Hot Springs of Arkansas
Location: Central Arkansas. Area: 911 acres. Season: Throughout the year. Address of Supervisor: Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Hot Springs is reached by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, and the Memphis, Dallas & Gulf Railroads. There is through sleeping-car service from St. Louis and Memphis.
The Reservation is immediately adjacent to the city of Hot Springs, which has a population of about 14,000 and which is a municipality and is not under government control.
The only hotel on the Reservation is the Arlington, where the rates are $5.00 a day and upward. There are hotels of every class in the city, the principal ones being the Eastman, Majestic, Moody, and Como.
Some of the bathhouses are on the Reservation and some are in the city, but the water is the same in all, the range in prices being due to the equipments and accommodations provided. The rates are as follows:—
Scale of Rates for Baths at Different Bathhouses receiving
Water from the Hot Springs Reservation
| Bathhouse | Single baths | Course of 21 baths |
|---|---|---|
| Arlington | $0.65 | $12.00 |
| Fordyce | 0.65 | 12.00 |
| Buckstaff | 0.60 | 11.00 |
| Maurice | 0.60 | 11.00 |
| Imperial | 0.55 | 10.00 |
| Eastman | 0.55 | 10.00 |
| Majestic | 0.55 | 10.00 |
| Hale | 0.50 | 9.00 |
| Moody | 0.50 | 9.00 |
| St. Joseph’s Infirmary | 0.50 | 9.00 |
| Superior | 0.50 | 9.00 |
| Lamar | 0.45 | 8.00 |
| Rector | 0.45 | 8.00 |
| Rockafellow | 0.45 | 8.00 |
| Ozark Sanatorium | 0.45 | 8.00 |
| Magnesia | 0.40 | 7.00 |
| Ozark | 0.40 | 7.00 |
| Alhambra | 0.40 | 7.00 |
| Pythian Sanatorium (colored) | 0.25 | 4.00 |
Visitors are advised not to take the baths without the advice of a physician, as the waters are not beneficial in all diseases and in some are harmful. Visitors should not patronize doctors who are recommended by unknown or irresponsible persons, as in the past there has been considerable soliciting on behalf of certain physicians. A list of registered doctors may be consulted at the office of the Supervisor of the Reservation.
Golf and horseback riding are the favorite forms of exercise. Visitors from the North should bear in mind that spring is a little earlier in this region and that fall is a little later.