New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-07
UUIRLING DOUN 4 MOUNTAINS SIDE.
PICTURESQUE SCENES BrF0R" \ TRAVELLER
WHO SHOOTS DpwE OLD DCNDIRBFI!
ON \ SPIRAL RAILROAD

WHO SHOOTS d wv OLD DI Dl.NBIa"
oX SPIRAL RAILROAD.
A. the dav boat round, the Hook Mountain and
enters IIaycr~rw RAY the 81 TIE traveller l. NJ
once caught iy the towering mass ~ The Dnnh"r"rc
looming up IN the norti. fifteen miles away Has "
not appeared strange 10 many tourists. a. tr'y are"
nearer and swept past Il; as" that w''l' cr'"rpr!Sh1
Inc. went long distance. - s"cnr" Interesting 'p&
Oh which t. erect hotels. they shonld have en-
tlrcy ov r,okrd this bold and rncCc mountain. wthih
an Lour of Sex. York. and having views unsurpassed
by ally Of The isi.llnd-
r. L. a:d II. J. Nunfori. the controllers % w"
N,uch thIuk SWITCH aci Railroad. have FOR >cN"ri.
Year. thought Of buliln- similar railroad ara hc'
on one. If ;l. Highlands Of The indson In pursuance
Of TIM idea experimental surveys wcr" inad" Oh al
the ui";lia.n- IA ~" ncir'h'rh"'d ct Wet I"'h''
r.. pndcrfcrs the last I" BE- cNa'nii'T! ana VA
a, ono. .rlrc,cd aCcoln' oi ~ ma-Ii'h"n' Vh"'
A.! ov:a. - II, t"in. the most a'r'H!'' hi' ''''
~, II, add,inu IN" advantage 81 being ncarr the
r,,,U,u IL. ~ W,,r If tbs I"It 'p'ri'
railway ;. npw hliltinc mp TIC ID" {" g." m'hn'hh.
H.. car, Will l.. drawn ny by cable. Z" arr,nS"'cht
a L,ry .,,d To- i. I~:f.ri, -afe There Will De- two
,au,> one 600 feet IN crvl'rl ana the otter a-'"'
m, 500 feet NJ Tn" top 81 each 81 thc'' P''"'
Will l.. powerful stationary "netn" when VIII per
c,,n 49,. worh Of hauling up th" train ih'N' VIII
.,l.,i.l t.! cariyIp. =. ~ p.-'r.'r, an l"Er me
mi. VIII i,.furo Ia foot ~ -i'Hd .'r2N''Y
.,,lr,ud over ten miles N l.I rh. az Al '\iI"n'h
,,r,uuu, Route and 'olnni!l.iiu, Vvc: IN ~ 'lfht
rntir,ly dIc,rh view, al tro Had II AMI Snr'"rii"
,,r,,ry o. o.. rNtrrr tip Will hc erected ~
.,,.o.l.o,.- hotel ni,h .u.i"ri"At paris. ENcriri"n
.rId sill be a,I ont. !iN"' 'd "'i"' NH t'h'r"
re-. ,,..,ur ~ c,"rt d.rc,t.u' AID - ho" hI,i~Ic"
ay.ly viii ic . nrau,.fI. nj" T. ,nprl' -" bot !
with wa,cr TIE grpnri- ior d,y cNcuiNiou pa't"i
Ar, T., T.. u,lr.l, .iIa.t tid r,.,"S" iio he hotel.
vlh VIII l.. "ul> for permanent .'-t. II / part "i
the plan htv" vdrio'- 'th"r hhr~ ana paris con
-tr1n ted advhntsou, point lionf Tie liI and j"
r,,r..-... VII De- .i.',1 L. MAIL ~ an '' 'u''"'1
I'd ti. ,"f!,'lpn II II npHH'i" -"n.m"r r'"r
~. .ioufd Va .rt lrlc' a. irril = ih" w"rk
i.., been ~ .h.d witi all p,>lr ~ Il. n'ay i.ooo
Italians hrlrs ,mpi ID.
'iBro,nIIi., ph'h I, cIrr>r' ont this pr"j"rt /
-" Iiud 81, River I,rprDv,n3'7 t"'a ?ai.y. o'
vLlch J. MORGAN L. president. The wok t. undrr
H., az. - T.. -Up"rvi D., oi q. H. |'"ci'r.
.ni.r II H." n',uriiIn c\tcn.lvc piers are III
pr,c., Of ,1ii-trciiDi an: Immense station with
-. ;ar.an' oi,cr.. etc. viii be built The building
viii nicIulc Tie W.T. ~hpr station al Jon"e> Point
a,- inll:.' 'r,'r..- 10 n"!' direct "pi '"''I'h'
wih "a" -niril rad. II l. c-pc"d 'la' ir' lr'i'
~r<:Hl,ai oon'ir,nt viii rin 'hcr cXcur.'on boat"
nan New YORK; aud ,!>, that Ia" .ilbiHT daJ boat >
,,la Il. Magl Powell VIII make regular tops.
The outlr,h .r,l, ~" hotel VIII IT, magnificent.
rld.y nile. Of tbs hudson River and in" stretches
Of V.tchr ter and lio,"!and 'otui", vii BE- tHili"
u etc. weather.
LEAVING thr station ~ the summit. III" pa r'grr
COR tn. foot IF Dnndrrlur? viii ind himself seated
- 81. oi"n ''r rrihs down &i''ir l"rLn", " h,
"a , ,.hi.g i.r hr'l and :" e., a"i.hh IL" 'i"'i
- IT, t.nnui.',: ii' ,"H # Pc k,sll and ilIN' r>r.A
~ ,r.d upon IN ~ the >o",h'rn '9h ,, 81 ih
To- - iA. rD,d '...t'- IL >H'fp 'Hh I" ne i'hi Ih
nrs i" ' -" ,r h" gI 90 ma1 T GIA ' ON
,hr st ~ '' li"i on; on '!r wrN' h> t.r M, -
Lt.ni,nd. "Atrndnr ~ fl ~ the ryr can rncl ana
on liz. Duii, b, t!c hn ,'"r II "k M":n,an n'hrn u!
liung.,. INTO n" w"'!-. -" tr'in pat -. i"" Ii'
:; ~. .u,r~l,d b; iir''- 2r'"IG Gown t. III" wafer =
.. Lc,>iur t'c.", t'r' - l'r"r wntld al,nF ,''
,..-i pre-. ;ri"u ~" "i IN" In"nnhI!' ana 'i"!u-
:.i H. oi . hi feet one q The lo,"",t L,l
W.. lnd The v'w "on-raitIy cilnng''s he ara,
..,!- ~" n"i'., h"nI'rr ur 'iar"' Mh ~" " a.,
'.,r~r shore to -irt,. camp Al Kfm Hook, and
lr. All. pass IA rapd n''r's 'io,. lh".' H. ,. n,
i't",. rlm,ant drive, :.Id shrhy p,l'. Il" ,nt;hr
.mr,' I" ihc r.. y III lir ind,,i 'r,Li i'nl ' n !"
,tniiv Point and rir' "f cultivated lnd ana i'''.,,
,,,tI I,,'tk!i!. N II ,dt"r eve '"'.' "t
n."',,'iul Gene n" r;H sndicnh d,o'" int" innn"l
.h, sharp curry" I" t:r wc, BET 'rc leaving y. ana
', lie glorious ,'i'',i''t 81 l!at"r,rw la. hr'.h'
nppn III vcw. with 1,rT''"Hn ,iht Ing ari trotn'
l,; ~ IT,, ,nv ""aI :ieh TOR "r.nit9 ~n, hnch
| nd: . im der. ','S ~ and ' oI 1g 'y n a
IT,. road cnvi'f >harlll 70 tI" rfsl. rr"Hi" M 'I,
r a. y ~, milo moun'nins IN ever Icning 'hr,
If Lliic ,Nicllin, - L." north'fiNt. ~"n"' cI''t'i W
,r nnc i"nl, "'eIT r1Y E ~. "t -, ~. OF u', cS
, ,u' .' '.,,, on tI,r whole m"an,lIn.
uI,,'t III. iO,s IIi' N!i'' tii ON
,,i,, inc uI;tl,,l the broad las al stony Point
In cu.Il,..fin. ti' &C. and the train dives iEfo
a. - uur and for the mo'"t H. Hudson d. ipp'"rN:
Ir,s.irr .ii,rm ~ il' head oi valley. the r'' al
.ry,' 10 the ~ and for i.nh, feet L!rw. ~" AIDE
- .bc iayu" Ih"i. with aHiohcr rhrv, this time
,i, Ugh, the beautiful Iufsp" again :T1rp'"f' am.
=, ourc more lot 10 view a. the tram ci'r' ."'
ud I,.hs away to tn" westward. In a lev minute.
III r,,1d pr>~t through charming pt'K. lih oiI ai'
,un,roll,d H. tho coiuIinv ann after dc"trlh',G
ii more turns coward Inc flNcr
IN, >,ht If which T. hidden by tr,rs until IL uncx
prc,.ily appears nS INC car Is whirien ar.;" M NY
,,n,t aiiii,.ing another clmp+ Of the IIuhHhi.
i,L skill AID the state camp. Again the train hash-
i,tn the forest until. emerging from deep cut. INC
.i,ht Of .,nndcrlrrg Itself bursts upon the sIght,
..,r In all it, d!rlty AID majesty. better dc:' 81
th Lnd and rugged iy of tie mountain Is obtai'sl
f,,,u hi, spot than from other point on inc lihe
rh. magnificent structure at the terminus Is now III
Linn vi,w and IN few minutes the brcathlcs'
a. :, NIGER ha> finished the ride down tho nioiliin ooo
Tb. estimated cost ~ the entire work Is S'ooV
rhc season l. last from early sprnS into october
an 1, expected ~ lc H. readiness, before next summer
a. the rate AT which the work Is at present advancing
in all probability Will be running up the pAnes
before snow flies.