The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-13
.IH.l.E[:.CA.liPERs
ON THE old
CAMP N 1 GROUNDS 6 D. |: {
Cottages Are Rapidly Filling, in An
dcipationi Of the Opening
Of the Annual i
CAMP MEETING ON THURSDAY.

/ improvements the Order of the Day.
nj Project For on Artificial
ri N i Lake. Talked Of. 4
1 / AS the time for the opening OF the
annual Wheeling district campmeeting
lat 5Moundsyille draws near, the cot
l;tagess ARE rapidly being occupied. and
1.-The increase in the. population of the
."old Camp Ground is quite percep-
tiblc. The grounds never. looked pref
tier than they do now;Sthe grass has
been cut, and in the parks there is a
look freshness and, beauty, that
makes, them attractive to visitors. The
f,ThpHy persons from the city and the
town pr MoundsvIlle visit the grounds
tlih::he. evening. I
.Thcres ure more people here now than
at the height Of. the season last year.
and at Use rate the cottages are filling
up, there, i II be no empty ones by the
time the meet.rgs open Wheeling has
ntlarger colony .'ere than any Of the
nearby towns, and The children are
much IN evidence. Li.J Whittier's, boy.
they all so barefoot, and MS they run
through the avenues, their voices Of
mirths and JOY evidence the enjoyment
Of their summer outing. (.
| trrbarn To have 90 In j,tra
the children and they. romp from early
| morn until dewy eve. Even when the
shades OF night have appeared they
gather under the electric lights. play
ing their games and INDUCING in inno-
cent amusement. IS
The old folks manage to put in the
time quite easily. The. men usually in
dulgesin their, favorite game, Spider
and SO Interesting has the contest been
at times that the playing is continued
under the electric light. The ladies take
their sewing and visit around" having
their pleasant chats. ;s"Muria's last baby
and Joe's new Wife coming In for their
share. There Is no gossip going on in
this colony. so / am informed, and I
get 1t from good source.
Many Improvements.
Many decided improvements have
been made during the present year.
The handiwork of the carpenters and
painters is visible at every point, lend
ing beauty and attractiveness to the
cottages. 1nywhat has been done one
can discern the evidence of permanent
Improvement. In number of instances
the cottages have underground complete
change both as to the interior and ex-
terror. The fact that the association Is
about getting on Its feet, financially. is
the incentive to the brushing up of the
cottages. Is
There has been. greater demandgfor
COTTAGES, this year than for many years
past. As you &C through the grounds.
many new faces can be seen at cot
tage doors and on the porches. some OF
whom IRE visitors. but many are new
Corners, occupying cottages. Like
ne!ghborhoods. this place changes;
people come and so until to-day there
are few people here that occupied cot
taSes thirty years ago. Ina number OF
Instances, representatives of the family
occupying the cottage, but in others the
old home Is occupied by new tenants.
The cottages OF Willard Glesey and
Zane Phillips have been purchased by
Mr.. Carpenter. OF Martins Ferry, and
Mr.. Frazier. OF Wheeling. Both Of
these cottages have been improved.
and are the only. ones that can boast
of q brick pavement. The Hibberd cot
tage in the south park, has been pur-
chased by Mr.. Williams. OF Mounds
Vile. who has completely changed Its
appearance externally. until it is one OF
the finest cottages on the ground.
Many people wonder why SO much
money is spent on cottages, making
them little palaces In the forest, when
they are only'occupied for q short time.
The problem is ensy OF solution when
you stop and think that there are peo-
Pile here that. occupy their cottages from
June until October: and home comforts
are. as near as possible. an essential.
When people came here for only ten
days anything that would partly keep
out the elemetns was acceptable. This
place can be counted now as one of the
popular summer resorts OF West Vlr-
ginia, and when the ledger shall show
a cash, balance on hands, then decided
Improvements will be made that will
increase the popularity of this place.
| m Site For Lake.
Adjoining these grounds nature
seems to haSe provided an ideal place
for d lake. With the building of q dam
across n small ravine, there would be
formed body OF water at least ut five
hundred feet in width, and running
;back into the woods n quarter of n
mile. This would afford fine boating
and ample facilities for bathing. This
Will no doubt be done In the near fu-
ture, II not by the association, then
by a stock company thatlwould have in
their venture Klonike.s
The future OF this place shines out
brightly, and MS was remarked by n
lady, (our of the RED Ribbons') III
the twenty-four men who compose the
directory OF the camp ground associa-
tIon, were to put forth; their inyidual
Efforts in any degree comparing with