Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-15
FROM THE WHITE MOUNTAINS

CemmiSserdtion for Stccitere,l redderS-4 bad
son for he Mountain HouseS-Eeoaonsy in me
matter t BcGrs-DdHcers mast pcy fhe Fiddler
| at he Gfea HOHse-Vdlue OF Wires 10 easare con-
stderGfioR-.N0 Trarcler should be ,rithout one
The SUmmit-!SpeH IL icifh capital S-The ro-
| nance taken cat ot Mount WdshinCton-Raitroad
TO be MADE 10 the top.
[Editorial Correspondence of the Star.
TIP TOP HOUSE. Mount Washington, Aug.
| IL, 1e66-Thermometer 3 in the Sun.-Dedr
Star: Permit me TO tender 10 the sweltered
readers OF The Stcr my compliments and COM
misseration. ] am writing in an overcoat by
| the side ofa well fired up stove, which stove
| has constant circle of devotees-sight-see
| who sally out for transient views between
| clouds, and rush back presently with red noses
| and chattering teeth for warmth and shelter
| 1 came up here (after fortnights reIuvenating
amongst the trout-brooks OF Mane) per cars
| by the way of Gorham and the Glen House
| During the past year the Glen House has been
very much enlarged, and can now accommo-
| date perhaps 6C0 guests. Not half that num-
Der, however, are stopping there now, nor has
1t been more than half full during the season
which has been a DUH one, comparatively, for
all the mountain houses. As the Glen House
is not crowded il must be from pure force Of
habit that its Off cials crowd their guests-espe
cially the male portion unaccompanied by Ia
dies-into the poorest rooms in the house. There
Is good deal ofgrumbling here amongst the
''stags' in con uence. and the same comp. ain'
is made by parties arriving from Crawfords.
No he traveller should come TO the mountain
houses without wife; or il he hasn't any of
his ewn let him borrow neIghbors, take
along some pretty cousin TO serve as sort of
| brevet wife, 10 insure him consideration
Prices rule high 1T the mountain houses this
season-from 81 to 60 per day: and almost a.
many "extras'' as at a London hotel. Dancers
have 10 pay for their music O. nights, and are
restr cted TO the open halls, TO save the parlor
| carpets. tat the Glen House;) consequently
| there is much less dancing going on here than
| of yore, and the young folks. who don't come
especially TO view the mountains, vote the
place decidedly stupid. The hotels here, too.
have grown economical in the matter of pears
Visitors here five years ago VIII remember that
every mountain house sported its black or
brown bear: the Crawford House generally
taking the lead in number. They made i'm
mense fun for everybody, and We're deemed an
indispensable "sde.show' to the mountains.
Now when you AK for the bear he isn't there
His beGr-Gr are empty and bare,
The completion of the carriage road 10 the
Summit spelled with capital up hsre) of
Mount Washington has made great re yoIu.
ton in the mode of travel. Parties now ar.
irving al Gorham by the Grand Trunk rail.
road car take carriage at Gorham and be
whisked up to the top of Mount Washington
and off again by the evening trains to Canada
or Portland, which is bad for the hotels The
carriages are generally four or six-horse, and
will take up two persons to each horse Pri.
vate parties 60 up with their own teams the
grade of the road being from twelve TO eighteen
feet to the mile only; but the strain is so CON
unuous, though gradual, down the long des-
cent, that persons heedle~sly going up in car.
riages without brakes have ruined yaIuabIa
animals The "Tip-Top House and the
Summit House." formerly rival concerns,
are now rented by Hitchcock, the proprietor
OF the Alpine House, at Gorham, who pavs
g, ,OOO per year for the rent of this barren moun
tain top and its stone houses. The eTip.T Ton
House" he uses for hotel purposes, and the
Summit House" as a lodging house for sucb
guests as overflow the former Sleeping an,rt-
ments have also been provided over a large
frame stable recently erected on the mountain
top so that accommodations are afforded for
the numbers that come up of a fair nipht m
see a Mount Washington sunset and sunrise
Prosalc as the ascent of Mount Washington
is made by the omnibus road, ii is threatened
TO take the heroic out of il entirely, by the
construction OF railroad up the western
side. Sylvester Marsh, a wealthy gentleman
| of Boston, formerly a Western pork packer ,
| has entered upon the enterprise, and PROPOSES
to construct half mile of the road to test i, :
| feasibility, and then form joint stock com
| pany for the completion of the work. Some
| 400 feet has already been built, and is in use
| for the elevation OF material for the road The
| rise on the part constructed is 10Y inches to
| every 80 inches, but the grade will lot be- so
| steep as this up the entire ascent IL Is de.
| signed TO take the road directly up the side of
| the mountain without zg-zag, and in a dis
| tance Of three miles. No grading is required.
| as the rail is to be run up on timbers II Is
| proposed TO build a hundred thousand. dollar.
railroad hotel at the foot of the mountain and
| a turnpike road thence TO Iittle'on, N H IN
| connect with the Connecticut valley railroads
| The title TO the acre of rocks at the ton of
| Mount Washington has not yet been settled.
but is still in the courts, the contestants being
| the Pinagree heirs, Of Salem. and John Bel
| lows, of Exeter, n. II. The Pinagree heirs
| have, however, nine points of the law, L. e.,
| posspssion. which was obtained by serving q
| legal process OIL the Summit House in the
depth of winter. c. N