New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
EVERYTHING READY TO WELCOME SUM-
MER VISITORS IN LARGER NUM-
BERS THAN EVER BEFORE

BERS THAN EVER BEFORE.
Fabyans Gn the White Mountainsl. y. H. June
(speciaD.-Here in the upper air. pure and light
and dry the survey of preparations for the resort
season of the coming summer has been completed
and. while space limits prevent the telling of the
story in all its details. enough be told to
the prospective visitor that his welcome will
be a warm and cordial one. and that his comfort
will be looked after more capaby than ever before
Transportation alive to the Importance OF
early schedule. and the regular lines-through
Crawford Notch from Portland, up the Connecti-
Valley from New-York. and by way of PIym-
outh from Boston-are in apple pie order. and
will put on their through parlor about June
y. The Mount Washington Railway, which starts
from the base, a short distance above this point.
is being thoroughly inspected and the trusty cog
wheels will be ready TO revolve their upward
ascent demand of adequate patronage. over at
Jefferson Meadows the branch which from
the main line almost to the doors OF the Waumbek.
is also in readiness for summer service, and the
narrow gauge lines which reach Bethlehem and
the Profile House. will, together. enable the eari-
est comers to reach their favored haunts without
inconvenience.
White Mountain bonfaces sniff good business in
the air, and pro"arng for ii with all the cour-
age of sound conviction. They argue that after
winter OF almost uneXampled prosperity all over
the country there is plenty of money ready for the
spending, and that many will make up I'm this year
of peace and plenty for the necessity which com
PEELED them TO keep the centres of business and
home affairs last summer And the weather prophet
who argues upon the law OF averages incidentally
gives these hotel up among the mountains
solid ground for good hope for if there ever
year when the theory of equalizng rainfall
and protracted drouth of value this would
seem to be the year. Prophecies this basis
promise a hot and dry summer. and little 10
sympathy is yet expressed for the city cousin
who may be disconnected by such conditions
The sound of hammer and saw, which has for
several weeks broken the silence yelling the noun
tains is growing fainter now for the improving
work is nearly finished The aggregate of i'm
provements. construction and enlargements
carried among these lofty piles each spring is
enormous. OF course the great houses, conducted
by corporations and associations of keen business
men, undergo these betterments as a matter OF
course. There is always something TO be done
with an eye single to the comfort and pleasure of
summer visitors. And their example is closely fol-
lowed by the smaller proprietors, who entertain
from a half dozen to a score of guests and
who, in the main, keep their fences up and their
houses smart and neat in creditable fashion
only the mountains unchanged. CARRIED in
their spring shades OF green the black tone of the
hehlock and the more vivid shades OF spruce and
maple, they present the same restful pctnre of
repose and serenity after a winter of whirIng
deep drifted snow and ice. The brooks released
from icy bonds. are tumbling down their cliffs and
sorges and trout lures already being cast with
eood success by native fishermen, who know the
value of the first cast of spring. 1t has been an nm
usually forward spring, with penteous rains stored
by the hillside soil against the time of heat and
orouth' Many farmers throughout the mountain
Secuon are planning for their first cut Of grass
"lthin the next three weeks, date which is earlier
pE several weeks than for many years
SLOWLY but surely the State of New-Hamnsbire &C.
,e 'ie 70 recognize In some measure the economic
Naue OF It's mountain possessions. The acquisition
VI tilal section by the State a park or preserve
10 De protected against forestry denredatione 90
"h inter. has not yet come, but there is lepis-
lauVe action toward the building of highwavs bv
me "tate IN sections where local effort is HELPLESS
ana although the appropriations are not vet Iarga
'he improvements are valuable in themselves as as
taplished precedents The first of these Stato an
ptoPriauohs made was in the Dixville Notch terri
~ - aS' year, ana second is being expended in
the same section this season while the Jarerso
>o.ch roao at the base of Cherry Mountain is also
TO be improved by State action this year
over JEFFERSON way the Waumbex people are i'm,
s PROVING matters within that long famous hotel
Po' Tue usual broad scale of liberal expenditure
:. 1 spienplu new dining room small private dining
iooih breakfast room, womens billiard paror
with sweeping changes for the better in tho oeo,
are chlet among the features which will Interest,"
inns season 8 patrons. The work is almost com
me on na ha me house will be ready for its OPEN
win 'FIe fi 49, when many OF the private cottages
y VII III De 1led Manager Plumer came up from
Assistant Manager Murphy is now here fA ana ma
eeason en lie reports the heaviest and most salts
waiting waltz list which is mis- present problem The
sroois about the house, the various smaller boteS
amI cotlaSeS making up the Waunbek system
u te stahles, are in perfect readiness for the
neaS business and the Waumbek Golf C'lub al
"a esuy y, mas ITS professional. Horace RawIns max
tT RI taii ts tIilnss ready .or the golfers.
me mount Pleasant House, only a short distapoo
from from this point, is also in the hards of Workne
iuISe, WAo are putting the finishing touches on the
ssPIlES campaign, which annually makes tha hig
notel as bright and shiny as a new min Niessrs
thaiueISoh d Price, who have for years managad
Iitoerouenly well kept ana modern hotel are
iiIs themselves this year with the prenara
tba .i VI Inc one mouse just as it last year giving
STARE moments to the work now going for
Mtitu on the elegant new hotel which Iosenb Stick
tley, OF NeW-York, is building on a grand site
M Quarters OF a mile from the present house
in9 plans Tor thls new structure are on a huge
,T,IIaatie,i worthy OF its location, and when COM
PPe.eu the new house will include every attractive
10 &aestue which resorters have come TO exnert
a. VIII open Tor the summer season of 1902 and
n ~ .hs iilein une the Mount Pleasant managers
i.0St satisfactory prospects for the sea son
NJ me g aapiewood, Allen Ainslee manager is among
49, fnoWn hotels in the mountains which AN.
ENJOYS liberal and well satisfed natronape
,,si,, , tie management of Leon H. CIlley and the
mousse Is ready for the early Mill
ara ~ WIN me latter days of June The grounds
,be 'iiui as ever, and the handsome GA sino
race;r,. pau grounds and tennis courts are ali
secetlng attentions which will fir fben, sor irs,i al
demand From the Maplewood nrasnra ii IoI a nsItn
oeauiiiul Bethehem-st., lined on ai,bar riS
Of xhit. cosey cottages and boarding houses oil
az SHOWING the improving toiIch of
po % an anu outiay Among these there Is 1robabi,,
Length tSsn I've I've mouse along the streets entire
81 ,Jau Ine Alpine, capahly managed b,,
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