The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-04-26
AN ideal, SUMMER RESORT
THE CHARMS or PARIS MOUNTAIN.

What an Energetic Land Company Has
Done to Improve Mature and Make the
Mountain Top Easily Accessiblc-An
Electric Road from the City n Great
Deslderatum.
Special to The News and Courier.
GREENV1LLE, April 12.-Thc Amer.
lean city without u nearby summer re-
sort, where the busy man can 60 after
business hours and spond tho nights and
Sundays with his family, is an exception
and some Of thoso resorts arc delightful,
invigorating and restful, while others
arc largely artificial. 1t Is tho purpose
Of tho writer to tell Of what is pcrhaps
one Of the most delightful natural re-.
sorts in tho South to. day, and one that
is destined soon to become one of the
most popular by reason OF its wonderful
adaptability to tho needs Of those in
search Of health and recreation.
About six miles from the centre of
Greenville stands, in the midst of a plain
Paris Mountain, which rca1s it's head at
least one thousand feet above tho sur.
rounding country. On the top of the
mountain is something like twelve hun
drcd acres of land, much Of it being
comparatively level and large propor
ton adapted to building purposes. On
the mountain is an abundance of health
ntiCcnt growth Of timber.
Many. Of the citizens of Urccnyillc
and the surrounding country have been
convcrsant with these facts, and tho DOS
s'bilitics Of the mountain rs Il convent.
ent and delightful summer resort, for
years past, but not until about four
years ago could satisfactory prices for
the property as well us terms be agrccd
upon. Then it was that negotiations
for its purchase were brought to salts.
factory conclusion, and what is known
rs the Paris Mountain Land company
was organized under n charter obtained
from the secretary Of State This Dur
chase Of the property was completed
during the summer of 1896, but too late
for the work of the development for
that season to begin.
The company ON taking possession
had competent engineer to survey its
purchase, embracing about eight hun
drcd acres, divide it up in lots and lay
of drivcways The latter arc credit,
both to the engineer and the company.
At present about three miles have been
completed and they wind around the
mountain in such way and by such a
gentle ascent az to make what otherwise
might have been a laborious task an
easy one for either u horse or Il person
on foot or Il bicycle.
The writer recently paid visit to the
mountain--thc first since the fall Of 1896,
shortly after the present owners came
into posscssion-and was pleased to note
the improvements visible on every hand.
IT the time of the previous visit no
buildings Of amy kind had been built on
tho company's property, but now within
calling distance are not less than q
Il lao, n,,l
tagcs. The first is "Montyicw," owned
by Mr.. II. G. Markley, one Of Green
villc's most honorcd and public spirited
citizens next "Glcncoc," owned by AL
dcrman II. Nj. Mcdonald. This cottage is
a model, and reflects credit on the supc.
rior taste Of its owner and builder The
next cottage is that Of Mr.. j. A. Nc
Cullough, who 80 ably represents the
people of Greenvile In tho House Of
Representatives, and whose mountain
home is all that would be expected in a
combination of convenience and COM
fort. MIR. j. +: Richardson, the clever
and successful business manager Of the
Grccnvillc Daily News, is the owner of
the next cottage, and short distance
from it is the summer home Of Mr. A..
g. Furman, one of the leading spiri in
this enterprise, as well as in all 9th rs
Vile. A little fur thcr on is the resi-
dcnce Of MIR. j. |. Wcstcrvclt, pres dcnt
of the Brandon cotton mills now being
built on the outskirts Of Grccnvllle. This
cottage is one Of the most imposing and
substantial yet erected, and is an ideal
summer home Near by is the house OF
Mr.. +. w. Wilcox, Of Kalamazoo, Mich.
This is also a very imposing structure,
and i. as well as that Of Mr.. Wcstcrvelt
stands near the spot formerly occupied
by the old Thompson homestead.
Among others who have built houses on
the mountain arc two cottages and a
boarding house with actonio odations for
about twenty boardcrs, owned BY tho
company, also w. q. Shrine, Mrs. M.
p. Grdley, G. D. Barr. r. w. Barr, j.
w. Lipscomb. Thomas w. Davis, t@o
by the Rev. N j. Holmes, one by Mr..
John Baker, of Batesvillc, and one being
erected by Mr.. w. s. Carpenter, OF
Charlaroux, Mich.
Only about one third Of the company's
property has been developed and in or
der that the reader may better under
stand the situation it might be well to
explain that their pr6bcrty is divided
into three sections or divisions, as it
were, separated by slight dcprcss ions or
valleys. The first is in y small part oc
cupicd by the buildings already men.
toned, tho next is to be oc :upicd by
modern, conveniently arranged hotel
and the third is to be CONVEYED into a
park or pleasure grounds and all three
are near enough to be conveniently
reached from either Of the others.
Indications point to more extensive
improvements during the present year
than at apy time since the inception of
the enterprise. A. number Of choice
lots have been bought by people here
and elsewhere, on which they expect 10
build summer residences and several Of
them contemplate doing so during the
present spring and early summer.
One serious obstacle in the way Of
rapid development from the first has
been u convenient and rapid mode OF
conveying passengers to and from
Grccnville Since the work of develop.
mcnt was commenced great deal of
valuable and permanent work has been
done in the way Of strengthening, grad
ing and improving the public road,
which leads from the city to the foot Of
the mountain. Before this work was
done the distance was six and one-half
miles. 1t has now been reduced to six,
I, hut hnr