, 1879-07-26
Traverse City.
n thS Editor Of 1Ths Itih1tNA


TRAVERSE ClTY, Mich, July 23.-I left Chi.
cago Saturday evening at Q. O'Clock on tho
steamer City OF Traverse, Capt. Baldwin, and
arrived hero Monday morning about 2 O'Clock.
We hnd fno weather for tho first 200 miles, uptll
tho wind came up 80 strong that tho lake was
covered With whl.e-cnpa, aud wo finally got Into
tho long, deep swcl]s lako voyaGers dread 10
much, but tho extreme length Of tho boat, soms
$50 fcot. kept her steady, aud hardly passenger
suffered from seas!ckness. Capt. Baldwin has
commanded the boat for soven seasons without
% 40 accident. It las been teee9tIY entirely osct~
Raco Of furnishing md dcotupletenessln ID al It's IT.
engagements IL without superior upon tho labct
Its now spring nlattrcssos md hcddtnR equal Ia
Chicago hotls, and the etab1e ~as exceptionally
tiuc being supplied With all the dulicavlcs Of tho
seasof,. and served promptly md Ia stYs
scarcely inferior to that displayed on ocean
over scvcnty.1va passengers, but during tho
afternoon before starting some twenty five mora
wcra added to our number, but the steward wAI
equal TO tho enlcrgcucY, and thcre was no CAUSE
for complaint, but upon tic contrary every ons
was congratulatIng each other upon their com.
plato enjoyment during the entro voyage,
Among the gassenEcrs were Philo Carpenter
sm5eas Il 5ades bssrs sy han s RsS g.
Locke and family, four from the family OF Mr.
Jansen. Of Jansen, Mcolurg d Co., J. F; Lar.
rcnco and G. q. Lny, OF Chicago, hir. VandI.
pee bysne.. men * haeo %say Gdf e
We found upon nrrivlng Mt tho Park Place
Hotel, at Traverse City, TINT many GbicaEoans
on tho boat tho trip previous. Among them
woro Dr.. Il. W. Joues, Tuthlll King, Mt.
Wheeler, and several others, nll OF whom spoke
In such praEse OF the new hotol and Its manage
tncnt Tint we concluded to torc9o the rest 0,
tho trip to hfacknaw and remain at the hocl
until the return Of tho boat md enjoy The ilsh-
Ing, which they assured ns wns tncqualcd, nut
NO found both the hotel and fishing to mora
than equal all the representations nada to us.
The town ia finely located upon tho shorcs Of
Luke Michigan. at the extreme point Of Tray
erae Bay, ut the outlet Of Boardman River, con-
ceiving and distributing point: for all this Sec
tton Of Michigan. The hotel is owned BY Han.
nah. Lay d Co.. md ia under tho charge Of ].
D. Billings, formerly Of tho Gardner House,
the past winter, and looks entirely nsw
IN every regard, containing some seventy
| Eve rooms, every one Of which ia carpetcd with
Dr,lsscls carpets, With Furnishing and beds 70
0ncly-kept hotel on the ehorcs OF Lake Mlcht-
Rau With the exception Of Chicago and Milwau-
keot md Mt d charge Of So uer dag.
Of Chicago, s e s eaush. eieeaut tfout "a aud % baea
bass almost In front OF tito hotel, and some very
largo plckcscl In tho Doasdman Ryut, and Mf.
Strong brought In forty-tlve splendid trout
caught In n brook not far east OF the hutel.
Mr. Ysndivecr, air. Lawrence, and Mr.. Lay
spent q day on Carp Lake, somo four miles
west Of thia village, and returned With sixty
baas. leaving ut tho laks a largo ssrtn: Of pick
ercl, as they Ind bass sufficient to supply the
wants Of the hotel. When We loft Chcago, our
pnrty intended returning with the boat on her
return trip. hut wo find tile hotel SO good and
tbs tshtng 80 fine wa have concluded to rcmnin
over another trip and fab upon the ponds and
H. the streams 30 easily accessible from this
village, J. r. L.