The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-22

first European hotel. The change n
hotel policy IS evidenced BY the Laws
81 West Virginia governing hotels
which went into etfect tour years ago
and do not apply. TO- the hotels as oper-
ated at the present time.
The Marietta hotel dtsappe ared from
the local list and business block is
being erected on Its site. The Nc
Cray hotel, which was family hotel
opposite the Kenyon, opened up about
the time that the Hotel Marley open
ed. Charles 3. McGray, Jr., who was
In charge, has since taken the Kenyon
which he remodelled, refurnished, add.
ing rooms with bath and hot and cold
watsf and adopting telling slogan
Caters to Commercial Men and Gets
Them"
R. B, Phillips, state hotel inspector,
WRs in Fairmont recently, and passed
on the local hostelries, praising some
Of them very highly. Some Of his
findings have provided topics for gos-
sip among hotel people and the ap.
preaching opening Of the new hotel
also furnished food for talk in the
West Virginia hotel colony.
The Furnished room" business Is
not engaged in SO much in Fairmont
as in the average city Of this size.
There are rooms to be secured in Fair
mont but hardly any private houses
will take transients for less than a
week. Under such circumstances they
charge from $500 to $500 per week.
In the outskirts rooms can be obtain
ed at from $500 to, $500 per week.
Marion county's most important ho-
tel outside Of Fairmont is the Hotel
Bartlett at Warrington which was the
first European hotel along the Balti-
more and Ohio, adopting that policy in
advance Of the Wheeling hotels which
were formerly operated on the Ameri-
can plan. The Arlington hotel is the
other stopping place in that city.
Pennington has the Collins hotel
which does good business and Fair
view has the Burns hotel, which John
Burns has managed for many years.
Fred Bartlett, of the Hotel Bartlett at
Warrington, is one of the best known
citizens of the county. Rivesville,
which Curt Morris claims is "one day
older than Chicago" formerly had ho-
tells under various arrangements but
at the present time there is not even
q restaurant. This is surprising as the
town has something like 1000 popula-
ton, within and without the corpora
ton limits.
When Fairmont's population was
! 500 there were three hotels. The Mt.
City House was located where the
court house is now, and was managed
by John Irwin, who now operates
farm in Florida. The Continental ho-
tel was the Marietta, torn down recent
", and was managed by Harrison Man
Icy. The Hough House was at the de-
pot and was managed by Thomas
Hough. When the Watson hotel open.
ed it was looked upon as very fine and
vet makes probably the biggest flash
of Fairmont's present hotels. Recent
ly local people exchanged hotel in
Loeb Lynn for the Watson which
brings It once more under local owner.
ship.
TIE high cost of living has cut big
figure in the hotel and boarding house
business. in Fairmont. There was
time when families could afford to take
boar6ers at less than $500 week but
the advance in prices of provisions has
brought this rate to $3.50 and upwards.
There is no money in keeping board
ers at the $3.50 rate at this time.