The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-03
Bishop Perry's Impressions Of Hell
n and Vicinity Given to
His Homo Folks.
He Calls It q City of Gold and
Tells About What
He Saw.
The beneficial Results Obtained by Using
the Waters Mt the Hotel RroadwAter
"A Glowing Tribute.

Nnu tn0 KteaV uutuIaA WoaApA VI tuG nui
rounding country. When the Bishop cam
here, his intention WAS to remain only a TO,
DAYS; but he found so muc to see that hi
visit extended over a fortnight. While her
he talked a great deal about the bright fu
ture of the city and state, and in a recon
issue of the Davenport Democrat there is
letter from him, telling about some Of tn
things he saw. Bishop Perry is one of tn
leading men in his church and his higl
opinion of Helena, 40 freely expressed Gal
but have an influence for good. His letts
70 his home paper il as follows:
We loft the wonderland Of natures mar
cells in the Yellowstone to hnd ourselves il
the realm of fairyland. The Northern Pa
ciio train from Livingston and Logar
dropped M a little after midnight at Hell
ens. Montana. A drive of q few miles
through the business streets and among the
palatial homes of this city OF gold, whore
all was hushed and stilled in slumbsr.
brings one to the Hotel Broadwater. II
was a palace into which vs. were ushered;
and in the royal apartments placed at our
disposal, the daintiest, most luxurious of
beds wooed us to immediate slumber. Need
We add that travel worn and soiled as we
were, We yielded willingly and at once to
the spell?
We awoks in Fairyland. Our eyes looked
out upon a "happy valley,"-not that of
Rasselas indeed. but an oasis of luxuriant
beauty, fringed and surrounded by noun
taina, fertile, cool and shaded, and yet lying
in the midst of our western wastes, between
four and five thousand feet above the level
of the sea. Flowers, rare and beautiful,
clambering over the trsllis, or massed in
enormous beds of many hues: gteensward,
such az we had supposed years alone could
produce; trees afforded grateful shade in a
land where trees are almost unknown;
walks and drives winding in every direc-
ton, and offering new beauties at every
turn; q mimic lake. whose waters plash
gently on the strand;-all these attractions
are here and yet the half is not told. AL
ladin's lamp has been rubbed, and the
oenii of earth and air and wster-the
mighty spirits of art and soience and In
ventiye intellect, have each and all been
invoked to create in this lovely nook, en-
bosoned by the hills, that which is I'M
equalled elsewhere in the world.
A few years ago where stands the already
famous Hotel Broadwater in all its perfec-
ton and beauty-a marvel of inns,-the
paragon of hotels there was a marshy
valley with the rank underground SO dense
that a rabbit could scarcely penetrate its
reoesses. At a distance up the CANYON, the
hot springs.-not unlike IN temperature
and medicinal virtue those of Arkansas
had been dispensing their cleansing, heal
ing waters since creation, almost unused.
1t occurred to the fertile mine OF one OF
Montana's most prosperous cltizens.-one
who had won success and wealth at every
venture, and was already in fame and for
tune a leader among men, and accustomed
to mighty enterprises to utilize these
streams, and rear in this waste place a
palace of rest, refreshment and Eealth.
Purchasing the grounds on every side, and
.oonr;rr tho wstor-riohta RI tboaa cvar -hoiI-
ing springs, Col. G. A. B~roadwater of Hell
ena, began three years ago the GREG
ton of an hotel quite unlike in itself and
in its surroundings any other in the world.
The expenditure of half a million of dollars
has produced a northern Ponc de Leon, a
rival of the world-renowned caravansary of
Monterey on the Pacific coast. Broad We
rludas with ombras and Sheltered, shaded
hooks at intervals, surround a long two
story structure, unique IN design and exc
cution, finished in the highest style of art.
From the long roach of walks one looks
out upon the soft greensward and p~aterres
of brilliant flowers, or on the lofty noun
tain range beyond. Turning ones gaze in
ward, there are revealed through windows
of bright hued glass, parlors, halls, stair
ways, most sumptuously arraysd with artis-
tic furnishings, and, by night. lighted by
countless incandescent lights. The walls
are hung with rare and exquisite etchings.
The hard wood floors are covered with
costly and beautiful rugs. Bric-a-brac
adorns the mantels and cabinets; and
while one may well say in view OF all this
luxury and comfort, "Shall not take my
ease in mine inn?" there Is besides the
home-liks feeling rarely felt in a place of
public resort.
The guest chambers in common with the
rest of this palatial home, are finished in
polished woods and furnished with the
taste and elegance OF the parlors and wait
ing rooms. Each room is supplied with
abundance of the mineral waters, both cold
for drinking and hot for bathing or medi-
cinal use. Twelve double rooms. large airy,
luxurious in every appointment, each with
costly porcelain bath tubs resting on
marble feet. are provided in the hotel for
gentlemen and ladies respectively. 10
these are added shower, vapor and spray
baths ingeniously oontrived for the use of
those who desire the luxury of these deli
clous waters as we'll atfording every pro-
vision for remedial treatment in the case
of invalias. The analysis of these springs
reveals the presence Of all the essential
properties of the famous Carlsbad wnters;
and, surely, as we can testify from personal
experience, neither at Baden-Baden, Weis-
baden, Homborg. or any of the famous
German springs are offered the sumptuous
accomplishments, the attractions of taste
and elegance, the provision of unstinted
pleasures, this new health resort of Helena,
Montana, already supplies.
In front of the main entrance of the hotel
and approached by a shady avenue, through
beds of flowers and under clambering
shrubs and overhanging trees, is the great
est marvel of all-the Broadwater nata-
torium.
Picture a vast, twin lowered structure of
Moorish architecture, the dimensions of
which are $50 feet in length, 15O in breadth
and leo in height, with a swimming pool
3O0x100 feet, and from two to twelve feet in
depth, supplied each day with q million
gallons of water from the hot springs and
with half as much moro from cold springs,
to temper the scalding streams-and one
can form some idea of these unrivalled
swimming baths. The circular roof is sup
ported on %trusses, leaving the whole in
terror free from column or any obstruction
TO the view. In the daytime the light
streams in through 10000 feet Of cathedral
glass of many hues, and al
bright and glorious by innumerable
electric lights. One hundred steam heated
dressing rooms on either side are separated
from the pool by a broad promenade. A
gallery above affords places for spectators.
The waters come in over al artificial grotto
of massive rocks artistically grouped AZ il
arranged by nature and surrounded bv
tropical and aquatic plants. Every appli-
ance for comfort and pleasure is provided
with a lavish hand. Tho toboggan slide,
after a noisy and exhilarating rush through
the alr. leaves It's merry crew in the wat rs,
sled and all. The athlete has his rings foi
vaultlng from on high into the enticinp
depths below. There are arrangements fol
diving, swimming. yadiuU Hnatino ,lpnu-