Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-23
MOUNTAIN LEAVES.
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SPRINGS. BATH COUNTY.
rov The visitors Pass the Tims-Two
pictures-svimming -Nasch-Dahiia-
tovp-Peysonal Notes.

WARM SPRINGS sept. io' iooo.
II by"a springs season a" Is meant
,hs time of hustle and dressing,
crowded dining-room, music, and dane
mo then the season ct the Warm IS
over. But IL is meant the time OF
greatest epjoyment-mornings OF iaie-
ness and independence Of fashionable
restraints and evenings given to stroll.
ipg-then the season here has Just
fairly begun. The great crowd mas
left here, but We still have good COM
psny-a large. sized family circle IN
which the most unsociable could not
fail 10 feel ut home. The summer mas
learn. been q most successful one with
Colonel Eubank, the place having until
lately been crowded toits utmost cspaci'
ty. This is saying . good deal, consider
ine that recently the accommodations
| of the Warm have been greatly en-
| Iarged. Last spring forty rooms, EN-.
braced in one large, new building, ana
two or three picturesque little cottages
were added, and number OF other i'm
| proyements were made above and below
ground. The water-supply has been
greatly increased, and this, in connec-
| ton with the hundreds Of feet Of terra
Gotta drsin-pips that have been put
down, makes the sewage system per-
feet.
GA GRAND SCHEME"
The next improvement contemplated
by Colonel Eubank is Q grand drive.
All who have ever visited the Warm
know Flag Rock. 1t is situated on the
top of the Warm-Spring mountain
nearly in front Of the main hotel, and
the view from it in every direction is
superb. Already there is rough road
from the point at which you cross the
mountain to the rock. Colonel Eu-
bank now proposes, with the assist
ance Of other interested parties
or individually If he cannot get
that sssistance-to put that road
in thorough condition and ex-
tend it along the crest Of the
mountain eight miles to point opposite
the Healing Springs. He has had the
route carefully examined by practical
and skilful road-builders, and finds
the scheme entirely feasible. Two
miles of the road would cost $500 per
mile. For the rest Of the distance it
could be built for sl50 per mile. The
elevation is $500 feet above the ses and
every foot of the way would command
magnificent scenery on both sides Of the
mountain. Northern gentlemen to
whom the subject has been mentioned
say that the building Of the road would
cause numbers of northern visitors to
bring their private teams here during
the season.
A RAILROAD PROJECT.
A railroad project is also being agi-
tsted here. 1t is proposed to build
narrow. gauge road from Covington, on
the Chesapeake and Ohio road, to this
point, and perhaps as far as Pendleton
county, West Va. A charter has been
secured and engineers state that the
road could be built very cheaply.
Nearly all the cutting would be side
cutting" and very little masonry would
be required. Such road, besides
proving a great convenience to visitors
to the summer resorts in this valley,
would, it is thought, pay in the matter
Of hauling lumber alone.
PASSING THE TINE.
Life here, as I have said, is life OF
idleness and independence-in the morn
ings o dreamy, lazy existence. The
only excitement Of the week was
ladies' swimming-match in the ladies'
bath, which, as you know, is one Of the
most magnificent pools in the country.
A four.mile race could not have aroused
more interest. Mrs. Bland Taliaferro
won two prizes-frst, for swimming
around the pool in the shortest space Of
time second, for swimming across the
pool without using her hands. Mrs.
Maceis also won prize, and Miss Ma.
cies one for swimming across the pool
with an apple in her mouth and another
on her head.
OUR VISITORS.
Among the visitors here | note Mrs.
DR.. A. Y. P. Garrett and daughter, Miss
Davis, Mr.. Macies, Miss Macies, and j.
ii. Pierce and wife, Of Washington
Mrs. Cortine and daughter, and Mrs.
Kohly and daughter, of Havana, Cuba
DR.. and Mrs. Ravenel and daughter, Miss
Ravenel, Mrs. Thurston, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. S. j. Perry and daughter, of Charles.
ton, s. c.. Mr.. and Mrs. Del Calvo, of
New York (; Mr.. and Mrs. Adams, of
Louisville, KY; Mr.. end Mrs. Tay.
lor, Mrs. Woodward, and Mrs. Bergin,
of Philadelphia Miss Nicholas, former
ly Of Richmond, now Of Washington
Mrs. j. NJ. st. John and daughter, Of
Fredericksburg; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Ellis, Miss Sadie Mason, Virginia
Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton, Virginia; Mr..
Rosenberg, of Galveston, Tex. Mrs.
George S. Gibson and Miss j. West, OF
Baltimore; Dir. George Gibson, of
Baltimore, whom every one knows as
George, who is the life Of the place,
and who keeps things moving among
the young; Mr.. Elicit, Of Savannah;
Mr.. Glover, of South Carolina Mr..
II. r. 0ldhsm-Carter, of England, and
| Wilson.
sTRoLLING."
My companion in my walks 80 far
has been Mr.. Perry, Of Charleston, S.
c., and most delightful companion I
have found him. He is q gentleman
somewhat past middle life, highly culti-
waited, good talker, and lover of the
woods, the fields, and all that is beau
tiful in nature. Yesterday evening be
took me down to Sunset cottage to view
the sunset. The cottsge is in it.
self a perfect picture, is perchsd
upon an eminence just below
Germantown, and commands views
down the gorge through which the
Jsckson-Rivsr road runs and up the
valley towards the Warm Springs. 1t
is in the gorge that the sun sets, aud We
hsd two pictures in marked contrast,
either of which would have delighted
the soul of an artist. Any painter
who could transfer the views to eau.
vas as we saw them yesterday