Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-24
WARM WINTER RESORTS
4 Grand Rapids Tourist Writes
Prom the South.
his IMPRESSIONS OF ITS CITES
\ Day at Augusta. Ca. and visit 20 sss
Ola Arssssl-ms nafset3riss enc ls-
eastrisi freKre~s - ossaltasa &c
she working fsspIa
Editor Tunssas-HxsALBs

aOo Will LAidlf kAS8 where 10 look
for Graniteville or 'sGrsnislllen "a the
people here generally call it, snc prob-
ably you would not finc IL on your map
Il you should look. stil II n spruce
little town containing enc Of the eldest
cotton factories IN the state. am lust
here by chance and having 70 content
myself the best can here all IL .. m.
tomorrow, viii give you some 81 my
impressions Of ths country. s:s0p-
m, ! left Augusta, Ga. for Aiken, Is.
&, the far-iamed winter resort for IN
yalids and pleasure seekers from the
NORTH Winter resorts IN the south are
almost as plentiful as summer resorts
IN the North; but Why people should 20
10 thess ouf-ofthe-way places snd
tramp around the muddy streets dur
ing the gloomy winter DAYS when there
are so many bright cheerful cities IN
TINS section with good streets and pave
ments, electric car lines aud al the sc-
cessories or an advanced civilization.
good schools, churches. operas and
lecture courses, - = wonder 20 me. Bat
the attractions of these resorts are sd-
vertlscd extensively ia the Northern
papers and suppose Yeopie go 10 them
because they don't know where else TO
so.
Deserted by the rhrone.
Aiken is now deserted by the cav
throng who have Iilled the spacious
halls and helped 10 kee1 up the expen-
ses of Highland Park Hotel aud the
other less pretentsous hostelries, and
with them has departed the glory of
tie town and most OF rs business. IL
claims a population OF 2500 4n summer
and 5000 IN winter, but these figures arc
probably much O. large. There ls 20
poorer, sandy larrcns IN Northern
Michigan than those OF Aiken county.
| am told there - some good laad VA
tins section worth $50 10 500 per acre.
but such as j have seen would lac poor
property an Michigan at 20 cents per
acre, unless close TO good town. The
colored population appears 30 be much
IN excess of the whites, and the town 81
Aiken seems chiefly IA the possession OF
the oarkeys for the summer. They are
here 10 stay and expect 10 make enough
of the "Nortaern white fo.ks' Ia VIM
ter 10 keep them without much work
through the summer. The general air
Of desertion which prevkdos the hotel
anu business houses g like that OF Mack
iEaw Island about the close OF navigation
IN the fall or early winter. Beng ~
formed could get away 90 Columbia
on a train tonight by taking pirate
conveyance across the country 10 this
plsce, l embraced the opportunity, and
almost felt like embracing a man
found just hitohing UP 10 drive over
here 20 meet his wife. who WAS coming
on another tram. But Low | end THIS
night tram has been taken of, and
am LETT.
Augusta Convenience<.
Augusta is much The finest cisy have
visited IN THIS direction, and ltst . neat,
thrifty appearance. Several lines OF
electric cars render Il easy and pleasant
getting about, and one line runs 30 the
United States arsenal, three miles cut.
This arsenal was established IA ISIS,
and has been maintained ever siDca.
During the civil war 4 wac kept Up bs
the Confederate government, who
erected large workshops that sliI stand
and are used for the storage OF arms
and ammunition. Large powder uaills
were also built in Augusta ard all the
powder used by the Southern troops
during the last years OF the war was
made here, but these works have been
pulled down and n cotton factory &C
oupies part Of the ground, while
the old chimney stands ss
monument 10 mark their site.
The streets OF Augusta are WIDE and
well lighted at night, snd beautifully
shaded. The water power - excellent,
being furnished by dam across the
savannah slx miles above the city. CIV
ing head Of over fifty feet. the water
beng conveyed IN y canal ut the hack
of the city, and some OF Il used the
second time by means OF = return chan
mel Oh lower level.
Her shops and Tsctosfe.-
The chief manufactures are cotton
| goods. some Of the factories being
among the oldest IA the South. while
the three larger ones are nesriv ss
large ~ your largest furniture factories
of Grand Rapids.
A recent article in the Century de-
| piorIne the coDd tion OF female opefs-
iivcs ia these Southern factories has
| provoked considerable comment and
criticism IN the local presf Of AuEustS
| and other factory towns, and this con-
| troserfy may lead GO The correction Of
come evils which no doubt exist fere
a. well a. ia other places where wafata,
or men, either, are employed for long
hous at starvation prices. The article
| in the Century was ly Mas lie 6rsfen-
| field, | think. formerly a resident Of
| Georgia, bat now connected with the
Bureau OF Labor stsustics, at Washing
/ ton. u. {.
Like Grand Rapids Augusta has .
| fine wholesale aud jobidng trade, and
has acme ct ia hesst wholesale si0res
aud warehouses around the union
depot With excellent shipping facilities.
| The best business strcet-brosd- st--is
- eide "a Chicago bouievsrd, and
some OF the beat residence streets have
| four rove 81 large shade trees. The
! street cars they are eli electro and run
very smoothly, occupying tbs space be-
tween The middle rows.
The city - several feet above shs
| river 81 low water marx. bat the high
water marks are 20 be snen two %
| four feet high IA the hotels and ttisi.
ness bousss on Brosd-st. and pretty
Dear The second floor ga many houses
on lower ground. In one 81 the fso-
for1es on The SECOND level" the whole
| first hoor hss been covered b. the depth
of foot and IN the last big freshet
several hses we're lost. Bat these do
not oucur often and the People feel
Just ~ happy ard secure 81 did those Of
| Pompe snd Hercnlsneufn on TIE dag
before ne eruption 81 Mt. Nesurius.
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