Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-31

ooarding-houses 10 meet the demand for roosn
iet TINS was tound Insufficient zach hons
remained full the entire season. and each ana
laos was compelled 10 deny her shelter TO maay
woulo-oe guest Tor lack Of room. This larrs
number OF visitors will. a. a matter of coor..
sound the trumpet or these mountains on their
| return TO their homes. and their attractions
must accordingly become wider known II !.
expected, therefore. that with this enlarred
reputation the increase in visitors next summee
VIII be equally a. great. and elaborate rrepsra-
tons are now being made TO receive them
Battery Porter gently undulating hin
situated In the very head OF the town where Ma
could always get q lovely mountain view viii
be no longer the retreat Of those who sou,rht
the Quiet pleasure of its shads and scenery
Four wealthy gentlemen who have made this
tneir summer nome have bought the property.
ana they propose 20 Immediately erect thrrenn
the finest summer hotel in the s,nth This 4.
the place OF all places Tor a mountain hotel and
| IN Its selection these gentlemen have indeed
shown excellent taste as veil as much business
sagacity. The cost of the hotel will be 500 ooo
while $50 900 more will be spent upon the urn
iture aud grounds. There are few, If any real
good summer resorts tor southerners that are
easy of access. Asheyille H. now coming for
ward to supply this long-felt want and when
We think of what she has 10 offer. her future az
leading place Of resort looks. indeed. very
bright Nor Is her future as a trading town the
less encouraging
WHAT THE FUTURE PROMISES
In another year another railroad will como
from Spartanburg In South Carolina. I'm order
that We may be- reached more directly from the
important cities of that state and G,orria
WINE oranch of the w stern North Carolina
road. now completed "a far as Wayn,sviils viii
run IN southwesterly direction until II strike.
Tue East tennessee. Virginia and Georgia road
at Ducktown. This will make the town aasiIv
accessible from New Orleans and the import ant
towns that lie In that direction These aiIrnaas
making direct lines from four imporsanf
quarters and conyrrging at this point viii piye
this highly favored mountain town an excellent
advantage In trade. Enter, rising men are
already on the ground investing largely I'm
mense tracts OF forest filled with pigautic snacI
mems OF hard wood timber have been ponybt
and saw mills are rapidly utilizing the finest
water power i'm the land. The lumber repions
| OF the northern and western states HAY. h,.n
largely denuded OF their best timber but thIe
handy region is just opening market Thr,ftv
| farmers are coming here To conduct tobacco
plantations after their more advanced ideas. far
| u these semi-cvzed natives can produce snch
! nne tobacco, what might not thew Now that
the new railroad facilities offer to the resources
| OF this region the market OF which they have 40
| long been deprived, the simplest mind can for.see
Tor them an unusually rapid DEVELOPMENT
ana handsome profits to their owners There
lore. as said above. the boom to Asbryille IL "a
Oily one -Four tobacco warehouses have recently
been built, and several new factories are doing
| steadily increasing business. Invent out ON \
camping trip during the month OF Sentemher
! and when | returned found that every one al
the seven vacant lots on fhe main street vera
| being built upon. while on Patton avenue one
| nve-story and three three-story buildings had
| been completed. Nor is this all Three promI-
| nently situated stores on the ,,ublic square
| recently burned down. and I'm less than n week
alter each lot was sold and the erection of three
handsome new buildings begun thereon by the
men who had purchased them. One of these
lots comprising L, 400 square feet sold for 50 Is
| a square foot
L know OF no town so prettily situated as
Asheville. The French Broad that queen Of
| mountain streams winds prettily among her
| gently undulating hills, aud from the piazza OF
almost every home the grandeur of a mountain
view Is seen. Throughout the summer season
| merry parties can br seen each PHEASANT day
riding along the winding valley roads TO climb
the neighboring peaks. and when they reach
their dizzy heights no tongue can describe nor
artist picture the vast soul-nspiring scenes that
greet them The artist with his brush and
/ palette has not yet come here but when he
comes. each distant mountain view, each forest
stream will prove to his esthetc ken far p!cttier
and grander pictures than he ever saw in the
Adirondacks or the White mountains of New
England. DIR. Curtis. the well-known botanist.
Tells these facts IN a few expressive words: In
| all the elements" he SAYS. which render
mountain scenery attractive no portion of the
United States presents them i'm happier coinbi-
nation In greater perfection or IN larger extent
than the mountains of Western North Carolina {"
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