St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-30
Monterey, California.
NEW ENGLAND VISITORS AT PACIFIC
COAST RESORT.
HOTEL DBL MONTE,
Monterey, Nov. s, 1888.

! and pleasure seekers have turned tnell
attention very largely to California as
winter resort. Many who have been
accustomed to spend the winter months
in Florida have found their way to
Monterey, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles
and San Diego. Others may have been
deferred from coming on account of
the distance, but if they knew how
comfortably the railway journey is
made and what delightful climate
awaits them, they would not hesitate
on that score. The number of eastern
visitors is increasing yearly, and al
ready some of the California hOtels,-
notably the one here at MOnterey-are
being enlarged to meet the demand for
rooms. hear also of ut least one new
hotel project i'll southern California
that is to be carried out on a grand
scale. The winter climate here is a
most pleasurable change from the
rough and harsh New England winter.
Flowers and fruits take the place of
snow and ice. The only snOw-storm
Sab Francisco has seen for many years
occurred last winter, and the inhabi-
tants were wild with JOY during the
brief time the snowy mantle remained
upon the ground. The "rainy season." ,"
so called, lasts from October through
the winter and spring months, bu- this
period is by no means unpleasant
weather continuously. 1t is the season
when about all the rains that fall dur
ing the year may he expected, and the
term ''rainy," or "wet season" is there
fore used to distinguish it from the
summer season of drouth and dryness.
1t is claimed 10y Californians that in
their rainy season, more clOudless days
NAV be counted than the whole year
affords east of the Mississippi river.
| However that may be, the fact remains
| that the winter season, when rains de
scend occasionally, is the pleasantest
of the year here. A gentle rain is sue
ceeded by several days of beautiful
sunshine, and all nature seems re-
freshed. Flowers, plants, foliage and
grass take new lease of life, and even
the atmosphere itself is purer and
sweeter.
Monterey, with its truly elegant
Hotel del Monte, is Il veritable para
disc. know of no place in Europe or
| America where like degree of ele-
gance and taste is displayed in the
matter of hotel establishment. The
house and grounds are owned by the
The visitor can readily imagine him
self in some nObleman's park. Nearly
one hundred acres surrounding the
hotel have been enriched by the gar
dener's art, and in this tropical
climate flowers only want the OppOr-
tunity to grow in profusiOn. Forty OF
fifty men are kept at work upon the
grounds under the direction of tn,
head gardener Grand old trees chiefly
the grounds; and avenues and walk,
wind in and out among beds of flowers
Besides the hotel grounds the railroad
company OWNS some seven thOusanI
acres of land along the coast, an'
nearly twenty miles of roads have beel
built simply for drives. The hote
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pearance on the interior as it doe
without, everything about the estab
lishment having been arranged witt
regard to comfort and elegance. Pure
soft water has been brought twenty
five miles, from the upper part of tn
Carmelo river to supply tie hotel, ant
now that this has been done, at yer,
great expense, the sum of twenty thou
sand dollars is to be expended il
identifying little lake there happen
to be within the hotel enclosure.
A few days since a party of eastern
people who had come out under til
pilotage of Mr.. Harding of the Ray
mond and WhitcOmb Excursion Burea
of Boston, took up their quarters her,
They remain two months and a merr
time is anticipated during this perioC
as the visitors are mostly young peOpl,
A still larger party is to leave BOstO
December 9th. This latter cOmpan
will arrive here January 9th, and rt
main until March 10th, SO that til
Hotel del Monte has certainly the pro,
pect of brilliant season.