West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-05-22
DOWN IN olO ARKANSAS.
More About This Great Health and
Pleasure Resort.
The Hotels. Government Control or the
Hot Water and Revenue
Therefrom.

We are publishing considerable
matter about this wonderful place,
but SO much good is being accom-
plished there for sick and suffering
humanity, that we want our people
to know more about it. Then again,
the place is we'll worth visiting by
we'll people, and particularly those
who want more tempered cline to
visit during the rigor of our long
and hard winters. Our readers
seem to be interested in these
sketches and to want more of it,
hence our continuation of the
matter.
On entering Hot Springs feature
that strikes the visitor as most re-
markable is its great number Of
hotels of all classes. 1t appears like
a city of hotels. They appear on
all sides from the small neat affair
of fifteen rooms up to the great
hostelries which can house 1000
guests under their roofs. First in
size is the great Eastman, following
it are the Park and Arlington.
These are the first class houses
and can accommodate 1000 guests
each. During the winter their
capacity is taxed to its utmost.
Next are the second class houses,
the Waverly, Great Northern,
Waukesha, Pullman, Rockafellow,
Moody. and the New Avenue, which
is now being built of brick and iron.
These are known as the second
class houses, but accommodation
are of very high order. They are
all steam heated, have electric lights,
elevators, and all modern accommo-
dations.
Next come the Milwaukee, St.
Charles, Imperial, United States,
and then in size are the Dewey,
Marion, McCrary, Sumpter, Howard
Leonard and others, numbering a
hundred or more. There arc private
boarding houses, rooming houses,
furnished apartments, furnished cot.
tagcs and restaurants galore, with
prices that come within the reach of
every pocket book. They meet all
the needs and requirements of the
sick and ailing. They can live here
as cheaply as any where else in The
country. The idea that it needs a
small fortune to come here and take
the treatment and get cured is all
wrong. 1t may cost as little or as
much as the visitor cares to spend,
but the ac,ual expenses of board
| and treatment OF any class are less
than at any cure in this CIR any coun !.
try. AS resort for the sick of
small means Hot Springs has no
equal either in the moderation of ex-
penses or results obtained.
There are sevcniy-two of the hot
springs, and they all come from the
slope of one mountain. This slope
is known as Hot Springs or East
mountain, and the springs arc found
ali the way from the creek level to
points 200 feet up the grade. The
average temperature Of the water is
I35 degrees Fahrenheit. 1t is
peculiar that the largest springs have
the highest temperature, some of
them reaching r57 degrees. The
capacity of these hot springs has
been estimated at 1000, 600 gallons
every twenty-four hours.
Uncle Sam tanks and pipes these
for distribution to the various bath
houses and fountains. An interest
ing fact is found is the presence of
cold springs close beside many of
the hot springs.
All of these waters are shown by
analysis to be free from all organic
matter. Their remarkable purity
fits them in the greatest degree for
drinking purposes. Indeed it is this
purity which enables them to so
thoroughly cleanse the system,
absorbing and removing impurities
and renewing the vitality of every
part in wonderful degree. Nature
has carbonated all these waters, too,
considerably. Free csrbonic acid
gas is found in all these springs.
Uncle Sam is the heaviest investor
here and has signed his own guaran.
tee bond. In fact he got in on the
ground floor, for he took possession
of the springs in 1882 and dedicated
them "to the people Of the United
States, 20 be forever free from sale
or alienation" What was then a
little group Of rude log cabins is
now city with resident population
Of 1900 people, who provide for
the annual accommodation Of