Evening journal., 1892-10-24

rlN iu'lAlo LIS ilfNu lutls lulNhlly OF
their employers twenty million fortune,
go on strike for higher wages. His man
ager cables for Instructions, and the
reply always is, GIVE them what they
ask SO, you see, Vanderbilt is gener-
Gus as well as ambitious, as a young
man who has almost a million dollars
for every year OF his earthly existence
can afford TO be.
Hundreds Of acres are set ont TO young
trees. In this climate all sorts Of trees
and shrubs, excepting the very tropical,
will grow, AID Vanderbilt intends add
ing TO the beauty of the natural forests
all varities the world can afford. The
greenhouses are 70 be as large as some
Of the Worlds fair buildings at Chicago.
A herd Of eighty fine Jerseys, already ON
the place, will Increase TO several hun
dreds before their owner is ready to come
here TO live.
From the town TO the palace site one
Of the finest macadamized roads in the
world, two miles long and embellished
throughout with shrubs, vines and
flower plots, has been constructed.
For the transportation Of building ma
terial a railroad Of the same length was
built, locomotives being used for all but
the steepest inclines, where cables are
employed Vanderbilts private brick
yard gives employment TO 100 men.
The crowning feature of the whole
work is to be the palace. A palace in
deedl IL is maxim that the house
which looks large in it's foundations is
large sure enough. The foundations of
this house appear to me to be as large as
those of the foundations Of the Capitol
at Washington. Evidence Of the princely
/ manner in which young Vanderbilt does
things is found in an enormous masonry
work at one end Of the foundations Of
the palace. Massive walls thirty feet
high, looking for all the world like some
ancient castle, inclose section Of the
hill about 1926 feet long and 100 feet
wide. These were originally intended
for the foundations Of the house, but
Mr. Vanderbilt didn't like this part Of
the plan and decided upon q new house.
And what will he do with the inclosure
thus made at an expense Of probably
100000? 1t is to be his tennis COURT
The foundations of tho house, even
more massive than the walls inclosing
the tennis court, are about 400 feet by
! 200 in extent Above the foundations
are to rise four great stories. From the
| character Of the foundations one may
imagine the bewildering beauty Of the
superstructure. It is to be a stone
! palace Of 100 rooms. Mr. Vanderbilt
planned it for ninety-nine rooms, but
the architect has taken the liberty Of
adding another. The banquet hall, the
ballroom, the library, are to be baronial.
Vanderbilt travels in Europe, picks up
new ideas and comes back here and
spends millions upon them. One Of his
notions is an arcade or gallery running
about 800 feet from the house to an as
Economical observatory, and down a
marble cascade from observatory hill ia
to run a stream Of mountain water.
The stables are to cost half a million
and horses are to come from Russia
Arabia, France, England and Kentucky
Deer and elk are TO roam in the estate
and all sorts Of game are to be preserved
in the forest, whero foxes already
abound.
When Vanderbilt gets through with
this work he will have something OF
which America may well be proud. HC
is one Of the most rational millionaires ]
know Of. The only mistake he has made
is in failing to marry, but he is young
yet. A student no is; solid young man
who loves his own society and that OF
books. He comes here and camps oui
by himself in the wOndrous Gland of thC
sky in the Blue Ridge and Allegheny
range, hunts and fishes. No dude &.
young Vanderbilt, for he was seen bath
ing in the Swannanoa one morning whor
there was white frost upon the ground.
There is no fear Of his money giving
out in the prosecution Of this great en-
enterprise. AS yet ne is spending only
his income upon it, Some of the more
sordid members Of the fanily say youre
George is n fool TO spend his money IN
this way, but his mother, learn or
good authority, came down here. saw
what he was doing, basked in the sun
shine of the mountains, and sail
George, if your money isn't enough {,
finish this, call on me. You mny hav,
my fortune IL necessary"
do not think young Vanderbilt IS +,
fool He is building wiser than hl
knows. When / look ahead fifty or q
hundred years TO a time when the Van
derbilt family has run to seed, aud Sc,
this magic palace and this matchicss es
tate used as a great university for col
ored young men and women, ! feel lil,
giving the millionaire M blessing
have talked so much of Nyo and
Vanderbilt and the palace that ] have
no space left in which TO describe th,
beauties Of ''the land Of the sky" aui
the interesting people who inhaAit IL
This favored region lies from 1900 &,
5000 feet above the sen, has neither
mosquitoes nor malaria-an atmosphcr.
noted for IFS dgynesa and its health s.v
ing properties. its coolness in sumuei
and its salubrity in winter. II has seen
cry far famed, mountain peaks the high
est this side the Rockies ana corr
whisky and candiod yams on wlici
Bill Nyo Is actually growing tat.
Gucky Nye, lacly Nmderbilt-iheii
tents are pitched In naradisc.