New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-02
VIRGINIA HOT SPRINGS.
COME CALL IT THE AIX-LEs-BA1Ns OF
AMERICA.
,uvcrtvc OF orp-rIME cHAR@ AND MODERN
CONVENIENCE WATERS AND ii'''''
PROPERTIES AND WALKS

PROPERTIES DRIVES AND MNiN'
VISITORS.
In, Strings. Va. April / CipeciaD-in the hyhl'
Of virginia nestled in spur OF ''e WV w t,,st,
. 500 feet above the saa in cup %. Wv" ring
I'LL IN. ranges of hills and. at last' Dy s'''I'D
mountains IS Ii1t Sprnss. The MI 'I'7 1,,,.,
AMI four deep in places. with ther Iol.y 80 =
,,.,l .,,,,,s, the artificial perspective ~
,,,,,r. aud are full Of picturesque cnarh a o.'',
o., wit11u, m1no'ony; for the '"'''S VI -
sr,de vary constantly. The sun g.m,7 'h'o"7"
,.iri rifts ard ,.lasms in the uplands anu So -
i.- tir, does the moon. ana the 'i'"'' -,
,,pou AMI ca,ess the mountain tops now ."
t',,,l away SD thai. with perpetual SAI'S 90 '''
.l ,n,,iua thrr. IS interest alVat5 l"F '"' ''N
orj the Imagination. Ana enhanced Is '''9 80,
p,v, by the first nush'of spring. inc N''''' - 80
. o., ,,,s..rj,us whispcrings OF awakening N'7'
ration Emerald green below. the NH anu "i'"'
ain sides are s.iH brown and gray bu' YOU
.,,i,, ,rl,utus and p,ach-bl ssoms IN penny.
vi.ic.s 60 far. are no, be seen out th'y WI"
not liner much behind their accnstom'd HUI JIM
gers. .,, ,,o,,i,., Of
the OH AMI the new. & Is row confidently eNl''''''
is the coming Aix-lcs-Bains OF America an" p, %,
r,l, tn. reasons snail be set forth for 'hlS De''e
-, tho one hand you see in the homeS'elu "''
mast o,l-fashioncd Of rambling plar@i anu I
1,eJ Of Southern countryside hotels on ''e o'"'''
bran,l-ncw ana stylish inn OF the ffehch C""'''"
stvlc which nigh; b. At Coney lSiahu OF "'
-. Thor. IS single queer Old store "h'c" -
-, ,ha roetoi.icc There Is huge new nar-
r.e M solI stone which is said to have cost more
,b,, ;tolnn There are twenty or tllTY N"'7
~ divers sizes on the SLOT Is about ana on INC ''"
.-,-,uud there are. perhaps twice as many S.7'
story cottages. which give space as 'h'p''S 80
.oee T., the overflow in the season from the ho''S'
r..il,, .5c-, there are seen the old batn-h0useH'
,h,l, .,pulied the demand Of past generations before
they were superseded by the imposing Su"''"l' w.
today and p number Of edIhces. bowling a'Ie!s'
e.,hle. and the like which suggest remote pas.
Indeed save for the new Inn the NH1'"'', "''
tho areo, bath-housc-whIch will compare favor
a,i, win anyihin, Of the kind in the world
q, ah.,,, fr,t Springs an air OF antiquity, not 10
s,v Of crlimblinc decay. which strikes Nor'h'Th
visitor IS a dominant characteristics ppioSN "
tbis effect however. is that OF calH'A 'l'c"1c
man, which lights both Inns. the streets ana 'he
great hath-house. u.
60, C,r that unatter-by the Che peake and ONO
t,,vr,,J In both cases the traveller stops ~
c,,iuctou. whence the branch. Lately constructed
takes him direct TO Hot Springs. short covered way
from the railroad station platform leading straight 70
tl Office Of the Virginia Hotel WHAT do p'"i" come
her. for And why is j. foreshadow"I that iot
Springs {. t. ro the AiE-les-Hlins of America AM
yb,, is th. reason thar 50 much capital has been
deliberately planted l.:e in ANTICIPATION OF mat re-
suit The questions shall Il e answered "lt"""'
prejudice auI without 'Nt..ir F'i."n
a. regards people coming l"r', a is 10 b" n.''d
;ha, they have n'; waited unl| ID" '' '' 30 "'
ti.,i..,..,l ..!.4.ug g. about % century Old Tho
wa,a~s had 20 reputation whom George III wa@ hlns
ami q .3rs- Washington Was FTr-.i'"' i"' Ut. "p
pr..ch 10 them wIs tedious AMI d'iAeuit '"''
were they said o. cure. Why govt '"''''" ''''
li,or COMPLAINT. and those e.. the kidneys neuralgia
disorders peculiar 10 women aul many others The
afflicted 100. vll took tLr baths AMI dTInh ihe
ysf.rs ilud.r proper advice and regimen. VIZ" IN
,,. .'....,, = ,r. f. Wa declared much rcli.y"l
and IN q majority oil cases '"'"'F cur
Indians. IL 81 recorded, us'd these springs ''"s W..
i''e '''' "''.' 49, p, ,h n~a,th r,..ar.rs
testimony "-7 &c., ~ 3d.. ,'.,, .,,t a.,
oualit,' 81 thr Writer'S H"'' .'7 '.' ".'" 5''''
GET 40 theil vas hard aal costly The journey "tl
. ~. ,..,l 90, ,t. saddle. of later IN more or Jess
uncomfortable vehicles over "-'i"'s'"SF ''l i''''
,.t - .iy.fiy,t..u that Che VIRGINIA Hot Springs
l'''" 90 ''''''' ''' W ~, ,.
'omp'" was i''"''' anu '''' ,,'...,,.-
Covington - ih" centre "i 'h- 9'@'''" ''E, '"'
with the other Improvements. na- been planned and
'''. I'm e., ,.
Hot springs has been styled 'h" centre of the Sy7-
"m' NE 'Ni'''. ~" W ..
groups of .Pr.ng. Blooming i' 10" COMPANY. 'h'-r
are the warn Sr's' n"' 'ng , , Ira ,o. I
""' .r'..,,.,,,,' '',. ,..,, Sam.
south Of me centre" I"" company mas ''l"n' S'''
seyea square mile % land. Eighteen hundred acres
81 this r.. around and inclusive. II Hot SPRING. .,
! Hh' area ABOUT wan" Hf''"F. anu "''' a. ', u
territory o. Healing spring. Each OF these has IT'S
su,.i,lt.s .u tho vav ~ curative function and at
! -, . o.. o.. ,.,,.f.. ,i,,..,,. y,
''c' u.'i' " acc ii'ii" '"'' 'o' 'i'' l""'''' '' '
tho Hot Springs s better provided IN this way than
| p ,t,.r. Far ,b. r.., u.o, r,,ls have. been
| VIZ '" 49, 80 ..
maj" ana "r ones hctier'I' U''+ ~'' "''' Sp'i"'"
suitably nclOscl ana guarded. ana other provisions
mad- suggested hy the situation The outlay for the
| wnol, has reached "a very large fum-a sum indeed.
Only WARRANTED. in ihe commercial sease. by an
ciahoratc.y careful examination ~ facts "a they
stood ami judicous forecast of the future.
| Touching the examination Of facts referred TO-
a word f. pertinent concerning the geological for
/ nation OF This valley The strata. az testified hy
! SCIENTISTS. are almost vertical. and the thermal
waters ascend from great drpths through the IN
| f.ryeulu., crcyices The nDw Of these waters is
said tr b. uniform al AL times in volume and tom
| p.rature Al Hot Springs the dai,y flow is 1900
eallons: al Healing Springs I, is Joss but at Warm
! Springs il reaches 1850 cD galons 4 day. At Hot
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