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beautiful domes and grottoes ; and the probabilities are 

 that it will prove to be a very large, as welU 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 fir.st-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 cha-i-ter 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 



