The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-10-12

chief attraction being its mineral
springs, whose alkiline waters pos
sess medicinal qualities, claimed by
many prominent physicians, to have
characteristics identical with the wa
tiers of the famous Carload Springs
of Bohemia.
The prime factors in the new an
dertaking. which is already in pro-
rress. are a number of Southern bus
mess men prominent in banking and
commercial circles. and Chicago and
New York capitalists, who have in
corporated The Dawson Hotel Cor
poration of America, with a capitali-
zation of sS,OOO.0OO. The president
of the corporation is Theodore X.
Troendle, of Hopkinsville, a capital
list and well-kuown throughout Ken
lucky and the South.
This corporation has acquired title
to approximately $500 acres of lana
in and surrounding Dawson Springs
Eight hundred acres of this land will
be converted into q park. its natural
beauty to be enhanced by extensive
landscape gardening. the creation OF
a 76-acre lake IA feet in depth. the
laying out OF two 1S-hole golf cours-
es tennis courts and making many
other improvements. Twenty-one
miles Of boulevards are in progress
of construction. together with bride
paths and trails reaching all attrac-
tive points in the vicinity OF the
Springs.
This fine park and its embellish-
ments will constitute the setting Of
what is designed to be the most mag
nificent health and pleasure resort
hotel in America. This hotel Is To
be known as the Dawson. 1t will
contain more than LOO rooms and
will have ground-foor dimensions Of
aproximately 45Ox6O0 feet. 1t will
be seven stories. Architect Walter
W. Ahlschager of Chicago, designed
the structure. The contract for COM
pletion of the building has been
awarded to a leading, nationally
known construction company.
The Dawson will have many inno-
vations. some entirely new in mod
ern hotel practices. One feature
unique and unusual, is that the kitch-
en- will be located $50 feet away from
the main building, in the second sto-
ry of wing" large windows and
skylights providing for its dighting
from the heavens" during the day
and allowing light rays from every
point of the compass. The kitchen
will be a model as to perfect ventila-
ton. and will be furnished in marble
and tile from floor to ceiling.
Every living room and bed room
will be a front room, there being no
courts nor rear" ends to the hotel.
Every room will have its private
bath.
The ground floor plans provide for
plenty elbow roOm,' a large foyer
Immediately off from which is the
Palm room, 9Ox1OO feet, a dining
room, and a ballroom with accom-
modations for 500 couples, break
fast rooms, private dining rooms,
etc.
There will be elaborate separate
bath houses, large garage and 9TH
er accommodations.
The Dawson will be under the d.
rect management Of a New York h2-
tel manager of international repute,
who is financially interested-in the
corporation and one of its managing
directors.
The Illinois Central Railroad Is
now building a line between Prov
dence and Dawson Springs, which will
shorten the distance between Chicago
and other northern points TO Dawson
Springs. This road will also reach
extensive coal lands which are also
owned By the hotel corporation.