New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-12
THE SEASON AT SARATOGA.

sEAsoN-A LIST 0F GUSTS WIZ" hANh ~
G,GrD rooxs At uig PROMINENT HOTELS
LAST WEEKS ARRIVALS.
trRou An occ AsIoNAL CORRESPONDENT OF Ih ilDO'~.
SARATOGA SPIISGs. y. T., June 10" here Is
l,nt oue Saratoga" calmly remarked a lmhitur 81
forty snmncrs yesterday morning while ioaohmR
for his thrd glass OF water at one OF the iah'"u'
mineral fountains. lie gave this aS his opIuion ia
answer 10 one Of Il number Of friends VINO h'"""
close by Evidently upward of sixty years oi age
he -eIncd possessed Of the yicOr and elasticity %
man oi forty. The words uttered by the 'e'''%"
are bat repetition Of those frequently dropped ~
The tlou.auds of regular visitors to this National re-
sort. Saratogas resources in almost every variety
Of mineral water cool. bracng anc inTigorating at
,,,o,,bore high altitude. beautiful scenery aud
.ligibIo location are ineXhaustIble; and supple
uen,cd TO all these may be mentioned It's extensive
and admirable accommodations for The care ch'ei-
tainment and pleasure of guests. ithlh INC p"s'
twenty years this village has quadIHpi"' 'S
capacity for the reception of visitors Saratoga mas
kept abreast with the times, u tact that VIII DO
attestrd by those who have had the pressure o.
summclins here during tho years That nave ioiIhe"
a., mast two decades supply is regulated by de-
nand and Saratoga each year records additions
eularscucnls and improvements; and SafAtosihns
bays learned the fact that the number OF annual
visitors is only limited by the accommodations pro-
yidcd for their comfort. From 10000 Ia JVO.OoO
is tho present estimate Of annual visitors
The season Of 1851 has opened ausplciou'y' ana
the villagers anticipate most prosperous summer
Tyerytbing points in this direction. and the m
ouiries for rooms aud booked engagements are 10
ported By hotel managers and boarding house
keepers 10 be unpTecedcntedly largo. Every mal
brngs additional inquiries and acceptances OF
rooms and the different managers point to the Iisf
of engagements with unfcigncd satisfaction. As
Al, Of xisif
and as the days merged into weeks their ranks were
augmented by daily accessions. and when the
seasons gates" were formally thrown open. on
June l. there was already q gOOdly number here.
Since that date the number has rapidly increased.
ms may be noticed 10y visit 10 the springs. hotel
parlors and corridors. and bOardinghouse piazzaS.
The claddening presence of returning guests IN
sitting new life into all Saratoga Springs Is " as
prt,y as a picture" this season. regular showers
and the best Of growing weather having performed
wonders in developing vegetation which has
reached an advanced stage seldom seen at the pre-
sent date in this section. The hotels and boarding
houses have been put in the most complete order.
md NEWCOMERS will, on their return here, be
greeted by the same familiar faces at the front
tCharles shelley of the MindSor. Harris LoSekam'
of the Clarendon. and &. L. Palmer of the Column
bian opened their hOuScs the first of the present
month. TompkinS. Gage N Co.. OF the United
States have been receiving guests since June J. ana
tomorrow Henry Clair of the Grand Union, will
swing his flag TO the breeze aS an evidence that his
hotel is also OPEN Clement & Wilkinson, OF Con
vress Hall, will follow suit one week later. W. ii.
bicCafrcy, OF the Adclphi. has been entertaining
guests for almost a month and Farnham n Bush
by June Is or 20 viii have refurnshcd the Amcr-
can and be ready for summer guests Cary Is.
Moons Lake House SWING into line ON the opening
Iay, as also did the ritncy House Huestis House,
and forty or fifty Other OF the smaller hotels and
the fouT hundred boarIng-houses Saratoga can
accommodate over 5000 guests at one time, and
ty the use of cots and coonizng' can add an
other 1000 to the ngIrcs. 1t has done this before
and-his,ory repeats itself.
STEAM AND ELECTRICITY.
Congress Spring Park, further bcautiied by sub
siantial improvements will BE- Illuminated evenings
by electric lamps Of 1000 candle power each, and
twenty in number Broad Nav from the Windsor
Hotel TO the Town Hall, is now lighted nightly by
electric lamps Of the same power. II IL public
test with view to its general adoption for street
purposes 1t is under the management Of an incor-
p0ratod association known As the Saratoga Lice
trio Illuminating Company The electric lights IN
use at the Grand Union for two OF three seasons will
De continued this summer. a newly incorporated
company. capital 100000, will soon cobweb this
village with telephone wires. Ahont the largest
item under the heading of improvements at this
period of the calendar is the Saratoga Lake Rail-
way which connects the village and lake. About
July the road will he far completed as to allow
the running of trains on schedule time. The last
rail was laid on June L. and the same day the first
locomotive was over the entire length OF the
road The company will shortly have on the lake a
steamboat capable Of holding 900 persons. The
boat is provided with double hulls of steel and sets
on the water like "A catamaran. Its length over all
- f.et IlttStIuTg.
Penn iron. workers are now ut the lake shore put
ting the craft together, all Of the material having
been cpared ready for adjustment previous to ship
ment here The steamer will connect with the
trains and will ply around the lake. touchng al the
various pOrts-Myers's. White Sulphur SPRING
Rioy's. the Briggs House dOck-whcre custom
house officers are as yet unknown quantity. The
electric energy" of this new railway and steamer
line is Bostons old postmaster General WIN. r.
Burt now residing here. occupying a Circuiar-st
cottage The railway does not interfere
with any of the avenue drives. Trains will stop at
the various springs along the line at certain hours
OF The day. Sundays included. Saratoga has long
desired rapid transit facilities to shorten the four
miles Of distance between the village and lake, and
1t now finds that its hopes an accomplished fact
COMING EVENTS.
I The indications that a large number of con-
ventons will assemble hero this sumuer-New-
York State Teachers Association, Social Science
Congress. an international congress of Temperance
organizations two or three associations OF paper
manufacturers Bar Association White Lead Makers
and other business and scientific bodies. The Court
of Appeals convened here on Monday last and will
remain in session for full month. Several probes
siona boat.racos will take place on Saratoga Lake
the dates for which have not yet been announced.
The RAINING races given under the management
of the Saratoga Racing Association. will begin On