Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-17
TENDER OF A HOSPITAL
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Offer One to
the Government.
Located mt Clifton Forge and Well
Situated-OpeninS of White
Sulphur Springs.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS w Va

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS W. Va,
June Is, 1898.
1t is stated on the authority of a high
official of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
way Company that the magnifcently
equipped hospital of the company near
Clifton Forge, a few miles east of White
Sulphur. will be rendered to the use of the
governmsn mt in case the latter shall need 1t
for the use of convalescent soldiers. Al
though the location of this hospital would
seem to be long way from the seat Of
war the conveniences of modern railway
travel place it within easy reach of both
Key West and Tampa, as well as Chicka-
manga, at which latter point arrangements
have already been made for the opening of
a hospital, the gift of Mrs. l.. u. Letter of
Chicago.
the c. and O.'s hospital near Clifton
Forge, was formerly known as Gladys Inn,
and was a favorite summer resort. The
railway company desiring, however, to es-
tablish a place where its sick or injured en-
ployes could be treated in the best manner
and free of expense to the sufferers, has
converted the hotel into hospital, and a
few railway men are now there. The ca
pacity of the building is 800 patients, be-
sides their nurses and other attendants.
The railway company is unusually consid-
crate, 1t Is said, to its employees, who are
taken there, and not only furnish medical
attention, medicines and attendance free,
but when a man wants any members of his
family with him, will carry them free to
and from their homes to the hospital and
boards them at the latter place free of ex-
pense so long as they may see proper to re-
main.
The building is located on a bluff over
looking the jackson river, a short distance
from where the Jackson and Cowpasture
rivers unite and form the James river. OF
course none Of the patients now a the c.
and O.'s hospital would be sent away, but
as there are already accommodations there
for 30 Others it is believed that this would
provide for all the sick soldiers the govern
trent might wish to keep there at one time.
The White Sulphur Springs Hotel was
opened today for the season. Those now
here and occupying cottages for the sea-
son are: Mrs. NJ. n. Bingham, c. F. Nor
ment ami family, c. p. Moore and family.
Washington. D. c.; DIR. Hunter Mcclure
and family, Mr.. ]. 2. McLaren and family.
Richmond, Va: Mr. H. Mason. Alexandra,
Va; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bradley. Phla-
delphla. Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ross Grub
New Jersey; Mr.. ]. NJ. Johnson and family,
Alexandria. Va; DIR. y. J. White, Mr.
nlrginius Newton and family, Mr.. T. NJ.
rutherford and family, Mr.. ]. p. Branch
toblnson and family, Cambridge. Mass;
Mrs l.: l.. jackson and family Mr.. II.
Irvine Keyser and family. baltimore. Md;
n. j.: Judge Albert Richie and family
NJ w; G. Weld and family, Baltimore,
Md; DR.. B. w. Green, Richmond. Va;
Mr.. c. Lee Mcmillan and family New
Orleans, La; Col. W. E. Peters and
family, University of Virginia, Charlottcs-
vile, Va; DR.. J. A. White and family.
MRS. F1tzhugh Lee and family, Rich
1 Rrncs M MAJ; Mr.; and Mrs Wilkins
strause, Richmond, Va. Mrs r. Han
ter Dulany and family UpperviIle We
Jude Judge James A. sedden. St Louis, Mo;
Mrs. j: Rauers and family, Savannah, Ga. !:
Mrs Ernest Allis and family, Louisville
NY; Mr.. William r. Trigg and family
richmond. Va; Mrs. Chas Heald and fam
ny, Lynchburg, Va; Mrs. Pritchard and
MISS Alice p. Moore, New Orleans. La. :.
Mrs. F. w. Ttlton, New Orleans, La: Mrs
/. l. Strause and family, Richmond Va;
MRS. 8 X Forsythe and family New Or
leans La; Mr.. w. d. Thomas and family.
richmond, Va; Dr. Hunter Mcclure and
family, Richmond, Va: Mrs. j. C. Simonds
charleston, s. c.; H. NJ. Conner and family
savannah. Ga: H. Barton Grundy and
family Richmond, Va: Mrs c. P. Stokes
and family. Richmond. Va; DR.. III. M
Wetherell, Philadelphia, Pa: Mrs Chas
Henry Page and family, Bryn MaWr Pa !.
Mrs Rodd and family Pittsburg, Pa: II M
Marshall, jr., and family, Pittsburg. Pa. !:
Misses Parkinson, Richmond Va; Mrs. G.
w. Robinson, Richmond, Va; l. Stern.
Richmond, Va.
The beautiful new Catholic Church in this
place, which will be known as St. Charles
Will be dedicated with approDriate core
| monies Sunday next. The event is exnect-
ed to be the most interesting event in the
history of the diocese, and it is Anticipated
/! that Cardinal Gibbons will grace the occa-
sion with his presence.