New-York tribune., 1901-07-07
IN THE ADIR0NDACKS.
MANY PLACES TO ENJOY DE.
LIGHIFUL DAYS.
xpECIAL ATTRACTIONS PROVIDED FOR
THE FOURTH OF JULY-FEATURES
OF THE WILDERNESS.


fireworks. This week has been a busy one in all
,be hotels. People have come docking into the
mountains TO get away from the heat; the number
of guests has more than doubled and life is being
e,toyed everywhere. The thermometer has been
high on some of the days. but the nights are
cool The people who live in this region say they
have never known such long heated term before
tut all things relative. and what the noun
..ineer calls hot would be considered DELIGHTFULLY."-
cool by those in the sitting cities. Hot days arc
sa,iohtful in the mountains. The shade the for
s,c and the breezes the lakes are Away. TO be
enjoyed. 1t is no trouble TO keep cool Last Sum
saw for instance when reports came OF the suffer
,nq caused by the heat I'm New-York, a northwest
wind was blowing here all day. and Monday morn
gng the sky clouded over. there q shower
of rain and the temperature fell to e5 degrees
the sun soon out again, and the fisherman
took off his coat and enjoyed his sport with e.
newed zest. The railway stations Of
great activity these days. every train brings
many passengers for the resorts.
ADIRONDACK ROADS
drive through the woods is full of interest The
fragrance OF the pine and basam and OF the clover
Is delicious: small game is everywhere to be seen
and now and then deer may be discovered. Forest
and mountains, lakes. ponds and cearings, spark
ling brooks and rocky passes make panorama Of
baauty long 70 be remembered. Some portions of
,be roads have been nacadamzed. and these spots
ere only the prophecy Of what will be everywhere
enioved some day when good roads are made all
.hrough the Adirondack forests. Major Fl. D.
Dorr who is greatly interested in this subject,
said a few days ago while entertaining a party at
Camp Sorghum: The roads already laid out:
what IS necessary now is to improve them. Start
so as TO come down the Raquette River to Child
wold then take the road TO Tupper Lake over TO
the W..wbeek: go along Saranac Lake to Saranac
Inn then over to Paul Smiths. from Paul Smiths
20 the Ampersand. from there 10 Placid, down
through Keene Valley by Elizabethtown and West
pert Inn. Make all the road as good as some parts
of It now are and you route straight through
the woods. for tallyho, automobile bicycle or con-
yeyance OF any kind
THE STEVENS HOUSE
The Stevens House is well filed with guests The
great majority play golf and the course is in use
constantly The links occupy the knoll overlooking
both Lake Placid and Mirror Lake. and high noun
tain ranges look down the golfers
Mr. Dunn is popular with the guests at the
Stevens House He was once member Of the
Gordon regiment. When he puts on his Highland
costume and plays the thrilling Scotch music the
entire company gathers TO listen.
The pretty little Doris has begun TO make
four trips each day around the lake. and she has
been well patronized this week.
The Fourth Of July dinner at the hotel a
fine one and the souvenir menu was dainty as we'll
as patriotic. After dinner Mr.. Stevens took party
around the lake in his electric launch the Egypt
The trip ideal one. the lake was smooth |
the air cool and clear and the reflections of the
mountains in the water perfect. The fireworks on
the evening Of the Fourth made fine display.
Private baths have been put in many Of the
rooms OF the Stevens House. and the tennis courts
have been put In fine playing form.
Among the recent arrivals from New-York |
Mrs. a Harper Lyndes, Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Man
chester, Mr.. and Mrs Charles C. Crook, Miss T. |
Holster, Miss E. E. Elliott. Mrs. J. J. Jora the
Misses Jora and H ]. Jora; Mrs. r. T Bush, of |
Brooklyn, and Miss Overton, Of Buffalo. Mrs |
F ". Batrick and Miss F. B. Andrews stopped at
the Stevens House on the way to Lake Champlain
by way OF Keene Valley. W. B. McElroy and fam
fly Robert Harris. T. H. Turner and Mr.. and Mrs
Lew ". Fields and family are also here
AU SABLE CHAsM HOTEL
The big hotel at Au Sable Chasm was opened |
June g. under the management Of Charles w
Bckford Many improvements have been made in
the property This region is steadily increasing in
popularity. A great many persons are visiting 1T
on their way from the Pan-American Exposi- |
ton The Au Sable River is the outlet Of Lake |
Placid and drains large part of the Adirondack |
wilderness, and empties into Lake Champlain after
flowing through this wonderful gorge The water |
is high for this time OF year.
THE SARANAC INN.
saranac Inn, July (SpeciaD-The Saranac Inn |
IS only two miles from the station fine a
rnaca adamized road be found anywhere. The |
four horse tallyho stands waiting when the train
comes in, ana whsks of to the Inn through |
a choice bit OF the forest primeval.
n. B. Marshall has charge Of the inn. and many |
improvements have been made for the season. A |
new boathouse has been built. the company
store is a special feature and the mail is carried
by the steamer the lake. which is nine |
miles long. From the hotel may be seen broad |
expanse OF water with distant mountains The |
view here IS exceeded in extent nowhere in the |
mountains with perhaps the exception Of Lake
Placid. Here are shady groves and sylvan walks |
q place for quiet and vacation Joys.
Governor Odel spent time at the Inn in
June, did also John Kendrick Bangs. Among |
the guests at present Mrs Charles c. Albert
son. Mrs. Peter Hayden, Miss Leverett. of New
York; Mrs. James NJ Johnston and family, Mrs
L. S Blagden, Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Blagden, Of
Washington Mr.. Blagden greatly pleased
when he received tho last week Of the result
OF the boat race for his son captain of the
Yale crew. Mr.. Adams Yale baseball man, will
spend the summer with his friend Mr.. Blagden at
the Inn. H. ". Calhoun, Of New-York. and Amos
Getting and Miss Alice Cotting Of Boston, are also
The boats here include Adirondack skifs and
canoes and the St Lawrence models and there
are many launches owned by the campers on the
lake. The golf links are reached by water -.
Kahn camp, al the other end of the lake at cost
Of $4,000 stops frequently at the Inn r. NJ Col
The hotel cottages occupied as follows F Is s.
Fang ibangs and family, E. II Frishmuth. 1r X 8 G Pea
ne Horner. jr. A. NJ Gore F. e Sargent. J. A
soelanoy william Allen Butler and family Dean Dean
cnla,, eaT6 Mrs John a Wright Wam BrS9kaeId S;sH
Adams and Mr.. and Mrs. It. w. Maxwell
THE wAwBEEK.
The wawbeek gets its name from the big rock
close by the hotel, wawbeek being the Indian
word for big rock Every hotel here has some es-
pecial attraction. The Wawbeek commands a
glorious view Of Saranac Lake, is furnished hand
sonely, and has many delightful features includ-
ONCE handsome dining room, good boat SER
Vice, shaded walks and groves by the lakeside. A