Passaic City record., 1895-07-13
IN THE CHENANGO VALLEY.
The Picturesque Lackawanna Route.
The Water Gap.-ScrantOn, City
Among the Mtnes.-The sports
mans Paradise. = Binghamton.
che Parlor City.-Old Times i'm the
Chenango valley.-Smithville and
McDonoHgh Sprfngs.-Smtth Ed
wards, Dairy.-Pretty Mtlkmafds
and Cream. tBaby Separator"
-Picnfcing on the Chenango.


and Cream.-A s.Baby Separator"
-Picnfcing on the Chenango.
Among the many railroads which
cross the State of New Jersey and pene-
trate the woody Businesses of Pennsy''
yaria none can claim d more pictures
que route than that followed by che
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail-
road. We have confirmed in these col
umns the attractions claimed by all the
other lines, but it was only recently
that the REcoRDMAN was able to see and
admit the superior picturesqueness
claimed by the Lackawanna Route.
We entered the train at Hoboken.-
train No. 8, an express which does not
stop at Passaic-and quick run across
the State of two and half hours brought
us to that famous opening IN the Della
ware mountains known as the Water
Gap. The scenery here IS superb, and
as we cross the river on substantial
bridge we get good view of the great
rocky gap in the mountains through
which the Delaware river flows. Just
north of the Lackawanna crossing may
be seen the new iron bridge of the
Susquehanna Route. which also pene-
trates this delightful region and to
which hundreds of fashionable people
come every season to enjoy such attract
ions as can only be found at frst-class
mountain hotels. We halted only
moment at the station and then sped
away toward Scranton, a city among
the coal mines, where churches, factor
les business places and residences seem
mixed up with the huge piles of slate
and coal dust from the mines. All the
way the scenery Is exceedingly wild and
beautiful, with here and there a stream
or lake wherein must thrive choice
specimens of the fnny tribe. These
wooded hills and giistening waters have
been appropriately termed the "Sport-
mans paradise"
A few minutes delay at Scranton in
order to change engines and we are off,
following the ridge around the city,
winding in and out among the noun
tains of coal. and then rushing along
toward Binghamton, the parlor city OF
New York State, where we arrived at
8 o'clock.
Binghamton is city of fine residen-
ces of we'll kept streets and business
houses, and Of well managed system
of trolley railways. East of the city, on
an elevation which overlooks the town.
is located the State Hospital for the
of granite. is fine specimen of archi-
lecture, and the grounds are beautifully
Laid out Here also several railroads
come together making it railroad cen
ter of considerable importance.
AS we were ticketed for Greene in the
Chenan2o Valley we left the main line
and proceeded up the Lackawanna's S
Utica branch about 20 miles-and just
here we want to say there is no pretrier
valley known than that through which
the Chenango river flows and traversed
only by the D. L. & w. R. R. At
Greene we were met by the Chenango
House buss of which hotel DR.. L. Z.
Silvernail, cousin to the REcoRDMAN,
is proprietor. Once lodged at this fam
GUS hostelry the inner and outer man
may settle down with satisfaction and
rest.
Its history is an interesting one.