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The Progressive Mountain City of the Old Ncrth State The
City that gives tKe We!&m3---Enertaiii3ro bf Cohven-
ddnsEfltmore Hohis ck" Geo. 17. Vandsi-bilt
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mar th.e sparkling .tril;
ls ezposedJ'. The water
rlftar in strm nst ' drniith". knd nre.
fienta; a "erravltv line . with, nossihlllties
of some 5,000,000 gallons every twenty
four hours. , ,.r
This water, : which, expert analysis y
has shown, to be practically, pure,T is
delivered in Asheville In almost.unlhn?
ited quantities, 'without pumping an4
therefore, withoit danger 5 of ai break
apwn. ! ,r,.,'lt.t! ..- ,-,v t.
The meterjjrates ; for the .water." are
ast . follows r 15,000 . gallons; 20 cents
per thousand; 15,000 to 200,000 gallons;
15 ; cents ; ; over.,' 200,000 :.. gallons; MO
cents.- r;.ov-o;-;-i !:tr.
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- : Asheville lelecpripj street .cars conv
nass all noints-of 'interest ? within rthe
r .. r-r " " v t - i . . . city, fare five cents; there ar rbpuj
Asheville is twenty-two hundred and storage; woodworking and wneiriiS' sbrt-:bn thec6nUnent. iZJSSiSL5 7S5i!v
teffelt aS7e the sea level, in the cen- tories; machine-shops; dairies -.-green- -When -compared with the -most re- oSSSJSSR
Jer ofacSrcle embracing the territory; houses; .water, power,, plants; flour nowned resorts of the Old World Jt sf ej& Pug JJJJJ
bounded, by the Mississippi riverGulf; miU;.: other .manufacturing, establish, ranks among the first, as.will be seen ' SHSTtoSeSS
nf Mexico the Atlantic Ocean, and tne, ments. t It is. a, city set on a hill, in. by thefollowing table: w'tf ' Hiversiae ,
Great llkesT It is within the. area of : the.midpt of the most beautiful rnoun, :. it', ;iSp'g.. Sum. Aut. Wto. MY, nd other otots :,.v y M
liTnniation in the States, and? tain country on this continent a mod-1 Asheville;54.8 71.3 55.3 :j 37, 55.3 ; t '-.n Educational Advantages vix.zt
ien 1J ?TSmsrates fiSiT lSS e city? H 5 , T Genoa U2.2 70.3 , 55.2 " 3410 : 52.7 The value ofpubliesaaprrvaterop-
raaas oYtiSs T, wSl. hd'Tlnj.M: , Turin I V!,53,77L5f 53.8 isateMrtW
g ITTt ShevUle have through; - Some , eleganUy emiipped hotels Milan 72.8 v 55.0 36.1d 59.4 . , :Cltyc8chool.i ; : 1-
cmwoVkT froml S T per dSyfuhesI' Viennat SfeXm; M:&1S; B5.3 I Thityi school sysofhee
$timer WiuLnSon. Nash-' commodaUon for 5,000 people,. ,r The sectibnof the , ; United f , States was .organized aS88xwitt twoxpoor
denP pSST' Id jSnvttle com The C lmateTf : Weather
VlUnWtf tteS punS?tthi The climate of Asheui and ' this- AshevUle, sbell known1 as a superb plkl. f in twenne years ithe system
SrSS?Mlniine?r mouptam region islam the country; summer mteres; sifted 2
tnrougn riiLuiigu New Orleans Mo-? wide, i . Dry and equable, r but " few ln,-,BuncombecountytsWestern; NorUi the most effidentuin the Bouthil not
ton --?&?z pUnHn'oTkft 'French Broad river, in the country. There is now.a teacK-
Toms 7ia!iiZn$m
Slnd Sureiid Memphisv coveryrof sufferers from , catarrhal, The latitude of the place is 35 de- visors. of writing, nusi3 ,and physical
Cleveland mtea Bmpnis. , . nervous, .and pulmonary . grees and 37 minutes ndrth; longitude culture; -The enrollment Uds yearns
AshevillT hi the social and geograph- aftecUonsvaffords ample proof ff the 82 .degrees .and 30 mmutes tand about 4,000. and the c tyf
,?lVtPr 5 S-JrSWesSSrthr healing; jropertiesitoimd -.In.-jUiisipnre elevation lorfeet Some.of ;the; high; modernly built and , SreUqnlpped
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Carolina plateau, justly termed the.
Switzerland of America, containing
about 2,000,000 acres, of which "about;
60 per cent, is in forest. It is a busy
and enterprising city with twenty-one
churches; Young Men's Christian As
sociations; various book and reading
clubs; a fine system of graded schools;
Board of Trade; Good Roads Associa
tion; Retail Merchants' Association;
social clubs; rifle clubs; country
club ; fraternities ; medical society ;
bar association; law library and pub
lic library ; hospitals and charitable
institutions; military companies, mil
itary band; four banks; fifteen hotels;
large number of private boarding
houses; telephone exchange with long
distance connections an auditorium;
opera house; two daily newspapers;
numerous weekly, church; school and
society publications; city parks; Turk
ish baths; fire department; electric
light and gas plants; electric street
car system; water supply and sewer
age systems; twenty-five miles 6f pav
ed streets; city hall end market; fed
eral court and postofflce building; gov
ernment weather, bureau; county
court house; excellent liveries; cotton
mills; tannery; ice factories; cold
Waterfall Scene.
and exhilarating atmosphere. This
region possesses a greater number of
conditions favosable to the recovery
of lung diseases than any other part
of the United States. This being true,
it is but natural that people from oth
er sections, wbo are suffering from
such diseases should come to Ashe
ville to be cured. Notwithstanding
this, however, the proportion of these
sick people Is very small as compared
to the healthy visitors, who come to
enjoy the beautiful scenery, and cli
mate of Asheville. The following table
indicates the number of deaths from
pulmonary troubles in the different
sections of the country :
Northern New England (nearly) . . 250
Minnesota and i California ....... 150
Kentucky and Tennessee 100
Western North, Carolina 30
The absolute freedom from malaria,
due largely to the great fall of the
French Broad river, which acts as a
natural drain to this-part of the coun
try. --Thf warmestfin the month of July,
with -a mean of 72.0, and, the coldest
in -January, with 37.9 heat of the
South, give Asheville the right to be
called the best! "all-the-y ear-round re-
est mountains of the Blue Ridge are
not far distant, notably "the majestic
peak, . Mount Pisgah, to the southwest.
" Pure Water.
Here is where we literally look down
on all competors. The Asheville
water system is probably the finest
gravity line of waterworks in this
country, if not In the world. For im
mediate needs, fire, and reserve pur
poses . the city reservoir has ample ca
pacity at an elevation above the
Square of 210 feet The gravity line
consists of seventeen miles of sixteen
inch pipe, laid deep in the ground over
valley and ridge, to the North Fork of
the Swannanoa, a stream whose source
is a thousand springs, high up toward
the top of Mount Mitchell (the high
est point east of the Rockies), at an
elevation of 6,711 feet. The city owns
the watershed of over 10,000 acres.
An unbroken forest untouched by the
hand of man; covered with a , virgin
(growth of laurel azalea, rhododen
dron, balsam, oak, chestnut, poplar,
gum, walnut, hickory and many other
varieties; abounding in. waterfalls,
alive with speckled trout, which thrive
only in the clearest water:
Water comes leaping ; and clashing
The Horse Show.
school buildings.
The city school tax is 30 cents on
each $100 taxable property. About 66
per cent out of 75 per cent of the
scholastic population was enrolled lp
the public schools last year.
Asheville a Convention City.
Asheville as a convention city grat
ifies that chlefest of convention needs
the climatic influence for refreshing
comfort whether, the hours are spent
in . the business sessions . of f the occa
sion or are enjoyed in recreation as
the individual may desire. The sun
shine temperature does . not fatigue,
the nights are always cool, and the
tonic of the mountain breezes is in it
all.
The justly-earned reputation of
Asheville in respect to conventions is
that of a city., having, "welcome" post
ed upon its gates.
Water power is abundant, as may be
, inferred from the character , of the
country. Streams are bold;; free, and
numerous the water is pure,, clear and
Without limit, free, from, iron and soft,
exactly what is needed for bleacherfes,
dye works, tanneries, pulp-maklngr etc.
Several tanneries are in successful operation.
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