The record-union., 1895-08-14
Up TN THE HEART OF THE SIERRA.
The Alpine Town of Alta to Be Made
a Summer Resort.
Railroad Officials Said to Be Interested
in the Enterprise-Towle'B
Station.

No part of the universe has so many
delightful summer resorts (or winter re-
sorts either) as California, and almost
every season develops some new and
beautiful spot on mountain or by the
seashore. where people may pass away
weeks or months in peaceful rest or rec
reatlon from the cares and duties OF mer-
camille or home life.
The latest place spoken Of as coming
resort is the pretty little mountain vii
lage of Alta. away up near the summit Of
the Sierra Nevada and on the line of the
Central Pacific Railroad. Last evenings
Post says OF q movement now on foot to
make it q spot where people will find
pleasant accommodations in the summer:
For several years Alta has been a
source of outlet for the Placer County
mines, in which Colonel j. L. DoolitLle Of
this city is greatly interested. Within a
short distance of The station there Is about
800 acres of deusely timbered land, IN the
center of which is located pretty lake,
covering sixty acres.
1T is this particular point that the rail-
road company proposes to improve, or
rather, induce its owners TO do it, with
travel.
''The matter has been under considera-
ton for some time, but no definite action
was taken until this morning, when Col
onel Doolittle, General superintendent
Fillmore General Passenger Agent I. II.
Goodman and several other railroad of1l-
cials met and talked over the plans.
The result OF the conference Is that Col
onel Doolittle has agreed to form a stock
company which Will build g big hotel on
some portion OF the lake shore to be Sc
lected later, and make other important
improvements on his property, which
will be transferred to the stock company.
"The Southern Pacific Company will,
of course, lend it's assistance financially
and otherwise TO the project. and celebrate
the opening OF the resort by running al
excursion to the place
Immediately after the State Fair Su-
perintendent Fillmore and other railroad
officials, together with a number of
friends will visit Alta for the purpose of
be the most attractive on the Central Pa
oiic system"
ANOTHER MOUNTAIN RESORT.
a correspondent of the RECORD UNION.
writing from ToWles Station, on the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad, says Of it as sum-
mer resort:
Many honest toilers and weary wives,
who need and deserve few days rest,
deny themselves becuse it seems beyond
their reach in distance and expense. The
writer has no interest 10 serve except to
give many the opportunity TO enjoy what
be Is now enjoying.
Without making any comparisons, al
low nae 10 say the distance is not great
something over fifty miles east of Sacra-
mentO. including some very charming
scenery. The expense may DO governed
by taste and purse.
The place l am specially in love with,
and therefore recommend, is Towles Sta
ton. 1t is not advertised as a summer
resort, but II speaks for itself 1t is
busy, bustling place, containing a lew
elegant residences, a cOmmodious hotel.
good public hall and possibly over fifty
cottages and all the accessories OF g rail-
road station, made important by being
the seat from which ToWles Bros. u Co.
ship most OF their lum ber to various dis
tributing points.
The sawmills are located miles away,
but the planning mills, box factory, pulp
mills, powder mills, ETC., are located here
at the station, on the Central Pacific Rail-
road.
There has been no effort TO attract peo-
pie TO this point, as their presence might
be, financially. rather a detriment than
otherwise to Towle Bros. 81 Co., who are
sole proprietorS of the place. In fact,
,
their enterprise and the large business
they carry on and the large number of
persons employed. The climate in sum-
mer is 80 delightful, the water 80 pure
and cold, the scenery so romantic and
sport so abundant and varied, that when
the hotel is full and all the cottages are
full then camps, mG55 OF plank or canvas
or brush, appear here and there beside
the springs ana brooks, on hillside and
in valleys.
The altitude is about 1000 feet. The
nights are delightful. and the days are
pleasant; game Is much more abundant
than nearer the summit: food and pro-
visions are TO be had at most reasonable
figures. Indeed your correspondent,
after repeated experiments, has decided
that Ii costs no more to live here than it
does at homes and besides the gain is in re-
creation, renewed blood by means cheaper
and more permanent than by any arti-
hcal methods. Here you get your daily
mail, have access by rail and wire to your
homes in case of emergency; you find
every advantage socially, and you are
not exposed to the associations of the
liquor business, for it is not found here.
While l can see no advantage our pres
ence can bring to TOwle Bros. u Co., yet
they are very attentive, and their en-
ployes show plainly that they have in-
structiOns TO be cOnsiderate OF the com
fort and safety of visitors. There is
scarcely 8 day that number of ladies
and gentlemen do not go out on one OF
the lumber trains of the company for
hunt. or sightseeing, or fishing, or gath
ering wild fruits.
This lumber road, q narrow-guage, ex-
tends thirty-six miles into the tim Der
belt, and over il three daily trains make
the round trip. The mills have all the
modern improvements, and seem 10 dis
pense with most Of the labor formerly
incident to the business. The logs are
hauled by engines 10 points where they
can be loaded on to steam wagons. Elec-
tricity makes these mills as light as day
on the darkest night. II. NJ. N.