Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-08-22

main body being a straw color, which tin
adds to the strong relief in which the
buildings stand out from the back ground O
I green foliage on the hill side. The grounds
in front, an eighth of a mile square, will
be in few days in the hands Of a well
known landscape gardener and be laid of
for the main drive, walks, and beds Of
flowers and foliage.
The interior is as striking as the exterior
Passing under the porte cochere you enter
a splendid foyer, forty feet square, at on'
end of which is a wood-fire place ten feel
wide and beautifully decorated. To you
right there is a ladies' reception room il
which another of these fire-places occurs
On this floor is the grand dining-room, 10y
40 feet, two sides of which open on the long
verandah 1 have mentioned. 1t is of II
feet pitch and like the other two, has q
wood-fre place. Its windows open on the
South and West and have a beautiful view.
Through them can be seen the North noun.
tain, 25 miles distant, and the Massannut.
ten mountain.
One of the most striking features of the
interior is the grand stairway which leads
| from the foyer Oh the first story to the
stories above. 1t is a hard wood stairway,
! II feet wide, with first flight Of sixteen
steps. Its trimmings are massive. Still on
the first floor, which we have not yet left,
is billiard-room in the northeastern wing,
25X4O feet in size, underneath which are the
barber shop and retiring rooms. The Office
of the hotel adjoins the grand foyer.
On the second story are sixty chambers,
a number of which are made into suites,
with bath rooms and toilet rooms attached,
and with every modern convenience. The
third story is also devoted to chambers.
The cosiest hooks in the house are the
each floor from the bottom to the top. They
will serve as sitting rooms to the chambers
adjoining, and the view from them is very
pretty. The kitchen is in wing adjoin-
ing the house and has every modern appli-
ance.
The hotel has water on every floor drawn
from a reservoir ON the hill back of it,
which is filled with lithia water pumped
from the large spring in the town by steam.
The house is heated all over by steam and
there are radiators in every room. 1t will
be lighted both by electricity and gas, and
the pipes for the latter are being built into
the structure. The gas works will be on
the premises.
The hotel will be finished in the most lux
urious style throughout and will be ready
for opening October Goth. 1t will be con-
trolled by the Basic City Company, who
will put an experienced man at the head of
it. When it is opened it will be well worth
visit to Basic City to see it. The hotel
will cost $50, 900. The work has been done
by Hotlzclaw Bros, of Washington City,
and is of the best description throughout.
FACILITATING THE GROWTH OF THE
CITY.
In driving over the new city found that
the company are making every preparation
for facilitating it's growth. They are about
building Water Works at cost of $15, OOO
The Eastern and Western parts of the
town are to be connected by an overhead
bridge across the Shenandoah Valley Ry,
one of the approaches to which is at the
paper. The industrial portion of the town
is to be connected with the beautiful resi-
dence sites On the West side of the river
by large iron bridge, for which the abut-
ments have been finished, and around those
residence sites runs broad 7O-foot avenue
which has been opened and graded from
the iron bridge and will be extended around
to what is known as the river road, dis
lance of a mile and a half. This is High
land Avenue. Another magnificent street
which runs the whole length of the business
part of the town from South to North is
80 feet wide and is known as Augusta
Avenue. The streets everywhere are being
laid off and graded.
THE RESIDENCE PORTION OF THE
TOWN.
The residence portion of Basic City is
not surpassed by any other locality in the
State. have already mentioned the pretty
bluff on the West side of the river which is
approached by an iron bridge and broad
Avenue, but there is in addition a splendid
stretch of residence sites running from the
grand hotel Northward, and on the same
slope it. This stretch is over amilelong
and runs into North Basic, a tract of $50
acres, and for it's whole length commands
a view Of the river, the town and the fine
scenery. Its drainage is excellent and the
whole lay Of the land is unsurpassed fol-
homes.
THE BUSINESS NOW DONE IN THE NEW
TOWN.
The merchants here are having profit
able season. There are nearly one Thousand
men at work here and the weekly pay rolls
aggregate 81 800, so you can see business is
pretty lively.
THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.
And now about the future. [ have give1
you above the outfit for industries, fol
transportation facilities, for the travelling
public, and for the convenience of it's owl
citizens which Basic City shows on tn,
third month of it's existence; and now wha
of it's future I hold in my hand the Dali,
Real Estate Record and read in it of tn
sale of lots here at 500, $500, 5000 each
and have heard Of some sales at evel
higher figures than these. Of course tn
buyers must be looking to the future, AM
that future is based on the value thei
properties may derive from the industrie
here. l will make a list Of the industrie
that will be in operation here when thesul
| ,.icoc on January 1St 1901 with The ma,