The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-15


Of the South both winter and summer
and the designation is by no means
overdone.
The healthfulness of Asheville is
wonderful and malaria, the disease OF
the century, and hay fever, that in-
describable yearly visitation are un-
known In this section, while pulmonary
and throat troubles, soon succumb TO
it's balmy air. The average mean tenn
perature is 80 degrees and whereas IN
New England the deaths from con-
sumption are $50 in every thousand,
and even in Minnesota and California
15O i'm Carolina, the Land of theBlue
Sky there are but thirty out of every
thousand who siccumb to this insidious
disease.
Its location on Seven Hills" provides
natural drainage to the valleys OF the
French Broad and the Swannanoa
rivers. which in forty miles falls 100
feet Thus 1t will be seen at a glance,
with this great and perfect system this
locality must be absolutely free from
all malaria,
COSMOPOLITAN CITY.
Asheville is u cosmopolitan and
cultured city. The business portion of
the city centers about the public
square, where stands the picturesque
old court house, the modern municipal
building, the city hall, in the basement
of which is the public market, the legal
building, the newspaper offices, many
stores and other business ediflces.
Radiatir from the square all the
streets are solidly built up with brick
business blocks. On all sides of these,
lies the residence part of the town,
built on the undulating land, not too
closely. the average residence lot hav-
ing a seventy-five foot frontage. Lance
Monument Is located here There are
few cities in the South which have as
large a number of beautiful residences
according to its population as Ashe-
vile. Many people from all over the
country have been attracted here on
account of it's delightful and healthful
climate and making Asheville their
permanent home, have built modern
and in many instances luxurious homes,
one of them Mr. George Vanderbilt,
the most costly residence in America.
A worthy description of it will require
Il special letter. Asheville has per-
manent population of $4,000 and several
thousand visitors who sojourn at the
various hotels. as u health resort
The visitor is at once favorably inn
pressed with the progressive character
of it's citizens, who evince strong
town pride in advancing the material
interest of the community and any
new conner of merit and enterprise,
meet with instant recognition and
inn hn q
the year round health-resort it has
had a vigorous growth and an active
air of commercial life and upon every
turn there are indisputable evidences
OF thrift and prosperity. The shopping
center of Asheville, is so up-to-date in
all it's features that one might well be-
leve themselves in a city of $4,000 pop
ulation. The we'll stocked stores, the
live and energetic set Of merchants and
the high grade nature of the local
population, indicate the substantial
character of its retail trade. The retail
business of Asheville is upwards of
$3,000,000 a year. The city has spent
upwards of 100000 in paving all the
principal streets. (some twelve miles,,
with asphalt blocks and completing q
system Of general sewerage, (now laid
twelve miles,, made easy by the topo-
graphy Of the locality, also an excellent
water supply. There are eleven miles
Of electric street railway and the streets
are lighted also by electricity. A dunn
my has been constructed up Sunset
mountain from where is obtained one
of the most beautiful views in the
world. Here are several handsome
churches and school buildings.
AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER
Asheville has become quite an educa-
tional center and has several we'll
known institutions of learning Of the
highest excellence. The Bingham
school, for boys, established in 1888 long
known as one of the best of its class
in America; the Asheville college. Il
school, for girls and young women;
Miss Champions school, for girls; the
Skyland Institute, the Asheville Free
Kindergarten association, with four
schools maintained by private sub
Scription and the Asheville Business
college. The most important and one
of great interest to us, having received
substantial aid from the Presbytery
of LackaWanna. through the woman $
Home Missionary Board" are the
Home Industrial school with Miss
Florence Stephenson as superintendent,
which is doing noble work in the
line OF practical education for girls,
and the "Asheville Normal and Col
legiate Institute," established for the
higher education of young women for
teachers, organized by Rev. l.. NJ. Pease
and now under the control of the
Northern Presbyterian church with
Rev. DIR. Thomas Lawrence as superin-
tendent. These two institutions are To-
cateG in a beautiful park of thirty-tive
acres ON one of Asheville's "Seven
Hills" and are worthy of an extended
description, which may appear at an
early day. There is also the Ashevillc
Farm School, occupying 420 acres
which has over one hundred students,
who are taught agricultural work on
approved ana practical scientific lines.
Asheville has for years past been
famous for its hospitality TO "thc
stranger within its gates" as the guests
at its Commodious and magnificent
hotels will testify. The most noted are
the Battery Park hotel, the KenilWorth
inn, the Margo Terrace and the Abe
marie manor and cottages All are
worthy OF special mention but as the
limits of this article only permits Il
brief description of the striking features
of this highly favored section and its
attractive city, its schools ana semn-
aries. can only describe two-tho Bat
terry Park and kenilworth Inn.
BATTERY PARK HOTEL.
This beautiful Battery Park hotel,
which has been happily termed "the
halfway house between the North and
the South" stands ON an eminence Pa
feet above the streets of Asheville,
which is built around the foot of the
noble hill which the hotel so becum-