New-York tribune., 1870-04-30
SUMMER RESORTS.
SARATOGA.

CONFERENCE.-THE RACEs-FAsT TRAINS.
SARATOGA, April 20.-SaratOga is already ahVe
with busy preparation for the coming season. iho ~
OF the carpenters hammer and the stohecu''oi go
ava kens the stray guest at an early hour' "
buldings-hotels, boarding houses ana pri'a'o
arc going up in various parts OF the -
the way now numbers 10000 permanent inhaDah'S, uu
{. LARGE enoueh TO be city. majority OF the stores
and .bons and nearly all the hotels, are now cioseu.
m, ing tho season the former mostly occupied ny
lev elers millners, fancygoods dealers anu o'n0'
from NewYork, who pay very Hsn ,o
the yearly rental amounting to about ohe1our'i VI
Broadw.y prices for only four months oco"p"''' %
T1 two features which most astonsh stranger on MS
first visit here the hotels aud mineral springs no'
ara wonderful for their number size and variety Ana
then too every year usually adds one or TWO
to each Of classes Since the close OF the ~
wear O new spring, which has been chr1sNheo "io
"Geyser" has been found at Cady Iil about mile ana
half south Of the village. The locality Is picturesque
onea rocky rayne through which flows branch OF the
formidable Ito speD Kayaderosseras The spring was
reached by boring feet through ledge OF rock Ihe
water Ia at intervals elected with much force as 10 rse
to the hight OF fifteen twenty feet above the surface
a. the ground In this respect the Geyser differs from
other spring in Saratoga. 1t Will undoubtedly pe
fayorte resort Of visitors when the season opens An
eighth share Of this spring, am told has recently been
sold for $1,000. Prof. Chandler Is now compe
Ting an analysis Of the water which is claimed to have
ali II medicinal qualities Of the Congress Spring. "n'
the additional virtue OF an extra equVaent OF mae
nesia The Congress Spring, account OF tho great
commercial demand for the water has real cash vane
OF more than 100000 1t discharges about loo gallons
day. abf which is bottled up and sent to market except
the small quantity which is consumed by visitors Dur
E. nine months OF the year the work OF bottng Is car
ried on day and night without intermission largo
quan ty OF counterfeit Congress water Is sold IN New
York and other cities. II the business OF making ana
selling artificial mineral waers-which has OF late years
Grown to such vast proportions In our large cesahu
its effects the public health could be scientlhcaiy
investigated it would probably be found that the mis-
chief wrought by the apethecarys solutions almost II
not quite. offset the benefits Of Dame Natures COM
pounds
Another spring was recently discovered in digging the
cellar OF the extension TO the Park Place Hotel, now
building 1t situated directly opposite the Congress
Spring Park and has been chrstened the Crystal" 1t
is not yet fully developed. There are In ALL about
score of mineral springs within two miles OF the Union
Hotel no two Of which exactly alike in the COM
ponents which they hold in solution.
Among the hotels, the Union, as rebuilt this WINTER Is
entitled the first rank 1t an entire block OF
acres and has front on broadway OF 400 1ect
The part dagonaly opposite the Congress spring,
is five stories in hight with French roof and fine colon
made OF iron columns feet in hight and makes an I'M
posing appearance The interior has very high ceilings
broad Railways and numerous windows. The office, 90
x7O feet, will be splenddly fitted up with polished White
and coored marbles. The paror is 5oxl00 feet and the
dining 6Ox240 feet and % feet in the clear from
floor to ceiling These have light and ventilation
from both sides. Tho ballroom with billiardroOm be-
meath, takes up the whole Of large building, 76x16o
feet in courtyard. For promenade the guests OF
the Union will have nearly mile OF piazzas. The
hotel will open for the season on the LIST
supervision of Mr. warren Leland Guests to the mum
Der Of 800 will find accommodations. As Mr. Leland OBJ
large number Of his rooms OF extra size he will not at
tempt to take more than that number The rows OF hne
shade in the courtyard of this hotel Illuminated at
night by lamps, and trembling TO the vibra
tons Of fine band, which plays every morning and
the Union. The culinary department Is vast labora-
tory situated some distance west from the dingrooln
which its OdOrs have means OF reaching. spacious
elevator, similar to that in the Metropolitan, has also
been erected this Winter large building on iae sUmrh I
poses Between this time and the LIST OF June the entire
coor-a which might be advantageousy applied to
other structures In Saratoga . 90
has front Of i've stories in hight and SO ee length
Of so ee daSR lS r The 5dng Of brick and erected
in 1861 the site Of the old Congress- Hall SaGh wal wal
known in connection with the old hotel still owns and
conducts II. , J., ,, -.
II enjoys the advantage OF hhe SITUATION on gh
ground overlooking the Congress Spring Park and Wash
pr6pertes as a tonic is situated in its grounds This
hotel is conducted by Mr. Charles f. Leland, and viii
the Columbian, Marion, and American may be men-
toned.
bin appropriating $4,000 for the improvement Of
roads in the town of Saratoga has passed the Legs
lature the result Of which will undoubtedly be TO add
new attractions this resort The extension Of Broad
way, Mountain Drive as ii is called has lately been
much improved Double rows Of shade trees have been
planted various times each side OF the roadway,
and within a very few years the drive will be one OF the
finest country. About two miles from the village
on this road Caleb Mitchell Is now finishing the Glen
Mitchell House. Mr. Mitchell has about hundred acres
and as one the attractions to his resort has laid out
hafne rOtng track. The road to that celebrated re-
sort, Moons Lake House ION Saratoga Lake about four
miles east of the yilage is also covered by the apprO
pratiOn Another improvement ought not, perhaps, to
be passed without mention On COngressst in rear OF
Congress Hail. and facing the spring grounds Mr.. John
Morrssey has erected spacious Club House, The build
ing four stories in hight, OF brick andcosts about OO
The Of the Saratoga races have determined
TO full meetings Of six days each during the
coming season, the first begin the 18th OF July, and
the second on the 18th OF August They have added
large 10 their course for the purpose Of giving
steeple chase at the July meeting This has never yet
been attempted here On the LIST of June two fast trains
will be put the route between Saratoga and New
York They will leave the Thrticths depot at a. IN.
and at p n and will go through in six hours, gain OF
two hours the present time. They will stop only ut
Peekskil, Hudson and Troy.