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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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i I gUt^^BCTHTQ ^ •ViCNrtA ^1 ^ I ^I^OLCONOA H A •> 5* i^ Pa Owe AM i ^•i ELECTRIC KAILWAY MAP OK ILLINOIS. 552 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. (Vol. XIV, No. 8. West Hudun. Ind., f«ir the IfJOS Cunvunti<in. The American Street Railway Association has already received aninvitation from the West Baden Springs Hotel, of West Baden.Ind., to hold the igo5 convention at West Baden, and accordinglyour readers will be interested in knowing about the accommodationswhich the hotel can offer as a meeting place. The three principal things which have to lie considered in choos- conventions. It should be mentioned, however, that the Springs arenot only a delightful summer resort, but arc kept open the entireyear. HOIKL ACCOMMODATIONS. The new West Baden Springs Hotel was built in igoi and 1902, replacing a frame building which was destroyed by fire June 4, igot. In planning the new structure. Colonel Sinclair determined to build n hotel that should be absolutely fire-proof. The structure is of
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EXTERIOR OF WEST B.\DEN SPRINGS HOTEL. ing a meeting place for the electric railway associations arc thehotel accommodations, a hall that will be suitable for exhibit.!, andthe transportation facilities. In all these particulars it would bedifficult to find a place which surpasses thq West Baden SpringsHotel. The Springs arc situated in a beautiful vallo in Orange County,Ind., and are readily accessible from the principal railroad centersof the country, being reached by the Monon from Chicago andLouisville; by the Baltimore & Ohio Soutlnvcslern and the Momm brick and concrete on a foundation of .solid rock, and no wood,excepting the doors and window casings, enters into the con-struction. The hotel building proper covers nearly five acres, and is octagonalin shape, surrounding a circular court 200 ft. in diameter. Thebuilding is si.x stories high and contains 708 guest rooms, all ofwhich have telephone connections and basins with hot and coldwater. All of the rooms excepting 30 ar

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