MANUAL OF THE nIlAGIRI DISTRICT. 



Coonoor. 



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CHAP.XVn 



MCNICIPAM- 

 TIES AN1> 

 S'fATIONa. 



Coonoor possesses no public building of any size or importance —public 



buildi 



Ac. 



besides All Saints' Cliurcli. The American Mission Chapel 

 and the Roman Catholic Chapel dedicated to St. Anthony are 

 comparatively small structures. The Public Library is a simple 

 building ; the Market (held on Sundays and Tuesdays) consists, 

 as at Ootacamand, of plain tiled sheds. The Post OflBce was 

 formerly the Travellers' Bungalow ; the Sub-Magistrate's Office, 

 the Police Station, the Hospital, the Native Chattram and the 

 Coonoor Day School are all plain buildings. Sim's Park, artisti- 

 cally planted with beautiful trees and shrubs and laid out as a 

 pleasure ground with summer houses, also with swings and poles, 

 &c., bids fair to rival the Ootacamand Public Gardens. At 

 present, however, it possesses no conservatories or green-houses. 



The population of Coonoor at the last census was 3,058, —population 

 dwelling in 536 houses. The number of houses, however, has 

 very considerably increased during the past seven or eight years. 

 The number of inhabitants is now probably not less than 5,000. 



There are several hotels and lodging-houses in Coonoor, the —hotels, Ac. 

 chief being the Union (Gray's), Glenview, and Hillgrove House. 

 The rates are generally the same as at Ootacamand. House 

 property is much more valuable, and, as most of the land within 

 the Municipality has passed into private hands, it is difficult to 

 obtain building sites. Building materials being cheaper, the 

 houses are probably in the main better constructed than at the 

 principal station. Rents are much the same as at Ootacamand, 

 though the population is less migratory than at that station, 

 many planters residing there permanently. The future of 

 Coonoor depends mainly on the success of agricultural enterprise 

 on the eastern and southern slopes. 



The account of Wellington in Chapter IV gives nearly all WELtiNGiox. 

 the information that is necessary in regard to this cantonment. 



