel
has all the modern improvements, cleo
trio call bells. bath rooms on every
floor. lavatories. etc, that go to make
comfortable the life of its guests.
The pleasure seeker will find plenty
The pleasure seeker will find
plenty OF amusement on the ball
grounds. the bicycle track, the tennis
and croQuet grounds, and boating on
the Elk river. Walks and rustic
benches are being built along the bank
OF the river.
The hotel furnishings are all Of the
latest pattern and fully up to date in
every particular, making it in every
sense a summer hotel of the period.
Mr.. Newberger, assisted by a compe-
tent hotel man. will give the hotel his
personal attention, making double as
surance that the comfort of guests Will
be assidously looked after and that
nothing will be left undone that VIII
make pleasant the stay OF all VINO
choose to come within the doors OF the
Webster Springs Hotel.
The fishing in this vicinity is good,
and there is afforded plenty of excite
ment in the shape of bear and deer
hunting. with other small game in sea-
son.
For the investor or the actual resi-
dent Addison presents many attrac-
lions. there being plenty OF timber and
coal in the vicinity, and with the new
railroad soon to be built, the transpor-
tatioa facilities will be of the very
hest. AT present the passengers are
taken by hack from Cowen, and all
railroads sell tickets which land the
traveller ia Addison.
lust now the ride to Addison is as
beautiful as one can imagine. Inc
blue grass valley that extends from
Clarksburg to Weston is clothed in It's
annual suit of beautiful green, and the
road as it winds from Weston to the
south is one ever changing panorama
Of natures greatest granduer.
At Cowen one is transferred to
hacks. After a refreshing night at the
Summit House. one is taken overland
m Addison. the route the entire distance
boing through one vast bed of wild
flowers.
The Webster Springs Hotel will open
Ire doors 10 the public June 18th, and
viii he under the direct management OF
Mr. Newberger. assisted by competent
hotel force, thus insuring the best OF
attention to their guests. For heai'h
or for pleasure, for recreation or lor
hurting and fishing, no place offers au-
yantases superior to Addison.
The formal date for opening the beau
tifnl new hotel is June 18th, but al
ready many guests are arriving ana the
season PROMISES 10 be q very successful
one. Arrangements for a change OF
time have been made on the west III
Siuia and Pittsburg railroad, by when
people can leave Wheeling IN the morn
ing. and be at the hotel for supper me
same evening, and low rates OF fare VIII
be secured over the Baltimore ana ohlo