WSSa. V>i*Va. TOoaoVftkO ocVto Aicn^jcicbso A\*os. GIVEN AWAY BY THE WHITE MOUNTAIN ECHO I 1‘X3CX3 OTHER SUMMER HAUNTS, AND — ^WINTER RETREATS. | be httd Fbee at the various Tourist and Railroad Ticket Offices in Boston, New York, i Montreal and other Cities, and mailed on receipt of two-cent stamp from the I office of The White Mountain Echo, Bethlehem, N. H. i TRAINS RUN. TO ALL POINTS IN THE T7s7Tn.ite ILv^ccLantsiians . AND THE Maine Central Railroad IS RUNNING VIA THE THE ONLY LINE FailllOTJLS OrsL-wford. N’otoh These are our White Mountain Points : North Conway f Crawfords, Colehr ook, Franconia, Intervale, Fabyans, Dixville Notch, Montreal, Glen, Jefferson, Profile Hmise, Quebec, Jackson, Lancaster, Bethlehem, West. These are the Fishing and Shooting Resorts: Connecticut Lakes, Umbagog, Moosehead, Masardis Waters, Diamond Pond, Richardson, West Branch, Portage Lake, Parrmchene, Rangeley, Roach River, Big Machias Waters. Magalloway, Dead River Region, Lily Bay. Portland, Boothbay, Popham Beach, Rockland, These are our Coast Resorts : Camden, Mt, Desert Island, Millbt'idge, Bar Harbor, Jonesport, Islesboro, Castine, Deer Isle, Sorrento, Sullivan, Machiasport, SPACfi will not admit of our naming the hundreds of others on our rail and boat lines. If you want to know anything and everything about Maine and New Hampshire, send for our guide books. We are always at your. service, D F. E. BOOTHBY, CenM Pass. Accent PAYSON TUCKER, V. P. & Cen’l Manager. i AMERICAN ALPS, OTHEH, SUMMER H^UTS^TS, —AND— WINTER RETREATS. WITH DBSOEIPTIONS OF THE LEADING HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES, THEIR AOOOMMO> DATIONB AND CHARGES, AND NOTICES OF LEADING TOURISTS’ HOTELS IN LARGE CITIES. DiSTRlByTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CiVING ADDITIONAL PUBLICITY TO HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES ADVERTISED IN THE WHITEIIVIOUNTAIN ECHO. BETHLEHEM, N. H. : TBINTED AT THE OFriCB OF THE WHITE MOUNTAIN ECHO, 1895 . Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates https://archive.org/details/americanalpsotheOOunse CONTENTS US'io/ Page. Thc American Alps 5 WWte Mts. Liae of Maine Central R.R. . . 5 White Mountain Resorts. MOUNT WASHINGTON 9 Summit House 9 WHITE MOUNTAIN NOTCH... j 9 Crawford House i 9 FABYANS Fabyan House New Mount Pleasant House THE TWIN MOUNTAINS Twin Mountain House 11 11 11 11 12 ^ FRANCONIA NOTCH 12 Profile House 12 Flume House 12 BETHLEHEM i Maplewood Hotel Sinclair, The Alpine, The. Altamonte, The Arlingfton, The Bethlehem House Columbus, The Echo Hill House Gra mercy, The Highland House Hillside House Howard House Maplewood Cottage Mt. Agassiz House . . . . Mt. Washington House Prospect House Turner House Uplands, The 12 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 19 ^NOBTH CONWAT 19 i Bellevue House 19 i Clarendon, The 19 ^ Eastman House 20 '4 Intervale House. Kearsarge House. Keeley Institute. Ridge, The Sunset Pavilion. . Page. ...20 V 20 .. 21 . . 21 ...21 CONWAY. 21 Conway House 21 JACKSON 23 Eagle Mountain House. 23 Grlen Ellis House. 23 Gray’s Inn 23 Jackson Falls House 24 Wentworth Hall ... 24 BARTLETT 24 Cave Mountain House 24 RxiNDOLPH 25 Ravine House 25 JEFFERSON 25 Grand View, The 25 Waumbek, The 27 LANCASTER 27 Lancaster House 27 WHITEFIELD 27 Mountain View House 27 Overlook House 27 LITTLETON 28 Chiswick Inn 28 Maples, The 28 Thayer’s Hotel 28 FRANCONIA 29 Forest Hills Hotel 29 Franconia Inn 29 Mt. Lafayette House 29 SUGAR HILL 29 Hotel Look-Off 31 Sunset Hill House 31 4 CONTENTS. Page. LISBON 32 Breezy Hill House 32 Brigham’s Hotel 32 .MOUNT MOOSILAUKE 32 Moosilauke, The 32 Tip-Top House 33 NOBTH WOODSTOCK 33 Alpine, The 33 Deer Park Hotel 33 ASQUAM LAKES 35 Asquam House 35 TAMWORTH 35 Wonalancet Farm 35 City Hotels. BOSTON, Mass 36 Vendome, The 36 CONCORD, N.H 36 Eagle Hotel 36 Pago. NEW YORK, N. T 36 Broadway Central Hotel.... 36 Miller’s Hotel 36 RICHMOND, VA 36 Jefferson, The 36 Winter Retreats. ' LAKEWOOD, N. J 38 Laurel House 38 Laurel-in-the-Pines 38 AIKEN, S. C 38 Highland Park Hotel 39 WINTER PARK, FLA 39 Seminole, The 39 TAMPA, FLA 39 Tampa Bay Hotel 40 Tampa Inn 40 PUNTA GORDA, FLA Punta Gorda, The.. TlZLe -^rrzLerica-rL ryiHE state of New Hampshire has been likened unto a giant, resting his head upon mighty rocks and bathing his feet in the briny waters of the ocean. The Mountain re- gion of its I^orth and the seashore of its South, are so freighted with health giving breezes, that within the past score of years they have become important summer resoits, and the former, whose Granite Hills have been desig- nated the “American Alps” and its resrion aptly termed the “Switzerland of America,” is now one of the leading tourists* haunts of the Union. Indeed, that travelers in search of magnidcent scenery set their faces White Mountain ward, ceases to be a matter of wonder when the mind contemplates the picturesque grandeur of the noble heights whose lOiiy peaked summits margin the view on every side; the placid lakes tnat nestle beneath their shades, and the romantic passes, originally the sole courses of mountain tills, but now utilized to the wants of man, and made the pathways of roads and railroads ; while invalids in pursuit of health find along with this wealth of scenery a pure and bracing atmosphere, the invigorat- ing efficacy of which gives new life to the cooped-up denizens of crowded cities, and to the wearried workers in the sphere of com- merce and letters. It is to a description of the leading points of Interest in this enchanting re- gion that the present work is devoted. These Granite Hills, which have formed the themes for the poetic fancy of Starr King, the romantic imagery of Hawthorne, and the re- fined pen oi Whittier, cover an area of about three thousand square miles, extending over fifty miles from north to south and a like dis- tance from east to west. As this enchanting region and the ready access to it becomes better known, the number of its visitors increases. This is undoubtedly due to the facilities now afforded for reaching the district by the various railroad and steamboat lines, which vie with each other in making the travellers journey both comfortable and economical; and to im- proved hotel and boarding-house accommoda- tions, which are obtainable at rates suit d to the capacity of every purse, so that a journey to and a sojourn in the Switzerland of America is no longer a luxury to be enjoyed only by the wealthy. The White Mountains Line of the Maine Central Railroad (Heretofore Inown as the Portland and Ogdenshug R. R.) l9>par excellence the line ot the mounrains, being the only road which penetrates the famous Crawford Notch, world renowned for the grandeur of the views actually within sight of the car windows. It commences on the coast at Portland, where it takes up passengers from; the Boston, Now York and Mount Desert steamers, and from the Boston and Maine, Maine and Provincial lines of the Maine Cen- tral, and other railroads ; while at North Con- way (Intervale Junction station), the eastern portal of the White Mountain region, it in- creases its volume of travel from the Conway branch of the Boston and Maine 1C. R., which affords the shortest line between the Hub and the heart of the mountains. No other line of railroad in the United States is so margined with grand and beautiful scen- ery ; for, throughout its entire extent of over a hundred miles, the view is an ever-changing one. Starting from the handsome Portland Union Station, at the Atlantic terminus, and leaving the noble bay of Portland b<-hind, the road traverses the fertile fields of Maine for seventeen miles, when Sebago Lake is reached and a glimpse is obtained of its glatsy waters studded with green islets. Its course is then continued past hamlet and homestead and ver- dant pasture for an equal distance, when it WILLEY BKOOK BRIDGE, CRAWFORD NOTCH. On the line of the Maine Central Railroad. THE AMEBICAN ALPS. 7 joins the mountain-born Saco, to bear it com- pany until they reach the source of the stream. At Hiram, where rail and river come together, a sparkling cascade is passed, while Mount Pleasant, Me., and other peaks loom up and give a foretaste of grander hills yet to come Soon appears quaint old Fryeburg, with its pleasant elm-shaded thoroughfare, and its neighboring eminences to the right, while on the left, a distant view is caught of rugged Ohocorua. Tne road now enters New Hamp- shire, and soon the scene is transformed from one of pastoral loveliness to a series o! pictures of impressive grandeur, changing with every turn of the train as it flies along the curving road. North Conway, where a new and very pictur- esque station has been erected, and the Inter- vale are passed, both embosomed in foliage and calmly nestled between two ranges of hills, with Moat Mountain at one end of the valley and Kearsage and Bartlett like twin brothers at the other. Proceeding forward, Glen Sta- tion, where another new depot marks the pro- gressive character of the new management, is reached and the road crosses the Glen Ellis, upon whose banks, three miles to the north- ward, lies the charming village oi Jackson. Six miles further along the line is Bartlett, where the workshops are situated. Here the road seems hemmed in by hills, but it flnds an out- let, and with serpentine twists and turns follows the river and its windings and creeps along the mountain sides, gradually rising higher and higher, its course lying between noble granite hills and through the most magnifleent of the White Mountain Notches, until its gateway is passed and the lofty plateau on which stands the popular Crawford House is reached. Tne road then descends to Fabyans, on the banks of the Ammonoosuc, where conuection is had for the summit of Mt. Washington by the marvel- ous cog railway. In its passage through the White Mountain Notch the course of this railway is so located that the tourist in enabled to obtain extensive and unobstructed views on all sides, upon the most picturesque portions of the route. From Fabyans the trains of this line proceed over the extension completed in 1889 to Twin Mountain House, Whitefield, Scott’s and Lunen- burg, which latter place is just across the Con- necticut River, and thence on the St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain and Passumpsic roads to Lakes Memphremagog and Champlain, and to Montreal, Burlington, Ogdensburg, Niagara and Chicago. The Quebec division, opened in 1891, marks a new epoch in tourist travel through this region on account of the completion of that link of the Maine Central. This branch leaves the White Mountains line at Quebec Junction, a short dis- tance west of Twin Mountain, and thence pro- ceeds through Jefferson, Lancaster, North Stratford, Colebrook (where stages connect for the famous Dixville Notch and the upper Rangeley region). West Stewartstown to Cook- shire, where close connection is made with the Canadian Pacific railway to La&e Megantic, then on to Duds well Junction, where the road is intersected by the Quebec Central, ever which a run of only 118 miles is necessary to reach Quebec. During the season of 1895 entire trains from Boston (via Intervale Junction) and Portland run through to Jefferson and Lancaster, at which latter point a transfer is made to Pull- man sleeping cars running, through to Quebec. This requires but one change of cars between Boston, North Conway and White Mountain resorts to reach the famous citadel of North America. Mr. F. A. Wilson is President, Mr. Payson Tucker, Vice-President and General Manager, and Mr. F. E. Boathby, General Passenger Agent, and the General Offices are at Portland, Maine, and are a Bureau of Information for tourist travelers. THE ECHO FREE READING ROOM AND BUREAU OF INFORMATION. I=^op"ala;r KCotels and. Board.ing'-Ho’u.ses. THEIR LOCALITIES, ACCO V.MODATIOnS AND CHA'^GES TN order to afford additional publicity to the numerous hotels and boarding-houses advertised in The White Mountain Echo, and for the convenience of seekers after at- tractive resorts, particulars are here given of the various establishments, their charges, and their special characteristics. For the further information of tourists, brief sketches are ap- pended of the several localities in which they are situated, and the points of interest in their vicinities. The benefits hereby conferred are two-fold: First, parties in search of pleasant sojourning places are enabled to select suitable resorts Without the trouble of corresponding with a number of hotel and boarding-house proprie- tors, and have the additional advantage of se- lection from a larger number of h >uses than they could ever address by letter, while all pock- ets and tastes can be satisfied in the variety of establishments described. In fact, it is unnec- essary for any person consulting these pages to go beyond the houses particularized therein to- gratify their ample requirements. Second, hotel and boarding-house proprietors also de- rive advantage by having their houses promi- nently placed before a considerable number of that particular portion of the public who need the very accommodations th y offer; in addi- tion to which, like persons in search of board,, they are saved a great deal of unnecessary cor- respondence and postal expenditure. WRITE MOUNTAIN BE^ORTiS. 9 WHITE MOUNTAIN RESORTS. lij the following columns will be found a con- cise- description of every leading hotel in the White Mountain region, and of the principal boiirding-houscs which appeal tor the patron- ag*- ot summer guests. MOUNT WASHINGTON. Tne crown of the monarch of the hills is the Mecca to which all true believers in the beauty of White Mountain scenery invariably direct their st-^ps. The marvelous cog railroad here fir^t applied to the scaling of precipitous heii-iits, and the fine carriage-way which climbs the opposite mountain side, are well known, and have been so often described that it is need- less to particularize them here; while it is im- possible for either pen or pencil to properly portray the extent and grandeur of the sight revealed to the eye from the lofty summit of the towering peak, where mountain and defile, lake' and river, town and village, field and forest in many a county and in se'^eral states are brought at a single glance within the compass of the human vision. On account of its elevation, 6,293 feet above sea level, the crest “forms,” says Mr. Sweetser, “an Arctic Island in a tem- perate zone having the same climate as Green- land, at 70® N. latitude. This peculiarity is shown not only in the temperature, but also in the vegetation which there exists.” On the top is a small hamlet, consisting of the Summit House, Signal Service, Observatory and Tower, and in summer it is quite a busy place, through the crowd of tourists brought to it by the rail- road from Fabyans on the west side, and by the carriage road from the Glen on the east. The places of interest within a short distance from the summit are the Alpine Garden, Bigelow’s Lawn, Lakes of the Clouds, Tuckerman’s Ravine with its snow arch, etc. Summit House, Barron & Merrill, proprietors, accommodates 200 guests, who are amply pro- tected against the frequent chilliness of the cli- mate, incident upon the great altitude of its location, by the rooms and coriidors being kept comfortably warm. It contains all the conve- niences of a first-class h. del, and h is post-office, telegraph station, etc. THE WHITS MOUNTAIN (OR CRAWPORL) NOTCH. The sceneiy in this renowned Notch forms an important point of interest to all White Moun- tain visitors. With Mount Webster on the east and MouLts Willard and Willey on the west, with the Silver and Flume Cascades and Are- thusa and Ripley Falls and many other grand shenes between them, this favorite locality con- tains sufficient to feast the eye to satiety, and its charms are plainly visible either from the road or the railroad passing through it. Near Its northern gale are the Elephant’s Head, Saco Lake, Beecher s Cascade, Gibb’s Falls, Ammon- oosuc Lak«^, Merrill Spring, and the foot of the cairiige road leading to the summit of Mount Willard, which is easy ot access and presents from its crest one of the grandest mountain scenes in the country, and one which no visitor to the region should fail to witness. In writing of the prospect here visible, Anthony Trollope, ihe English traveller, has remarked, “much of this scenery is superior to the famed and classic lands of Europe. I know nothing, lor instance, on tl e Rhine equal to the view from Mount Willard, down the mountain pass called the Notch.” Starr King says that this view should be observed late in the afternoon, when visitors will see “one long wall of the Notch in shadow, and can watch it move slowly up the curves of the opposite side, displacing the yellow splendor while the dim green dome of Washington is gilded by the sinking sun with ‘heavenly alchemy.’” Crawford House, Barron & Merrill (C. H. Mer- rill, Manager), situated on a plateau, and about a quarter ot a mile from the entrance of this famous Notch, has accommodations for 400 guests, the rat» s being, transient, $4.50 per day, and per week, $17.50 to $25 in June, July and September, and $21 to $28 in August. The table of this establishment is noted for its ex- cellence, the healing of many of its rooms by steam renders it p. desirable abode in cold weather, while the comfort of its guests is pro- moted by repealed additions and improvements, including elevator, etc. Telegraph and post- office in th*- house. Within a few years past all the sleeping apartments have been either reno- vated or entirely returnished. A station on the White Mountains line of the Maine Central Railroad is near the house, which is but two mill's from the pummit of Mount Willard, wiiitnei' coaches couv^y gu )sts. BEECHEES’ CAJ^CADE NEAli CRAWFORD HOUSE. WHITE MOUNTAIN EESORTS. 11 FABYANS. Located in the very heart of the mountains, at the junction of three railroads, Fabyans has in twenty years risen from a single house to the distinction of a village, and has now become a great center of railroad tiavel. Here the lines of the Concord & Montreal Railroad, the White Mountains line of the Maine Central Railroad, and the Mount Washington Railroad converge, and cause an almost continued succession of arriving and departing trains. Which convey passengers to and from the summit of Mount Washington, and every part of the great re- public. For the better accommodation of these a new and convenient union station was erected in 1892. The rugged Ammonoosuc, which has its source in Mount Washington, flows past Fabyans, which lies between its upper and lower waterfalls. Tdbyan House, Barron & Merrill (Oscar G. Barron, Manager), situated near the railroad station and opposite Mount Deception, accom- modates 400 guests, the rates being, transient, $4.50 per day, and per week $17.50 to $25 in June, July and September, and $21 to $28 in August. This house, recently greatly improved by the addition of an elevator, open fire-places, and other modern appliances, is one of the largest mountain establishments, and from its centrU location forms an eligible point from which to visit the leading features of the dis- trict, as numerous trains leave the adjoining station daily for the summit of Mount Washing- ton (which is clearly visible from the house), for the Crawford and Franconia Notches, and for the principal mouctain resorts. The hotel has recently been renovated and refurnished. Telegraph and post offices in the house. The New Mount Pleasant House, Anderson & Price, Managers, accommodates 250 guests at $4.50 per day, and $21 to $28 per week, according to time of occupancy and location of room, with special rates for two weeks’ sojourn in July. This flne hotel, the property of the Mount Pleasant House Company, is in effect an en- tirely new plant upon the site of the former house, most of the smaller buildings having been demolished and the main part of the old hotel completely remodeled with the front broken into bays and gables, making most comfortable and attractive rooms. The ex- tensive addition built on to the south end is imposing in appearance externally, and thor- ■jBRAK Of oughly comortable and luxurious in its flne suites of rooms, with large closets, private bath-rooms, steam heat, open Are places, elec- tric lights and elegant furni‘^hings, the electric and steam heating plants being perhaps the finest in the mountains. The hotel now has a frontage of 315 feet, exclusive of verandas and colonnades; is four stories in height, and ^eovers an area of 18,000 square feet, not in- cluding bays and verandas. The cuisine is of the highest character, that important department being in charge of a supe.*'ior force. The music is mainly supplied by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which, with- the hard wood floor of the grand salon, present great temptations to the younger guests. Tennis courts, croquet grounds, bowling alleys, shuffle boards, and billiards are other attrac- tions, while just across the Ammonoosuc a beautiful park of 175 acres has been laid out into walks and provided with comfortable seats, shady bowers, and play-grounds for .children. An artesian well 409 feet deep, all but ten through solid rock, having a capacity of 55,000 gallons daily, provides cool spring water. A flne and extensive livery is furnished. The hotel, which lies three quarters of a mile from Fabyans, commands a view of the entire Presi- dential Range, with Mount Washington and the trains ascending its curious cog railway visible Irom base to summit. THE TWIN MOUNTAINS. Nearly half a dozen miles to the west (»f Fa- byans, and seven or eight miles east of Bethle- hem, the Twin Mountain Range rises irom the southern bank of the Ammonoosuc, and run- ning at right angles to the stream, stretches to the southward in the direction of the eastern bank @t the Pemigewasset. Its principal mem- bers are the North and South Twin and Mounts Guyot and Bond. The Twins are each about 5,000 feet hi;:h, a depression of only 200 feet separating their summits. A path has been constructed under the auspices of the Appala- chian Mountain Club, to the summit ol the South Twin, whence is visible one of the grand- est sights of the mountain upheaval in the whole White Mountain region, interspersed with thriving villages and pictures of the illim- itable wilderness, where nature’s handiwork is exhibited in its normal state. The Ammonoosuc Valley, which lies between this range Miid Mount Deception, Cherry Mountain and neigh- u WHITE MOUNTAIN BESOHTjS. boring heights, is remarkably picturesque. The stream from its source on Mount Washing- ton to its union with the Connecticut at Woods- ville, a distance of fifty miles, falls about 5,000 feet, and presents in its course two waterfalls, one about two miles and tne other about eight miles above the Twin Mountain House ; while through its entire length the descent of its waters is extremely rapid. Twin Mountain House, W. A. Barron, situated on a terrace north of the Ammonoosuc, accom- modates 300 guests, the rates being $4 per day for transient board, and $14 to $25 per week. The table, ever noted for its superior excellence, is kept up to its high standard. The water supply and sanitary arrangements are perfect in every respect. The peaks visible from this hotel, viewed from east to west, are the Baby Twins, Mount Hale, the North Twin, hiding the summit of its southern brother; Mounts Garfield, Lafayette, Cleveland and Agassiz ; while a view of the upper peaks of the Presidential Range may be obtained near by. This hotel is the annual resort of many persons of culture, and especially of sufferers from hay fever. It has stations on the Concord & Montreal Railroad and on the White Moun- tains line of the Maine Central Railroad, where express trains pass daily for distant places, while local trains bring every part of the moun- tain region within a few hour’s compass. FRANCONIA NOTCH. The Franconia Notch is undoubtedly one of the leading attractions of the New Hampshire hills. Starr King says: “The narrow district thus enclosed contains more objects of interest to the mass of travelers than any other region of equal extent within the usual compass ot the While Mountain tour. In the way of rock cul- ture and waterfalls it is a huge museum of curi- osities.” Its principal features are Echo Lake, with Its marvelous reveiberations, itb steam- boat, and the neighboring peaks of Lafayette and Eagle Cliff ; the stern Profile or Great Stone Face; Profile Lake and the Basin with its whirling and seething waters ; the Gloomy Pool ; the Flume, with its fine cascade; Walkers, Georgiarina and other waterfalls; and Cannon Mountain and neighboring rocky eminences. There are good bridle and foot paths to the summits of Lafayette and Cannon Mountains and a carriage road to Bald Mountain. Profile House, Taft & Greenleaf, delightfully situated in the midst of all this grandeur, is the largest hotel in the district, and flrst-class in every respect. It possesses accommodations for 550 guests, its rates being $4.50 per day for transient board, and by the week $24.50 in July, $28 in August, and $24.50 in September. The hotel now contains numerous suites of rooms, each with parlor, bath, etc., and in late years has had both its interior and exterior greatly improved. A narrow gauge branch of the Concord & Montreal R. R., ten miles in length, from Bethlehem Junction, leads direct to the house, and a stage line of ten miles passes through the Notch to the North Wood- stock station of the Pemigewasset Valley branch of the same line. Flume House, S. A. Elliot, manager, at the southern end of Franconia Notch, accommo- dates 150 guests at $3 per day tor transient board, and per week, $17.50. The house has lately been extensively enlarged and improved and, as it opens early and does not close until late in the season, offers a desirable stopping place for early and late tourists, who here find themselves in the midst of most enchanting scenery. It is five miles distant from the North Woodstock station, and the same distance from the Profile station referred to above. BETHLEHEM. The village of Bethlehem, situated upon a lofty plateau nearly 1,500 feet above the sea- level, with a fretwoik of mountain eminences fringing the horizon in every direction, draws tens of thousands to it annually to enjoy its magnificent scenery and imbibe its invigorating mountain air, kept pure by a perfect system of drainage. These advantages have made it the headquarters of the United States Hay Fever Association, whose meetings are held in the village. It now possesses more than thirty hotels and boarding-houses ; Protestant Epis- copal, Methodist and Congregational churches, (with a Roman Catholic church at Bethlehem Junction); public hall; library; good stores; and is furnished with water from reservoirs on neighboring hills, the source of supply being greatly enlarged in 1895, while more than three miles of concrete, brick and plank walks permit pedestrian exercise to be taken, even immedi- ately after a refreshing shower, without fear of wet feel. The streets, which are well lighted WHITE MOUNTAIN RESORTS. 13 BETHLEHEM FROM MOUNT AGASSIZ. by night, are kept continually sprinkled during hot weather, and ail necessary appliances are provided for the suppression of fire. Every point of interest in the mountains can be brought within a day’s excursion either by road or rail, and there are pleasant half-day rides to places in the more immediate vicinity, such as Mount Cleveland, Echo Farm, Around the Heater, Cherry Valley, etc., while Mount Agassiz, Cruft’s Ledge and Strawberry Hill are within comfortable walking distance. All trains on the Concord & Montreal Railroad connect at Bethlehem Junction, three miles east of the village, with a narrow-gauge railroad for Maplewood and Bethlehem ; while connection is made with trains of the White Mountains division of the Maine Central Railroad at Faby- ans. Tourists are also enabled to reach Beth- lehem by a stage line which meets trains stop- ping at the Littleton station of the Concord and Montreal Railroad, five miles west of the village. Maplewood Hotel, Ainslie & Webster, Man- agers, is tne handsomest and one of the most extensive structures of its kind in the region, and claims to be the palace hotel of the moun- tains. It has accommodation, with the private cottages in connection, for over 500 guests. The transient rates are $4.50 per day ; special rates for the season. This elegant establishment possesses a large hall for entertainments, has an elevator, is lighted with gas and electricity, is perfectly drained, has the Presidential and Northern ranges .of mountains in full view , and is located within beautiful grounds, 400 acres in extent, comprising tennis and croquet lawns, observatories, wooded walks, etc. Table and service kept at the highest standard and the house first-class in all its appointments. The improvements in 1895 consist of the addition of a porte-cochere to the entrance, a new dining room and kitchen for the help, a re-arr inge- ment of public rooms on the main floor, and the I lacing of new carpets in many of the apart- ments. For the benefit of its eruests is a fine casino, comprising spacious ball room and en- tertainment nail provided with stage, etc., sev- eral billiard rooms and bowling alleys, gentle- men’s smoking rooms and ladies’ parl'‘rs with 14 WHITE MOUNTAIN BESOBTS. open flre-places, art gallery and studios. Its broad verandas, and observation windows com- mand views of extensive amusement grounds. The Maplewood has post and express offices of its own, and a station on the narrow gauge railroad. The Sinclair, Durgin & Co., is a large modern hotel in the center of the village, covering the site ol the original establishment, the first of its kind in Bethlehem. It can accommodate 300 guests, the charges being for transient board, $3.50 per day and upwards, with special rates by the week, according to location of rooms and period of stay. The great popularity of this hotel has led to its being six times enlarged and supplied with all modern conveniences. There has been added in 1895 a spacious and handsome music room, with hard wood floor, panelled ceiling and tastefully decorated walls ; and the best system of gas in the mountains, wiih lights introduced into every room. The office, with its fine open fire-place, is the largest and handsomest in the mountains. The house is noted for the excellence of its cuisine. It has rooms for card parties; billiard hall, and bath and hair-dressing rooms ; is well supplied with water, and is perfectly drained. Its delightful eituation enables it to command fine views of the surrounding mountains. Adjacent to the hotel are base ball grounds, tennis and croquet lawns, bowling alleys and play grounds for ch'ldien. Telegraph office in the house, post office opposite, and extensive livery in connec- tion. The Alpine, C. H. Clark, extensively enlarged and improved, accommodates 80 guests at $2.50 per day and $12 to $17 per week. Charmingly located at the west end of the village, this house now possesses commodious and ele ?ant parlor, office and dining room with hard wood floors and open fire-places. It has spacious halls and [Urge and airy sleeping apartments, comfortably warmed in cool weather by furnace heat ; mod- ern water-closets on every fioor with perfect sanitation; electric bells; and new bath and smoking rooms. Broad piazzas, 257 feet in ex- tent, command extensive views of the White and Green Mountains, the Ammonoosuc Valley, and the glorious sunset effects for which the district is renowned. Connected with the hotel are ample play grounds, croquet lawns, and first-class livery with experienced drivers. while a large farm supplies pure milk and fresh vegetables. The Altamonte, Franklin Seymour, Manager, formerly Ranlet’s Hotel, is a commodious house situated on the corner of Mam street and Park avenue, within three minutes’ walk of the sta- tion, post-office, telegi aph office, etc. It accom- modates 80 guests at from $2.50 to $3 per day for transient board, $12 to $18 per eek for one in a room, and $20 to $30 for two in a room. From these prices a reduction is made for early and late boarders. This hotel, open from late in June until October, has been entirely reno- vated and had many extensive improvements introduced since 1893. It is strictly first-class, and the management aims at making it an agreeable summer home and giving satisfaction to its guests. The cuisine is excellent, the table being supplied with an abundance of cream, berries and vegetable; the water is pure and the sanitation perfect. Surrounding the house are broad piazzas, fine lawns, tennis courts and croquet grounds, while the Presidential Range and Northern and numerous other peaks are in plain view. A well kept livery with careful drivers. The Arlington, F. C. Abbe, pleasantly situated on an elevated terrace at the west end of the village, accommodates, with its cottage, 70 guests, the transient rate being $2.50 to $3 per day and those per week from $10 to $15 for July, August and September, with reductions in June and October. This hotel is the former Centennial House, enlarged by a new and ex- tended frontage, and the addition of a spacious and handsome office with panelled ceiling, and parlor and reception room, with hard wood fioors and artistic open fire-places. Other ad- ditions and improvements consist of enlarged dining room, with broad bay windows, ex^ra chambers, gas and electric car bells in every room, bath rooms and waUr closets, and a larger kitchen, with on the front and side a wide piazza which commands extensive views ol mountain and valley, including the Presi- dential and Northern Ranges, Mt. Mansfield and other Vermont pe^iks, and fine sunrise and sunset effects. The new proprietor is deter- mined to make this, now almost an entirely new house, in every respect an attractive re- sort. Pleasant play-grounds, fine lawns, shade trees, etc., with the premises thoroughly drained and watered. Excellent livery stable, farm and laundry in connection. WHITE MOUNTAIN RE SO UTS, 15 Bethlehem House, J. H. A. Bruce, accommo- dates 70 e^uests, the transient rates beicg $2 per day, and $8;to $14 per week, according to rooms and length of stay. This cosy hotel has re- cently been purchased by Mr. C. W. Cook, of Melrose Highlands, Mass., who, in 1894, thor- oughly refitted and refurnished it, and in 1895 has enlarged the house, giving a spacious par- lor, well-lighted dining room, larger kitchen with pantry, and additional sleeping apart- ments. The rooms are large and airy, and fron) its broad piazzas the view is both exten- sive and beautiful. A fine spring of pure, cold water runs direct to the house, the sanitary conditions of which are perfect. Its favored location just off the main street makes it par- ticularly desirable for persons suffering from hay fever; while as a quiet, home-like retreat for those seeking rest and recreation, it cannot be surpassed. The present proprietor has had a long experience in catering to the wants of the tourists both North and South, and will give his personal attention to the table and the comfort of his patrons generally. The Lolumhus, G. Allen Noyes, accommodates ‘60 guests, at $2 per day and $8 to $12 per week, according to location of room, number of per- sons in room, and time of season, with special terms for those remaining throughout the sum- mer. Extensive additions having been made to the Central Cottage of ’92, the house assumed its present name in 1893. It is newly furnished and fitted up in first-class style, with all modern improvements, enlarged dining room, new office, bath room, laundry, and everything to make it pleasant and attractive. Its sanitary arrangements are perfect and it is warmed by hot air for the comfort of guests remaining late in the season. The location is central, near to railroad depot, post and telegraph offices and churches, while the s.te commands one of the finest views of the mountains. Pure Jersey milk and farm produce. Good livery with careful drivers. The proprietor having been associated with hotels for twelve years is well versed in the requirements which add to the comfort of guests. Echo Hill House, Callahan & Leavens, a re- cently erected house, located on Echo Hill, three miles from the village of Bethlehem, ac- commodates 70 guests at $2 and upward per day for transient board, and from $8 to $15 per week, according to room and period of stay. This hotel, standing 2,000 feet above sea-level, commands most extensive views of the White and Franconia Ranges and the Jefferson and Green Moimtains, lofty peaks being visible on every side. A tower, 70 feet high, enables this wealth of scenery to be viewed in its entirety. The house contains fine office and large parlor, with hard wood floors and open fire-places; commodious dining-hall; sleeping apartments, connecting and with large closets; bath room and first-class sanitary arrangements. The ex- ternal advantages are broad piazzas and shady groves, while the celebrated echo, heard from the hill, has for years drawn hither thousands of visitors to enjoy its wonderful reverberations. The Gramercy, E. Stimpson, accommodates 60 guests at $2 per day for transient board, and $10 to $18 per week, according to situation of room and period of stay. The house, standing back a little distance from the main street in well kept grounds, has been renovated through- out and tastefully painted in colors, the grounds enlarged and beautified and supplied with cro- quet lawns, etc. It is the aim, under the new management, to make this house one of the most attractive in Bethlehem for families wish- ing a quiet home for the summer, and every provision will be made for the comfort and pleasure of guests. The parlors and dining hall are commodious, and the guests* cham- bers, which are light and large with ample closet room, are all suitably arranged and lur- nished. The table is bountifully supplied with the best the market affords. Highland House, J. H. Clark, on Main street at the west end, accommodates 100 guests, the rates being $3 to $3.50 per day for transient board ar d i'y the week $15 to $20 for one per- son in a room and $25 to $30 for two occupying the same room. The house possesses spacious apartments, with closets, open fire-places and b^ths, hot and cold water on every fioor, elec- tric bells, and all other modern improvements, while particular attention is paid lo the cuisine. Furnace neat in cold weather. Fine lawn tennis and croquet grounds. From its advantageous situation the Highland commands views not only of the Presidential and Starr King ranges, but a most extensive western prospect, includ- ing the valley of the Ammonoosuc and the Green Mountains beyond, with the resplendent sunset effects peculiar to the region. Good livery connected. OJjD man of the mountain, FRANCONIA NOTCH WHITE MOUNTAIN RESORlS, 17 HiUside Mouse, E, S. Davis & Son, on Mount Agassiz road, aocommodatHS 50 guests at $2 per day for transient board, $9 per week in June and September, ard $10 to $15 in July and August. It is situated on high ground, facing Mount Washington, nnd with Mount Agassiz in full view to the south, and is but two minutes’ walk from the main street, and post and tele- graph offices. Tne rooms are large and airy, the drainage is perfect, and every attention is paid to the comfort oi guests. Warm rooms for September and October boarders. The location being free from dust and annoying insects, the house is well adapted to hay fever sufferers. Livery stable in connection. Howard House, F. E. Derbyshire, accommo- dates 80 guests at $2 to $3' per day for transient board, ac cording to season, and from $10 to $15 per week, with special rates for early and late boarders. This house, the reputation of which as a summer residence for families is well estab- lished, is charmingly located on Main street, in one of the pleasantest and most convenient parts of the village, and is within two minutes, walk of railroad station and post and telegraph offices. Its table, which is supplied with the best of food, is a leading feature. Its lawns are large and well kept. Fine piazza and croquet grounds. Good livery in connection . Maplewood Cottage, Leon H. Gilley, Manager, nearly opposite to and northeast of the Maple- wood Hotel, accommodates 100 guests at $3 per day for transient board ; special rates for the season. This well kept and comfortable board- ing-hous-e, which has been subjected to many improvements, opens early in June and cl'^ses late in October, and its guests are privileged to enjoy the social advantages of the Maplewood Hotel and the casino with their delightful sur- roundings. Being heated by steam and lighted with gas. with cheerful fires in open flie-places. it is p'^culiarly adapted for visitors desirous of prolonging their stay in the mountains until the cHange of foliage. Mount Agassiz House, on Mount Agassiz Road near to »he main street, Horatio Nye, accommo- dates 60 guests at $2 per day for transient, and from $8 to 12 per week, according to period of sojourn and location of room. This old estab- lished and popular hotel is centrally located rear the Sinclair House, and convenient to rail- road depot, post and telegraph offices, etc. The public and private apartments are spacious and airy, and have facilities for heating during the fall season ; while particular attention is paid to the table, which is liberally supplied with vegetables, milk, etc., from own farm. It is the aim of the proprietor to promote the com- fort of his guests, for whose amusement there are provided fine tennis courts, croquet grounds, etc. First-class livery. Mount Washington House, R. N. Gordon, on Park Avenue, accommodates, with adjoining cottages. 60 guests, at $2 per day for transient board, $8 to $10 per week during June and Sep- tember, and $10 to $14 in July and August. This hotel, pleasantjy situated facing Mount Washington, forty reds from Main street, and ten rods from railroad station, commands mountain views from every window, forty peaKs being visible from the front piazza alone. Recent improvements include enlarged office with hard wood floors and extended piazzas, while the parlor has been refurnished. In cool weather the public rooms are warmed by fur- nace heat, and facilities are afforded for heat- ing sleeping apartments. Water on everj floor and bath-room. Superior table, and excellent livery, with large farm in connection. Mr. Gordon is son-in-law of the late proprietor and has been many years connected with the house. Prospect House, A. J. Phillips, situated in large, beautiful grounds, one- third of a mile from rail r )ad station, is once more under the same experienced management as in former years. It accommodates 80 guests at $2 per day for transient board, and $6 to $12 per week according to room and period of residence. The mountain views obtainable from this house are more extensive than those commanded by any other in Bethlehem, it being the only one from which both Mounts Washington and La- fayette, with their neighboring heights, are visi- ble. Rooms with fires for fall boarders. New and perfect system of drainage. Good livery. Farm and woodlands 140 acres in extent. Stage meets every train at the railroad depot. Turner House and Cottages, 3. N. Turner & Son, Main street, on Turner’s farm, midway between Maplewood and the Sinclair House, and in command of grand mountain views, accommodate 75 guests at $2 to $2.50 per day, and $8 to $15 per week, according to location of room. These houses are delightfully situated amid handsome shade trees, near to woodland paths, and possess a spring of water noted for CASCADE IN FLUME, FKANCONIA NOTCH, WHITE MOUNTAIN RESORTS, 19 its coldness and delicious purity. Turner’s is the oldest and one of the most popular boarding houses in the village, having its patrons return to it year after year. Fine tennis and croquet lawns, and an excellent livery. The Uplands, F. H. Abbott, at the west end, accommodates 150 guests at $2.50 per day for transient board, and from $12 to $17.50 per week. This first-class house, situated on high ground, and separated from the main thorough- fare by terraced lawns, is superior in every respect and is thoroughly wiirmed for the com- fort of fall guests. During recent years the house has been frequently enlarged so that now it has more than three times its former capacity, the additions including a commodious dining room, a handsome office and a system of elec- tric bells. In 1895 the office has been further enlarged, extra sleeping apartments added at the east end, the halls straightened and wider ed, the main entrance enlarged and the piazza ex- tended . Sanitary arrangements perfect through scientific plumbing. Tennis courts and croquet ground on the large lawn. The fine winter hotel, Ihe Punta Gorda, at Punta Gorda, on the Gulf Coast of Florida, will in luture be under the same experienced management. NORTH CONWAY. The charming village of North Conway is not only the oldest of the White Mountain resorts, but is unsurpassed by any lor beauty of locality and picturesqueness of surroundings. It is situated on a terrace that overlooks the Saco and its marginal intervales, the position afford- ing it every facility for perfect drainage. The valley in which it nestles is about three miles wide, and is bordered on the east by the Rattle- snake Range, and on the west by the White Horse Ledge, and other ridges, with Kearsarge raising its peak to the northeast, and Moat toweri»^g skyward to the southeast, standing like two sentinels to guard the entrances. Within these limits the lover of nature is en- abled to find many a scenic gem — the Artist Fall and Artist Ramble, Sunset Hill, with its extensive view up the Saco Valley, Echo Lake, Diana’s Baths, and the Cathedral, that wondrous resemblance to the interior of a basilica, but the handiwork of the Great Architect. Morih Con- way is topographically divided into three dis- tricts— the village proper, the Intervale and Kearsarge village— nearly two miles apart, bu: all three within the limits of a walk or drive ‘‘around the square.’^ Added to these. Lower Bartlett, just above the Intervale, claims to be considered as one of the North Conway family. Rambles through the wooded walks, which con- nect these localities are not the least of the many attractions to this popular resort. Con- jointly they possess nearly thirty hotels and boarding-houses, with places of worship for Protestant Episcopal, Baptist, Congregational, Metnodist and Swedenborgian denominations; with several stores and a good public library. The village proper is provided with water- works, the supply being deiived fiom the head waters of Artist’s Brook, and during hot weather the streets are kept cool by repeated sprinK lings. It is but a day's excursion from North Conway to Crawford Notch, Fabyans and Mount Washington, to the Glen and Glen Ellis Falls, and to Chocorua; while Jackson with its fine waterfalls, Humphrey’s Ledge and the Dundee and Ridge roads, with their magnifi- cent prospects, are each within an afternoon’s drive. North Conway and Intervale have sta- tions on the White Mountains line of the Maine Central Railroad, and on the Boston & Maine Railroad whose Northern division has its ter- minus at the latter station. Bellevue House, John A. Barnes’ Sons, at Intervale, accomm'^dates 100 guests at $2.50 per day for transient, and $8 to $21 per week, with special rales for June, September and October. The prospect embraces the meadows of the Saco, the grand peaks of the White Mouctain ^;ange, and the many neighboring hills. The interior is replete with hard wood floors, charming coloring, easy, handsome staircases, graceful chandeliers,and great picturesque fire- places. The capacity of the hotel has recently been more than douoled. It has 300 feet of piazzas, pure running water on each floor, and bath room ; the chambers are models of com- fort, the beds being furnished with woven wire and hair mattresses. A good livery stable. P, O., address, Intervale, N. H. The Clarendon, R. W. Weeks, at Intervale, accommodates gu'^sts at $2 to $3 per day tran- sient, and from $9 to $15 per week. This new and modern hotel, erected in 1891, from ita favored location, commands extensive views of the mountain ranges and of the Saco and its marginal meadows, and has pleasant wooded walks in its immediate vicinity. Everything^ in the house is new and of the best character; 20 WHITE MOUNTAIN EESOBTS. NOETH CONWAY FEOM BIRCHMONT. its rooms are oleasant, and its beds are fur- nished with the best of springs and hair mat- tresses. New kitchen and laundry added in 1894. Good livery in connection with the house and a free carriage to convey guests to and from the railroad station. P. 0. address. Inter- vale, N. H. Eastman House, Alfied Eastman, accommo- dates 100 guests at $2 per day for transient board, and $7 to $12 per week, according to re- quirements. This old-efetablished and favorite hotel is furnished with every comfort for the entertainment of guests, is agreeably located on Kearsarge street and in the center of the village, near to post office, church -s, railroad stations, etc., and has an extensive and well appointed livery stable with com tortable carriages of every description. lutei'vale House and Cottages, Stephen Mud- gett’s Sons, accommodate 300 guests, the tran- sient rates being $3.50 to $4 per day and those per week according to size and location of room and period of stay. This hotel, the largest east of Crawford Notch, commands views of unlimited extent and rare beauty, and is surrounded by broad verandas, 550 feet in extent. Its internal arrangements comprise a fine dining hall, seating 300, spacious entrance hall, electric bells, open fireplaces, steam heat, hot and cold water on every floor, a perfect system of diainage, pure water from a moun- tain spring, and its own telegraph office, an ex- cellent livery with superior e ^uipment. P. 0. address. Intervale, N. H. Kearsarge House, L. J. Ricker, Jr., in the cen- ter of the village, near the Boston & Maine station, accommodates 300 guests, the rates being $3 and $3.50 per day, and by the week according to location of room and period of stay, with special rates for J une and J uly. This highly popular house, which Is first-class in every respect, is this season under the same experienced management that entered upon it five years ago. Electric lights have now been introduced into every room. The hotel com- mands an uninterrupted view of the whole White Mountain Range. It is supplied with pure, mountain spring water; is perfectly draineJ, and has a fine livery stable in connec- tion. An orchestra performs during the season, WHITE MOUNTAIN RESORTS. 21 and every effort is made to insure the comfort of guests. The latest improvements consist in the hotel being entirely rnplumbed at a consid- erable expense, entirely repainted, partly re- furnished, the laundry removed away from the house, and 200 pine trees planted on the spacious lawns. Keeley Institute^ Clifton J. Bailey, Manager, at Forest Glen, newly furnished in a style of com- fort and elegance, affords an acceptable resort for persons desirous of undergoing treatment by the double chloride of gold remedies for the cure of liquor, opium and tobacco habits. The resident physician, Edward N. Ewer, M. D., is from the stHff ot the parent Keeiey Institute, at Dwight, III., of which this is the (»nly author- ized branch in New Hampshire. It is situated in a beautiful end retired spot, near the Forest Glen Mineral SpiiLg, and commands delightful views of the surrounding mountains. Every appointment of the house is first-class. Terms for treatment, $25 per week; board from $5 a week upward, according to inclination oi the patient. A stage meets every train. No tran- sient company. The Ridge and Cottages, H. H. Dow, located on a knoll in Kearsarge village, 120 feet higher than North Conway, with a carriage drive from the main road, accommodates 100 guests at $2.50 per day transient board, $8 per week and upward in June, September and October, and from $10 to $15 in July and August. This hotel possesses one of tne fines: locations in the whole White Mountain legion, has over 300 feet of broad piazzas, commanditg an uninter’^upted panorama of mountains from the Sandwich Range to Mount Washington ; and excellent rooms with large closets, many of the apart- ments being provided with open fire places and other facilities for warmth during the fall. Electric communication has been introduced, and hot and cold water supplied to every floor. The cuisine is unexcelled. First class livery. Telegraph office in the house. Address Kear- sarge, N. H. Sunset Pavilion, M. li. Mason, separated from the mam street by a lawn, accommodates 150 guests, the rates p‘'r day for transient board being $3, and those per week $10 to $17.50 in July and August, with reduction for June, Sep- tember and October. No hotel in the White Mountains has a more beautiful situation, being located on the famous “Sunset Bank,” which forms the western wall of the plateau overlooking tho intervales of the Saco, ou which, sheltered by the mountains, rests North Conway village. An ample lawn of about five acres, shaded with elm, maple and Balm of Gilead trees, is one of the charms of the hotel, which h is a piazza twelve feet wide and 300 feet long surrounding it. Pure running water on each floor, also electric bells, fine large bath room, and large, light and pleasant chambers. A good livery stable in connection with the house. Recent additions comprise a new kitchen with modern appliances and a large hall for dancing, sixty feet long by thirty wide, open to the roof, and connected with the house by a covered walk. A fine orchestra in at- tendance. CONWAY. This village, locally kno vn as “Conway Cor- ners,” and anciently bearing the name of “Cha- tauque,” is pleasantly situated about five miles south of North Conway, in rich, level land, in the valley ot the Saco at the confluence of the Saco and Swift Rivers, and amidst peaceful rural scenery. It is a favorite retreat of per- sons i>referring quiet life to the bustle of a crowded resort. It has a Congregational church and a station on the Boston & Maine Railroad, and is three miles from one on the White Mountains line of the Maine Central Rail- road. All the picturesque places within easy distance from North Conway can be readily reached, while the village is half a. dozen miles nearer to such popular objects of interest as Chocorua Lake and Mountain, Jockey Cap, Moat Mountain, Ridge Road, and Lovewell’s Pond. Conway House, L. L. Blood & Son, accommo- dates 75 guests, at from $7 to $12 per week. This hotel has recently been entirely refurnished and supplied with electric bells, baths, water- closets and other modern appliances, extra sleeping apartments, new stable and carriage house, and fire alarm. An unobstiueted view is afforded of Moat and Chocorua Mountains, and of Mount Washington. The house is with- in a pleasant walk of the Washington Boulder and of the White Mountain Mineral Spring, the wa^er of which is regularly furnished to guests. It affords an agreeable summer home for per- sons desiring a pleasant rural retreat, while being open the year round, it offers great ad- vantages and special rates to fall boarders. AKTIST FALLiS, NORTH CONWAY. WHITE MOUNTAIN RESORTS. JACKSON. The little village of Jackson is remarkably favored in the grandeur of its locality, and has consequently become the summer sketching- ground of tome of the leading painters of the country. It is virtually surrounded by moun- tains and it is situated at the junction of the Glen Ellis and Wild Cat Rivers, the latter being a tributory ol the former, both streams abound- ing in trout. Jackson Falls on the Wildcat, and Goodrich Falls on the Glen Ellis, are foaming rapids whose characteristics have been trans- ferred to many a canvass. The village is three miles distant from the Glen Station of ihe White Mountains line of the Maine Central Railroad and lies on the stage route between North Con- way and the summit of Mount Washington, the' latter being sixteen miles from Jackson. The village is also twelve miles from the Glen and eight from North Conway. Among other places of interest within an easy driving distance may be named Carter and Pinkham Notches, Glen Ellis Falls, Winniwetah, Crystal and Appala- chian Cascades, and Tuckerman’s Ravine to the north; and Thorn Mountain, Mounts Bartlett and Kearsarge and the Ledges of Conway to the south. It possesses a Union church, in which ministers of all denominations officiate during the season. Eagle Mountain House, C. E. Gale, accommo- dating 90 guests at $2 to $3 per day, and from $8 to $18 per week, is splendidly located on the slope of Eagle Mountain, 1,100 feet above sea level, 300 feet higher than, and three-quarters of a mile from the village, and within one hun- dred rods of the famous Jackson Falls. The piazzas command magnificent mountain views, with Carter’s Dome and Notch in full sight. The apartments are comfortable and airy, and for early and late guests the house can be thoroughly warmed from cellar to attic, with parlor and dining room provided with large open fire places. Eagle Hall, erected 1890, con- nected with main house by covered walk, con- tains eighteen large airy sleeping rooms, en suite, warmed bj hot water; reading room with open fire place; a hall, 32x15, lor dancing, with elevated platform for theatricals, and a large open fire piace. The kitchen is a building by itself, and thus prevents the heat and odor of cooking from permeating to the main house. This hetei opens in May for the reception of 2S anglers ; while it is open at any time in winter for parties desirous of indulging in toboggan- ning, snow- shoeing, and similar sports. The altitude of the house precludes fog or damp- ness; the drainage is perfect with running water in ail closets ; and with pure cold spring water from Eagle Mountain. A large farm and excellent livery connected. Glen Ellis House, T. M. Thompson, accommo- dates 125 at $2.50 per day, and from $8 to $15 per week. This hou^e contains all the im- provements, conveniences and attractions of a well-kept summer hotel. From its spacious piazzas the near and more distant mountains are visible ; the rooms are large, airy and com- mand good views; the table is suppli^^d with the best that the Boston markets and the neigh- boring farmers produce; and the service is prompt and efficient. A large hall expressly fitted up for dancing, private theatricals, and other amusements. Lawn tennis, bowling and croquet. New sanitary arrangements and a per- fect system of water drains have been added. A first-c ass livery stable, thoroughly equipped with teams of every description, with ex- perienced drivers. Gray's Inn, Woodbury Hall and Cottages, C, W. Gray, accommodate IIS guests, the rates being in June and alter September 15, transient $1.50 to $2 50 per day, and per week $7 to $14 ;. from July 1 to September 15, transient $2 to $3 per day and per week $8 to $21, with special terms for families by the season. This hotel, the best located in Jackson, stands upon high land overlooking the village, and commands a grand view of Jackson Falls and the Presiden- tial Range. Large open wood fires in public rooms, and one of the prettiest offices in the mountains; large and airy apartments fur- nished in hard wood, with excellent beds;, dining room seating 200 guests, and an excel- lent table supplied with products of own farms. Woodbury Hall, erected in 1892 and now con- nected with hotel by covered walk, contains thirty spacious apartments, and is supplied with hot and cold water, steam heat and bath room. Chesley Cottage and the contains good and desirable rooms. The main house and its annexes have electric bells in all rooms and are heated with steam for the comfort of early and late guests. In 1893 electric lights were introduced into every room ; and a large and commodious stable erected a short distance from the hotel. In 1895, there has been added 54 WHITE MOUNTAIN RESORTS. r the season. This house, built with a view of affording a healthy, comfortable and pleasant summer home was in 1894 greatly enlarged, remodeled, refur- nished and improved . It now possesses elec- tric lights, electric bells, steam heat, hot and cold baths, etc. The office and parlors are spacious and finely appointed ; and the rooms ire 1 irgo, airy, well furnished, have good closets, and command mountain views. The table is abundantly supplied with the best the market affords and with the products of a large farm cornected. The sanitary conditions are perfec t. Ample play grounds, croquet lawn and tennis courts, and a first-class !ivery with ex- perienced drivers. W HITE MOUNTAIN BESORTS. 25 RANDOLPH. The town of Randoli h is highly favored in its location amoLg the iiorrnern peaks o* the White Mountain region. The village is 1,200 feet above the sea-level, and lies on the main road from Jefferson to Goiham, which passes over the crest of a hill 600 teet higher than the village, and from its summit may be obtained excellent views of Mounts Madison and Adams and the remarkable gorge of King’s R ivine. Handolph abounds in numerous beautiful walks and drives, among which are those to Mossy Glen and the lee Gorge; to Salmacis, Cold Brook, and Triple Fall?^; and to the Pond of Safety, Look-out Ledge on Randolph Mountain, King’s Ravine, Crystal Casiside, Glen Eilis Falls, and the Glen. The summit ot Mount Washington is reached by a delightful carriage ride of sixteen miles by way ot the Glen ; and the im- mediate neighborhood abounds with sparkling streams which affoid recreation to the angler. There is a Union church on the Gorham 'road about two miles from the Ravine House. The extension of the Concord & Montreal Railroad from Jefferson Meadows to Berlin Falls, running through the valleys of Israel’s ai d Moose Rivers, is a great boon to this village, as it brings it within reach by rail, there being a flag station near the Ravine House, and a depot on the Glen road. Ravine House, Laban M. Watson, is pleasant- ly situated at the head of the Presidential Range, and commands flne views of Mts. Adams and Madison, and ot King’s Ravine*, from which it takes it name. The house with Durand Hall accommodates 60 guests at $8 to $10 in July and August, and $7 to $8 in September and Oc- tober. Many improvements have been made in late years — open fire-places hot and cold baths and closets with water running through them have been added ; a lawn tennis court laid out ; a flne parlor, with open fire-place, and large sleeping apartments have been built ; and the dining-room has been enlarged to double its former capacity. Water is supplied from Crystal Spring. The accommodations were recently in- creased by the addition ot a cottage containing several rooms, and the pleasures of the guests added to by a new bowling alley. The house is open for parties desirous of visiting the moun- tains in winter. Mails twice daily. Telephone connection to all points ; and good livery at rea- sonable rates. JBrFERSON, or Jefferson Hill, as it is locally called, occu- pies a lofty position, about 1,500 feet above sea level. It was the favorite haunt of the Rev. Stair King during the time that he penned his graphic pictures of the “White Hills,” and the mountain on the spur of which the village lies, bears his name. Its advantageous location renders it exempt from hay fever, and thus makes it a resort for persons afflicted with that malady during the period of attack. Its eleva^ tion also places it in full view of the great Presidential and Franconia groups of moun- tains, with the Willey Mountain in Crawford Notih between, while the Green Mountains are observable in the west, beyond the valley ot the Connecticut. It is not a very difficult walk to the summit of Starr King Mountain, whence a more extensive prospect can be obtained. Many pleasant excursions can be made from Jefferson, as the sum mit ot Mount Washington,. Gorham, the Glen, Crawtord Notch, and Beth- lehem are each within a day's visit ; while Lancaster, Whitefleld and Stanley’s Slide may be visited iii a half days trip. It has places of worship belonging to the Baptists and Metho- dists, and Protestant Episcopal services during^ the season; also a station on the White Moun- tains line ot the Maine Central Railroad, mile and a half di^tant, and one opposite the Waum- bek, on the branch line of the Concord & Montreal Railroad. The Grand View, A. H. Fenn, accommodates aboui 50 guests. The transient rate is $2.50 per day, and that per week from $10 to $15, with special terms in June, July and October. Mr. Fenn, who has been associated with the High- land Park Hotel, Aiken, S. C., for the past eight years has again leased the Grand View for the season ot 1895. The house under his manage- ment has been thoroughly renovated. The rooms have been painted, papered and draped throughout. It is located fifty teet from the village road in the midst of a beautiful lawn.. A promenade walk of one thousand feet extends along the front of the house and grounds. Public and private rooms are both bright and cheerful. From the piazza there is a magnifi- cent view of the mountains, and the trains up- Mount Washington are in full sight. Guests- visiting the Grand View this season may be as- sured that every effort will be made by the^ GLEN ELLIS FALLS. WHITE MOUNTAIN RESORTS. management to make their stay both homelike and pleasant. The Waumhek, owned by the Jefferson Hotel and Land Co., and managed by Horace Porter, is open trom July 1 to Ortober 1. and accommo- dates 300 guests. Transient rates $4 per day. The hotel is finely located on the south slope of Starr King Mountain, and commands a grand view of the great White Mountain and Fran- conia Panges. It has all the modem improve- ments, IS heated by steam, and has a perfect drainage system. Since the Waumbek came into possession of its present proprietors, it has been made very ai tractive by beauti- ful additions, which include office, parlors, dining room, music room, and many sleeping rooms. The whole house has been refurnished, and the table and service are in every way first class. It therefore now takes rank with the best of the mountain houses, and guests will find at it every comfort, and may be assured of the same liberal and courteous treatment char- acteristic of the highly popular Laurel House, and the Laurel-in-the-Pines, at Lakewood, N. J. LANCASTER. Pleasantly situated in the valley of the Con- necticut near to where it is entered by Israel’s River, the pretty village of Lancaster is placed in the midst of delightful scenery, among meadows the finest the river can boast of in its whole extent, and on both sides of the last named stream which is crossed by a handsome iron bridge. From many of its streets, which are wide and attractive, views of the entire range of the White and Franconia Mountains and the Stratford Peaks are obtainable; while from the surrounding heights the whole hori- zon is marked by mountain summits, embrac- ing the Green Hill of Vermont. The drives on either side of the Connecticut River are unsur- passed by any in New England. The churches are Protestant Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Con- gregational, Unitarian and Methodist. There are also many stores, a public library, and sta- tions on the Concord & Montreal Railroad, and on the White Mountains line of the Maine Cen- tral Railroad. Lancaster Houses L. B. Whipp, accommodates 100 guests, the transient rates being $2.50 to $3 per day, and by the week from $14 to $21. It is a handsome structure, situated in the pleas- antest part of the village. The house, open 27 throughout the year, possesses broad verandas and pleasant rooms, is heated with steam, lighted with gas, and is provided with electric bells and hot and cold water on every fioor. The drainage is perfect, and pure cold water is supplied from a mountain spring. The cuisine is first-class. Croquet and tennis lawns, play- ground for children, good livery, etc. WHITEFIELD is a pleasant village, situated at the junction of the main line of the Concord & Montreal Rail- road with its Jefferson, Gorham and Berlin Falls extension, and upon the White Monntains line of the Maine Central Railroad. Near to it is an extensive sheet of water, noted for its many names of Burns, Montgomery and Long Pond, and of Whitefield Lake, upon which a steamboat plies for the pleasure of summer tourists. The village possesses Roman Catho- lic, Baptist, Methodist and Advent churches and several stores. Within the town are four or five boarding-houses, the largest being one situated on a plateau to the northeast, and an- other on the slope of Kimball Hill to the south, both locations commanding superb views of the White, Franconia and Green Mountain Ranges. Mountain View House ^ William F. Dodge & Son, accommodates 140 guests at $3 per day, and $10 to $17.50 per w'eek. The popularity of this house has necessitated frtquent extensions and improvements, so that now it has become one of the leading resorts in the region. It has a highly favored location on a lofty plateau two miles north of the village, with the Pre.-idential and Franconia Ranges in full view, while from an inclosed observatory which surmounts the hotel, mountains are visible on every side. In connection with the house is a good livery and farm, supplying fresh vegetables, milk, cream and butter, while the table is made a specialty, and every attention is paid to the comfort of patrons. A double tennis court has just been added. Overlook House, Levi Bowles & Son, accom- modates 75 guests at $2 per day, and $8 to $12 per week, with reduced rates in J une, Septem- ber and October. This newly constructed hotel possesses a wealth of view unsurpassed in the region. It is located one and one- half miles from the village, on Kimball Hill, 2,000 leet above sea-level and amid the highest cultivated land in New England. It commands the White, 28 WHITE MOUNTAIN RESORTS. Franconia and Green Mountain Ranges, the broad expanse of hill, valley, river and lake which they encircle, with some distant Canadian peaks ; while the Old Man of the Mountaii is visible from a neighboring hill, vlt has charm- ing maple groves and spacious lawns, with pure water from subterranean springs, and perfect sanitary arrangements. Fire-places in public rooms and stoves in private apartments. Table first-class and .'supplied with farm deli- cacies. Good livery and ample boating, fishing and hunting facilities near by. LITTLETON. On the banks oi the Ammonoosuc, where it is crossed by one of the finest steel bridges in New England, and surrounded by hills, lies the thriving village of Littleton, with the uplifted heads of the mighty mountain monarchs dis- cernible at a respectful distance. It has pleas- ant rides and drives in all directions, and is one of the most prosperous villages in New Eng- land, having several glove and other factories and an extensive photograph establishment in which stereoscopic views of all parts of the world are manufactured. Littleton has six churches, Protestant Episcopal, Roman Catho- lic, Congregational, Baptist, Methodist and Unitarian; a new and handsome town hall; high school ; public library, and several stores, which derive considerable custom from sum- mer travel. In recent years it has received the addition of a new and elegant opera house, a good water supply, and a system of electric lighting, by all of which the village is much benefitted. In 1894 the progressive spirit of the place is further exhibited in greatly im- proved concrete roads and footpaths, a new and complete sewerage system, and the crea- tion of Hillside Park, a pleasure ground of twelve and one-halt acres, on the slope of Oak Hill, containing two fine groves, a baseball field, and bandstands on which open air con- certs are given during the summer months. It has a station on the Concord & Montreal Railroad. From this village Franconia, the Profile House, the Flume, Bethlehem, Twin Mountain, Fabyans and the Crawford House are easily accessible, many of the places being distant but an hour’s ride by rail, and the farthest but little more than three hour’s drive by carriage. Chiswick Inn and Cottages ^ G. W. Smith, are located half a mile from the railroad station, on high ground near the village. This hotel ac- commodates 100 guests at $3 to $4 per day, and $12 to $25 per week. The houses are new, thoroughly finished and furnished, and sup- plied with the best of beds, bath- rooms with hot and cold water, and other modern conven- iences. The cottages are connected with the main house by covered walks, and communi- cate with the office by electric bells ; while the establishment is comfortably heated by open fire-places and furnace. There aie 600 feet of veranda. Great attention is paid to the table, which IS supplied with vegetables, milk, cream, etc., from Chiswick farm. Saritary arrange- ments perfect, a new reservoir supplied from springs being added in 1895. The view from the piazza includes the entire White and Fran- conia Mountains, village of Bethlehem, Mount Washington Railroad, etc. ; while a grove on the grounds commands a more extended view. Tennis courts and billiards. The livery is nearly all new, it having been added to and im- proved ; while a new carriage house has been erected, and conveniences with modern im- provements have been added to the rear of the Inn. The Maples, M. F. Young & Co., Proprietors, {Sterling Colby, Manager, accommodates 50 guests, at from $7 to $14 per week. This house is situated among the maples on the hills which overlook the village and surrounding scenery of Littleton, and commands fine views of the Presidential and Franconia Ranges and of the Ammonoosuc Yalley. Recent enlargements and improvements have greatly enhanced its attrac- tions. It is now surmounted with an observa- tory and is surrounded by ample piazzas. The rooms are spacious, and so arrangOvi that each offers a view of most attractive scenery. Pure spiing water, open fires and furnace, and the location entirely free from hay lever. The Maples is now in charge of a manager with fourteen years’ hotel experience, and affords a comfortable home amid bracing mountain air, kept pure by perfect sanitary arrangements. Sloping and shaded lawns, with tennis courts and croquet grounds, enlarged and beautified by the removal to a distance of the stables. Farm and good livery in connection. Thayer's Hotel, H. L. Thayer & Son, proprie- tors, an old established and highly popular re- WHITE MOUNTAIN HESORTS. 29 sort, is open the year round and off*^rs reason- able rab s and warm rooms to fall boarders. It is situated on the main street of the village, and possesses surroundings peeuliarly delightful and home-like. Pleasant excursions can be made to all the leading points of interest about the mountains, rr-turning the same day. Boats on the river flowing past the grounds; also ex- cellent livery. None need hesitate to make the tour of the mountains from Littleton by private carriage on account of the cost, as it will not exceed the expense by rail. FRANCONIA. The village of Franconia, is pleasantly situated upon the Gale River, a favorite trout stream and a branch of the Ammonoosuc, and lies about equidistant from B»-lhlehem, Littleton and the Prollle House, being midway on the stage road between the last two. It consists of a long street, in which there are about hall a dozen boarding-houses, with Sugar Hill to its west. It has Baptist, Advent and Congrega- tional churches, four or five stores, and is the home of Dow Academj. Among the sights in the vicinity are Bridal Veil Falls, Howland’s Flume, Mount Lafayette and the other Franco- nia heights ; with Echo and Profile Lakes, the “Old Man,” and other attractions of the noted Franconia Notch. It is five miles from the Littleton station of the Concord & Montreal Railroad and about the same distance from the stations of the branch railroads at Bethlehem and the Profile House. Forest Hills Hotel and Lodge, James W. Dud- ley, is situated on the crest of Pine Hill, 300 feet above the village of Franconia. It is equally distant from Bethlehem and the Profile House on the stage road between those places. It has the advantage of an unobstructed view in all directions, including the entire Presidential and Franconia ranges, and is surrounded by extensive graded lawns, with aoundance of largH pines tor shade. It is modern in style of architecture, and ail its apx>ointments are first- class. Steam has been added throughout. Some of the best people who regularly visit the mountains are guests cf this hotel, and during the season it is filled with a very select com- pany. The Lodge, erected in 1890, remains open all the year, and is liberally patronized during the sleighing season, late fall and early spring. Every room is heated by furnace, and each suite of rooms has large open fire-places, thus making it the best equipped winter residence in the White Mountains. The Log Cabin, con- structed wholly of six-inch spruce logs, is an attractive feature of the grounds. In 1895 has been added a handsome new casino, unique in appearance, and finished externally and in- ternally iii hemlock bark. It has an open brick fireplace, and contains bewling alley, and billiard and gentlemen’s smoking rooms. Elm Cottage has been secured for the accommoda- tion of persons desiring lower rates than those charged at the hotel. The Franconia Inn, J. W. Peckett, Jr., and R. P. Peckett, in a most commanding position on Sugar Hill, accommodates over 200 guests at reasonable terms. Situated 1,400 feet above the level of the sea, near a large majile grove, this Inn possesses an uninterrupted view of the entire White Mountain and Franconia Ranges, with absolute freedom from malaria and hay fever. The many improvement of recent years include a new and enlarged dining room, and a rearrangement of public rooms, which add greatly to the comfort of guests. All public and private apartments are furnished with an elec- tric bell system of a superior character. Ten- nis and croquet lawns and a new and good livery. Mount Lafayette House, Richardson Brothers, accommodates 60 guests, at $2 a day for transient board, $7 to $10 per week in July and August, and $1 per day in June, September and October. This favorite farm hotel, the eastern- most in the village, and nearest to the moun- tains, is pleasantly located between two rivers abounding in trout, at the forks of which is located a beautiful grove having charming walks and deep forest shades. The house com- mands a fine view of the Franconia and other ranges, and is but four miles distant from the exquisite scenery of Franconia Notch. The sleeping apartments comprise douole rooms and en suite for families and are furnished with spring beds and hair mattresses. The table is supplied with vegetables and milk from the large farm. Livery, bowling alley, telephonic communication, etc. Guests made welcome througnout the year. SUGAR HILL derives its name from a large grove of sugar maples on its summit, and is situated about SALMACIS FALLS,, KANDOIiPH WHITE MOUNTAIN EES OUTS. 31 two miles to the west of Franconia, and six miles from the Sugar Hill station (opened in 1893) on the Concord & Montreal Railroad. From its highest point is obtained a superb view, encompassing the eutire horizon. Com- mencing at the northeast, many miles away, with Mount Starr King and its neighboring heights, the'eye, wandering to the right until it has taken in every point of the compass, embraces in its vision the monarchs of the Presidential Range, Mount Lafayette and its neighbors, and Moosilauke, Then, after cross- ing the Connecticut Valley, it is impressed with a broad panoramic view of the Green Moun- tains of Vermont; and extending a hundred miles along the horizon, the circuit of vision terminates with the Canadian Heights, observ- able in the dim distance. The scene, in its magnitude and grandeur, is unsurpassed by any in the White Mountain region. The little straggling village of Sugar Hill is situated on the western slope of the ridge, and contains one or two stores and Baptist and Advent churches. A new Protestant Episcopal church, erected in 1891, is situated near the Sunset Hill House and the Miramonte. The Sugar Hill Im- provement Association has done much to beau- tify and improve the district. It has laid down some miles of plank walks, with platforms and a considerable number of settees at convenient distances; established a public park, secured the free use to the public of other mountain parks and lands, placed arbors and pavilions in them, set out street lights and shade trees; placed guide boards on the roads, and keeps the crossings and seats swept and dusted. The places of interest within a drive are the Profile House, the “Old Man of the Mountain,” Mount Lafayette, Echo and Profile L ikes, the Flume, the Pool, the Basin and the other beauties of the Franconia Notch; and nearer are Bridal VeU Falls, Mink and Schreber Ponds, How- land’s Flume, etc., while it is but a pleasant afternoon’s ride to Bethlehem and back. Hotel Look- Off Noyes & Sons, is a first-class hotel, 1,900 feet above sea level, and commanding a grand and extensive panorama of mountain scenery. It accommodates 200 guests, at $4 pet day transient rate, and by the week, table board tor each person $10, with rooms ranj^ing from $6 to $15. The hotel faces east, with Franconia Notch in full sight, and with every window commanding a fine outlook. Rooms large and airy, well furn’shed, and sup- plied with electric bells. Extensive improve- ments made in 1895 include passenger elevator and an electric light plant providing over 600 arc and incandescent lights throughcut the house and grounds. House warmed with steam heat and open fires. Scientific plumbing and every precaution against fire, with stand pipes on each floor supplied from a reservoir on Mt. Look -Off, giving a pressure of 126 pounds to the square inch. Lawn tennis courts and pleas- ure grounds with, in front of the house, a park- like maple srrove of five acres ; also, bowling alley and billiard room. The Look- off is espec- ially desirable for hay fever subjects, who here find exemption, and for those enjoying autum- nal scenery. Telephone and telegraph office in the house and three mails daily. Extensive livery. A fine mineral spring within twenty rods of the hotel, for which a new building has been erected in 1895, and machinery introduced to bjttle and charge the water. Purchase tickets to new Sugar Hill station, where con- veyances meet every train. Sunset Hill House and Cottages, Bowles & Hos- kins, located on the very crest of the hill, 1,650 leet above sea-level, accommodate 300 guests at $3.50 per day for transient board and from $14 to $21 per week. This hotel and its cottages have been erected in the most thorough manner and are supplied with all improvements now required in a first-class establishment— open fires, baths, telegr-^ph offices, etc.— while the windows of every room command most delight- ful and extensive prospects. Handsome new drawing-room was recently added, and the former drawing-room converted into a music- room with stage appointments. The additions made in 1895 consist of an extra story to south wing, giving eight additional rooms, finished in natural wood with hard wood floors ; while the offices have been enlarged and have received extra windows, affording a fine prospect ot the surrounding country. There has also been erected an attractive pavilion, fini.'-hed in spruce, encircled by an eight-foe t piazza, and containing in its center a gentlemen’s smoking room 12x20. The grounds have likewise been improved and contain over a dozen (including two new marl) tennis courts, as well as croquet lawns. Other recent additions consist of in- creased kitchen accommodation, and of a very fine casino, containing reception room, bach- elors’ apartments, and three bowling alleys, unequalled in the state. Carriages await the -32 WUIT.. MOUNTAIN MhSullTiS. -arrival of trains at the new Sugar Hill station. A new and extensive livery stable a short dis- tance from the house. LISBON is a pretty village, situated in the most fertile poiticm of the valley of the Ammonoosuc, mid- way between Weils Kiver and Littleton, and lies between the Mount Gardner Range on the west and Mount Kinsman and Sugar Hill on the east. The environs present many interest- ing drives, including a recently constructed sylvan road between the village and Breezy Hill, and comprise several eminences, from which most extensive views of the surrounding country can be obtained, while the wonders of Franconia Notch are within a day’s excursion. Several large ponds in the vicinity afford good fishing for pickerel, black bass, trout, etc. The village contains several stores. Congregational and Methodist churches, and a public library, and has many fine villas, built some years ago at the time of the discovery in the neighbor- hood of the precious metals. A system of waterworks has been introduced by which water is drawn from an elevation of 450 feet. It has a station on the Concord & Montreal Rail- road, at which about ten trains stop daily. Breezy Hill House and Cottage, Wells & Wool- «on. Proprietors, accommodate 100 guests, the rates being $12 to $18 per week. These houses, now under new and experienced management, and located on a “breezy hill,” 3^ miles east of Lisbon, midway to Sugar Hill, command most extensive views of mountain, valley and river, while shady walks and retreats are in close proximity. The hotel was erected in 1884, has since oeen enlarged, renovated and re- ifurnished throughout, and supplied with a pel feet system of drainage. The public rooms are large, with open fires in par- lors, and the sleeping apartments are of good size, supplied with excellent beds, fitted with electric bells, and command either morning or aiternoon sun. The Cottage, erected in 1888, has frontages of ttlty feet each to the house and to the mountains, and contains seventeen large sleeping rooms and parlor, some with open fires and all tastefully furnished. Good livery in connection. Drives of varying length, replete with picturesque beauty, extend in all directions, and excursions can be made to any part of the mountain region and return the same day. Brigham's Hotel, IS. H. Brigham & Son, ac- commodates 50 guests at $2 p'-r day for tran- sient board, and from $7 to $10 per week. This recently erected hotel is open all the year round. Neither pains nor expense were spared in its erection; its public rooms being pleasant and cheerful, and the sleeping rooms large and airy, arranged singly and en suite, and all of them well furnished in modern styl:>. Electric lights, steam heat, bath-rooms, water closets, a plentiful supply of pure spring water, and good drainage. Attention paid to the table, which is provided with the best the market affords. A good billiard room and excellent livery. MOUNT MOOSILAUKB is one of the outlying peaks of the great moun- tain famdy of New Hampshire, and commands from its summit, at an elevation of 4,811 feet, a grand panoramic view, not obtainable from any other height, including Lake Winnipesaukee, the Connecticut valley with the Green and Adi- rondack Mountains beyond, and the White Mountain Range. Excellent carriage roads lead to the summit from Warren, on the south, and from North Woodstock, on the east; there are a bridle path from Benton, on the north, and foot paths from North Woodstock and Warren Summit. There is telephonic commu- nication between the Tip-t^p House, at the summit, the Moosilauke, at Breezy Point, and the Warren station of the Concord & Montreal Railroad. The Moosilauke, Edward B. Woodworth, erected in 1886, on the southern spur of Mount Moosilauke, at an elevation of 1,700 feet, accom- modates 100 guests, at $3 per day for transient board and $9 to $18 per week. All the rooms command flue outlooks and are provided with electric bells. The house is heated by steam and open fires, is lighted by gas, and has on three sides piazzas twelve feet broad. Best sanitary condition is secured by scientific plumbing. Entire immunity trom hay fever. The air is pure and bracing, and the supply of water from mountain springs inexhaustible. Large map e grove near the house. The hotel faces the east with Mounts Cushman, Kineo aud Waternomee in front, summit of Moosi- lauke, showing Tip-Top House to the north, and Mount Carr, Baker Valley and distant peaks to the south. No region is more noted lor its trout fishing. The summit is accessible by a two hour s drive. Post-office (Bieezy Point, N. WHITE MOUNTAIN HEbORTS. 33- H ) in tti« house. Railroad station at Warren, where carriages meet noon express trains and others on previous intimation by mail or tele- graph. This is pre-eminently a larnily hotel, and is especially adapted to secure the comfort of early and late visitors, who desire to enjoy the changing tints ot the endless forests which are usuaUy varied and extensive. Tip-top House, under the management of Miss S. F. Woodworth, accommodates 40 guests, the rates being $3 per day and $14 per week. Visi- tors are assured that they will be made entirely comfortable while enjoying the vast panorama spread out before them. The views are those detailed in the preceding description of Mount Moosilauke. The Tip-Top is ten miles from Warren station, and five miles from Breezy Point. Carriages meet the White Mountain express, arriving at Warren from the north about noon and from the south at about 2 p. m. NORTH WOODSTOCK is a charming village delighllully situated not far from the head ol the beautiful Pemigewasset Valley, about five miles b-*low the point at which the river escapes from the rock -bound grasp of the Franconia Notch, and near to where its waters are united with tnose of the Eastern Branch. It lies at the northern terminus of the Pemigewasset Valley branch of the Concord & Montreal Railroad, the construction of \\hich started into existence a new hamlet devoted to the accommodation of summer guests, who cannot fail to appreciate the scenic banquet here set before them. In addition to its ii vigo- rating air, pure water and fine scenery. North Woodstock commands attention from its prox- imity to some of the most impressive features of the mountain region. On its west rise Mounts Moosilauke and Blue, the summit of the former being accessible by a feasible path seven miles in length, while Mount Russell looms up on the east. Five miles to the north lies the gateway to Franconia Notch, with its Flume, its Pool, its Basin, its Echo and Profile Lakes, and the stern Old Man of the Mountain. These and many other objects, including Mount Lafayette and its neighboring peaks, Georgian- na and other waterfalls, Agassiz Basin, Walker’s Ice Cave, etc., are all easily accessible in a day or half-day excursion, while the ponds and streams in the vicinity afford ample sport to the wielder ot the rod and line. There are Bap- tist and Free-will Baptist churches near by. A stage line conveys travelers to th Profile branch of the Concord & Montreal Railroad, ten miles north, for Bethlehem, Mount Washington and the east side ot the mountains. The Alpine^ James H. Batchelder, accommo- dates 70 guests, at $2 50 per day, and from $10 to $14 per week. This new hotel is erected on an elevated plateau of thirty acres, which enables it to command a most extensive view ol the Pemigewasset Valley and the mountains contiguous to it. It is furnished in the best manner, is lighted by gas, it is well ventilated and drained, and has a detached kitchen. Pure wacer from springs on an adjoining mountain is carried to every floor. The spacious grounds offer ample facilities for all out-door amuse- ments. Alpine Cottage^ situated about 100 feet from the hotel, offers accommodations for 30 guests at from $8 to $10 per week. No pains are spared to make these houses a summer resort that in every respect will please the most fastidious. First-class table, fresh tnilK, fruit and vegetables from farm connecte d. A free’ carriage for the accommodation of patrons meets all trains. Beer Park Hotels J. R. Elliott, was erected in 1887, greatly enlarged in 1888, and now accom^ modates 200 guests; transient rate, $3.50 per day, and from $14 to $21 per week. G'his h( tel has been furnished throughout regardless of expense, has office, hall and dining-room fin- ished in oak and the parlors in whitewood, has open fire-places in side parlor and office, and is supplied with steam heat and gas. It also con- tains electric bells, a good laundry, billiard and pool tables and a fine bowling alley. The many imprcvements made by its new proprietor, fa- vorably known through twenty-three years’ con- 1 e('ti©n with the Flume House, include con- veniently situated bath-rooms and water closets, and an increased supply of pure water from mountain springs, with every precaution against fire. The grounds have also been greatly improved and tastefully ornamented with flower beds. First-class orchestra. Every window commands a grand mountain view, and the house is surrounded by broad piazzas twelve feet wide, from which the Franconia Mountains and the Pemigewasset Valley are vis- ible, with the Heart ot the Franconia Notch and “Old Man of the Mountain” distinctly discern- ible from the back piazza. Sanitary arrange- ments of the most scientific character. Large livery stable, 100 rods distant, well equipped with new carriages for mountain travel. t BRIDAL. VEIL FALLS, MT. KIXSMAX. WHITE MOUNTAIN RESORTS. 35 THE ASQUAM LAKES. TheMakes generally known as the Great and Little Squam, but restored to their ancient name of Asquam, with their lesser sister, Minnisquam, the largest of which is six miles long and three miles across at its broadest part, lie among the southern foot-hills of the White Mountains, half a dozen miles to the northwest of Lake Win- nipesaukee, and about four miles east of the Ashland station of the Concord & Montreal EailroaJ, These placid and lovely meres ap- pear like mirrors set in a frame-work of rugged and verdant mountains. The tout-ensemhle is consequently a scene of hill and vale and rip- pling water, which delights the eye at every turn, and cannot fail to draw to its inspection the admirers of Nature's handiwork in its most beautiful and attractive form. A Protestant Episcopal Church, St. Peter’s in-the-Mount, has recently been erected near the Asquam House, on the brow of Shepard Hill, on which in late years have risen many handsome summer cot- tages. House, J. C. Blair & Son, (also of Blair’s Hotel, Blair, N. H.,) situated on Shepard Hill, with the three lakes almost surrounding it, accommodates 60 guests at $3 per day for transient board, and $12 to $17.50 per week. This charmingly situated hotel is well fur- nished, is conducted in the most acceptable manner, and, for greater convenience, has had its din:ng room recently enlarged. Charming drives lead to delightful points ot interest in the vicinity, and opportunities are afforded for bath- ing and for fishing and boating by steam or row- boat. The site presents the most varied views of mountain, lake and valley in the White Moun- tain region, the cupola of the house command- ing an extent of 200 square miles. A daily stage connects at Ashland with the morning train from Boston and New York, and carriages meet all trains at Ashland (which is in telephonic communication with the house) as well, as the steamboat at Centre Harbor, on notification of intended arrival. Post-office address, Hold- erness, N. H. TAMWORTH. The pleasant village of Tamworth lies in the center of the town of that name, which occupies the plain between the Sandwich and Ossipee Ranges. The village nestles at the foot of the southern slope of the former, having in view the peak of Chocorua a mile or two to the north- east and those of Paugus and Passaconway a like distance to the northwest, with an affluent of the Bear Camp River running through it. This favorite location brings many points of interest within easy distance, for the twin lakes of Chocorua are but lour miles away. Silver and Ossipee Lakes about double that distance, while North Conway, Sandwich, the Asquam Lakes, Ossipee Park and Center Harbor, on margin of Lake Winnipesaukee, are each with- in a convenient day's visit. The summits of Chocorua, Passaconaway and neighboring mountains are, too, within ready reach of those who are strong of limb, whose journeyings will be well repaid by noble scenes ot hill and dale, heightened by the shimmering surface of many a gleaming lake. A mile to the southwest of the village, by the roadside, reposes a large boulder, known as Ordination Rock, on which stands an obelisk, commemorating the ordina- tion in 1792, on that spot, of the Rev. Samuel Hidden, who remained for forty-six years pastor of the village, which continues to have but one church, that being Congregational. There is, however, a Union chapel at Wonalan- cet, in which Episcopal service is held each Sunday afternoon duiing the season ; and there are other places of worship within the limits of the town. The nearest railroad s^-ation is West Ossipee, on the Boston and Maine Railroad. Wonalancet Farm, Miss Sleeper, a mountain farm of 650 acres, is charmingly located in the town of Tamworth, on an elevated plateau, near the bases ol Mounts Wonalancet, Paugus, Passaconaway and Whiteface. Terms, $8 to $10 per week. The house stands, with the Ossipee Range in sight, amid extensive tracts of meadow pasture and woodland. On the farm is a spur of White Face commanding magnificent views of forest, mountain and lake. Of the many trout streams in its vicinity, one crosses the farm and plunges down a woody and rocky ravine in three cascades, now known as Wona- lancet Falls. It is the aim to make this in every respect an attractive and comfortable summer home, with well appointed apartments and generous table, the vegetables, butter, etc., being supplied from own garden and dairy. Stage connections at West Ossipee on the North- ern Division ot the Boston & Maine R. R. P. 0, in the house. Address Wonalancet, Carroll County, N. H. 36 CITY HOTELS. CITY HOTELS. Tourists in traveling to and from summer resorts invariably pass through one or more cities in whi- h they sojourn for a longer or shorter period, and some will desire to be in- formed of good and comfortable houses at which they can stop. Those here mentioned can be recommendea. It is unnecessary to speak at length of the cities in which they are located, as they are well known to the travelling com- munity, and all possess railroad communica- tion with every part of the Union, and churches of the leading denominations. BOSTON, MASS. The Vendome, Boston’s most superb hotel, now under the superintendence of C. H. Green- leaf, of the Profile House, is situated in the heart of the Back Bay district, on Common- wealth Ave. It accommodates 375 guests, its rate being $5 per day. This elegant establish- ment has received in its erection every appli- ance that the dictates of taste and comfort re- quire. Each room is provided with an open fire-place, although the whole building is heated by steam ; and the sanitary arrangements are of the most perfect description. It is indeed one of the grandest structures of the kind, and one of the most elaborately furnished hotels in the world, with a table of surpassing excellence. Its location is of the very best, being situated on a noble avenue, and in the midst of the prin- cipal places of interest in the city. C. H. Green- leaf & Co., Proprietors. CONCORD, N. H. Eagle Hotel, Oliver J. Pelren, Manager, ac- commodates 175 guests at $3 to $4 per day. This hotel is located opposite the State Capitol on a broad and handsome street, and while very recently it was so thoroughly improved and en- larged as to make it virtually a new establish- ment, it has since been thoroughly renovated and the culinary department has received every modern appliance for the comfort of guests. It is heated by steam, has elevator, and is in every way one of the most delightful and homelike hotels in New England. The table is excellent. The geographical position of Concord, itself a beautiful city, makes it a convenient and ce- lightful resting place for parties desirous of breaking their journey to and from the moun- tains. NEW YORK. Broadway Central Hotel, Tilly Haynes, is lo- cated on the Miain thoroughfare of the Empire City, midway between the Battery and Central Park. It accommodates over 1,000 guests at $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 per day, American plan. Rooms on European plan, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per day, and 75 cents each meal. The new man- agement of the hotel has expended $100,000 in its reorganization, redecoration and relurnish- ing, which has been completed in a manner to make it not only one of the great hotels of tho world, but one of the most comfortabl*^ The name of its proprietor is sufficient assurance of the excellence of its management. b>ciirity from fire maintained by an entire double system of Eire Patrol and electric gongs throt ghout the building. Tne location makes it readily ac- cessible from every part of New Yorl>. The new rapid transit cable line, passing the door, runs the entire length of Broadway, from the Battery to Central Park, and northward to Har- lem, passing all the fashionable stores, theatres and attractions of the city, and it transfers its passengers to all cioss town cars. Miller's Hotel, Charles H. Haynes, has accom- modation for 100 guests, at $2.50 and upwards per day transient board and $10 to $35 per week when exceeding one month. Booms with- out board $1 to $3 per day. Special rates to families and for the season. Centrally located at 37, 39 and 41 West Twenty-sixth Street, near Fifth Avenue and Madison Square. The table is constantly supplied with the best the market affords. This hotel is a desirable abode for ladks visiting the city, being convenient to all the principal stores and places of amusement. RICHMOND, VA. The Jefferson, under the experienced manage- ment of Ainslie So Webster, of The Maplewood, Bethlehem, N. H., will be ready for the recep- tion of guests in October, 1895. This magnifi- cent hotel, which will be open throughout the yoar, is located on an elevation overlooking the James River and surrounding country, and will be capable of accommodating 500 guests. In structure, it fully justifies the expectations of Messrs. Carrere and Hastings, the eminent New York architects. Both in its internal and external appearance it is palatial, and the grandeur of its interior is evident to the obser- ver as he passes from the mar ole hall to the arcade, from the court to the rotunda, down the grand staircase, through the smokers’ hall and out by the entrance on Main street. The managers feel assured that The Jefferson will be a success from its opening, owing to the tact that the residents of Richmond, as well as the officials of the railroads approacning it, take a personal pride in the knowledge that the fair capital of the Old Dominion will have an hotel unsurpassed by those of any city in the world. One of the features of the house will be a four-in-hand English break fully equipped, which will make regular trips to the great battlefields surrounding Richmond. MOUTH OF THE OKLAWAFA, ST. JOHN’S RIVER. T77"irLter DESetxea-ts. fTlHERE have been established in late years in the more tropical States and in the Islands of the West Atlantic, numerous hotels and boarding-houses for the accommodation, during winter, of guests unable to bear the rigor of a cold season, or who prefer the balmy breezes of a semi-tropical climate to the chilly, though bracing, atmosphere of the North- ern States. These resorts draw many persons who heretofore have found it necessary to re- side during winter in southern .Europe, while the numbers seeking a warm region have been greatly increased through cheaper and readier access. As these winter establishments draw a large number of their guests from those who are accustomed to visit the White Mountains and other northern resorts during summer, The White Mountain Echo affords a favor- able medium for addressing them, and all winter hotels and boarding-houses advertised in its columns And a place in these descriptive pages. 38 WINTER RETREATS. LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY. Though situated in the Middle States and In a region in which the rigors of winter are more or less felt, this village has within the past few years become a most popular winter resort, partly through its favored location and partly through the construction and appointments of its great and popular hotels. Lakewood is less than sixty miles south of New York on the New Jersey Southern Railroad and about ten miles from the coast, and is situated in the Great Pine Belt of the State. It is a pretty village, having stores and churches of different denominations. Its principal attraction is its large hotels, which are peculiarly well situated for advantageous sanitary conditions. With twelve miles of pine forest on one side of them, and five miles on the other, every breath of wind that reaches them is filtered through the pine trees. A ridge runs through the centre of this great pine track, dividing it into nearly equal parts. One part is about fifty feet higher than the other, and on the edge of this bluff the Laurel House stands, overlooking countless acres of pine forest. At the foot of the bluff runs a lively stream, which broadens out into the pretty Lake Carasaljo, having on its shore a picturesque boat house containing numerous boats. Large tracts of the hotel company’s pine forests have been laid out in parks, through which there are miles of beautiful drives, the carriage wheels rolling all the way over beds of pine needles and under the pine trees, which here are larger than in any other part of the state. The temperature is always several degrees warmer than in New York, and with perfect drainage the pine scented atmos- phere is a panacea for all pulmonary com- plaints. Lakewood is highly recommended as a residence by the leading physicians of New York and Philadelphia, on account of its ertire freedom from malaria and kindred diseases. Its location renders it a most convenient winter retreat for persons desirous of being within easy distance of northern cities, and who appreciate visits from their friends during their sojourn, which it is impossible to obtain when residing hundreds of miles away. The Laurel House, David B. Plumer, which will reopen on October 1, accommodates 350 guests, and is an imposing structure, facing the south. It is built around three sides of a square, ;and thus forms an Immense court- yard into which the sun is constantly shining, but is never reached by the cold north winds. On two sides of the house run large glass enclosed piazzas, steam heated. The hotel has half a score of warm and comfortable parlors, spacious smoking and billiard-rooms, reading-rooms, bath-rooms, an immense play-room for children, 50x100 feet, an elevator and bowling-alleys and tennis-court. The public rooms are provided with electric lights, while every chamber is lighted by gas, and has electric bells, two large closets and an open fire-place, and on each floor are bath-rooms fitted up with all modern im- provements. The Laurel House was built ex- pressly for a winter resort, and is one of the best equipped and most convenient, comfortable and homelike hotels in the country. The Laurel-in-the- Pines, accommodating 350 guests, is delightfully locatid in the Pines, overlooking Lake Carasaljo, and is one of the finest winter hotels in the country. It is an imposing brick structure, modern in every re- spect, and troLting south on lake drive, with large windows and spacious sun corridors. It possesses every comlort, its public rooms are exceptionally fine, and the office is a rotunda fifty feet in diameter, connected by broad sun galleries with the east and west wings, and, at the back, with the main building rising five stories high. Charming views of lake and wood- land are visible from every point. This hotel is under the management of Horace Porter, with whom engagements may be made during the summer at the Waumbek, Jefferson, N. H. AIKEN, SOUIH CAROLINA. This healthful winter resort is located near the western border of South Carolina, between, but at a considerable distance from, the Savannah and Edisto Rivers and upon the high land which forms their common watershed. Its elevation above sea level is 565 feet, and it lies 100 miles from the Atlantic Ocean in a direct line and 120 from Charleston. Its soil is sandy, it is distant from any large body of water, and it possesses a dryer atmosphere than can be found anywhere else in the United States, except at certain stations near to, or west of, the Rocky Mountains. It is, too, surrounded by dense forests of yellow pine which fill the air with balsamic odors. From these combined advantages, it owes its celebrity as a health resort, which is also due to the mildness and equilibrity of its winter climate, and the preponderance of bright sunny days, WINTER RETREATS. 39 which enable the invalid to pass much of his time in the open air. While Aiken lies far enough south to escape the rigors of winter, it is far enough north to avoid the enervating effects of hot countries. It is a county town and one of the prettiest and most picturesque in the South, having broad, shady streets. Its resident population is about 3,000 and its fine hotels and boarding houses almost wholly kept by northern people, can accommodate about 2,000 guests. It possesses good school facilities, nine churches, has its water supplied by artesian wells, and has numerous pleasant walks and drives in the vicinity. Two through sleepers run daily from New York— one by Atlantic Coast Line, leaving at 9 a. m., and reaching Aiken at 7 : 30 next morning ; and the othpr^ by the Uich- mond and Danville R. R., leaving at 4 : 30 p. m. and reaching Aiken at 4 : 00 p. m. next day. Highland Park Hotels B. P. Chatfleld, proprie- tor, accommodates 300 guests, and is the princi- pal hotel in Aiken. It is located at the extremity of Park avenue, in highly cultivated grounds, fifty acres in extent, adjoining 350 acres of pine forests, traversed by numerous walks and drives, bordered byjrustic seats, and with a glass inclosed pavilion in the center of the park. Tne hotel is first-class, well constructed and well equipped, is lighted with electricity and gas, has a hydraulic elevator and electric bells. Its public rooms are heated by steam and open fires, ana its sleeping rooms by open fires for which no extra charge is made. The table, which has been celebrated for years, is supplied with pure milk from Holstein-Friesian cattle, OE its own dairy farm. Its sanitary arrange- ments are perfect. It has billiard rooms for ladies and gentlemen, bowling alley, tennis courts, and superior livery. WINTER PARK, FLORIDA. Winter Park occupies a superb and com- manding position in Orange County, Fla., upon the high plateau, or watershed, that constitutes the backbone of the peninsula. It is centrally located in its length, and lies forty miles west of Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic coast and eighty miles from the Gulf. The Indians had possession of the locality until 1860, but although it constitutes the finest part of Florida, tourists were not drawn to it until the advent of a railroad in 1880, when the fertile soil induced families from various parts of the Union to settle and cultivate oranges and other fruits. The town, which was not star ted until 1881, contains a dozen lakes of delightful clear water, abounding in fish and giving full ten miles of lake frontage ; and has thousands of acres of beautiful high rolling land, covered with magnificent Southern pines. As a winter resort for persons afflicted with bronchial, pulmonary, and kindred maladies, Winter Park has no superior. It lies one hundred and forty-five miles south of Jacksonville, on the South Flor- ida Railroad, eighteen miles south of Sanford, and four miles north of Orlando. It is easily reached in through sleeping cars from New York via Pennsylvania R. R., Atlantic Coast Line and Plant System, with only one night on the road. The Seminole^ which re-opens for its next season on January 1, 1896, is a magnificent hotel having 200 rooms, and located on high ground between and sloping down to two lakes half a mile apart. It is elegantly furnished, has a spacious office, handsome parlors, large sleeping apartments, many with baths and open fireplaces, dining room forty-two by one hundred feet, and piazza five hundred and sixty seven feet long and from sixteen to twenty four leet wide, commanding delightful views. The hotel is healed by stean, and is supplied with gas, elevator, electric bells, steam laundry, fire alarm, fire escapes, aud perfect sewerage. It also has tennis and croquet grounds, bowling alleys, billiard hall, and superior lively. TAMPA, FLORIDA. The new commercial city of Tampa is situ- ated at the head of Hillsborough Bay, on the Gulf coast, 115 miles south of Sanford, and 240 from Jacksonville. Its rapid growth duiing the past decade is remarkable, its population having risen from about 800 in 1884 to as many thousands. Its commercial development is due to the Plant Railroad System connecting it with the north, and making it the highway of travel to Havana, whence there is a line o? steamers. It possesses a good opera house, many churches, paved streets and street rail- roads, electric lights, water works, and con- tains many large cigar and cigarette factories, employing numbers of skilled workmen. His- torically, Tampa is older than St. Augustine, as in the same year that Melendez founded the latter, his deputy, de Reinoro, was in charge at Tampa. A fort was erected here in 1835. The bay is noted for containing fish of seve' al fine 40 WINTER RETREATS. fepeeies ; ite oyster fisheries are choice, and its game fine though not large. Several kinds of sponge are also found here; while the sub- marine contents of the bay include fine coral and beautiful shells of varied form and color. Pleasant excursions can be made from Tampa to many points of romantic and curious inter* st in the bay. Tampa is reached by two trains daily from Jacksonville, one being a through train from New York, Tampa Bay Hotel is one of the largest and most elegant establishments in the world. It is situated on the west side of the Hillsborough Biver, where it empties into Tampa Bay, and opposite to and lacing the city, which is within easy walking distance. Extensive lawns and flower beds, with orapge, palm and other tropical trees cover the* ground between tlie hotel and river, while at the rear is a long stretch of pine lands. The hotel is constructed of brick, with steel beams and concrete floors, and is practically fire proof. It contains no in- side rooms ; while wide halls on each floor ex- tend its entire length. The house is heated by steam and the rooms have open fire-places; while many suites have private baths, and all are supplied with furniture of the most elegant and comtortable character. The dining room and kitchen appointments are of the best. There is also a fine music and ball room with first-class orchestra, as well as billiard and card rooms. The lighting is after the latest improve- ments; while there is an abundant supply of water, and the draining and plumbing are on the most scientific plan. Excellent livery, steam launch, and row boats are available for guests. Tamp ^ Inn oXVort Tampa, a short distance beyond, has an exceptionally attractive loca- tion, being over the water, nearly a mile from the shore, on the long pier ot the South Florida Bailioad. Travellers will find it a most desir- able and convenient stopping place, as here they can personally select their state rooms on the sleameis while enroute for New Orleans, Mobile, Havana and Key West. PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA This new and attractive winter retreat is de- lightiully located near the mouth of Peace Biver, at the head of Charlotte Harbor, a well protected inlet ot the Western or Gulf coast of Florida, having a fine depth ot water, and about one third of the way from Tampa to Key West. The Haibor is about fltteen miles wide and thirty miles long, and offers with its surrounding water connections superior in- ducements to fishermen; whilst the country about is one of the finest in the state tor hunt- ing deer and other game. The excellence of this harbor, and the geographical position of Punta Gorda as the nearest port to Cuba on the mainland of Florida, insures the commercial future of the town. Its claims as a winter pleas- ure resort and sanatarium are equally great. Its winter climate is as nearly perfect as any in the world, the low latitude 26 degrees 40 min- utes, modifying the cold waves that some- times reach other portions of Florida, and the breezes from the Gulf, while giving a salt water tonic to the air, are entirely tree from the un- pleasant chill of winds blowing from the Atlan- tic. Cocoanuts, mangoes, tamarinds and other tropical fruits flourish in the vicinity. Yacht- ing and steamboat excursions, free Irom danger and discomfort, can be made in the sheltered w'aters of the bay to Pine and other outlying islands and keys, or to Fjrt Myers on the Caloosahatchee river, or up the neighboring Peace river. Upon an island in the harbor, there is a chain, or succession of Indiim mounds, systematically walled up with conch shells, where many relics have been exhumed. Punta Gorda is reached by the popular Plant Bailroad system, and is seventy-six miles south of Bartow. It is also reached by steamboat from Tampa. The Punta Gorda, will open for the winter of 1895-’96 under the experienced management of F. H. Abbott, proprietor ot the Uplands, Beth- lehem, N. H. It has ample accommodation for 800 guests, at $4 per day for transient board, with special rates tor a prolonged stay or for the season. The Punta Gorda possesses all the (conveniences of -a first-class hotel, with every room lacing the bay. The veranda, 400 feet in length, affords a fine promenadt* in sunshine or shade. The lawn contains over two acres, and is one of the finest in Florida, with beautiful shell walks, hedges, flower plats, shade and fruit trees. The cuisine will be an especial fea- ture, and the table supplied daily with fresh vegetab'es from the hotel garden. The neigh- boring harbor is acknowledged by all sports- men to be the home of the tarpon, and great numbers of the gamy “silver king” are taken here each season. Tarpon boats, built especially for this sport, and experienced guides can be engaged at the hotel. Ladles and children also find a pieasant pastime in catching the numer- ous smaller fish from the pier, which extends out into the bay 1500 leet directly in front of the house, where napiha launches, sail boats and row boats of every description can be engaged. The shooting in the vicinity is not surpassed in the state, deer, quail, wild turkey, duck, snipe, etc., being found within a short distance. An excellent livery in connection with the hotel. 5ySr6j HANDSOMEST AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED SUMMER PAPER THE ESTABLISHED 1878. g.4 Published every Friday morning throughout the season. UUiummtr k AND TOURISTS’ REGISTER. COMPRISES AMONG OTHER FEATURES: A Complete Directory of Guests in the entire White Mountain Region. A Record of Tourists’ Movements and Social Doings, with Local Sketches and Incidents of Travel. Full Information concerning Hotels, Boarding Houses, Railroads, Stages, Mails, Church Services, Etc. 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