The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-04
Magnificent New Hotel Gore
Begins Business with
Bright Prospects.
EQUIPPED
of Visitors Admire
and Praise 1t at Formal
Opening.

l OF having the laf&eSEhOCeA N Gne @CxAf9
of West Virginia. This is the magni-
hcent, new Hotel Gore on West Pike
and Second streets near the post
ONCE, which had It's formal opening
Saturday but which virtually began
business Monday. The establishment
has 2I7 rooms. including ten sample
rooms, for the ACCOMMODATION OF guests
besides the various other rooms that
are necessary for hotel Of It's size
and character.
DR.. Truman E. Gore, widely known.
successful and enterprising citizen
is the proprietor OF the hotel, fact
that insures its success as he is man
of splendid business qualities and
genial personality. He will conduct
the establishment upon the European
plan, this appearing to him to be the
most satisfactory to the general
travelling public. The rates are II,
81 so and 81 for rooms with bath, as
tonishingly reasonable prices In view
of the splendid equipment and service
of the place. HH
IA Big Structure.
The hotel building Is an imposing
ave story structure OF gray brick and
white cut stone covering about .
quarter OF a square with large 'front.'
age on West pike street extending
from the Fordyce building to Second
street and also a large frontage on
Second street. The structure is as
substantial as money could make 1t
and is modern to the last detail.
A lobby containing the clerks desk
and ONCE is on the ground door open
ing on West Pike street, but there Is
more commodious and beautifully
furnished general lobby, or loungine
room just above on the second floor
A cafe is situated in adouble room to
the west and south of the ONCE lobby.
SplendIdIy Furnished.
The term beautifully furnished,
applies to all the rooms in the build
ing as we'll as the large lobby as, in
deed. every last room is as nicely and
as comfortably fitted as the most
Efastidious could wish, The guest
rooms are furnished with artistic
brass bedsteads and other pieces OF
furniture in mahogany, circassian
walnut. birds eye maple and mission
oak There are comfortable leather
upholstered chairs in each chamber
and druggets chosen with excellent
taste. Modernly equipped bath rooms
connect with each chamber and there
can be almost any suite arrangement :
desired. These have tile floors and the
plumbing is the best that could be in
stalled, all the piping being brass.
Each guest chamber opens upon. a
street, rear court or central air
shaft. there being no inside" rooms.
The main corridor on each floor is In
the shape of a rectangle, affording
continuous circuit,
ParIOrs for Ladies.
Opening from the second floor lobby
is an elegantly furnished ladies par
lor and connecting with sliding doors
Is a commodious bedchamber which
Il always to be maintained as re-
firing room for ladies, for which no
charge will be made. This retiring
room has a bath room with a tile floor
equipped like the bath rooms of the
regular guest chambers This ladies
parIor and retiring room Is new
feature that will no doubt be much
appreciated by the ladies who go to
the hotel.
4 Another feature is bridal chamber
on the third floor. It is elegantly
finished in mahogany with an impos-
ing mahogany cabinet mantel.
The office is in charge Of George b
sayre. formerly OF the sayre Remedy
Company, who travelled for eighteen
years before coming to Clarksburg.
He is assisted in the office by Russell
Smith, of Buckhannon.
European Cafe.
]. NJ. johnson, who has established
a reputation in the business In this
city. is in charge Of the cafe and he
has a splendid force of walters, cooks
and other employees. The cafe. is con-
Quoted upon the European plan, which
is the plan upon which the entire
hotel is conducted.
An attractive barber shop lifted
with the most modern sanitary hx-
TIRES adjoins the ground hooF lobby
on the east. 1t has four chairs and =
I union shop. HermpH DllIey is the
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