New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14
A GREAT FOREST PRESERVE
TIE HOTEL. CfIILDWOLD AND ITS $1,000
ACRES OF PLEAsURE-GROUND.
,-,vr, Opportunities FOR SPORT ~ THE TN
BROKEN WOoDs-CAMP AND COT
TAGE LIFE.

In the rar southeastern corner Of s. Lawrence
largest Of the "Ad!rondacks counties. les 'hi'i-
void Park n vast estate. BOO acres }" 'E'"h'
nearly twenty-four square miles or c"ns" Forest
odorous OF spruce and halsam ana non III game
y, n hoi--doyen crystal lakes. large and small,
oi,,.o v,,h lake trout AMI bass: Of many we'll
s,ochod brooks in tho number Of whose sp"ckiel
donizens the successful anglers make apparently
no dlmnu,ion. These pleasures OF heiIthiu'h'sS
and natural beauty and 81 the sporismana NE are
eu,oyod every summer hy several huniF't people
IRON, New York brooklyn Philadelphia. Central
Ncv.-York and New England mo guests ~ li"t'+
chudwod cor whose benefit the noble preserve
vas secured and exists. The noted hotel long
three-s,ory structure. with towers stands l' iee'
from the waters edge on the eastern banks OF
Massawcpie largest md lovelI'st Of the cluster OF
hikes In the park. Chld~oid station. on me Now
York Centrars Adirondack branch. - distant
little over five miles. The boundary lne Of chill
void Park cNicnds almost 10 the railroad. and III"
hotel company has built practically ~" whole
wagon road In 20 TIRE hotel. there being. for mn'h
OF the distance plank road ~ excellent repair
II Is a charming drive for miles through ''oi Tor
est rlades then. mounting higher. tklfhHg me pre-
c,,i,ous banks Of Lake Massaweii'. The sAf'fy
a,r cleaning through the lreiwOrk ~ tAe spread
,,, nine tre,s on he sheer hillside. an - 20 the
big hotel
The Hotel ChlIwoll HIS rs creates, length
uaralel With the lake front and parable. too WIN
10
hal, miles All around the ahoFe tao lake is heavily
frl,gol with timber except for the grassy c'ar.ng
in which tho Hotel ChAI"oid and its subsidiary
buildings stand and all around that space are II"
,rees Of the wilderness sproutins thlckly. hay
fever victims Ind prompt relief IN the air of enid
void The gravcly soil speedily absorhs moisture
and there IS never any malaria there or fos St"i'
hoai,hful "a !, IS. accidents will happen. So ski
ful physician makes the hotel his home through
the season Hotel Chldwoli IL we'll built and has
steam heat numerous nrepiaces. fnniiary Plumbing
and other convenleHces. The large ana ch"efi"'
d'nlng-room extends along half the lcnGth OF the
house giving "a much appreciated prospect upon
the lake The table is as high in standard as u
customary with hotels OF the first RANK. Ike mo
Childwold. one OF The Institutions OF me hous" -
s,ve souarc nrrpilces constructed OK powders
Of various shapes and sizes. iouhi or IN" i1hr
shore and rs shingied walls Near the hotel alohs
the lake front. seven cottages, leased 10y me
management TO private families. VINO take NOR
taees IL perhaps 1910 feet. and has nearly twenty
rooms some Unexpectedly big ana an pretty ana
connected With the hotel Office by electric bell ani
IN each the floors are 81 HARDWOOD maple ana ahrrry
cottage. nearly complete Is to be occupied by MIS-;
Prentice OF broo~,ync 40 ,he n,sni hio ,nnts arc
erected later IN the season, sometimes az many rs
annex and enough other buildings TO make ham
Eight camps. leased by the hotel company to
different persons. sprinklel along the further
shore OF the lake; ana the island. at the south
end. five more. all Of which are devoted 10 ne
uses OF domestic establishment Hotel Child
void. which has comfortable accomm )daiion for go
guests. H. under the able ana liberal management
| OF William +. lngOd. who has It's affairs In charge
for the seventh season. and who has Just completed
! his eighth year as manager Of the big Magnolia
! Springs Hotel the -. Johns River. Florida.
the success OF which under Mr. Ingolls care has
/ been as pronounced that OF tho childwola The
hotel viii open for the June 10. cloe-
/ ing before November and the outlook for the sum
mer Is entirely satisfactory. The returning guests
will remark changes and improvements. chief OF
which IS the erection. near the bowling alley and
billiard building. Of n spacious casino which Is TO
be used as a dancing room. music hall and Tor
entertainments IN general. having stage
| only forty or fifty feet from the hotel has
been built log cabin with bark roof ana big stone
fireplace q sort OF Adirondack campfire lodge
| where the fishermen matching stories ana the men
! and raidcns with banjo and guitar and song viii
| have many a Jolly evening IN the summer now At
| hand Then too. the construction Of the Union
! Chapel for which $500 raised last year, viii
soon be started and VIII be wei under way In the
! billiards already referred 10, there Is diversion OF
many kinds. Two fine tennis courts and Il baseball
field invite trials Of friendly rivalry BESIDES the
fishing. In lake or brook. rowing Is favori;e pas
and handsome boats. In which may row from
! Massawepe TO another lake In the rear Of the Child
void, or upon the Grasse River, its outlet
Bathing IN the lake Is popular, as there Is fine
sand beach For the lovers OF the beautiful there
arc many delightful walks and drives In the park
the special fca lures Is the large number Of
trails which have been constructed leading nefh
boring mountain-tops and the picturesque spots
which abound in the park: only two miles by road
from the Childwod finds tho Raquctte River
which. leaving Upper Lake just before, wends us
rapid and turbulent way through the Preserve on
It's long journey TO the 81. Lawrence