The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-12
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BEING PREPARED
FOR.0CCUPANCY
Conditions in Valley River
Camps to Be More
Comfortable.
BETTER TRAIN SERVICE
New Boat Livery Will Also
Institute Water
Line. #
BETTER TRAIN SERVICE

will have the appearance OF midsum'
5uer for the boat enthuiasts are com.
3 under the spell Of the warm wealth.
and getting into the open. New
craft are lIak.ng their appearance In
the pool daily and the indications are
that there will be more boats Of va.
rious sorts In commission here and at
nearby points than ever before. While
the iboatmen are preparing for the sea-
son the summer home and camp own.
ers are doing the same thing and the
result Is that decoration day will see
large number of families housed in
their temporary homes along the Val
ley.
IA Newcomers on the valley this sum.
mer will be Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Ar.
nett has planned many improvements
wod from II. w. Showalter. Mr.. Ar
net thas planned many improvements
forGhis place which is opposite ApJ.
och station at the head of slackwater
and he will have one OF the beatty
spots OF the neighborhood when he
Completes them. He has nearly a
mile lof river front which he will clean
up and make attractive and his farm
ofbmany acres will receive like treat.
ment. He will likely erect some bun.
galows during the summer.
Altawah, the camp OF chief of police
Fred s. Harr with its three cottages,
spromises to be popular place. DR..
vi Mrs. Homer Hall who have a hand.
le cottage there are preparing to
6Ye up soon while the other bunga.
flows which are for renting purposes
are being sought by those who owned
them last season and other who Will
spend two weeks or more in. the open.
Mrs. Albert Sterling and Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray Dickerson who have a
handsome property opposite Colfax
are house cleaning and preparing to
move. Below them the Robinson
camps, kamp Kumfort and Eden
Springs are again In demand and will
beEthe homes of local people for the
entire summer. .....
mr.. and Mrs. Earl II. Smith are
preparing to move next week to their
home at Valley Farms at Antioch sta.
tion. Their renting cottages are also
In demand and they will likely erect
at least one more during the season.
New camps are to spring up in the
vicinity OF the head OF slack water.
John M. Kisner, the well known local
contractor has in mind bungalow
there as have Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
Reynolds who have secured fine site
at Antioch.
M.sM. Foster, Gus Mack and a party
OF friends are locating site for a
summer camp and II satisfactory ar.
rangements are made, they will spend
the heated season on the banks Of the
Valley coming to and from work on the
trains and In motor boats.
The camps will be more accessible
this season for besides better train
service promised by tho Baltimore and
Ohio company the new boat company
which has livery on The east side OF
the river here promises good service
10 those who wish to ride to and from
their homes and VINO will have ice
and other supplies sent up daily. One
Of these features will be an early
morning trip taking supplies to the
homes at an early hour and returning
from Altawah bringing to the city for
work the men who do not have to be
III town before $3.50 or 8 o'clock.
This will do away with the rather un-
pleasant rule Of last season OF rising
ats each morning to get the GAO
train.
lAswas the practice last season, Sun.
day parties will be numerous at the
bathing beaches and homes during the
heated months. The Sunday night
train to the city, promised by the
railroad company will cause hundreds
to 60 up for swim and row and a
day in the open every nice Sabbath.