New-York tribune., 1901-07-14

marked the second week of the July record in this
part of the country. Since July the numbers
coming TO the mountains have steadily increased,
and each day the trains grow heavier and longer,
end the heaps Of baggage taken off along the line
show corresponding increase in proportions. The
CRY of .'fore!' resounds on all the mountain golf
links: the tennis nets stretched and croquet
lawns. baseball diamonds and other facilities for
summer sport divide the attention Of thousands
who are here as representatives of all the great
cities coming for their annual hot weather
outing.
In its entirety the White Moutain section offer
ing the same differences which are TO be found in
any OF the almost countless resort locations OF the
country, with regard entertainment, seems to be
attracting each greater number Of visitors
from the central east. Pioneers in the business OF
entertainment here remember a time. only
few years back when the great bulk Of patronage
came from New England States and the smaller
proportion only could be credited to such great
centres as New-York and Philadelphia In the
aggregate there thousands of visitors now to
the hundreds of the olden time, and on any Of the
White Moutain hotel registers one notes a COM
pete reversal OF old proportions 10 location
of guests. New-York. Brooklyn and Philadelphia
lead visiting forces. and there is hardly city
Of the Union of any prominence whatever which
does not send its people TO New-Englands great
natural wonderland with unfailing regularity. In
the lists Of summer competitions, whether OF golf
or tennis, the best known sporting clubs a the
country are represented; the most notable mem
bers OF the great worlds business ana social cir
cles are here for rest and change and after the
long day out of doors the music room functions
made brilliant by the youth and beauty Of
wealthy, fashionable America, from the Atlantic
TO the Pacific, and from Canada to the Gulf.
Each seasons study Of White Mountain history.
with assimilation of facts which OF first
interest TO strangers brings better appreciation
of what nature has here provided for the beneht
OF all and as a summer resort the locality has
passed from the old and CONSTRUCTED limitations to
;,-,ro +1rfr1
uc knowledge Under the general head Of the
White Mountains. three groups OF mountains are
included-the Presidential range, with Mount wash
ington chief, on the summit OF which, at an
altitude Of e42s feet. comfortable hotel enter
tains throngs Of visitors brought up by cogwheel
rail trains the Franconia range. with Mount
Lafayette as commandant. with one thousand feet
less altitude, and at right angles and to the west
Of the Presidential peaks, the Pliny range still
less lofty, which guards the third side of an i'm
rnense hollow square which covers portions OF
three great woodland counties. and embraces an
area Of more than eight hundred square miles
or main streams of the Saco. Ammonoosuc Pemige-
wasset and Connecticut rivers. -.
on the heights and in the valleys and gorges OF
these mountains. the denizen of the city is wei. wei
nodern luxury Of the paatai hotel TO homely
m 81 snece se Charm When securely holds the
regular summer patron Among the things com
and bpacng G eli air water which bubbles up from
arse DOWN fe f6e o 15 9S a
Trout streams which inexhaustible. mountain
of narHre pictures upon the heights. ravnes Of
dark and gloomy depths where perpetual na nsscs snow
Of the forest depths where the silence IS forever
ss to be y the parar eonons
cloud and sunshine which make them most ef-
The enthusiasm and enterprise OF the Appala-
has made the most difcult Of mountain points
accessible Excellent paths have been built and are re
been built and equipped with camp life necessities
taken by storm. @ and fneerboards point the way
clearly from point to point making the s3 Il n
wise for the mountain climbing i'm Ing novice TO take
"nea alh sn no es EnVeepsd
GoVd all PSns & lose sr f value Paa and
out finding the lost path, with the sleep Of death
Pubic h the White are this
year being promoted by railways and the State.
year first class sleeping car service running through
except sundays and returning daily except satur,
days, The State Of New-HampshiFe is laying out
in the vicinity Of Dikyille Notch and along the
Did conditions and open up new forest drives The
ist of private improvements is long one, and may
social life at various points.
Fabyans-Here one is near the heart Of things
This point is at the junction Of the two great
railway systems connecting with New York Port
land and Boston, and short distance above is the
Base Station where the queer little bulldog engines
and open observation cars begin their persistent
climb to the summit of Mount Washington. The
Fabyan House is of the oldest and best known
in the mountains. and is Of four hotels con-
troIled by the Barron. Merrill & Barron manage
ment. The first attractive impression noted en-
tering the rotunda Is prolonged by a continued
stay. Hanging birch bark baskets Of flowers and
ferns. the huge glass tank of mountain cooled
by flowing mountain stream. the broad
piazza. with fits comfortable chairs, from which
may watch the golfers in and about the rustic
lfffh NJ 1rpc al- ariozy b- y
numbers
II. b. Warden. connected with New-York hotels
for thrty-six years. IS here after absence OF
two seasons. A f. Steiner is another New-Yorker
who is considered the most expert golfer and FISH
err1an OF the house, and others OF prominence
from the same city include Judge Leventrtt, with
his mother, Mrs. 3. Leventritt: Seth Low and Mrs.
Low. Charles Bondy and Miss Bondy. Mrs J.
Lebrnan and family. Mrs. NJ Doob and the Misses
Doob. Mrs Moses and the Misses Moses. and Mrs.
L. woolfson, with her and daughter.
The Mount Pleasant House.-Less than mile
frem this central point. Messrs. Anderson &
Price are entertaining good numbers in their mod
ern hotel, which, though unchanged since last
year. is immaculate and perfectly kept usual.
A large addition is being made TO the stables.
which Will be in better shape than ever before for
the rush OF the season. and the old nine hole golf
course. long the best short LINKS of the noun
tains, has this year been heightened to the full
eighteen holes and will satisfy the golfng fra
ternity fully than before. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles c. Burke and Stanley Burke, of Plain
field n J.. the first registrations of the
son. and later Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Pat
and Miss Patten. Mrs. o. S. Barnum and C.
Barnurn. Mr.. and Mrs. w. V. Creighton, Miss j.
T.. Franklin, Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Matthewson and
S. A Matthewson. Mr.. and Mrs F. S. Ulbig and
Mrs. J. b. Warden. Of New-York: Mrs. c. Ben-
edict and maid. with Miss Benedict. and Mrs. J. r.
ard with SON nd maid of Rrooklvu