New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
CROWDS IN THE CATShlLLS.
MORE APPLICATIONS FOR AUGUST ENTER
TAINMENT THAN LANDLORDS
CAN FILL.

Kingston. y. Y. July 20 (specaD.- Summer life In
New-York and Brooklyn has been a shade too COM
Portable OF late to make the average Catskil land
lord entirely happy. The partial return OF SUI
fry heat during the last few days has afforded some
encouragement, however, and the vast crowus OF
new visitors that have been piliDg INTO the range
to-day have served TO restore the smiling faces az
the vacant rooms were marked OF In rapid success
sion.
Many OF the resorts are now full and some OF the
August applications that pouring In must meet
with despalring responses especially wheh specia'
accommodations required Most OF these nave
been taken long ago the leading resorts. August
is always trying month witt. hotel managers.
Everybody and all his relatives get ready to come
into the mountains just then. and they see no rea-
son why they can't just such rooms as they
are willing TO pay for. But the poor manager does.
His diagram shows a little slip containing name
for each room In the house and there he Is Ana
yet he Is fond of August and wishes 1t had more
weeks in it. All trains and boats were packed with
newcomers to-day.
The new narrow gauge line from the Otis Summit
and Tannersvlle will soon be completed. Trains
are now running 10 Haines Falls. There Is. how
ever no station at Kaaterskil on this line. hence
guests for that who come by the Catskiil
route must take the stage leaving the incline at
the Summit This Otis Elevating Road s 1900 feet
long and makes ascent Of 1600 feet In that dis
tanoe, reaching an elevation Of 200 feet or nearly
as high as the old Catskill Mountain House. which
is reached by stairways from the head Of the In
cline the left
Kaatersklll Lake Is now lower than it has been in
some years. and the scarcity OF water In all the
mountain streams is marked all through the range
this season Many Of the roadside springs ana ryu-
let's so plentiful in the past have disappeared en-
tirely
The establishment OF q local baggage express SER
vice at Stamford and other leading points on the
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OF note.
The numerous resorts in Stamford now in
the glory OF midsummer patronage with fun
houses in most and host OF August appli-
cations. Churchill Hall the Rexmere and the
hamilton entertain the bulk Of the visitors there.
At Churchill Hall are VI. j. Mulcahy George Fen
neil. George Fenne ir.. Miss Grace Gumiey, f.; II
Gayoad and wife X kodrigue and wife, 2. VIII
ian:s. the Rev. J. IL. Brady and Mrs. NJ H. Mac
and the game IL often followed by golf tea in a
shaded spot near the Inks Tennis seems to have nav,
returning to the good, old fashloned game OF GRO
| onet with evident enjoyment. Bowling Is quite as
eeoraed. e9RH,d' as s'''' al" 'O'''' ''e ''' '.
| Saugertics and Catskl and Palenyiile are nov
! nnisned and in good shape. The length Of each Is
hj jrS rural sections Those fond OF wheeling will dc
well 10 secure license under the state law TO US,
] these paths before coming here; they cen De nae
from the sidepath Commissioners Of either Ulster
or Greene counties on payment or VI. - ,d
| ~,
| leader Is enjoying a season on the airy crest o'
| Overlook Mountain. With him are Count DE AZ,
renen a Russian nobleman; J: NJ Flood and
| Charles Lehman jr.. Of NewYork. .,
| Deacon Cornish, OF the Cornish House, Pine I'LL
| and Mrs Cornish celebrated their golden wedding
| there last week lie says he came there nlty-oht
| wears ago ard since then he has moved hfty-tw(
| lines finding no other spot go satisfactory as ina
| little mountain village. The familiar summer re-
gion is now crowded with visitors in every part
and the little streets are gay with the activities
| and pleasures Of summer life. i
new e.ectrc company. has just been ,, f1rneG
| there with the purpose Of lighting Pine Hill ahC
! other leading settlements in the Ulster ana Dela-
ware Valley. -. ,.ol
| G. r. Stoudinger. Of Brooklyn. who has leasec
the Olmstead cottage. is building summer nome
| The ball games in the Feischmann grounds are
! ENJOYABLE Julius Fleschmann has a crack team
| known as the Cuban Giants. and they are wlhhihl
| many games. ~, T., or ,,,e
The Rev DR. Gotthen, OF New York. Is spendint
| tho summer at the New Grand. as lsual tor year :
| Touis C. Bennett and family are at the GIehslu'
| Cabin Among other Brooklynites In the range arr
| Miss Lillian T. Bennett. AT Round I'LL isest' ned
| Tunter: Mrs Gertrude Esterbrook ana MIS- MAT
| Fling at Hill Crest. Roxbury, ana Mrs J. w. NC
| Nanus near Saugerties. - o..
| The Palace Hotel at Shandaken, now reports
| over one hundred and fifty guests: The Acker.e
| Uouse AT Margaretville has nearly one hundred
| and ali the cottages in that region are occupied