Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-17
MIDDLEsBORoUaH.
The Wonder OF tho Age In Town
Building"

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aombi -~d- Eighteen Mill ON IIsIlars
already Invest. d or Uad. contract 10 :
Industrial developments that will
Furnish Emp'oJ M Mt 4: $4,000 Men
The fOrssS"st Iron and Steel Men II
England at the Mack 81 Middirsbor.
ough.
II the le ,deFship Of Pitsburg in the iron
and steel Industries 10 ever to pass to a
rival, that rival will be Midd le.borough,
dlesborough?" Well, as to the "what" and
the "wh-re,' it is . reglar. ma lie to order
modern municipality. capable If indefinite
extension. and located At the railway stra-
tegic center Of. perhaps. the fairest portion
of the North American Continent From
the ''Pinracle." which overlooks the town
one can gaze down upon the charming val
leys Of Kentucky. Virginia. Tennessee,
North Carolina and Georgia, save where
the view is intercs Ited by loftier peaks,
highest among which towers Mt. Mitchell.
so miles away, yet in plain sight 80 pure is
the atmosphere. The town is located At Cum
berl.nd Gap. . noted pass in the ,u,h Apps
lscian range, q watershed controlling the
courses If many streams which feed rivers
that find their outlet in the oh o. the Atlantic
and the Gulf. Railroads. bu l. building ard to
be built shortly, will, ere long. place Mid
dIesborouvh in quick communication with
all our seapor . from Norfolk to GalvestO
as well as the great cities of the North.
East and West. and the growing industrial
centres Of the c. ntral South. Alreaiy The
to rn hae direct connections through the
great Louisviile 4 Nashville and Eas. Ten
nes.ee. Virginia & Georgia systems of rail
Ways, and is not crsmped for lack Of out
le,s. Strategicsliy cons dered from trans
portstinn standpoint, Middlesborouph 10 q
veritable hub into which its founders
propose to put as many different spokes rs
ssgacity can suggest and enterprise backed
BY capital can supply.
The hackers of Middless CROUCH are
among the br4inies, and wealthiest capital
lists of England and America They pin
their faith in Middlesho-ouQh in the frs,
place upon the fact, certified by the mos,
capable experts, that the town site 10 riah,
in the mid.t of exhaustless stores of fine
quality OF coking Goals. highgrade brown
and red ores. with Limestone all about.
Coke. iron. iims-fhe triple arch for the
support Of the fabric Of fortune. Such is
the ta.is upon which the future Of Mddles-
borough rests; and to secure the future of
Mildle.borough is the primary anil constant
object of its projectors however vast the
schemes subsidiary to that end they may
undertake. Again, in the second place,
Cumberland Gap is q natural railway ce..-
ter. For not only is Middles borough bless.
ed with limitless stores Of coal. iron and
limestone, but manganese, zinc, lead. build
ing sandstone. fle multi colored marbles,
CLAWS for brick. friedrich. terra .otta and
pipe, first quality kaolin. varied hardwood
timbers and tan bark abound and invites
kill ard capital to ring all the changes of
industry with = full set Of. bells. Bracirg
mountain air and pure mountain water
realize here the ideals of healthfulness. and
not the least bold among the projects T. be
executed here is the scheme Of the Cumber-
land Park Company, which 10 to establish
. hotel, casino and eaniiarium for which
the sple ndid climatic conditions. magni acent
scenery and great variety Of mineral springs
shord the TO IndAtion. The resort will be
known ~ Dilwyn springs ard is intended
to rival the famous Spas Of Europe in com
pleteness Of equipment and elegance of
appointments. The build nss. designed by
eminent architects, are TO be erecied during
the coming year at q cos. of $3.50 900.
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all the enterprises thus far announced are
strictly legitimate and have either been
.xecuted or are IS certain of completion a.
houest purpose and ready means can war
rant, And this 10 true of the Dillwyn
Spring, project. The PNk Company has
capital of 81 400, coo. and the sanitary details
OF construction in the buildings a.e to be di-
rec,cd By d.. John s Billings, surgeon
Uiited Ststes army. Auschea to the 'sni-
tsrium will be q spscious hospital supplied
with the latest scientific ,ppli .nce. and ap
paratus. ~ ". II rs ba,hs.of every sort. mas
cage and S~edish cures. etc. The Medical
Advisory Board is composed Of acme of
the foremost physicians Of Europe and
America TIE indoite variety Of attractions
shich this region Offers for the lover Of
nature in her finest aspects for the health
seeker and The stated habitues of long estab-
lished resorts should conspirs to make
Dbl wyn Springs the Ssrstoaa of The Sou,h.
marlborough is building from the
ground up" Miidlesboroush is q plan, or
rather it is . plan s,artlirely lar sely exc
cuted. In May last. population not more
than ffty-iarseiy squa,ters. To-day, fully
4 0c0 live "hustli &" earnest. reso,ute and
cor adsus residents housed under the roofs
Of Midilesborousa. young city OF the
latest improved pattern. Truly an impres-
Give contras