Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-07-10
Letter from White Sulphur Springs.


Correspondents of the Alexandria GAZETTE.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. West Va,
July $50 many OF your readers this place
ia, no doubt. familiar, but az more bave never
seen it, brief description of tho impression
made upon visitor for the FIST time msy
be interesting. When I tell them that the
temperature Is So now and was So last
night ct ten o'clock, they will probably not
feel very sorry that it is not practicable for
them to leave their work and come here.
The journey is long one and the cars are
usually crowded; so, though the scenery is
undoubtedly magnificent, you have to pay
for seeing it-snd at pretty high figure in
comfort. Was struck with the evidences
of successful booms which appeared ell along
the route. After passing the Blue Ridge
tunnel, I thought We were approaching
Scsunton rather sooner than had supposed
we would when handsomely printed paper
was thrust into roy hand during brief stop.
The Basic City Advance, informed me that we
we're at Basic City," place OF which nae
heard, but which ] thought was like one de-
scribed by Dickens, in Martin Chuzz'ewit'
having existence in the minds OF the specu-
lators who had projected it, only was
therefore, not little surprised TO Ind eit-
CANT buildings and quite numoer OF man
ufactores. Whether any monty can De mace
by purchasing land there now L do not
know, but money has evidently been mace.
Besides this place, ell along the rosd from
the Riue Ridge to the Allegbaaies, there are
signs of other boone, more or less successful,
and it is quite evident that ell the mineral
| Of 4 hat ,ortO IF he
at least, are to be rapidly developed.
Surrounded By an amphitheatra of count
aims, rising, some of them, l should say
l 600 feet about it's elevated position, the
beautiful grounds OF thu Grand Central
Hotel are located. 1t is substantial and
handsome, though rather an old fashioned
building That. however, adds to lis com
| fort, for there are veraudas ell around Il
and almost every room opens upon one
| There are great pumber OF chambers
mine is 600, end | see locations Of 700 and
odd on the register and as L am In
the second story, suppose the third
| must be 10 the thousands. Around
on elevations are very many neat cottages,
and though the season will not he at lis
height for three weeks yet, there are al
ready between two and thvce hundred pee
pie here. Among them we have ex-Aidei-
| man Strauss and wife and MIR. Richard l..
Csrpe, Of ST. Johns Academy, from Alexan
dria, the latter beiog here to attend NJ ct
ing OF the Virginia Association for the Pro
motion of Higher Education, which beg ins
its session tc-aight. MIR. and Mrs. Linden
Kent, Of Washington, are also here.
The dung room of The Grand Central ia
a sight in itself. do not know its sizs, but
have never seen anything approaching it
elsewhere. TIE service is excellent; the
variety of food is no greater than At other
well provided hotels, but the attendance IS
prompt and when you get VIVA you call for
there is enough Of it TO eat, net two or three
mouthfus. with prospect of waiting hall
an hour before you can get served egain, g.
is the case in some other places where /
have paid higher rates. The band is g fine
one, but dancing is, as yet, restricted to the
children, the young ladies' and gentlemen Of
fashlon not having as yet arrived SUP
pose. Daubtloss. there will be plenty OF
dancing later in the season. On the whole,
I like the place; you are free to do
az you please without il,-coDceal-
ed sneers and caustlc rsmarks, which
are unpleasant even when you know they
proceed from fools. When | have had
little more time to look around l may give
you come further impressions.
FIDELIs.