New-York tribune., 1897-06-13

IN ridc All tho way TO Westport twenty miles dis
tent on the foothills Of the mountain BACK OF tNe
1ahawus House are the summer cottages vi ~ VI
Shurtef and other e.l-known painters ana & WI tne
valley there are in al about forty cottasEs, hn.I
owners hold pleasant relations with the ho'e
guests.
A FAMOUS ADIRONDACK HOSTLERY.
THE EVOLUTION OF PAUL SMITHS FROM A
CAMP TO A GREAT HOTEL PROPERTY
ITS MANY ATTRACTIONS.
Keeping pace with the development Of the Adron'
dacks as a summer resort has been the steduS e'o
luton Of Paul Smiths. from the primitive camp o'
long ago to the great property OF to-day WIN its
90 900 acres Of forest parkland Its cluster OF Deau'
full lakes it's extensive hotel structure, It's camps
and cottages Whoever knows the Adirondacks
knows Paul Smiths and It draws It's guests from
all over the country The big hotel, Win us ac-
co,nmodation for five hundred guests. Is III inc
woods yet not In the "backwoods. Tor IL is ohiy
little more than three miles from the railway. the
road being macadamized for the entire distance.
The siy-horse tally-ho meets the trains. and the
ride on II from the station gives tf arriving guest
a foretastc of the pleasure TO be enjoyed III tHe
days of his soourn. for al around he gazeS on the
mountains and far ahead to the right ne sees the
simmer of Osgood suggestive Of trout fishing ana
OF golf and of peasant rowing and sailing. De
scending the long HILL and turning to the left. the
road leads for "A mile through the woods past the
clearing In which the big hotel gardens, past
the picturesque church OF St John s-ih-the- " iei-
ness where famous clergymen conduct the ser
vices: and then the hotel comes into sight, ana the
coach emerges from the woods into large clearing,
the six horses trotting noisly along the pdnked
roadway which leads tn the main entrance Inc
hill which originally sloped down to the iahe
edge Mt this point, has been cut away an extensive
level space little higher than the waters level
beinp obtained I'm the midst OF which stands the
wide -pazzaed hotel facing the lake and formihs'
with its connecting annex. a great l.. 10 the ie.t
is the boathouse well stocked with graceful craft
on the hill sope back Of the main buiidhS' 10 'He
right, are handsome cottages easily seen through
their curtains Of thinned-out trees Along the lake
front to the right broad boardwalk leading
10 st other cottages. nearer 10 the water some OF
them built on the very edge or the NH, WHICH hetc
slopes directly down 10 the lake, and having pri-
vate lighthouses. The Kellogg cottage is the
furthermost from which short walk down the
narrow ridge through grove OF pine and white
birch trees, brings to Lands End FROM mere
the hotel is in full view. and just across is the be-
Ginning Of the St Regis River. Further OF
rising above the low hills n little back from the
lake shore, seen the outlines OF distant h''u'-
tains "true-bluc coins from heavens own mint.
As the hotel park is the largest private estate IN
New-York so. too, 1t contains larger NUMBER oI
lakes than any other-the two ST. Regis lakes
snitfre Osgood Lake Clear. the Spectacle Ponds
Barnum Pond Bear Pond and many other beautituI
sheets Of water Rowing Is always faVorlte recre-
alton. and many sailboats a.so are IN COMMISSION
on the St Regis chain of lakes during the season
The fishing IA a good at Paul Smiths as anywhere
in the North Woods. and an experience OF the other
dav when two men In days fishing in the Osgood
River three miles from the hotel, caught over one
hundred and fifty trout, Is by no means an unusuai
occurrence although OF course the fishing IS better
now than Il will be In midsummer. Not le"
veteran fishermen run up from New-fork Tor
few days early In June. and find a vacation then
not less enjoyable than later III tHe season. Iut
the" popular sport nowadays Is Son ana the M
nne- hole course of the st. Regis Golf Cub ON the
bank overlooking OsgOod Lake. Is as me as me
finest The view is lovely one ana the gr9uh hl
golfers in the & club is med d0y 10 t~sn
may play. The affairs Of the club are directed by
Richard cH y Van Wyck and William Hall Penfold. all
Of New-York Many improvements have been made
SnS1 aTt ,oan expente @ of @ary s The
clubhouse has been newly fitted up ana the INKS hs
ing now more than 900 yards The made putting
greens have also been en.arged and are nov thirty
up early this month and laid out the necessary
work which has been carried on under the supgr per
side the hotel is an asphalt tennis court which is
the summer and near it is the baseball ground the
seen so on the board walks around the hotel
and the macadamized road leading 10 the station
this spring has been the reshingling of the hotel
and annex roofs, and the roofs Of their piazzas
That the rooms In the hotel are comfortable 1t IL
perhaps unnecessary to say The house has electric
light and steam heat. and the sanitary arrange
ments are excellent, There are baths and toilet
rooms throughout the building. flydrants are at
hand. with which TO fight possible fire. ana there
among the many employees Of the hotel: Special at
enton Is paid to the ia tabg WIT Th as he result ,6s ot
hotel are two telegraph Offices, two express offices
poSS,CcG Sa In Ws the basement E is large general
store in which about any necessary article may be
supPIied supplied ' At some @ distance from the hotel are
buildings in which the help lve-a little army
in SUMNER has as many inhabitants as a good
sized village. All this property is owned by Paul
FoUquet House. at platrsburg.
The active direction Is under the care Of Paul
Paul, jr.. the secretary. Paul Smith himself. the
tituar head of the corporation. is able to spare
his stalwart sons He knows every guest and Is
b to s5 oy b ANA wa m4 st sfHrl & n
Paul" lie Is still hale and hearty. as who should |
air? and he has in addition to the bracing air an
elixir the secret Of which he is always ready to i'm
The cottages on the hotel grounds are owned by |
the company which leases them each season; Their
Mrs c. p Kellogg. Chicago; Or. Walter Il. James |
6 6 A1sSk E:' q s"?y b. Y & T Eq%ssF FPaasaa
saranac Lake. New-York; +. c. Costello Costello
Penn; c. II. Mellen;, Philadelphia. The only re-
Jasper ,'' Lynch, OF Sew-}orR City '' '''"p''" ''
THE CAMPS or THE ST REGIS CHAIN.
There summer camps Oh many OF the Adj |
rondack lakes but nowhere else there so many |
of such combined elegance and simplicity and |
with such wcknown owners. as on the St Eegis |
Chain OF Lakes. near Paul Smiths The cha nges |
this season among these camps are as follows: |
Miss Grace Mitchell has rented her camp on Spit |
fire Lake james a. Robinson OF New York. |
Mrs Virginia T. Livingston has rented her camp |
to G. DE X. Moore. of New-York. Dr. l.. l.. Tru- |
deau has sold for $500 his camp Spitiire 10 |
William W McAlpin, Of NcwYork who occupied |
IL last season. II. Walter Webb has taken the II |
AIcK T,rntnhlv for the Th. |