Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-09
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Tobogzaaing : beoosa1ng Al attractive
spoft = this section. Oaly lev 14ss ass /
NJ. Frsnk Lyneh. - New " s1stseF, s4'a /
a. order nllet foF t0bsg gaas froEa hsh-
treal b. express The part ~ New las1-
or ia whlch .that gsHtieassn resides nes
plsatv u steep hiils. ~hlch Hske sa1A.-
rabls courses for this alode a r.dtas over
shs sno~. Dosa ~ HasersCras, "a kock-
ia,.a Counts. tbs prot,rietors II tas West
shore eating sal,oa have pat ~ sls1ss
a1.d they als0 propose - have = 50 .'as ~
several others have, siaas re4dins the f1ll
and interesting letters ia the >tt desefio-
iaz the nne ~inter sFors al A9nfreai iast
year. taken kindly % the sport The iittis
hand sls.is and the sn0re ponderoas ana
nest bots, that carry from ten u niteen ~
twenty persons, have held their o~n veil.
bat the novelty " the t0bossan pieases
all
one Of those Who prohtsd by the >st~'s
reports of the M0ntreal carnival last VIA
Ter i Mr.. john Ayers. he cohtrois tht
waters Of Summit Lake, on top or one o.
the Schunnemnnk Mountains, Ia the to"p
of Cornwall II IL one Of score or more
Of lakes ca the top OF the Hudson High
Lands. and is two miles from Central Val
lev. on the line Of the Newbarg New
YORK Railroad, and within a half mile Is
stock bridges Summit Lake House Mr..
Ayers. Who Is . brother-in-law OF Mr.
Stoekbridge, is game keeper OF the local.
~. and he knows every foot % the noun
famous region. After reading the articles
named aud seeing the illustrations ih tho
pictorial papers, he made up his mihd 10
/ enjoy the sport without going 70 canada
20 DO il. lie knew that no better place
/ eould be found IN Canada for slide than
he had on top Of the mountain where ne
| lives. He surveyed the steep mountain
side adjoining the lake, and found that IL
was lust the place for a slide. The lake
was covered with ice, and he surveyed
that also. with a view 10 making II the end
of the run All seemed entirely satisiac-
tory. and the work was begun The result
il that Mr.. Ayers has a run that can be
used summer or winter. IL begins over
eighty feet above the surface Of the lake,
and Is nearly 80 feet in length. IL Is
made OF heavy timber and planking, and
ia grooved out ike gutter, with
smooth surface Ii is four feet wide, with
sides or tenders battering outward, and
there il no possibility of running OF al
either side. Experiments have been made
10 test the speed to5Oggan viii make II
diving down the slide. Starting at the top
a tobosgan with one person on 1t has run
80 feet IN three and One-quarter seconds
r This was accomplished few days ago
when the lake was covered with smooth
Ice twelve inches thick, and when the to
hogan struck the lake il flew across II,
o distance of 900 feet TO the opposite shore
D ike a ball shot out of cannon. Thos
a who have taken ride down Mr.. Ayers'
4 slide saw the sensation is indescribable. \
such speed can be attained IN any othe
= way except by falling from high steepit
a Near the run Mr.. Aver has an engine wit
c machinery attached for hosting guest
II and toboggans 10 the top of the slide.
o He experimeuted with at-bottom boat
i before the lake was covered with ice, an
they worked TO a charm. He proposes
} have next summer boats especially col
structed for the slide, that will avoid a
II danger of ducking their occupants whe
y they reach the lake.
e II is believed that similar slides viii
>. constructed by other summer hotels tn
u are located upon the lofty mountain top