Arizona republican., 1909-07-21
CASTLE HOT SPRINGS
 FOR COMING SEASON
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS UNI
 DEE WAY.
Enlarged facilities and Additional Beautifieat;on Planned.

~> The extensive improvements planned for the coming season al Castle Hot Springs are well under way. The equipment of Arizona's best known re- sort up to the close of its last open season was most complete and proved eminently satisfactory To patronage that is not eXcelled in charactetr in record in the United States. Not sat isfied with this, however, F. F. Mur- phy, the owner, is now undertaking further additions to the facilities which will add considerably to the comfort and convenience of the guests
 An addition of 16 rooms to the stone building is well under way. the material being obtained from quarries near by. which furnish variegated tufa of the most pleasing soft tones and excellent quality.
 The office building is in process of alterataion ad enlargement, and will include a spacious lobby and more convenient and commOdioius accom- modations for the officers and clerks. The office and lobby will be paneled with burl redwood, donated by the Pacific Lumber company, and will furnish an object lesson in the possi- biities of this class of timber for high class interior finish.
 The amusement room on the ground floor of the office building will be enlarged and re-arranged and will in clude a handsomely equipped buffet.
 The power plant will be increased by the addition of an 80 H. P. Fair banks Morse engine, which will pro- vide a reserve unit for lighting pur- poses and make possible certain plans the mana cement have for extensive lighting of the grounds at night, which are calculated to demonstrate the grand possibilities of Arizona winter nights out of doors.
 An up-to-date steam laundry plant has been ordered and will be operated during the coming season.
 A duplicate unit of the present ice plant will be in place, guarding against any accident that might leave the hotel without ice.
 Work in retaining the desert land adjacent to the cultivated area is be- ing pushed and the garden and grounds. generally. will be consider ably beautified and improved
 MT Murphy believes there is no place on earth equal to Arizona in winter and through the medium of the Castle Hot Springs, will try and make that fact known to seekers for an ideal winter resort.
 Manager Chaffee, of the Springs, is now in the east and during a stay at Baltimore the American said of him and Castle Hot Springs:
 Mir A w Chaffee, of Hot Springs, Ariz, who is a guest of the Belvedere, is manager Of one of the most re- markable resorts on the American continent It is known as Castle Hot Springs hotel, and though it is situat- ed in a comparatively remote region, it's owner, MT F. NJ. Murphy, of Pres colt. has fitted it up on a scale of splendOr and luxury that no one would expect to see in the mountain soli- tudes of the Far West, every appoint ment being modern. including the filt- cred ice water and the electric light generator on the premises. Guests are transported to the establishment in automobiles from the railway station on the Santa Fe, 24 miles distant.
 Our place" said MT. Chaffee, lis 2OOO feet above sea level. and is in sheltered canyon, where high winds and dust are unknown. From out the solid rock gushes a stream of hot water, the daily flow being 100000 gal Ions So mild is the climate that our visitors bathe in the open air in De cember and January, and fully a month before the California fruit is ripe they walk about the grounds plucking oranges and grapefruit. We welcome tourists and visitors from ev- cry quarter with the one sole, but in exorable condition-none affected with tuberculosis can come under any cir cumstances.
 Arizona is attracting settlers in ever increasing numbers. and people are just beginning to find out its won derful attractions. It has, besides its glorious winter climate. resources of untold wealth The farming pOssibili- ties are beyond computation. The great Roosevelt dam, near Phoenix, which will put water on 100000 acres of land that will grow almost any crop known, is nearing completion. This dam makes a lake of 30 miles long and will store enough water for irri- gation for two years, even if a drop of rain should not fall in that interval. We expect to be admitted as a state of the federal Union at the next ses- sion of Congress, and our new status will put us on the straight road to better and brighter destiny than we have ever known"
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