Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-09-10
than any other place Of its size on the

than any other place Of its size on the
globe.
There are many costly structures. The
court house was erected at cost of $3.50. :
600. s250000 has been expended for
school buildings. Thirteen magnificent
churches point their steeples toward the
sky. The banking Institutions represent
deposits of fourteen millions. The as
sessed valuation OF city property is about
f6,ooo,oon. Where the streets and build.
ings now stand, in pioneer days was a
placer mine that has produced forty-two
millions of gold. In the vicinity are mines
at present that show no signs of exhaus-
ton. The city possessing all the adyan
tages which combine to make home Al.
tractive or business prosperous there is no
enterprise calculated to benefit the CITY too
ponderous or too costly to be beyond the
grasp OF its citizens.
The visitor at Helena can still see traces
of the rude cabins of the miners, vet most
OF their sites have disappeared before the
march OF progress and their places are COW
cred by great commercial structures of
modern architecture and construction and
hundreds OF beautiful and costly private
residences adorn the hiIsides and are the
wonder and admiration of every visitor.
The paradise of amusements is at the
"Broadwater. This great resort is al
the Helena Hot Springs, famous for many
attractions. 1t is reached by short ride
on the electric car and the visitor finds il
a haven of delight-a vision that is real.
lhls great place of amusement Il 80
charming and delightful as to be almost
beyond the reach of description. The
lect As TO cause mine days wonder" to
tue stranger guest. The terms for board
are S6,Oo per day and SUNDAY dinners are
s.. 90 to $500 each. The beautiful park
and lawns are profusey supplied with
bright howers, playing fountains and
stately trees. There is a great pool mad.
bright with lively goldfish, an artificial
lake quarter mile long The hotel i
lighted by electricity, warmed by steam.
supplied by hot and cold spring water.
furnished like a palace and has attached
to 1t the finest private bath-houses ~ the
world.
In front s the aquatic lheater. the ary
est and tlnest structure Of the kind in the
world. II is OF Moorish structure. 10 bv
500 feet and l5o feet to the top of the
towers 1t l. very imposing structure
seen ny day and wonderful structure seen
by night. when twenty scores of electric
tights blaze through all its colorcC win
d"ws, giving il the appearance Of an en-
rhantcd palace. The swimming pool ls
100 by 800 feet and from to IL feet I'm
depth. 4 million gallons Of hot mineral
water run through it daily brought into
the bath over an artificial cascade forty
feet high constructed of granite boulders
10 coo pounds each walk ten
feel wide surrounds the bath and one huu
tlred large dressing rooms open from it.
The expenditure of money on this spot
amounts 10 a half million dollar, and has
Al been accomplished by one plucky man,
Col. {. A. Broadwater, 40 pen can give
a fair idea OF the magniccnce of this
place. II is marvel. and certainly no
'thcr city in America has anything to com
pare with this great pleasure palace 1t is
4 little Yellowstone park with its own
seysers and It's own fountains, and you
leid 'itih II tie rugged arms II the Rocky
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