. The standard guide . nificent roadways,rustic bridges, artificial lakes, and thousands of trees, shrubs and plants broughtfrom every quarter of the globe. The hunting preserves comprise 87,000 acres more. The Standard Guide. 87 The house stands on an artificial plateau formed by truncating, the cone of a mountainpeak. It overlooks the French Broad and Swannanoa , and commTds .entrancmg panorama of valleys and , range upon range; there are fiftypeaks are more than 5,000 feet high. The house is built of stone and of brickmade on the estate; it ,s 300X19- feet, with lawns,
. The standard guide . nificent roadways,rustic bridges, artificial lakes, and thousands of trees, shrubs and plants broughtfrom every quarter of the globe. The hunting preserves comprise 87,000 acres more. The Standard Guide. 87 The house stands on an artificial plateau formed by truncating, the cone of a mountainpeak. It overlooks the French Broad and Swannanoa , and commTds .entrancmg panorama of valleys and , range upon range; there are fiftypeaks are more than 5,000 feet high. The house is built of stone and of brickmade on the estate; it ,s 300X19- feet, with lawns, tennis courts, bowline- .reenconservatories, sunken gardens and other features. The house was begun^n iSgxand was opened on Chnstmas Day of 1895, but is not yet completed; hundreds ofworkmen are employed upon the building and the grounds. Mr. Vanderbilfspay-roll and expenditure account for supplies during the progress of the work aresaid to have been $13,000 a week; the total cost of Biltmore is nut at $6 000 000. THE \ANDEKi;n,T ClIATICAi: The \anderbilt estate has come to be one of the most interesting attractions in thevicinity of Asheville; the public is permitted to drive through the grounds. Atlanta, with its thirteen railroads, is termed the Gate City. The name su-crestscommercial importance. The volume of business aggregates $160,000,000 a^-earAt anta is the metropolis of the South. If your ticket over the Southern reads viaAtlanta, you will find abundant interest and attraction for a stay here. The dome ofthe State Capitol will remind you of the one at Washington; the soft coal smoke willcause the Chicago man to sigh for home; one may dodge trolleys as in Brooklvn or-Boston, and in the business section will be reminded of certain quarters of New York: 1 he city Itself and its suburbs are rich in historical associations connected with theUvii War. In Grant Park may still be seen the ruins of Fort Walker- PeachtreeCreek and Ezra Church battle-grounds
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