New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-17
SUMMER LETTERS.
AMONG THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
UP MOUNT WASHINGTON BY RAIL-HEW ACCOM-.
MONA TI0Ns FOR TOURISTS.

ZIP MOUNT WASHINGTON BY RAIL-EEW ACCOM-
MODATIoNs FOR TOURISTS
TIP-ToP HOUSE, MOUNT WASHINGTON Aug
10" Mount Washington" said an elderly matron tous
after vainy attempting to discover through the
mutudeof prominent objects pointed out In her guuo
hook " ia admirably adapted for two thlnGs-dryinE
ootheA and aying kites" Starting from Eew.York ono
afternoon wa found ourselves at the Profile House Ino
next eyeppg having tarried fora night at sprngnelu
With characteristic American haste compassed IN
day the conventional round OF sights and scenes ~ TINS
Vjcjpity We croqued' in overcoas, shvered through
tho ride 10 the Fume conversed with the Philosopher AZ
the Pool sailed Echo Lake while the band played
and the lannon's peal reGchoed from peak to peak threw
our line with Indifferent In reputed trout streams
maid our parting respects the Old Man OF the NOUN
tain at what should have been tne SUNSET
hour and finished the day by joining tno
CAV throrg in the drawingroom OF the motel
On the unquesOnabie authority OF the hoekeepers tne
reaches that ransory stage OF greatest profit to
them known as its hight" during tile last week In July
and tho first Of August and the propretors are already
comparing their OF the present Win preceding
years From all sides comes up tho chorus Oh nHnt
travel" The most popular mountain houses nave none
of them been overcrowded hardly well filed The season
bas been uncommony cold and unusually wet, reaching
Its meteorological crisis Friday and Saturday last
ON the former day the clouds rested low down Mount
Washington and parties making the ascent found thefn
on entering moro chilling and more penetrating than
any November fog. A driving snowstorm then set In,
mingled with seet freezing as 1t fell and curing the
night covering everything with coating OF Ice more
than three inches thick The railroad men refused to
nun down train convi ced that with the track thus
covered &c would be In the highest degree dangerous,
and one hundred and fifty people were glad to
find any accommodations until morning Such
storm at this season Is almost unprecedented
The newest thing about the mountains this year IS the
railroad up Mount Washington completed on the So DAY
dov With
party Of the summer-about seventy in number The
construction OF the road probably familiar TO all your
readers It's distinctive feature is center RAIL- or rack
into which cog wheels The locomotive goes behind
the passenger and the sensation OF being propeeo
ND series OF incllnes like an oidfashioned gable
roof than any other convenient comparison Is 10 some
painful 10 Others the Of danger makes II highly
epioyabe The steepest grades one foot in three
but as the track lies you 1t appears almost peren
dcular and though the is given that no mis-
hap can possibly occur the crashing OF the track ana
the outlook int chasms and over precpces Is not cacu
lated TO inspire courage For passage mp and down the
mountainsde the fare is three dollars and TO reach the
foot OF the mountain from either hotel this side OF Beth
lebe An eauaI charge is demanded One trip only for
the rest OF the summer is made each way per day-he
taking about an hU Sad aR Sps e main road TO
CrawfOrd's, the ruins or tie Oh faDyan
House. The site Of TINS PSnSer sOf proT ns
the charter OF the Company about building, II
limiting the pr1Co Tor DOaTu " tMo u"y
The location Is most admirably chosen. with Mount
Pleasant Mount Lafayette, and Mount Washington N
full view Although. In grading the land Tor the puld
ing the Giants Grave old object OF interest was
fed up the new aCcessOns Of the Indian Chlef' ana
Giant DOLL pictured on the sides OF Mount Pleasant,
more than compensate for the loss Two old graves
probably never before referred 10 by correspondents are
near just back the dollhouse bus not seen from the
road old Ethan Allen Crawford. the pioneer landlord OF
this region buried Twenty I'VE years ago he Kept
tavern for the benefit OF Travellers between Northern
New Hampshire aud Concord. on the spot where now
stands the Crawford House. lie was gruh old pioneer
and many hard stories about him Close by
PLAN slate slab MARKS the resting place OF widow Han
nan Rosebruck IL told to-day for fact that one
Winter she was living widow and three young chll
dren alone In these parts, miles away RON any settle
ment Their OF meal having given out the mother
was forced to ride horseback to the m dozen miles
of To keep away the wolves which surrounded the house
she killed cow took much OF the carcass AZ she could
carry and only secured her safety by throwing
came unpeasantly In front of the plot marked on
for the stakes driven showing the route OF
new steam railroad 90 be constructed, extending
from Whtefed. the terminus OF the wing Road p0n
IAttetop through White Mountain Notch horse rail-
road n contemplated connect, at the new Fabyan
House and extend TO Mount NashingOnB BASE 40 that
before long the tourist travel from the Astor House
10 the TipTop House through by continuous rail
But artists at present among the mountains
nm OF Boston been industrously at work, and VIII
carry away OF sketches material for Win
ters work view OF the Notch from Mount willard, IN
enlarge into companion piece for his Yosemite valley
ten feet long. Brltcher OF NewiOrk mas Deeh AT we
Waumhec House. In company with Gerry OF Boston, ne
has made come sketches very highly spoken OF Nv COW
nosseursE one embracing Mounts Adams aud Jeef son.
and what is known the Black Mountain Is said 10 DO