Litchfield enquirer., 1866-11-01
WASHINGTON,


 shore of the Waramaug lake is 1t last open Tor travel Itis three miles and half in length. has been constructed as an expense of at least $sOoo. and is beyond doubt the finest drive in the county. Beginning at the outlet of the lake. it creeps along at first under -a precipitoua mountain. being built out into the water upon rocks priaed and blasted from the lodges above: and hard or piece of common highway bdilding, than than the first mile and 8 half presents, we have never seen. The lake is at first mar row and crowded between two high noun tains. hat ss we follow along closely the Fwindings of it's shore. it begins to widen; Ito the north the hills fall back; while on our side the mountain slope becomes less 'precipitcus.. and 8 succession of. magnif. cent landscapes opens up before us. At it's widest point the lake is, we should judge, about three quarters of milo broad and SO even is it's width and so completely do it's turns hide either termination that the inn pression is that of large river winding among the hills. As we proceed. towards the noathwest the mountains break into rolling hills, the lake bends about more sharply than ever and turning at last to the north we leave it to reach the old highway near the residence of MT. G. c. Hitchcock. The scenery throughout the upper part of the distance is not so grand as below but has much beauty of 8 more quiet kind. One wooded point projecting from the op- posite side of,the lake struck us as peculiar ly pretty; and throughout the whole way the Pinnacle rock looms up in plain view, to the east The surrounding country is much more mountainous than that about the Bantam and the addition of a broad sheet of water to scenery otherwise fine, adds all that is wanting to perfect the beau ty 2 Litehfeld County landscape. t@
 Altogether this road opens up so much thatsis new and interesting that we earnest ly hope it may prove as useful as it is beau tiful This will in great measure depend upon whether. it's attractions induce city people to build summer residences along the shores of the upper part of the lake. With the proposed extension of the Provi- denee Hartford and Fishkill railroad through New Preston there could be little doubt of it, but at present our townspeople are considerably inclined to look at the heavy expense, rather than to the prospec- tive advantage. The credit or the blame, which ever it may turn out. rests al most entirely upon MT George c Hitchcock who procured its laying out against strong opposition; who himself took the contract for building it; and who has executed that contract most thoroughly at much greater expense than the amount paid him by the town ,. -.a ..,... < -',-..ft -',.., '4
 It is proposed, ws understand, to eontin- ue the road entirely around the lake on the Warren side This might be done at com paratively small expense, since part of the present road would not need re-laying, and none of it would be difficult of construc, tion. We hope it may be done, and more comfortable mode of access eontriyed to the summit of Pinnacle Rock, when there would be few places in the country so at- tractive as our picturesque lake and it's sur roundings. .-..fa. M >.9 .' et .-