The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-05-21
Red Letter Days for Covington-
25th, 26th and 9th OF May.

The 25th. Goth and 27th Of May are to
be red letter days for Covington and the
Covington Improvement Company. On
the 25th the Intermont Hotel, erected
by the improvement Company, and
furnished with ali modern equipments,
is to be formally opened, and on the
26th and 9th the lot sale will take place.
The enterprising and sagacious General
Manager of the Improvement Company,
Mr.. b. F. Eagle, Jr, will have every
thing in almost perfect order for the
occasion. The attractive and spacious
hotel is now undergoing the finishing
touches. The elaborate and appropriate
and costly carpets, furniture and fixtures
generally are being artisticaily arranged,
and each of the four floors will be so
neatly and costly furnished. that it will
be a matter of comparative indifference
to guests in which they are located as
they are reached by elevator and accom-
modated with bath rooms, water apart
ments and in nearly all respects one
locality is as desirable as another. There
arc fifty six bed rooms. supplied with
neat and slightly sets OF furniture, ele,
CANT carpets. convenient closets, and in
fact, equipped for home comforts and
Injuries; superb parlors, sitting rooms
and reception halls-all commanding the
most picturesque and charming view OF
the beautiful valley, hedged in by tow
ering mountains and threaded by the
limpid waters of jackson river and pre-
senting a scene Of natural grandeur, as
enchanting as Swiss yales or Italian
vine-clad hills.
The Intermont, in its arrangements
and equipments, is as near perfection as
the art of man could we'll make it, In
the finish of the rooms, and all the furn-
ishings of the establishment, there is a
harmony and estheticism that it you'd be
difficult to improve. He would, indeed,
be a cynic, who, after inspecting the
edifice and noting it's comforts and at
fractions, should fail to be pleased. 1t
is all that conld be asked and more than
could be expected, and reflects great
credit upon the taste, the judgment and
enterprise OF the general manager. The
grounds are being beautified by foun-
tains and flower beds, and the outward
adornments will happily correspond
with the interior comforts and Injuries.
Work is progressing on the blast furn-
| ace on the grounds of the Improvement
Company the foundry and machine
shons will soon receive shape and form;
the brick machine, a marvel of ingenu-
ity and economy. is manufacturing a
| superior article, and is being rNn to its
fullest capacity, 10000 day. and other
industries for which contracts have been
! closed will soon have the ground broken
for their erection.
The grounds OF the Improvement
| Company are ellgibly located, pre-
senting an inviting appearance from the
hotel, which they surround, and Offering
excellent sites for residence and business
purposes.
Take it altogether and the Covington
Improvement Company offers as many
attractions as any locality in the South
for remunerative investments. Its loca-
ton, the industries secured and the rail
road in process of construction to the
Healing, Hot and Warm Springs, which
will be completed by July LIST, and thai
in contemplation up Potts Creek, are
influences that OF necessity will make il
prominent point and attract capita
and enterprises. We risk nothing il
predicting for the town rapid and solid
growth, nor are we venturing upoI
questionable ground when we express
the belief that the opening event at the
Hotel on the 25th, and the business
transactions on the 2ith and 97th will
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