Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-02-06

residences and the usual improvements of
q town-one Of Which, q street railway to
run through all the property, the company
will build. Some of the advantages of a
town are already here in the Edison Elec-
trio light plant, perfect in its equipment,
which cost 81, 500, and gas works, for gas
oline, which cost $500. And on the
grounds are Episcopal, Methodist and Bap-
fist churches, the first named q costly and
handsome building. The Sulphur Spring
which the company contemplates putting
at the free use of the people, yields thirty
gallons minute and has never been affect
ed by rain OF drought in its history of one
hundred and twenty-five years. This will
be boon in more senses than one, for it
has been found by q century of experience
to be beneficial for rheumatism in all it's
forms, and diseases of the stomach, liver,
bowels and kidneys and for nervous afTec-
tons. Its waters are now sold in all parts
Of the country, a practice which the com
pany proposes to keep up. Besides this
sulphur spring with it's baths, there is all
iron spring OF strong qualities.
THE SEASON OF 1891 NOT TO BE
INTERRUPTED.
The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
Co. in the promotion of it's new enterprise
will not interrupt the coming season here
which opens Oh June 1st as usual. In con
versation with the officers Of the company
they Informed me that the hotel would be
al Lot t,,o II ,J,+ ~
under the management of Major Eakle,
whom they, rs we'll as everybody else who
knows anything of this noted resort, re-
gard as the best manager the property
can have. And | may here say that have
never seen a property Of such vast extent
kept in such admirable condition as he has
this. When one speaks Of this place he
must dismiss on his mind le mere keep
ing of hotel building il good order. Here
there are hundreds Of acres of land under
cultivation, droves Of COWS, horses, focks
of sheep, (some of which I saw browsing
Oh the great lawn to-lay,) fencing to he
kept up, in short a big work Which needs a
man who has it thoroughly in hand, to do.
And yet, as | have said, though | went
afoot over a large portion Of the Springs
grounds. ! found everything in state of
repair and neatness as if ready to open for
the season tomorrow.
HOW THE CHANGE WILL COME.
It will be interesting to note the change
which will follow the throwing open to set
Element of this great property. Ithas been
against the rule Of all the Owners in the
past to sell off even lot for building
a cottage. Offers without number have
been made both from the North and South
by wealthy people who wanted to build cot
tages to house their families in and do their
own housekeeping du1ing the season in, but
they have been positively refused. The
present proprietor. MI Stuart, has refused,
| am told, many hundreds of dollars the
front foot for property Which the bidder
wanted to build on. I am curious to see
the rush for these lots after the barriers are
taken down. 4 stakeholder to whom falls
an unimproved lot will be lucky as we'll
as Ole who gets all improved one, for the
number of summer residences that will be
UullU HClC hItIIli lilC liIOU Sttl VI w y III WI
it is open to purchase will lie surprising.
The fact that it is on the Chesapeake i
Ohio railroad, with the improved passenger
service of that road, makes it as easy OF ac
cess from all parts Of the country as is
Saratoga. Those who buy shares merely to
get lots Oh which to realize a rise, will, |
take it, find the advance as large as we see
i'll some of our new manufacturing towns.
1t has been counted as phenomenal in the
history OF Southern watering places to see
|, 200 visitors here. When the plans of the
new company are realized it will not be
considered phenomenal to see 5000 visitors.
This is no exaggerated picture. Saratoga
i'll this country, like this place, has a water
which has no rival. That WAS it's sole adj
vantage over other watering places, and as
long as it was strictly a watering place its
patronage was pretty much like that of this
place. But after it was made town and
people became interested in it by the own
ership of property there, it grew with the
rapidity of Western town, and for 10000,
K, 600 OF 30, coo visitors to be in Saratoga
during the season eXcites 10 surprise. And
yet Saratoga, for scenery, mountains and
river, and health giving atmosphere, is not
to be mentioned III tie same day with the
White Sulphur Springs. And this / give
as the opinion Of Southerner who spent
many Years OF his life at each Of these
places.
The existence of q town gives life
to a watering place which nothing else
no long list OF amusements, DO bathing,
fishing, tennis, n0r anything eSe-can.
Looking for ward to establishing such 4
town. the new company it seems to Inc has
used that great lever, liberality, in their
plan. BY theiE plan Of allotment
some Of the stockholders will be made rich
and still more of them viii be made com
fortably well off, before the development is
begun Which will be very agreeable to the
lucky stockholders. But l am not at all
sure that the unimprovedlot lots will not bring
to those who got them. profits not very Tar
behind the others. Men pay big prices for
eligible lots at famous watering places like
the White Sulphur, for the buyers come from
a class of men who are able to pay such,and
a stockholder vino gets an eligible let here
will have little trouble I should think ia
disposing of it. OF the One Million Dollars
of capital stock the company pledges itself,