The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-01
a Big New Hotel
For Chick Springs

"HtC-NcIlun day VIII soon come
back into its own" Several we'll
known business men of Grcenville
and elsewhere have purchased the
Chick Springs property. and now arc
having erected hotel which will be
complete in It's appointments The
site OF this hotel is about ten miles
from Grccnviilc, and twenty-ore
miles from Spartanburg. 1t is reach
ed by the main line OF the Southern
Railway from New York to New
Orleans, by the Piedmont and
Northern electric lines, and is on the
National Automobile Highway from
New York TO Atlanta. This year
round resort, therefore. has the best
OF transportation facilities.
But it is. the properties of the wa
ter. and the topography of the land
which makes the resort what it is
and will make it what 1t will be.
Chick Springs is in the foothills OF
the Blue Ridge mountains. On all
sides of il are beautiful views.
The New Hotel.
The contract for the new Chick
Springs hotel was let some days ago.
and now the work is well under way.
This hostelry will have ono hundred
rooms, practically every bedroom op-
ening into bath. The rooms on the
the second floor will be en- suite. The
building is to be three hundred feet
long, and three stories high The
construction will be OF red brick
pilasters, with panels of pebble dash.
4 broad veranda will run the entire
length of the building. A feature
Of the new hotel will be the dining
rocm. and the ball room just over it.
On two sides of the dining room will
be tiled terraces to be used for din
tr!G EGoHi for ti1u5e who choose 10
eat in the open air. The ball room
Will not be. broken by pillars at any
point, will be spacious, and will have
verandas on two sides. In one end
of this room Will tbe stage equip
ment in order that convention and
similnr gathering may be held. Ell
ectric elevator service will be run
each floor and TO the roof garden.
Three stair ways VIII ibe built, one
from the lobby. and one from each
end of the building. Every room in
the hotel will have outside exposure.
In order to make dining room cooler
in summer and more attractive. the
sides Will lie of glass doors which
may be folded back, thus giving free
access to the terraces.
The Personnel OF the Company
MIR. j. Thomas Arnold, of Green
vile is president OF the Chick Springs
| Company, Mr.. C. Brewster Chapman,
of New York. vice-president and Mr.
William Goldsmith. of GreenviIle sec
retary. The directors are Messrs. ].
Thomas Arnold. C. Brwster Chap
man. j. A. Mccullough, H. ]. Hayns
worth, n. d, Carpenter, w. S. Griffin,
E. w. Carpenter and c. S Webb, all
of Greenyille. except Mr. Chapman.
The development OF Chick Springs
will mean much for this section OF
the state. Heretofore upper South
Carolina has been withou an up-to-
date resort. Now the Piedmont sec
ton tof the state will have n resort
second to none in it's equipment.
The hostelry will be opened the year
round, Will be run by the owners.
and not leased. and will be conducted
In accordance with the plans of a
modren establishment. The Ameri-
can plan will be adopted.
Conventions to Meet There
Four conventions viii meet ut Chick
Springs next summer. These will
he: The State Press association, ne
South Carolina Dental Society. the
South Carolina Pharmaceutical AS
soeiation and the Master Printers
Association OF this State.
Sketch Of Spring
'Chick Springs has been known since
the days when the Indians were
masters of this co&otryF the white
settlers learned OF 1t through the In
dians, who we're wont to encamp
about the watering place, and prob
ably the Indians learned OF IL from
the animals. for formerly 1t was a
| famous place for deer and other
| game. The spring was once known as
Lick Spring. Later it was called
Healing Spring. by the early settlers.
| and finally was named Chick Springs
after the property was purchased by
| q DIR. Chick who built the first hotel
there in 1916: The new hotel will
start on TIE site of the original hotel.
w Orkihy with All Expedition.
Work is now being pushed op the
new hotel and on the grounds with
all reasonable expedition. The con-
tractors, Jamison and Norris, OF
Graenvile. have agreed 10 have the
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