White Plains Gas Company. -- The manufacture of gas was begun in White Plains in 1860 on a small scale, by parties from New York City. In April, 18()3, the i)ropcrty and works were ])urchased by Eugene T. Preudliomme, Esq., and in 1872 passed into the possession of a stock company, the capital being twenty-five thousand dollars.

The officers of the company are Eugene T. Preudliomme, president ; Charles Horton, treasurer; and William II. Huestis, secretary. /Ihe amount of gas annually consumed is between three and four million feet. hotels.

The Orawaupum Hotel. -- The first Orawaupum Hotel was built about 1844, near the New York and Harlem Railroad depot, and was kept by Mr. Isaac Smith. The name was suggested by the historian, John Macdonald, it being the name of the principal Indian chief of whom the White Plains lands were purchased.

The original hotel was a frame building and was burned February 17, 1854. It was then owned by the widow of Isaac Smith, who soon thereafter erected the present edifice.

It has passed through several hands and is now conducted by Stanley F. Newell, who has been proprietor since 1882.

The hotel is built of brick and has accommodations for about fifty guests.

The Union Hotel. -- This hotel is situated on the north side of Railroad Avenue, along the railroad, and was built about 1869 by J. M. Schirmer. In 1878 it passed into the possession of Theodore Doll, the present jjroprietor.

The Standard House. -- In 1860 Brundage Sniffin erected this building on Railroad Avenue, directly opposite the court-house. It is now owned by Mrs. Ada Richardson, a daughter of Mr. Sniffin, and is managed by Mr. N.' Hubbard Miller. It has thirty sleeping-rooms and from its nearness to the county offices finds its largest custom from persons attending the courts.