Year: 1873




,ion seems worth mentioning-that some
boJy ought to erect an extensive ant
first rate hotel somewhere convenient L
,hecity, to meet tie want oil o large ant
growing class Of citizens for q summe
residence. That there is real want o
tbI, kind there can be no doubt. Ther,
sre many families and numerous indivld
unIs who would board In the countr!
through the summer II they could An'
accommodations within easy reach o
town. We are Informed that Mr.. sTAArNi
hotel, four miles out the National road, L
always crowded, and that this season !
has mad at least tllly applications mort
than il could accommodate. We mon
lion the circumstance simply as showing
how eagerly our citizens would avail
themselves of the advantages Of good
hotel 10 the country, II II was easily ac-
cessible. Indeed, we believe, II good
accommodations In that way could be
had, there would be u demand for them
beyond what anybody thinks Of atpresent


Two or three requisites Tor such resort
may be mentioned. The most important
would be regular and frequent communi'
cation by rail. The place must not be
too fur from the city and the trains must
run so that persons may come into town
before business hours in the morning and
" ont in the evening, The uext would
be that the house should bo ample and
built with intelligent reference to health
sud comfort, aud that 1t should be gener'
ously KEEP. with due regard TO the same
There ought TO be several acres OF pleas
ant grounds around it, with grass, trees
and shrubbery, cEoquet grounds, ten pin
alleys and other means Of amusement a
body of water adjacent with boating and
fishing would add TO the attractions.


There arc three directions in which
such hostclry might be erected with
all the elements of success in its favor.
There arc beautiful sites uGar the station
\, Benwood and for mile below. There
isa broad plateau, or second bank, COM
posed chiefly OF sand and gravel, fifty or
seventy.five feet above the river, extend
ing up within a hundred yards oil the sta
ton The river for mile or two above
sud below, the city Of Bellsire, and the
railroad bridge, would be in view. The
river would afford fishing and rowing
and the passing boats constant diversion
lur the eye. There are sites three or four
miles above the city along the line of the
r, W. & K. Railroad almost, Il not quite,
equal in all their advantages TO those be-
low Benwood, and we doubt not arrange
ments could be made for station and
regular stoppage Of trains. The plateau
there is ample, but not quite SO high as
that below Benwood, and the soil Is more
inclined to mud; but fine sites, with mag
nifcCnt landscape, taking In "the Sisters
and two or three miles oil river, can be
found on the slope Of the bills back oil the
plateau. In either oil these localities
there are sll tho natural advantages for
the private residences with ample grounds
that would naturally in time grow up
around tho nucleus afforded by the hotel;
sud those who live long enough will see
suburban city built over each. The
best site on the Hempaeld is BIN Grove,
shout six miles from the city, 1t
being the station nearest town with
more advantages than any spot VIC
know Of either this side or beyond
There arc enough good sites there
Tor the proposed hotel and for private resi-
iCnces The creek by judlcious damming
could be made to furnish large pool for
boating, and for fishing II some pains
were taken to stock it. The scenery round
shout is agreeable and the place Is health.
iul. Elm Grove would have the advant-
age over other points that 1t is on the Ma
tOnal Road and just lar enough to be the
terminus Of drive over the only driving
road the city has. This would give the
place two modes Of access; and the hotel
would be sure 10 become a iavorite resort
tor the young people Of the city who
would make il headquarters for their sup
pers, balls, &c, II It afforded them the
facilities. This might be q drawback
with some Of the boarders, but It would
help give life to the place and would be
su attraction to the majority, With such
ahOtcl as We suggest, plenty Of cottages
Tor summer residence would spring up al
Elm Grove, so that II would have nc
lsck ol social life, while it would be sc
convenient by rail that men could carry
on their business here and live therC
through the summer at less. s.expense and
more comfortably than in town.


We wish to add that we don't own any
real estate at either OF the places men
TONED aud don't hope TO. The matter we
discuss is real want Of tho city and
We should like to SEQ it supplied for the
benefit of those who, their business being
less exsclirg than our own, could live out
Of town during the summer and go bacl
and forth daily without interference will
it, while they and their families would en-
Joy the advantages Of pure air and a hap
py relieIlrom dirt and from the harassinl
household lsbOrs it imposes here in tn
city.


We believe good hotel In either Of th