Telegram-herald., 1888-07-22
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Early yesterday morning a snail party
iassrssEed Ia ths Eresth snd dsssl0pGsnI
OF tns intsKssSs sa4msF resorsz accepted
tie insilstioa Of Passenger Axsns c. l.
Lockwood. Of the q. Z. & L Railroad Com
psay. and took . pleasant tlp 70 later
laksn," the nss resort Al N0sksson-
The party consisLsd Of Dir. snd Mrs.
TAos. W Fletcher Mr.. aad AnL w. ).
Stevens, Ar. and Ars w. b. Weston. c. l..
Lock cod and tso sons. Frank snd Claude.
besides a fss nesspaper reporters.
1hsy started on the regular Ills train on
ths Ausxsgon bFancb Of the q. K 4 l.
road. and reached the city OF Musksgon
about noon.
Through sasdast and sand. sand snd
sAsdusE. the party reached the Occidental
Hstsl. and Barney. the landlord. greeted
them Kindly and gave them the best the
house afforasd. Everything Was neat. clean
aad eomplsgs. and stevens says the pie
Vas excellent.
After dinner the party marched down to
thu dock and boarded the little steamer
Geo. p. oavidge, one OF the staunchsst
ersfls On AasKegon Lake. and started tor
the new resort, which al were anxious TO
see.
At the mouth of the husksgOn River.
which empliss into Auskegon Lake before
Joining It's waters with LAKE Michigan Is
beautiful peninsula dividing lake Auske-
| gOn on the south from bear Lake on the
north IL IS level table land, covered
with second growth oak and Is natural
park, even with 40 improvement. From
| this point the q. l. & |. K K. company
purchased nlnety-three acres, and upon II
have established Que Of the finest, coziest,
and altogether most pleasant resorts IN the
State OF Michigan.
Upon sslaolishing the place they found
| that hood wood dTifted into the shore. dis
| commoding the splendid bathing grounds
| which the beach affords. and therefore they
have driven a line OF plies. and will clean
out the bay and keep IL clear.
/ The Savidge. Capt. z. A. Fuller. will
| leave the Dock Stsuon, Just below Auske-
| gon, upon the arrival OF every passenger
tram, and cross to the point. The dock IS
nos quite complete yet. but even ladies and
children md 1t amply convenient. The
| nrst that greets the eye Is a boat house 2UO
| feet in length. containing q fleet of hity
boats, and upon the doors Of the big boat
house are signs Of Fishing tao kle," Live
| bait etc. The enthusiastic WAltonian will
know what that means. Up on the table
land is q neat and commodious pavilion,
with dining room, dressing rooms, restaU-
rant and q splendid floor tor dancing. Out
\ 10 the oak grove Is q ball ground OF
| five acres enclosed. with a grand stand and
4 all conveniences. Good roads are opened
| through the oak forests across TO Bear Lake
and some OF the most delightful scenery in
the State of Michigan can be seen from
either side OF this lit peninsular. Geo.
\ v. Culver, the Superintendent of the PARK.
is genial and courteous gentleman, and.
| all visitors 10 the resort will be pleased to
| make his acquaintance. He was Steward
| at Pi.nks Hotel on Nackinac Island last
year. All that he is kicking on is the want
| Of pure spring water, but the trenche, are
open and the pips Is being laid from the
North Auskegou Water Works and the
park will soon be supplied with aqua pura.
As soon as the debns Of logs aud drift wood
can be cleared out and driven outside the
barrier, no finer bathing place can be found
on the lakes, and the very next the COM
| pany will do will be 10 build q commodious
| bath house.
A ball ground of about five acres has been
enclosed. and now they are going to work
and sod the diamond.
| The finest view of Muskegon Lake and
its shipping ana the great circle of its mills
L
dust and its sand il from the blum at Inter.
lake, while over at Bear Lake the view of
the big lake with its shipping and its heav-
ing billows, 10 q sight that will rest the
| weary.
Well, the party looked over the grounds.
Some accepted the invitation to board the
steamer Van Raalte and run down to Lake
Michigan; some went fishing: some came
home on the early train, and Captain Fuller
| of the Belle Savidge has the hearty thanks
OF those who wished TO come. He rushed
his staunch little craft across that lake at
Just about the rate of fifteen knots to catch
the 3:l5 train.
| To sum the matter up. IL seems that the
g. K. & I. Railroad Company are deter
mined to provide every accommodation,
| convsnience and even luxury that they
can procure for their patrons.
This new resort of Interlaken Is reached
directly from every passenger train at Dock
station on Western-ave. on the Muskegon
branch of the G. r. 4 l., and by reference
to the time tables il will be seen that day 5
outing can be saken as easily as . month s
vacation,
| The perigrinator OF the TELEGRAM II ERALr
has come to the conclusion from q few
short hours visit. that no place in ths
northwest will furnish better amusement or
more real comfort to the Summer tourist
than "Tntsrlaksn"-the beautiful spot be-
tween the lakes.
| Anyone visiting Muskegon or Interlsken
Park. or Ia fact any patron of the Muske-
xon branch Of the G. K. & l.. will find nc
better friend and conductor than @. F.
Ciugston. the gentlemanly agent at the
savdust and sandy city.