The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
AT SARATOGA SPRINGS.
OPENING OF THE SEASON IN THAT
 GREAT RESORT.
Many of tho Hotels Have Undergone Extensive Improvements and Every
 thing Has Been Done to Satisfy the

Extensive improvements and Every
 thing Has Been Done to Satisfy the
 Guests.
 Saratoga Springs, June 21.-saratoga begins to resemble the Garden or
 Eden" in it's beautiful foliage which Is
 out in all It's verdant grandeur. It's lofty trees, extended lawns entWined with its blooming foliage which send
 out continually a halo of rosy 1ra-
 grance.
 House cleaning and general rear
 ranging of things have been going on
 for weeks, especially among the mum
 erous hotels and general "tle-up
 places'' here. New painting and deco-
 rating, new plumbing, new furniture
 and a general newness all around IS
 very noticeable here, but the work is
 now about completed and everything
 ready for the reception of guests Some noticeable changes have been
 made in the proprietorship of leading
 hotels in aSratoga. James Marvin, 1r.,
 so many years identified with the
 United States hotel, died recently at NN'~'
 The United States hotel is now under
 the management of w. B. Gage (son-
 in-law of MT. Marvin) and Dr. J. $.
 Perry. Many new bathrooms have
 been added to their suites of rooms and
 the most modern plumbing instituted | thereto. Large clothes closets, so much esteemed by the lady guests of Sarato-
 ga have been included in the general
 alterations. Many thousands of yards
 of new carpeting have been placed in | the hotel and much new furniture. A
 system of incandescent electric light ing has also been introduced. The
 Grand Union, another popular hotel, has also been undergoing thorough
 renovation, as for instance, the trav-
 elers room, the magnificent rotunda in
 which the office Is located; the large
 parlors and corridors leading to the inn
 mense dining rooms. The barroom and
 the ladies cafe have also received elab- crate attention and also show the ex- addition made to the ladies cafe and restaurant has been made by en- croaching somewhat on the extensive grounds of the hotel, so that many par ties may dine almost in the open air, surrounded by fountains, shrubbery, electric lights, the foliage of the mag nifcent trees, and the grand interior view of the unequalled court yard of the Grand Union hotel.
 The Congress hall, so long favor1te with the general public, Is under new management this season. Many of the New Haven citizens will remember Col onel Clements and MT. Gage, who for so many years ran this hotel and so satisfactorily catered to their wants, have relinquished their proprletorship to the Probsky Brothers, who brought the Hotel Buslin at Lake Hopatcong, N. J., into public favor have followed the tread of public travel and estab- lished themselves in Saratoga by pro- curing lease of this old famous Con gress Hall. They have instituted many new ideas into this hotel vastly inn proving the interior and exterior They have also secured the services of Dor ing's famous military band and orches- tra for the season and will have music mornings, afternoon and evenings up to midnight continuously. The Claren- don hotel one of the best known in Saratoga, and about the longest estab- lished, is situated on high grounds on the most pleasant part of upper Broad way. Nearly opposite Congress park, i and the famous Windsor hotel, and | on the immediate driveway to the Un- 1 ion boulevard, and down to Saratoga | lake The Clarendon has an abundance | of well ventilated pleasant rooms. l which are reached by elevators; a fine, | pleasant dining room, tables well sup piled with all the luxuries of the sea- son. A fine commodlous verandah | nearly surrounds the hotel from which | the numerous promenades and D. m. irives can be witnessed. There is also II the park of this hotel the famous mineral spring which is always free to the hotel guests. This lotel has been quite a resort for Con- lectlout people for many years, dating ,ack to the time when 1t had for it's lroprietors the well known Leands of New York hotel fame.
 Tn relation to sporting matters the amous club house once known as Nor isey's, still exists and this season will 'e under the management of Canfeld he leader in sporting circles. His ouse has been vastly improved, inter or and exterior had purchased an ad- itional tract of land and enclosed it l s an addition to the park surrounding lis establishment. He has added 400 lectric lights in his club house, and it's nagnificence is far ahead of all other | imilar club houses in the country.
 The Manhattan club, in Spring street, pposite the Grand Union hotel, and | Congress- Hall,, has been most thor ughIy overhauled since last season, nder the direction of Westcott & 1 velch, it's enterprslng proprktors. numerous electric lights, a fine restau- ant, fountains, etc, are . part of their \ improvements requiring an outlay of | , lany thousands of dollars. The Cot age colony is more numerous than , ereofore. large number from New ork and elsewhere have engaged cot , lges for the season, and many are the . Wners of these cottages, some of l hich are palatial in their appoint lents. I The race track which always inter- sts so many Saratoga visitors, has hanged proprietorship this season. lillian c. Whitney succeeds Fred yalbaum of Guttenberg notoriety This . Igurs well for the sporting feature of aratoga life, indicating that the best 2 ement of the wealthiest interested in lat branch of amusement will domi- , ate Saratoga's sporting affairs, Prob