The New York herald., 1879-07-14

every step OF the way for there waterfalls. sing
ing as they trolic downward of what they have
isarhsa al the mountain top great rocks written II
over with the mossy her lvphics OF time deep
gorges where the birds aud squirrels my hold un-
disturbed their terrestrial congress, and everywh
peauts spots .hat "Cuprit Fay" and riairy FAMILY
mSht wei select as Deitys drawing rooms. But we
are at the end OF onr journey and the band Is play
ing on the green for dress parade.
ATTRACTIONS OF HoNEsDALE, FIVE HOURS DIS
TANr FROM NEW YORK, IN NORTHERN PENN
syLyANIA-CHARMING TRIPS OYER GRAVITY
ROADS AND TURNpIKEs. f9.
HoSEspALK. July IL. 1879.
Looking across from my window to the tall nao.
staff which crowns Irving's Clia-so named in
honor of the renowned writer on the occasion OF his
visit here in ls4l--and down upon town literallv
embowered in foliage. it Is impossible not to
acknowledge anew that this is Of the loyeltest
summer resorts upon the continent 1t ia deliaht.
ful equally for those who are longing for place Of
quiet sojourn through the entire summer and 20,
those who take brief holiday and desire to put into
it the utmost possible of recreation healthful air
and picturesque beauty. "Ackno wledge anew"
write. because 1 am speaking not from q frst
dazzed glimpse OF its loveness and desirability.
but from actual experience of the fact that it is one
OF the places which holds you, draws you back to il
again and again. becomes perforce a favorte haunt
and resting place. It. is busy enough. too il you 20
to the busy side Of it. for those who cannot take
their summer rest out of sight of Of the cur.
rents of activity which keep them reminded that
they are mot out of reach of the world at any de.
sired moment ut ttt.ss
Honesdale is just fve hours ride from New York,
and the terminus of branch road of the Erie which
joins the main line at Lackawaxen twenty five miles
distant. Also it is the western terminus of the Della
ware and Hudson Canal And. by the by. since '.Ys
T.l
travelling may be still made a summer luxury It
may not be amiss to say that the Delaware and Hud
son Canal is carried for upward of ninety miles OF
its 1Os miles of length through region of wild and
grand and romantic scenery. between the Catskll
and Shawangunk mountains When Washington
Irving came upon it at this spot with his friend
Philip Hone. for whom the town is named, he found
the journey and the town itself with its surround.
ings possessed of charms that "would have made
them famous had they existed in any part of
Europe The place offers greater attractions to
the visitor OF to-day than it did to him. II was
little more than thriving village in yet untamed
wilderness OF beauty then. Now it beautiful
town OF about eight thousand inhabitants; the
county seat of Wayne county. one of the richest
pastoral realms in Pennsylvania; the great shipping
centre of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company,
1t is built upon fair upland plateau, between the
Lackawaxen and it's tributary, the Dyberry 1T is
1000 feet above the and the surrounding noun
tains rise above it IN picturesque succession green
with farming or pasture lands dark with forests
ps INTERESTING EXCURSION ROUTES.
The wonderful gravity road owned by the COM
pany to which the town owes its existence has been
since 1877 opened to passengers as far Carbon
dale. sixteen miles away and so the entrance il
open for excursions into the great anthracite region
grandeur and beauty than it is in "black diamonds
full of interest and attractions which single sum.
turous or industrious may be the explorer. Going
the gravity road, OF which there is more to be-
said presently < an hours ride thence ON the main
you to Scranton, and another hour will take you
over the Lackawanns and Bloomsbury branch of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western road to Wilkes.
barre. in the centre of the world famed Wyoming
Valley. Or you may Scranton to its neighbor.
ing borough Dunmore, and there cross the noun.
tains on another marvellous gravity road--ths
Pennsylvania Coal Company's-to Hawlsy.-
thirty-hve miles distant. But when you ar.
from Honesdale again. and you have the
choice of the Honesdale branch of the Erie Railway
and of the old stage road for making the distance
But from whichever point Of that gravity road ths
traveller starts he ought to take time make the
R be ae Of s ns
trains, he loses beauty that he ought to be
near without seeing. And precisely the same thing
is true of the Honesdale gravity road SO that 1t is
far better to the railway for the round trip And
then you still have the stage road to drive at
your leisure. and to linger as much you like
its hooks Of beauty fair views be seen from
its every winding. AS you leave the town you have
the fair stream of the Lackawaxen the canal. and
the railway side by side upon your right on every
side the mountains lit themselves above the lovely
yale. As you go on to Indian Orchard: where still
nger some OF the ancient apple trees planted by the
aborignes which give the place its name. you begin
to ascend and find yourself in the cool greenness of
not actually lost in them. You in the very homo
Of brakes and ferns, OF mountain laurel and eglsn.
tine, of the red-ieaved maple which grows abun.
dantly among the more sober foliaged trees
A GLASS FACTORY AMONG HILLS.
Fivo miles from Honesdale, this road, Just half
way to Hawey. are situated White Mills. Mr.. c. Dor
Fingers famous glass works, where the finest cut
glass in America is made. These works kept
continually busy, filling orders for Europe well
as for America. Mr.. Dorfinger and his son are ex.
tremely kind and courteous VISITORS taking great
pains to show and explain the processes of shaping
and cutting glass The skill needed for the latter
process is very great and it Is delight to stand and
watch delicate and graceful pattern grow under
the hands of the artisan. Some OF Mr. Dorfiinger's
best cutters women. The only pressed glass that
is maze in the establishment are the shoppers for
vials. The storeroom where the finished glass Is
ranged on long shelves and tables. as Large orders
grow toward completion. is q beautiful sight. with
its wealth of cleaning crystal Among II were many
specimens OF delicate ruby and sapphire glass-the
color is burned in Mr.. Dorfinger's works in
close vicinity to his own fine home and its spacious
grounds. Between them is q long row of cottages.
built with u view to artistic effect well
fort. Here his workmen reside. The hill road
hey ond to Hawley is even more picturesque and
mantle than the first half OF the drive. We drove
back on recent day as the sunset lights and dayks
were transhguring sky and earth, and 1t would b(
difficult to match the scene for trsnscendent lowell
IA
THE LARGEST COAL STORING PLACE IN THE WORLD.
Honesdale is. as already said, the great shipping
centre of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company.
II is the largest coal storing place in the world.
coal brought from the mines over the gravity road
ulates the two great dumping grounds,
where fully 600, 900 tons can be stored As much
900 tons have been piled there at once awaiting
transportation. when the trade was very heavy. Al.
one OF these dumping grounds the coal is raised by
OF immense steam shovels, which lit two
at time and pour 1t into the canal boats. Al
the other 1t is upon level and is poured into the
boats by chutes like those in ut the breakers.
When mining is going on from 5000 to $4,000 tons
are brought daily over tho gravity road from tho
mines to Honesdale, the day being hours.
There mines than those ut Carbopdae.,
at Archbold and at Olyphant the last named being
the place where the gravity road begins. The
pleasant open passenger only from the hrst
named to Honesdale. You see no sign in near
this place of the great mining class of the populations
The country all around IL tor miles back
prosperous, cultivated upland and goes by the not
at all Inappropriate name OF Canaan. In this tar
land the population is largely foreign born-Ger-
man, Irish. English-who hnding land cheap, have
taken II and made IL rich with harvests and herds.
And yet. with all that has been brought under culti
walton. there are lying back to the north and east