Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-05-20
The Maine Press Excursion.


TOR . -
New HAVEN. CT. May 10
The Maine Press Association voted TO make
their annual excursion this year To the eoai
regions of PENNSYLVANIA, and very deiight-
ful trip il will be. Having just been over
the route we are prepared 10 assure our nlehus
of the press that it will equal IN attractive
ness all that the most sangulne nae ah'iei
mated. We cannot speak fully of the details
iii after consultation with the committee
of arrangements hut may mention the
General features From Portland TO New
York the route will be by the Portland, " or
cester. and New London railroad ana the
connecting steamers, passage which al 'his
season can hardly fail TO be most pleasant
one. From New York to West Point by one
of the magnificent North River day steamers
giving fine view ut the famed scenery OF the
Hndsou-the Palisades. the Highlands ana
numerous suburban villages IN winch the
wealth and refinement of the grt az city mas
fitting abodes. the many points OF historic
interest connected with the Revolution. etc
Al West Point tine party may spend half a
dav visiting the Military Academy and-lf
not completed before that time. looking IN
upon the " hittaker court martial. and learn
inc how one can slit his own ears and nose
and abuse himself generally in the opinion
ofhiph military officers-thence to Newburg,
one of the most picturesque cities on the NV
or. and the site of W asiIingtons headquarters
a venerable building stored with relics and
souvenirs of the Revolution. From New
burg they will pass via. \. y. and Ere Ball
road across the rich dairy regions OF Orange
County and up the romantic gorge OF the Del
aware river and the Lackawaxcn treek To
Hawley, where is the terminus OF ''GraVtv
Road upon which the coal is transported
IL. mi a To
market By this road, Assistance Of thirty
two miles we come TO Scrant0n-tiIe tram
moving without a locomotive by the force of
erayitation alone, except at the SLOPES, up
which it is drawn by stationary engines
Two DAYS will be spent in Scranton and VI
cinitv in visits to the coal mines and break
ers. the furnaces, machine shops. steel works
and other objects of interest in this remark
able valley, the whole so totally unlike any
thing to be found in New England. Facili-
ties abound for geological researches, and all
who choose can procure fine specimens OF
fossils.
Leaving Scranton We pass down the valley
to Wilkesbarre, passing in all its picturesque
beauty,
"On Susquehanna's side, fair Wyoming"
then re-crossing the Allghanies by winding
roads of eyer changing scenery into the Lee
hlgh ' alley Via. MauHcH tluhh' tHeHSc
across the rich meadows and through the
peach orchards of New Jersey to New York.
At New York the party may remain three
days including the Sabbath. which will allow
of an excursion to COney Island and Rocka-
way Beach, also visits to Central Park and
other places of interest as individuals may
prefer. The return will be by steamer and
= railroad via New London, making a round
trip from Portland of eight days. The entire
cost of the excursion, except so far as indi-
viduals may choose to indulge themselves
outside of the .iparty, will not exceed twenty
dollars for each member.
An excursion containing, for Maine resi-
dents, so many points of interest andso many
scenes of wholly unique grandeur and beauty
could not elsewhere be made probably, with
in so small distance and at so slight an ex-
pense. We hope that the Association will all
go. 1t will be such an opportunity as will
not often occur. \ fuller announcement of
the particulars will be made as soon as the
committee of arrangements have time for
consultation. The probable time of the ex
cursion will be the first week in July. We
beg leave to request those who intend to go to
send their names, and the names of those who
will accompany them, to the committee as
soon as possible. That committee are DR..
Warren of the Mirror; DIR. w. Il. Lapham,
at Augusta, and Brown Thurston, Esq, at
Portland. EDITOR.