CAVE LIKE A PALACE.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVI, Issue 51, 7 December 1909, Page 2

CAVE LIKE A PALACE.

For several years past ;i wry wealthy I but eccentric American fanner lias bwn using a cave as a dwelling-house. It is probably the most palatial caw in the world, and is fitted up with all modern conveniences, including hot and cold water, electric, fans, electric light, and steam Ileat. He discovered the ci.ve at 1 lie top of a mminiaiii, 1700 feet high. It is 7S feet long by 'J"> feet wide, and li'J feet high. The walls aro of beautiful granite, which lets Wn handsomely ]>oli.shod. The <-eiliii(j was ■lO feet thick. The from of the oavo is of glass, which the owner and occupant put in. together with lmnkood floors. The flues" for the cooking range pass out through the mouth of the eavo and extend outward a distance of nearlv 'lO feet. Movable screens permit the increase and reduction of rooms at the pleasure. of the occupants. A fine firing at ilm top of the mountain furnishes water through a private system of water works. This novel dwelling was completed about two vears ago. It is approached by a beautiful road ascending the crest of the mountain hv easy stages, and the grounds about the cave are kept in i.crfwt condition. The occunants declare that ft is the coolest dwelling in summer and the most comfortable in winter, and they have no fear of cyclones, which are frequetif in that region. Vnithor heat nor cold nenetrates th«- '- did protection of vards of granite. The »W savs he will live in the cive for the rest, of his life. If is in easy driving distance of the town.