History of Springfield, Illinois, its attractions as a home and advantages for business, manufacturing, etc. Pub. under the auspices of the Springfield board of trade, by J. C. Power.

82 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, AND'I-_ ably enlarged and much imA_____ —;-_ proved since that time. It is....._ I ~ — - easy of access, being but one
square from the depot of the
Chicago and St. Louis railroad,
and yet, is sufficiently retired
to afford all the attractions of
J! *j~'JI~ ~ "''" a home to a weary traveler.
_ L;It affords accommodations for
about one hundred and fifty
- _ - - guests, and is first class in all
its appointments. John McCreery, Proprietor.
~~~~______ THE CIHENERY HOUSE is one
_ > S_-~&e"~g~ — L~-~-~-~-~-~-~~ of the oldest and best known
hotels in the city. The presLeland SHotel. ent proprietors, W. D. Chenery
HOTELS. & Son, purchased the house of Joel
THE LELAND HOTEL would be consid- Johnson, Esq., in October, 1855. Since
ered one of the finest hotels, if it that time they expended in additions to
was in New York City, Boston or Phila- the property, over $20,000. The Chedelphia, and has no superior in tha West- nery enjoys a high reputation, and
ern States. There is no State capital in among the many excellent hotels at the
the Union that can boast of a finer house. capital, ranks No. 1. Messrs. John W.
It is justly the pride of the citizens of and James Chenery have charge of the
Springfield, and universally admired by office. This house accommodates about
all who visit the capital. To say that it two hundred guests.
is first-class does not do it justice, for it THE WESTERN HOTEL is situated at
is much more. It was built by a joint the corner of Third and Jefferson street,
stock company in 1866, and opened to opposite the Chicago and Alton depot.
the public January 1, 1867, by Horace S. This house was built in 1868, and being
Leland, Esq., the present proprietor. To new, everything is in good condition,
say that it is kept by a Leland is a suffi- neat and clean. This house is built in
cient guarantee that it is all that could modern style and possesses all the conbe desired by the most fastidious epicure. veniences of a first-class hotel. It is kept
This is one of the chain of hotels kept by the owner, John Shoeneman, Esq.
by the Lelands, beginning with the Besides the above hotels, Springfield
St. Charles Hotel-European plan-New has the American, Everett and Revere,
York City, Delavan House, Albany, N. first-class houses, making a total of seven
Y.; Clarendon Hotel, Saratoga Springs, hotels, offering the best accommodaiions
N. Y.; and Grand Union Hotel, Sarato- for about fifteen hundred persons, bega Springs, N. Y. sides a number of smaller hotels and
Capt. Wiggins, an experienced and boarding houses.
justly popular hotel man, has immediate LAMPS AND LAMP GOODS.
charge of the house, and under his super- JOSEPH LEFEVRE & Co. are new men
intendence everything is conducted in in the city. They make a specialty of a
the finest and best of style. single article for lighting stores, dwellST. NICHOLAS HOTEL.-This fine house ings etc. It is called Danforth's Petrowas built in 1856, and has been consider- leum Fluid, a new article prepared from