Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-01-15
A NATIONAL MONTE CARLO.
The Greatest Gambling Resort
In the World to be Close to
The National Capitoi.

9Th, has the following:
Within few days there will be
opened three million dollar gaming |
paradise almost within the shadow of |
the National Capitol. The crack of
| the Jockeys whip will find faint echo
in the whirl of tho roulette wheel and |
the sound of the poker chips as soon
as the american Monte Carlo is opened. |
Every roolroom in the land will get |
returns from the beautiful mile track |
at Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, ere
long.
-Four hundred men and forty teams
of mules and oxen are working with
| feverish haste on the raeecourse.
Other lahOrers by the score, elective
ians, upb olsterers, plum Ders. painters,
Fastening the completion of a club
house a. perfect in appointments as the
! Pennsy !vania and Nav York ctuhi
| houses at Long Branch. O. It, pala. ial
resorts dedicated to the Goddess OF
! Chance A. Saratoga
Backed by unlimited capital, bat
tressed by charter which, DIS the man
who effected the insurance on the
premises said to me last week, Is so
long and so broad they can raise any
thing from hens to Hades.'' the men
who are conducting this enterprise
have already done wonders.
traot Of yparoh land IN Oh orac
of beautiful Chesapeake Bay, in Calvert
county, Maryland, has been reclai med
and filed in. A broad walk, thirty
feet wide, built of the finest white oak.
more than mile long, has been con-
structed parallel with the shore, at a
| cost of $4,000. Two long piers. one
half a mile long, run ont at right
, angles to the shore. A big bathouse
. spring boards for divers, a dancing pa
vilion, several restaurants, big circu-
lar casino, one of the finest scenic rail-
ways ever planned, band stand, and
many booths for cane ringing and
other petty games have been set up
4 over the placid waters of the bav.
a Back on the bluff, where there is a
I superb view OF the water. the passing
u steamers and the oyster boats, are the
regal club house. an electic light plant
servants quarters and several cottages
Between the club house and the race
track landscape gardner has had
NJ ample opportunity to demonstrate
:. what money and intelligent effort car
Z do. Drireways, shaded walks, cosey
!, sylvan retreats. pagodas, summer
houses bypaths are alluringly arrang
ed. A neat railway station stands
the club house, for private railway
@ runs from Washington to the Amer
d lean Monte Carlo.
Straight as die the road bed run:
10 the thirty miles from the capital to the
10 resort. Special trains make the rul
,e now inside an hour, and as soon as tn
g racing begins fortyfve minute train
4 will be run from Washington and fas
to through trains from Baltimore, also
" Through hills, over gullies, acros
t swamps, this fine railway rolls, straigh
~ as a die. The engines and coaches ar
:. as fine as can be found anywhere OF
:. his continent. More than a millol
AZ and a half dollars was expended on tn
a. railway alone.
te The grand stand will seat 1000. TIL
~ betting ring is a big one, and space
is provided for tn foreign book on tn
'e New Orleans d., San Francisco races
L. The paddock is a commodious affair
A restaurant and French wheel t.
drive away ennui between dashes, vii
be installed beneath the grand stand
" There will be at least FIVE races day
III including steeplechase. 1t is expect
ed that racing will be continued up t.
'. April !. Both the rich and poor hors
owner will be catered to. The climat
A.. at this point $ so equable that tn
place is expected to be thronged from
a January ! to December 81.
at Separate and distinct from the rae
l. ing and the summer resort features
A. the club house. This is IN exclusiv
> RESORT lof tlger hunters. 1t wa
superbly planned. The club house is
- huge four story affair, perched on
high bluff. Chesapeak Bay is eighteen
I miles broad here and the outlook is en-
chanting. Close at hand is buffet
Rooms for faro, stud poker, draw
hearts. Klondike and various othe
pastimes of the ''tiger' are adjacent.
l People in Washington and in the lit
tie hamlets along the line of the new
railroad, like Richie, Mari and Pen
\ dells, who have not visited the Ameri
can Monte Carlo have thought al
along that the whole affair was merel,
foolish attempt to create a costly ant
probably turtle summer resort, bu
after the General Assembly of Mary