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Sain’l W. Goode & Co’s. Real Es
tate Column.
The Markham House, Atlanta,
Ga., for Sale by Sam’l W.
Goode & Co., Agents.
This hotel was built in 1874, w. h. par-
kins being the architect and J. C. Peck the con
tractor. Itnas !• 8 bell rooms, besides the usual
accessories of a first-class hotel—offices, parlors,
arcade, reading-rooms, news stand, bar-room, bil
liard hall, dining room, kitchen, bakery, stove
room, ice house, laundry, servants’ apartments
for sleeping and eating, closets, water, gas, sew
erage, electric bells. In addition to die hotel prop
er are three attractive stores fronting on Lovd
street.
The city of Atlanta is in the form of a circle, 3
miles in diameter, with the center within 1 feet
of the southwest corner of the Markham House at
the corner of Loyd street and the Georgia railroad,
and within 6<> feet of the Union Passenger depot,
i See map of business portion of city on opposite
lage. References No. >.) This shows that this
lotel is most centrally and eligibly located, where
the baggage is delivered free, and where guests
are surrounded by the banks, the telegraph and
express offices, and are very near the wholesale
ana retail business of the city, the opera house,
postoffice, the Young Men’s Library building, the
Y. M. C. A. building, and closer proximity to the
new million dollar eapitol than any hotel in At
lanta. Indeed, the Markham House has the most
advantageous location possible.
The 108 bell-rooms or sruest-chambers are of
good size, neatly papered and painted, have ex
cellent light and ventilation, as each fronts on a
street or open court. Ail are supplied with elec
tric bells, and are neatly furnished and carpeted.
The second and third stories contain each three
wide halls with rooms on each side of them, the
second story having 5”, and the third, 58 bell
rooms, the difference being caused by the space
taken up on the second floor by the parlors, ar
cade ami reading and writing rooms. There are
nine water, or fire plugs, located in the center of
these halls, and one in rear of the dining room,
each having fifty feet of hose, with ampie power
to throw water fifty feet, thus protecting every
partofthe building, including kitchen, etc.,against
fire, and making the insurance rate very low.
There is a well under the building thirty-five feet
deep, and twelve feet m diameter, with pump at
tached ready for use with power to throw water
to the top of the house, giving clear water foi
drinking and bathing purposes, in addition to the
city water works. The drainage is most excel
lent l>y way of a private sewer nine hundred feet
long, connected with a main city sewer on Decatur
street.
The office is both large and attractive, with ev
ery convenience and accessory of the most mod
ern and costly hotels. The beautifully tiled floor,
the clear glass front, the handsome arcade, the
arched hall-wajs to the right and the left, give to
the office an imposing effect. To the right in the
rear is the dining room, about 40x80 feet, most
conveniently connected with the culinary depart
ment. To the right in front are .the barber shop,
the drug store, the wide stairway to the arcade
and the elevator. To the left in the rear is the
billiard hall, wash-room and closets; in the front
are the bar and news stand. Besides the main
entrance to the dining room from the office there
is a very convenient private entrance for guests
direct from the arcade.
The kitchen and bakery are complete in all their
appointments, as is the laundry. The storeroom
is amply large and admirably adopted to ns pur
poses. The laundry meets all the requirements
of the hotel and gives satisfaction to guests. The
barber shop is an attractive room conveniently lo
cated for patrons of the hotel as well as for the
general public. It fronts on Loyd streetas do the
three stores connected with the hotel.
The Markham House has been completed about
eleven years. It has never been leased for less
than SIO,OOO nor more than sll,oou a year. The
sub-leases on the three stores, the barber shop,
news stand, billiard room and bar usually pay
about half the annual rental.
The hotel ground fronts 108 feet, 4 inches on
Loyd street, 186 feet on south side along Georgia
railroad right-of-way, 178 feet on east or rear line
and 196 feeton the north line.
The entrance to the rear is by a wide arched
court from Loyd street, so tint coal, wood and
other thmgs can be conveniently carried directly
to the places prepared forthem.
The ground alone on which the hotel stands and
connected with it, is worth $75,000, and it steadily
enhances in value, as handsome blocks are built
in everv direction around it. The hotel itself is
well and strongly built of brick and stone, and is
first-class in its appointments and patronage. Its
arrangement amt convenience are so complete
that it can be kept open and carried on with the
greatest comfort to guests and at the minimum
cost to the proprietor for fust-class service and
meals to guests.
The style of the building is modern, giving it a
very handsome appearance, whethei viewed from
the front or the south side, and it is substantial
in every part. It has always ranked with the best
hotels in the country, both in the prices charged
and the patronage received. It has daily a long
list of arrivals, the good will and support of ail
customers, and controlling much oi that of the
transient public, even with the new H, 1. Kimball
House as the only peer and rival, one block away.
Indeed, Atlanta needsand willsustain two first
class hotels. This city is both a summer and a
winter resort. It is a railroad center; it is the
eapitol of the Slate; it is the meeting point of
more conventions than any southern city ; it is the
favorite stopping point gomgand coming for Flor
ida tourists, wishing to avoid the extreme cold of
the North and the too great heat of the Florida
climate; it is cosmopolitan and progressive in its
characteristics, giving a home-like feeling to the
quiet, and varied diversions in social, musical,
literary and out-door life to the active.
Ihe owner and proprietor of the Markham
House is too far advanced in years to manage so
large and valuable a hotel, and his only son is too
feeble in health to undertake it, whence •he has
wisely determined to let it be sold and pass into
the hands of some competent hotel man or com
pany that will sustain its reputation and make
money from its ownership and management.
The price asked makes it the cheapest property
in Atlanta now’ on the market.
The terms, one-third cash, the balance on one,
two and three years, with eight per cent interest.
Cuts, plats and diagrams are being prepared.
Further particulars furnished, on application, by
SAM’LW. GOODE, & CO.,
Agents, Atlanta, Ga,
If you want to be sure of having a
good and safe ride in luxurious cars on
through schedules, the Western & At
lantic is the road you are hunting for.
It fills all the requirements, and the
way its passenger business has increas
ed, shows that the public have found
this Dut.
Passengers leaving Cincinnati in the
sleeping cars on the 8:10 p. m. train
and coming via Western & Atlantic
Railroad, have only one change of cars,
and that at dinner-time the next day
in the Union Depot, Atlanta, for
Grovetown, Augusta, Aiken and
Charleston.
All persons in Illinois, lowa, Wis
consin, Minnesota or eastern Missouri,
who intend going south, or expect to
ship freight south, should call on or
write to Thos. McGill, General North
western Agent, Western & Atlantic
Railroad and Associated Roads, at 79
Clark St., Chicago, 111.
Confederate Stamps for Sale.
The managing editor of this paper
has a few sheets of Confederate 10-
cent postage stamps, with head of Jef
ferson Davis, imprint of “Archer, Bank
Note Engraver, Richmond, Va.,”
which came into his possession while in
the military postal service during the
war.
I will send them by mail, postage
paid, for 10 cents each, or a sheet of
100 stamps for 88.00. Address
A. L. Harris, Box 57.
Atlanta, Ga.
There is no change of cars between
Cincinnati and Marietta, Ga.
ESTABLISHED 18S6.
KELLY & DAVENPORT,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
WHISKIES TOBACCOS & CIGARS,
833 Market and 13 & 15 W. Ninth Streets,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
OUR SPECIALTY:
200 Barrels Four-year-old
Sour Mash Corn Whisky,
AT $2 PER GALLON.
Write for prices on our pure old
Liquors, etc.
KELLY & DAVENPORT,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
BOARD.
MARIETTA, CA.,
Forty-five minutes ride from Atlanta on the West
ern & Atlantic Railroad with six trains each
way daily. The beautiful site called
“THE HEDGES.”
There are a number of fine rooms in the main
building and adjoining cottages, with large and
lovely grounds, also a free livery for the exclu
sive use of guests. Situated on Powder Springs
street, within three minutes drive or ten minutes
walk of railroad depot, the churches and shop
ping and in full view of the Kennesaw Mountains.
Table service strictly first-class.
For terms apply to
JAMES A. LAFITTE,
(1103) Manager.
THE KENNESAW GAZETTE.
THE FOWLER
Roll-up Spring' Red.
OVER 500,000 NOW IN USE,
—AND THE —
SALES INCREASING DAILY.
Every Spring Sold is
Warranted for Eire
Years.
□/rials Free!
Following are a few testimonials:
The managing editor of this paper
weighs 325 pounds and has used one of
these beds for nearly three years, and
it is as good as new. He thinks it the
most complete and comfortable bed
made, and advises everybody to try
one.
I would not be without the Fowler
bed for three times the money it costs.
S. H. Landrum, J. P.
TWELVE HUNDRED FOWLER
BEDS IN USE IN ATLANTA.
Louisville, Ky.
Fowler M’f’g Co., Limited.
Dear Sirs —After a thorough trial,
I find your Bed Bottom to be the most
comfortable, clean and durable bed 1
have ever known, and in every respect
all that could be desired.
Respect fully,
E. R. Montgomery, M. D.,
Ex-Health Officer.
Mayor’s Office, )
Petersburg, Va. j
Gentlemen —It gives me pleasure
to state that after a trial of your Spring
Mattress in my family, I can confident
ly reccommend it as superior to any I
have used. lam extremely well pleas
ed with it.
Yours respectfully,
T. J. Jarratt.
307 E. Main St., )
Richmond, Va. J
The Fowler Bed Spring seems ad
mirably adapted for health and luxu
ry. It has this unusual advantage, the
springs are so well adjusted that a child
and grown person may occupy the same
bed with perfect comfort.
J. G. Cabell, M. I).,
Pres’t Board of Health.
Call on, or write for particulars,
Fowler M’f’g Co., Limited,
161 Whitehall St.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Factory and Main Office,
548 and 550 W. 23d St.,
New York.
To The Following
NOTED WINTER RESORTS:
Grovetown, Augusta,
The Famous
SAM) HILLS.
( Three miles above Augusta, Georgia. )
AIKEN, BEAUFORT
AND
Charleston, S. C.,
TELE
STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE
(GEORGIA R. R.)
IS THE
SHORTEST QUICKEST LINE.
Tickets Must Kead
TO JLTLANTA;
Thence Via
Georgia R. R. To Augusta.
Passengers for GROVETOWN, Ga., can
purchase tickets to .Augusta, and get off" at
GROVETOWN, which is 15 miles west of
Augusta.
THE SAND HILLS
Are reached via Hor.-e Cars from Augusta.
Aiken, Beaufort and Charleston, S. C.,
Are regular Coupon Ticket Stations. All
'Picket Agents, who sell Through Tickets,
can furnish you with Tickets and Schedule s.
On another page of this paper you will
find Condense ' Time 'fable to all of the
above named points.
Joe W. White, | E. R. Dorsey,
Traveling General
Passenger Agent. Passenger Agent.
ATTC3-TJSTA. Q-a..
WHITLOOK HOOSE,
ZMZecriettsi, G-st.
A Favorite Winter Resort tor Northern Health
Seekers. Climate nnsm p:iss< d for Pulmonary
affections. Elegant aeeommodition fori o guests.
Heated by furnace and open tires, lighted by gas,
electric bells, Billiards, Bowling alley and Lawn
tennis for entertainment of guests open all the
year. Terms more moderate than at other first
class houses. M. G WHITLOCK,
Owner and Proprietor.
CLIMATE.
Send for ]>:un|>hlet on tl.e climatic advantagee
of North Georgia. Letters of inquiry "ill be
cheerfully responded to by
DR. 11. P. GATCH ELL,
(110) Marietta. Ga.
A Perfect Gentleman
—IS—
ALWAYS WELL DRESSED,
And he Gets his Clothing
—FROM—
KENNY JOMN.
The Celebrated
MERCHANT TAILORS,
—AT—
NO. II WHITEHALL ST.,
ATLANTA, GA.
The Finest and most Fashionable Assort
ment of Suitings and Cloths, with appro
priate Trimmings, in the city < f Atlanta,
can be fount! at the Elegant Merchant Tai
loring Establishment,
No. 11 Whitehall Street,
Don’t forget the number.
KENNY & JONES.
Sam Jones, the evangelist, lives on
the Kennesaw Route.
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