Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-16
UyD,ore nents az Sheldon.

may be interesting to the readers of your
valuable paper, give you the follow
ing for what it is wor h: During the
past season it was found from the large
increase, aud great rush Of iuvalids and
pleasure seekers, that the then Hotel
accommodations were too limited; even
with every private house filled, the room
was still insufficient. The Central
House, kept ~ Deacon Wright, was
crun,nacd o owe flowing, and local trav-
cl i'm manyinstanccs was turned from his
door on account of no room. Late last
fall Messrs. John Fish e. +. II. Eldred
bought the corner To- on the point of the
new road east side Of the creek, of II. ].
SAKE and commenc, the erection of a
Hotel. L is house, which 10 one half
mile from the Vt. Spring, is now so far
advanced that it will be opened for the
reception of boarders by the middle of
May. IL is situated OH an elevation
commanding fine view Of the surround
ing country. fronting to the south it
has IL front of so feet by GO in width,
with an l. 60 by SO, al 3 stories in
hcighth, to be surrounded by br ~ad
piazza. The view from this h c can
be cqualed byfew and excelled by none.
Il will be kept by Mr.. +. 4 Eldrcd, one
of the owners, gen al gentleman, and
will no doubt he favorite host. This
housewife accommodate SO boarders. On
| l,o In 1u
fine hotel is well under way. under he
supervision of l.. J. Sweet, of your viii
lagc. This is owned by Hon. Alfred
Keith. The foundation is arly finish
ed, and W orll is to be pushed rapidly for
ward and ii is expected that it will be
opened for the reception of guests by the
lst of June This house fronts to the
west, stand on commanding ground
and has fine shade of large clms in
front 1t has front of 81 feet by sc in
width, with an l. 90 by SO, all two stories
in height with French roof 1t is to be
finished with all the modern improve
ments, and will have as its host Capt.
A. III. Keith, form 9rly in the office of the
Weldon House. OF st. Adams. 1t will
accomm odate from SO to 90 boarders.
Col. A. w. Stone, of Savannah, Geor
/ gia, has commenced the erection of n
fine summer residence on land purchas-
ed of Judge Sake. DR.. II. J. Wilder also
purchased fine lot of Judge SAKE, and
has the foundations lad for house to
| be two stories. with French roof, where
he can accommodate some 90 invalids.
On the corner opposite, and west of
the ,lotel of Fish & Eldred, Col. Jas.
Fairbanks has purchased lot, of a fired
Keith, and has well under way neat
and tasty grocery store. The ext LOT
south Of this has been purchased by Mr..
Nelson s'pooner, of Mr.. Keith Mr..
Spooner is propa ing to put up large
building, the lower part Of which will
be used as a bowling alley and billiard
room, and the upper part Is dancing
! hall.
Down on Main Street, Mr.. Henry
Kendall has purchased a lot, of Mr.. Keith
near the Town House, and is about
building a neat residence. He has also
purchased the carriage factory of a. +
Decker, on the east side, and will here
after turn out the rolling stock of thai
institution. Lower down on Main ST
Mrs. Walker, Of st. Adams, has pur
chased n fine location of Mrs. ID. G.. Nor
ton, and proposes the erection of fine
large residence in the Spring. On the
east side the Messrs. Potter have late
ly built and early finished a large anc
commodious store and workshop, where
they propose to carry on the II ardwart
& Tin Smith business in all its branch
es. So much for building. Now wore
cone 9rning the Springs near the village
and part tn ,reof.
The Vermont Spring, owned by
Messrs. Sake & Co., although h wing
notoriety Of year, was last season uset
more by boarders than any other, il
fact the letter part of the summer owe
three fourths Of the boarders used thi
water and most of them with beneficial
) results. The shipments the past season
t although the first Of its bottling rea che,
Z ed nearly five thousand cases. 1t is un
: necessary 10 descr be the 81 uation O
:. this Springs your readers no doubt hav
visited it. The prevailing opinion
t hero is that the Vermont is to be, and is
I the spring. The next spring woul
l speak offs t1e Central Spring, owned b.
{ Messrs. S. b. Greene, & Co. This ha
been known for years, but gained YER
Little notoriety until last season, whe
many used the water with beneficial re
n suits. This spring is situated on tn
: east side, and in the village. 1t has
J. neat clearinghouse and apparatus fo