Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-11
LIFE At S,RAToGA.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE MANY PROMINENT
PEOPLE THERE.
What Judge Hilton Did for Saratoga
Cottages of People Well-known
Everywhere.
Especial Correspondence of the SUNDAY UNION
SARATOGA SPRINGS IN. W,
August 9. 1889.

of land and joining them together,
brought order from chaos, he gave an
incredible impetus to Saratoga's prosperity.
The first step was taken in that develop
ment of villa life which has grown like
Jonah's gourd, yet strong in the elements
of endurance. People hitherto had
thought of Saratoga only as place of jost-
ling hotels. They woke up and found it a
good place in which to have home.
Never was any act of public benevolence
(?) better timed than the opening to the
public of the 1,075 acres of ground about
the Hilton habitations True, the public
hacks were secluded from more than a
certain route, but occupants of private or
specially y-hired carriages were permitted to
have new and attractive drive.
Quickly, too, more than one wealthy on
locker realized that to build a villa facing
an extent of improved acres was no small
advantage, and the sale of lots began One
brought another; the movement spread.
till now the villas reach about fifty
They are scattered in different directions
and more are being DulIt.
Prominent among handsome habitations
is that of A. Augustus Low, who occupies
the Inwood cottage in Woodlawn Park.
He is, of course, wealthy man, brother
of Seth Low, formerly Mayor of Brooklyn,
and is married and has a family.
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Eckerson rent
for the summer Brightside cottage, oppo
site Woodlawn Park, and the property of
Mrs. James Cooper of Brooklyn, who has
gone to the Paris Exposition.
Edward ii. Perkins, Jr., young mar
ried man, President of the Importers and
Traders National Bank, occupies, with
his family, Point-au-Pines, the cottage
owned by Frederick Leak, of Williams
town, Mass
james H. Breslin, proprietor of the Gil
sey House and famous among hotel men
far and wide, has a handsome cottage
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. August c. Downing occupy
Cornwall Manor, an elegant mansion in
the midst of extensive grounds. He is an
elderly man, and years ago made his for
tune in plate-glass and also, it is said, in
real estate speculations in the suburbs of
Paris.
Simon Borg, the well-known Jewish
banker, spends the summer at Hawthorne
Cottage, which takes its name from the
owner of the famous spring.
William d. Ellis, an extremely eligible
young bachelor, resides here in an elegant
cottage with his mother He is well
known rs the head of the Ellis Locomo-
tive Works in Schenectady, and, all things
considered, may be looked upon as an un-
usually attractive parsonage.
Mrs. Isaac n. Phelps is a wealthy widow
well known in society. Her husband was
Vice-President of the Second National
Bank, and member of the New York
firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co. Her resi-
dence is, of course, very elegant.
F. n. Goddard, of East Thirty-ffth
street, New York, lives in cottage for
merly occupied by ]. W. Drexel.
Judge John f. Dillon, brother of Sid
ney Dillon, and member of.thsz&sm Of
Dillon q Swayne, is perhaps the most
distinguished cLttager at Saratoga. He is
authority on the law of corporations gen.
eral counsel for the Union Pacific Rail-
way, and for the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. At present he is in
Carlsbad, with two daughters, but the
other members of his family are here
for the summer.
S. i. johnson, of the firm of Boardman
& johnson, stockholders, occupies with
his family, the Robinson cottage, Wood
lawn avenue.
George Bliss, of the firm of Morton, Bliss
q Co, and partner of the President,
is here for the summer.
Horace B. Ruggles, the well-known New
York lawyer, occupies with his family and
owns the Bracket Cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Thompson, the
former retired merchant of New York,
occupy Sunset Villa on South Broadway.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. II. Fellows, with their
unmarried daughter, are at Nestledown.
Their daughter, Mrs. Lamar Loos, is with
her husband at Yellowstone Valley.
Dr. John c. Minor, the prominent New
York physician, and formerly medical at
tendant to Mrs A. I. Stewart, resides in a
cottage at the foot of Woodlawn Park
Mrs, d. S. Lathrop, widow and sister
in-law of Mrs. Leland Stanford, of Cali
fornia, owns and occupies the finest resi-
dence in Saratoga, unless that of Mr.. Leach
be excepted.
Henry f. Merriam, a bachelor, occupies
with a married and unmarried sister the
Lawton cottage He is retired New
L
the plate-glaSs business.
Mrs. Mary G. Hoffman, rich widow
from New York, occupies the Cunning cot
tage, opposite Woodlawn Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Hamil, of New
York, live for the summer in cottage
overlooking Woodlawn Park
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Clinton Clark reside
here all the year round. He is President
of the Universal Car Coupling Company,
and has an Office in New York
G.. w. Carleton, the well-known pub
Usher, now retired from business, lives
here with his wife and family during the
summer.
Troy contributes something of colony
to Saratoga cottage life, and among Others,
H. G.. Ludlow, inventor of the steam valve,
is worthy of mention, as also Daniel w
Coon, prominent in the collar business,
and occupying the cottage owned by Mrs.
VIM r. Travers. Other successful men
from Troy are John A. Manning, paper
manufacturer, who lives here all the year,
going daily to and from his business He
lives with his large family at Dewdrop
Inn and owns extensive mills.
Another summer resident OF Saratoga
from Troy is Mr.. Isaac McConihe, and
before closing the list may be mentioned
Mrs. Joseph w. Tuller, her husband hav-
ing been of the firm of Tuller, Warren &
Co., manufacturers of stoves. Other
wealthy families from Troy are those of
Charles A. Brown, George B. Claet,
dealer in pianos and organs, and manu-
facturer of collars and cuffs also, James
w. Cluett, one of the two, with zeal scarce
according to knowledge, having his car
riage ornamented with crowns, emblematic
of trade mark.
Leaving the Troians to enjoy the fruits
of their enterprise, the beautiful grounds
of Spencer Trask may be mentioned as
worthy of an extended notice, the mansion
being handsome, of course, yet less re-
markable than its surroundings.
The name "Woodlawn" wasnot bestowed
by Judge Hilton upon this park, but is
continuation rather of that given an old
family mansion and sixty acres of ground
surrounding it, the nucleus of successive
purchases from which so much has come.
At short distances from each other, are
built cottage for the Judge himself and
those whom ne may choose to reside with
him; a residence for Henry G. Hilton, his
son; "The Lodge" appropriated to Fred
erick Hilton, another son, while Mrs.
John n. Hughes, q married daughter lives