Hot Springs, Arkansas; its hotels, baths, resorts and beautiful scenery .. . A fine passenger elevator will carry guests from first to fourth floors, and alarge baggage elevator will insure quick transportation of baggage. Ample fire escapes have been provided, by placing at the ends of each hall,on everv floor, a large balcony constructed of iron, from which a walk willextend to the mountain slope in the rear, and from this the descent to the street can 83 be made by walks without a single step. A complete return call system of bellsand fire alarm will be one of the hotels appurtenances. The
Hot Springs, Arkansas; its hotels, baths, resorts and beautiful scenery .. . A fine passenger elevator will carry guests from first to fourth floors, and alarge baggage elevator will insure quick transportation of baggage. Ample fire escapes have been provided, by placing at the ends of each hall,on everv floor, a large balcony constructed of iron, from which a walk willextend to the mountain slope in the rear, and from this the descent to the street can 83 be made by walks without a single step. A complete return call system of bellsand fire alarm will be one of the hotels appurtenances. The surroundings of the hotel will be made as handsome and attractive as skillcan make them. Broad granitoid sidewalks and lawns will beautify the street park and fountain on the north side of the building will be preserved andfurther adorned by a broad driveway extending around same from the porte-cochere,which will be at the Central avenue and Fountain street corner. The slope of theHot Springs mountain, back of the hotel, will be laid out in walks and beautified. The New Arlington. with arbors and flower beds, providing a delightful retreat, and making pleasingthe view from the rooms on that side of the hotel. The elegant bathing establishment, which is to be erected on the site of the pres-ent New Rector, will be made a part of the hotel, being built by the same company,and can be reached from two floors of the hotel, through large, well-lighted andventilated hallways. In external appearance, this will be a beauty in architecturaldesign, and the interior arrangement is upon an entirely new, convenient and origi-nal plan, embodying features that are pronounced improvements, and making it thefinest bathing establishment, in every particular, in this city, and second to none inthe United States. There will be fortv bath-rooms, and in addition there will be 34 needle, shower ami electric baths and all other appurtenances necessary to make itcomplete. The bathing departmen
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