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beautiful domes and grottoes; and the probabilities are 
that it will prove to be a very large, as well as a beauti- 
ful Cave.” 
Glasgow Station is the site of what was for many years 
renowned as ‘‘Bell’s Tavern,” the stopping-place hereto- 
fore for all Cave visitors ; and was noted as being kept in 
a style superior to any country hotel in America. This 
building was burned in 1860; and hence Cave City took 
the start. The property is now owned by Mr. Proctor, 
of Proctor’s Cave, who is also the proprietor of the Mam- 
moth Cave Hotel. He has a comfortable-sized hotel now at 
Glasgow Junction, equal in capacity to the hotel at Cave 
City; and he informs us that he has laid the foundations 
of a first-class stone hotel, and has the basement and 
second stories already up. The size is one hundred and 
twenty by sixty feet; it is to have sixty rooms, and will 
be completed during the present year (1870). Mr. Proc- 
tor promises to sustain the ancient reputation of “ Bell’s 
Tavern.” 
For the still further accommodation of Cave visitors, 
Mr. Proctor informs us that a charter for a railroad has 
been granted from Glasgow Junction to Brownsville, the 
county-seat, and thence to intersect with the Elizabeth- 
town & Paducah Railroad, which will pass directly by 
Diamond Cave, and Proctor’s Cave, and within two and 
a half miles of Mammoth Cave. This road is expected 
to be completed about the middle of 1871. At present 
