Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-03-06
THE HOT SPRINGS OF VIRGINIA.


York World of the LIST of March -
WARREN LELAND'S PURCHASE.
THE HOT SPRINGS OF VIRGINIA AND
WHAT he PROPOSES TO DO WITH
THEM.
A despatch was received in this city
YESTERDAY stating that the Hot Springs
property in Bath County, Va had been
sold at auction, and that the purchaser
was Warren Leland, of New York. The
price paid was said to be 100000, with
cash payment of $4,000.
Mr. Charles E. Leland was seen at the
Leland House, Twenty eight street and
Broadway, last evening by World re
porter. Mr.. Leland said: "My broth
er, Warren, went to Virginia few day.
ago to bid for The property, and am
delighted to learn that he has succeeded
10 buying it. The property embraces,
| believe, nearly fifteen hundred acres.
and there are some buildings on 1T, IN
Guiding large hotel. Warren is tn
representative of a syndicate of capital
lists who think that the property can b.
vastly Improved. 1t has many advan
tages that can be utilized. The spring
are said to be of better curative power
than those of the Hot Springs of Arkan
sas. 1t il proposed to make handsome
Ozark of the property purchased and T.
| erect HANDSOME hotels aud residences
| In fact, il is intended that the II
| Springs Of V ,rginia will shortly surpas'
hose of A Arkansas The Virgil in spring.
| i'll he within easy r. ach of all the lafg
| Eastern cities. and | can tell you Il 81
| heu Leland is interested in such
venture il IS going to be success"
| We have not often been called on !,
take note of an incident of .1Iore inter
est, than this sale of the Hot Springs to
wealthy company of capitalists. 1t If
destined to have wide and far-reach
ing Influence, not only on the destinies
of the county of Bath, but on the vel
fare of the State at large, and especially
of the neighboring counties. Gradually
the barriers which have hitherto pre-
vented the flow of northern capital and
enterprise into Virginia are being bro
ken down. Within the last half dozen
wears the rich iron mines of Virginia
have tempted northern and British com.
panies to invest among us large amounts
of money in furnaces, foundries. &c
Now we have practical proof that our
unrivalIed mineral waters are beginning
to exert similarly attractive influence
on outside capital. The fact that Lee
land is to have charge of the new en-
terri rise, lie, of itself, guarantee of sue
cess. 1t is a family of frat class hotel
keepers, shrewd, intelligent. and thor
oughiy conversant with the wants OF
the public. Almost every city in the
North will bear witness to the capacity
of some member of the Leland family
to supply every reasonable want of the
travelling public.
AS legitimate, we had almost said
an inevitable. sequence of the purchase
above referred to. we may look for the
speedy coma rUction of Railroad, most
probably, from CoyiDgton, up the Val
ley of Jackson's river to the Rot Springs,
and thence, at no distant dsy, 10 the
Warm Springs. This road will pass
quite near to the Healing Springs, and
within about half mile of the pic
turesque scenery Of the Falling Spring
valley
The location of these Springs Ia the
mountains of Virginia, in peculiarly
heaithfrl climate, two thousand or more
feet above the leyel of the sea, with all
the surroundings OF splendid mountain
scenery, and within an easy days ride
of Washington city, will give the Hot
Springs and Warm of Virginia very
great advantages over the thermal
springs of Arkansas. If we had direct
communication, by rail, from Millboro'
or Covington. to the Hot aud Warm
Springs. ilvalids could easily be trans
ported, between sunrise and the close of
lay. from New York to the Hot or
Warm Springs without change of cars
II can hardly be doubted that it will moi
ne long before the deficient link of about
wen y five miles of railway will be sup
died
There is 30 reason why, when the
'eeded improvements are made, there
! h"uld not he an attendance of thousands
If visitors at these ~ d he other SPRING.
~ the Hot Springs valley. Another
attractive feature is the proximity of the
Hot Springs, not only to the Healing
md the Warm Springs, but to the White
sulphur, the Old Sweet, the Swee
Chalybeate, and the Old Salt Sulphur
o the Red Sulphur, and last, but not
east, to the celebrated Roekbridgs Alum
springs.
Nor is this contemplated improve
| fnent matter of Indifference to the peo>
ole of Stanton and Augusta county.
A large portion of the supplies needed
ny these various watering places must
be drawn from our county, and the inn
pulse thus given to industry will be
-ensibly felt by our whole agricultural
trading community-by the opening of
new and better markets for our produc-
tons.
SUICIDE OF YOUNG MAN IN Rock
BRIDGE.-The Lexington Gazette of last