Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-11
TO MAKE AMERICUS
A TOURIST POINT
AmeriCuS Should Now Make
Fight for This.
With Thoroughly Reno
waited Hotel and Fine
Country Club Can
Turn the Trick.

Can Americus be made a tourist
point?
mat IS the question that may soon
be agitating the community and, per-
haps, be the initial step toward a gen.
eral movement to bring the city for
ward as resort for Northern and
western people during at least a part
of the winter months.
Two things will assist in making
this desirable point for people from
other section to pass a part of the
winter in.
One' and that is vitality essential
one, is the rehabilitation of the Wind
sor hotel which will soon be under
way a
The interior condition of the fine
property has long acted as a discour-
agement to travel. The hotel has given
the city a black eye for some years
as a result of its general rundown
condition.
With the general renovation of the
building, the thorough overhauling and
beautifying that is to be done under
the new ownership, all cause for COM
plant on this score will be. removed.
After the reformation of the interior
is complete the Windsor will rank
high up among the smaller hotels of
the South.
It will then be hotel eminently
adapted for the accommodation of.
tourist travel, not of the immensely
rich, of course. but of the large class
of travellers of moderate means who
wish to leave the inelement climates
North for a short time in the winter
and find cOngenial climate where
expense of living does not require
millionaire's pocketbook to meet tho
bills.
Second only to the hotel improve
ments in putting Americus in a posi-
ton where it can cater successfully to
TIE class of winter travsf referred to
will BG the creation of the country
club, with it's large and well-equippedl
house and grounds.
The plans for the club house have
been completed by Architect Lock-
wood of Columbus, the lease for the
ground has been drawn and is in|
readiness for the signatures of the
contracting parties, the necessary
stock to push the building through has
been subscribed for, and there is ap-
parently every reason to believe that
within ninety days the club house will
be completed.
AS is well known, it is proposed on
the extensive grounds to lay out a
golf link, to have two or more tennis
courts, and to otherwise provide ade-
quately for the out of door recreation
of it's members and their friends. In
the club house will be billiard and
pool tables and other accessories of
comfort and pleasure,
The club house and grounds will be
most valuable adjunct to the i'm
proved hotel in drawing moderately
well-to-do people to Americus as al
winter home if it isproperly adver-
itsed and brought to their attention.
The climate of Americus is one OF
the finest in all the South for the class
of travel that it is desired to secure
for the winter here.
Another advantage in favor Of
Americus in this connection is the
through service inaugurated by the
Central of Georgia from Chicago to
ST. Augustine via Americus. Prop
erly worked this would be a decided
factor in bringing Americus to the
front and drawing here a considerable
class of travel that is not seeking the
costly establishments of the Florida
East coast.
If the promises, oft repeated, as tol
the general renovation of the theatreI
are carried out, and the class of at
fractions kept up the high standard
of this year, another drawing feature
would be presented
There is apparently no reason why
Americus should not move to get on
the map next year as tourist point.
It takes time to work these things,
to bring the pressure to bear on thel
railroads. but if the city gets actively
to work there is apparently no rea-
son why something should not be do
ing in. this line when next winter
comes. Before then Americus will be
in position to put in some effective
claims in this direction.
Here is another opportunity open
ing before the city. Are the business
men going to sit down and let it pass
or are they going to wake up and do
something?