The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-28

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The opening q the Weaca Vermont
Railroad IN June is materially assisted
Ia bsiaging Manchester into Ho{iee Ia 2
Summer resort. Previous io this Judge
skinner 81 Chicago with hi. family bad
spent two seas0ns % ihg EauleIlip Hotel
then one u the leading stage houses on
The line between Troy aHd Rslhud and
The headquarters Of DE stage lines run.
ming aeross the Green Mountains % rhes
ter, Brtllcbor5 BelIow Fails. ete The
natural advantages. 81 q summer r.l-
dcnce. which Manchester possessed was
tbe subject offrequent conversations be-
tween Judge skinner aHd l's many
friends here a pa dietiou tlE tbe Judge
that wiihina iew years hundred. ~ -trln-
gers would seek Manchester in the sum
mer to breathe tbc pure aii, aHd ENJOY ihe
beautiful scenery 81 our grand old moun-
tains, was looked upon as The words Of an
enthusiast, by some OF car 'rsse mt3t--Wc
bad some rerg wise men iu those day
aud We have few OF tie same ort yet.
Let as glance al the progress uud im-
proyemeni III our village since chat time.
ia The summer o. 1898 the Equinox
House was opened, having then about
twenty rooms. Ia the spring OF 1881 II
was enlarged 10 accommodate about ono
hundred persons Since then several adj
ditions have been made and it now has
accommodations for about three hundred
aud fifly guests. III 1857 the NanderIip
House was enlarged and now has aer
comodations for about two hundred
guests. 1t is open throughout The year,
but It's principal business Is during the
summer months. The Elm House has
been very successful as private summer
hotel. 1t was opened By the present pro-
prietor In 1870 and enlarged ior the sen
son of 1871. 1t now has Accommodations
for about fifly guests. Several private
families in the village entertain strangers
during the summer, aud others rent lodg-
/ ing rooms to the hotels when crowded.
Many of the farmers find il pleasant and
profitable to take few boarders during
the hot weather, and altogether, at the
hotels, boarding houses, aud farm houses,
/ from eight hundred TO thousand stran-
gers find good quarters al prices ranging
/ from one TO four dollars per day. IN adj
dition to the hotel improvements, since
/ 1858, nearly every house in the village has
been remodelled and reprinted, and a
large number of new ones built. White
marble sidewalks have been laid on both
sides of the main street and The entire
! length of the Seminary Avenue. Namer-
GUS additional shade trees have been set
out, and we venture to say that no viii
lage in the state is more handsomely side
walked and shaded
About $4,000 has been expended in
laying out and identifying the grounds OF
the Dellwood Cemetery and building "a
green house in connection with IT,
The new Congregational church which
was completed last summer, cost, includ.
ing the organ, bell and clock about
S25,O00.
The new Episcopal church on Seminary
Avenue, though not entirely completed
is used in the summer. 1t is expected II
will be finished the coming season
In connection with the Equinox House
is the Music Hall, completed in 1868
Size, 50x90 feet. It has a fine dancing
floor, stage, drop curtain, and footlight'
all complete for dancing, concerts, ileat'
ricals, tableaux, etc.
Under the Music Hall are four first
class bowling alleys, open during th'
summer months, aud in the hotel are BIZ
lizard tables for the use Of the guests.
The Equinox Trout Pond covers about
ten acres and was built at a cost Of $1,000
1t is well stocked with trout and IS fol
the exclusive use Of the guests Of the
Equinox House who may enjoy easy fish
ing. The various mountain streams ii
this vicinity also furnish excellent spor
for "artists of the ny' who enjoy a gooC
tramp after the speckled beauties.
The Summit House, on the top OF Mt
Equinox, about three thousand feet above
the Equinox House, is reached by a car
riage road built several years since by th'
proprietor Of the Equinox House. From
this point a magnificent view may be Lad
of the Western Vermont Valley aud sur
rounding mountains, together with llt
Calsklls, Lake George aud Saratoga
The views from Table Rock. Dee
Knoll, Downer's Glen, Dorset Cave, th,
Marble QHarrie- and various other point
are unsurpassed in beauty and grandeur
The old North Quarry on Mt. Dorset
owned by the Messrs. Freddy, orPhila
dephia, and Wilson a Co. Of this town
is one OF the leading poini, Of interest Is
strangers Tic Messrs. Freddy hay,
within the past year completed . railway
! from the Harlem Extension main track {,
their division Of the quarry i is ont
mile in length aud rises twelve hundred
feet. We have bad The pleasure Of q rid.
over this 'up hll' railroad and can o.
sure our friends tLat II i, we'll worth
visit We understand lhat arrangement
will be made TO take mp pleasure parllr
on special days during tie coming season
We know of no place where more nn
J melou- OF delightful drives maE 0e n
. inNel taan ahlui Mannll.---L IMn Lu-.