New-York tribune., 1885-07-20

THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE DlsIKlbu hD ihho'"h L'-
ZERNE, sCHIooN. BLUE MOUNTAIN, RACoUEiTE
AND LONG LAKEs-A MILE MINUTE ON THE
ADIRONDACK ROAD.
lBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE
PROSPECT HOUSE, BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE. N. Y,
July l9.-A TRIBUNE correspondent, who left New
York ten days ago for Saratoga and was hay-
ing a pleasant time until the first few warm days,
took an early stroll this morning far as the depot
Who should he sec there but an old railroad friend.
81 thought You were in New-York," said tho
correspondent.
"Oh, no." said ho al have changed my base.
am on my way whore ice Is cheap"
"N here is that r
blue Mountain Lake." was the reply. " Do you
see that iron horse there That is the SUNDAY
TmDUNE special newspaper locomotive. IL starts
in iyo'mnutes What You say Take trip Win
nc: am in charge Of this enterprise"
The correspondent sent a note TO his hotel.
nmped on the locomotive and was oil fer a sixty
mile run with Tue TRIBUSE's regular edition. that
had been brought from New-York by special tram.
People may talk about limited expresses. but the
writer does not want TO ride any faster than he
did to-day. The first stop was at Luzerne where
n large package of TRIBUNEs was thrown oil for
Lake Luzcrne then on the engine went fascr than
before package was thrown oil Mt Thurman
for Lake George and one at Riverside for Schreon
Lake, aud those stations were left IN tho rear
rapidly. The train reached North Creek the end
of the Adirondack Railroad. IN very short
time. making part Of the distance ut the rate OF u
mile a minute. Tho papers were bundled OIL the
train and the writer was oil on the pony express
for n thrty-mile drive through the mountains to
Blue Mountain Lake.
When the wagon was twenty miles on its way.
thoughts began To arise about lost breakfast but
| Charley said. Never mind mine host is wait
ing for MS at the Prospect House" AT . p m..
amid the waving of handkerchiefs, the wagon
drew up to the piazza of hne MOTEL
After dinner which IL seldom beaten,
tho corr 9 espoudent strnled out on the piazza and
enjoyed the beautiful sccsery, and feeling OF con-
tcntment stole over HIM he compared the tler-
mometer Mt 7fo with the 800 of New-fork. Be
fore duing the agent Ia charge sf the papers I'M
ished up his work by starting supply
of TRfBUNFs on "A steamer which started on
another run of thirty miles into the wilder
ness through Racquette and Lone Lakes, Before
dark the regular edition OF IHH SUNDAY ItibCN NJ
will b. read on the day OF publicati3n IN the Gu
fire southern portion of the AdirondacKs Ihis
achievement is something perfectly wondorlni botii
TO the natives and the visitors of he Great Norih
Woods one gentleman said: his certainly
beats The HorIds statue fund forenterprise. The
TrIBUNr has certainly risen in the estmltion oil
all the travellers hore.
Among the guests stopping .at this honso are
many prominent families from Now-l0rk' Albany,
Cleveland and other western cities.
SARATOGA SPRINGs, July 1o-THE TRIBUNE
reachcl Lake Luzernc to-day at $40 a. M ami
Srhroon Lake at ll:lj a. IN. No other New York
! paper reached this region to-day.
| HCIErrs LANDING. Lake George. Jnly lo.-IHE
! SUNDNY TRfBUNE was distributed to all the hotels
on Lake George as far this point today by tie
special TRipr NJ yacht Mary Anderson. owned by W.
| Howard Bender No other Newiork paper reached
| the Lake during the day.