Telegram-herald., 1891-05-22
health and PLEASURE
FINE HOTEL ERECTED FOR IyylLIDs
where Thsse Aniietsa with Rhes tisn
and Nervous Disorders May Rseapsr-
ate Their Wasted EssEgtes-A
beautiful Ano Cheerful Resort

No spot in Michigan can compare in
natural beauty with the banks OF the
Thornapple river near Cascade. A
broad, beautiful stream of water clear
as crystal flows between high hills,
which rise in gentle slopes from the
waters edge. The banks are wooded
with giant oaks and elms. and cArpeted
with u heavy growth of grass. Thous-
ands OF springs OF pure water, cold as
ice. pour their contents into the rIver
and these are like the shadow OF q rock
IN desert land 10 a man who has lived
IN Grand Rapids and subsisted on Grand
river water. In the center OF all tRls
loneliness "A summer resort mas been es-
aolisned. Tie location is we'll known to
Grand Rapids people. the grounds hav-
ing formerly been owned by Charles +.
Holt. A number of gentlemen of
means have purchased $50 acres of his
land, including the long river front,
the S,onyhrook glen and the famous
mineral springs, and q first-class sum-
mer hotel aud sanitarium has been
erected.
The New Hotel.
The main building consists of three
stories and covers an area OF Axl24
feet. A handsome porch IL feet wild.
extends all the way around the build.
ing, affordinga fine view of the wind
ing river and the surrounding grove.
The lower floor contains the hotel
office, a commodious sitting room, a
diniDg-room large enough to seat eighty
persons, and the culinary department..
The d,ning-room looks out upon the
river and the grove. The two upper
stories are divided INTO forty private
rooms. In the basement are the laun-
dry and store rooms. On every floor of
the house are water pipes with pure
spring water flowing through them
constantly. The hotel is a handsome
building architecturally, and IS fitted
throughout with all the modern appli-
ances and convemences. The rooms
will communicate with the Office by
means Of electric bells. Just above the
man building n large bath house is
being erected. It will be fitted up with
eight bath rooms, with the necessary
dressing and waiting rooms. No ex-
pense will be spared to make this build
ing everything that can be desired in
the way of convenience and elegance.
The we'll known Holt mineral spring
water will be heated and pumped into
large tanks in the upper part Of the
building from an engine house placed
on the river bank.
Beautiful Grounds.
In front of the hotel two large foun-
tains with basins twenty-four feet in
diameter will be constantly playing.
A convenient barn will be erected at
some distance from the hotel, where
the horses Of visitors and patrons can
be cared for. The surrounding grove
has been plated into lots 100 feet
square and several handsome cottages
have already been erected. For fishing
the Thornapple River is unsurpassed,
rs many Grand Rapids sportsmen al
ready know, and the proprietors will
keep a supply of boats and fishing
tackle for the use Of the patrons Of the
resort. Fine drives and walks will
meander through the grounds and ex-
tend up through the picturesque glen.
The efficacy of the mineral water for
rheumatic and nervous disorders is
known throughout the State, although
no attempt has ever been made to
properly administer 1t by systematic
treatment. The work OF identifying
the grounds is being carried on under
tho supervision of Messrs. James Muir
and James Garfield and the latter will
have charge of the hotel when it is
completed. He has had large ex-
perience in summer hotels in the New
York resorts and understands the bust
ness thoroughly. The Old foot bridge
across the rlver is 10 be taken down and
new one is to be erected connecting
the islands farther up the river with
the bank on each side. Cascade Springs,
as the resort will be called, cannot fail
to become a popular family resort, both
on account of its natural advantages
and its proximity to this city.