New-York tribune., 1901-07-14

married couples. met on the shores OF the
Queen Of American lakes.
Among those who have summer homes Lake
George are Edward NJ Shepard. George F. Pea
body George H. Cramer Legrand c. Cramer. Ed
ward Stieglitz Galloway c. Morris Mrs. p T.
Tuttle. Mrs w. E. Spier. Mrs. D. g. Dennison.
the Rev. DR.. William Paxton, w. H. Lefrerts. the
Rev William a. Holiday the Rev. A R Steven
son, W. P Stevenson, Mrs. Mathew Wilson, Mrs.
George D. Hulst Mrs William Walter Phelps, Cap
tain John j. Phelps the Paulist Fathers. ]. c.
Clirehugh, Mrs. Charles Beckwth George F. Bayle.
John H. Heller Joseph A. Powers r. c. Peabody,
II. K. Lewis, Edmund Kirk Gilmour DR.. Edward
Eggleston George Cary Eggeston. William Ord
way Partridge. Miss Grace Randolph. General Tre-
main, all the head the lake.
On the shore Bolton the homes of Mrs.
Robert Q. Alexander William Demuth. DR.. ]. d.
kennedy, the Ackernan family. Dr. A. Jacob. Carl
Schurz, Commodore ]. y. Moore. U. S. N. @. w.
Sawyer c. Edward Benedict, C. r. Conger the
Knauths Knoblauchs Stephen Loines, Mrs. NJ B.
White and j. II. Pametier.
On Sycamore Island live Commodore ]. B. Smp
son. E. Burgess Warren and George Burnham. w.
T. Wells has Crown Island DR.. Deavan Bloodgood.
Bungalow Island; George o. Knapp the Hundred
Island House. with his brother, DR.. J. B. Knapp
There is nest OF cottages Huletts. and
then along the west shore those of j. B. Will
lay, w W Watrous, Colonel " D. Mann and II.
" Watrous and on Heart Bay OF H. g. Moore.
On the grounds of the Lake George Club are cot
and EGWard SWg scudder Edward Decker the
Brooklyn artist is the owner of a cottage and
place for artists Harry Watrous and H. Stanley
Todd having settled here also. On Bluff Head Is
the cottage OF Mrs. Gillette and that or John MeiSs.
SHELVING ROCK IMPROVEMENTS.
In and around Shelving Rock many improvements
been made by George o. Knapp, the owner.
When Mr.. Knapp purchased some three thousand
acres of shore and rock here. he owned horses
and carriages, he began to look around for roads.
Not being then able to find them, on his side of
the lake. he had a force Of at work build
ing them In various directions Back of his cot
tage stands lofty mass of rock. fifteen hundred
feet high. There road path to the sum-
nit so he built one, and now has string of
shelters all the way up the steep slope. To-day
iy Of Shelving IS IS the sGs name m given the
place by the United States postal authorities. al,
House. Other improvements followed, There is
glen on the place and waterfall about thirty feet
high The glen was SO SO ehoked @ Dup up with rubbish
simply impossibility for one to get through the
tangled mass of vegetation But this has all been
the prettiest stretches for two miles of rocks and
10 fe9lage. murnuring brook and overhanging walls
brio bridge 9 spans the stream. and the path winds up
nG through shady hooks and in and out among the
Then picturesque house was built on a
Gob M meaF M tse heaG 81 The rayne and Just in
mer house leading down into the deep recesses Of
fail S rustic sht Of stairs bro6 dt 6he m foot & Of the
sections with little landings and seats placed here
thrown across the head Of the falls to check the
noW OF water, so that In dry there is
little water going over the fall and can be turned
( for visitors. - ~
South Of the Shelving Rock property is Log Bay
This Is TO be cleared of sumps and floating masses
of logs, roots and weeds which will give the lake
another beauty spot. In the evening Shelving Rock
: is lighted up, for Mr. Knapp, not content with
building rustic houses all the way up the mountan
side, has laid several miles Of pipes through which
he sends acetylene gas TO cluster of large burners
OF the top OF each shelter incased glass globes
Then a wire with electric attachment was added
and by a simple pressure a each shelte
| is brilliantly illuminated from base to summit
There are miles upon miles OF foliage lined maths
stretching over mountains and In ravnes one can
walk 10 Paradise Bay go the summit of BLACK
Mountain from this point.
Mr.. Knapp is the owner OF one OF the finest
steamers on the lake, board of which he enter
tains his friends There is hotel on the pronartv
known as the Hundred Island House but he docs
not whether the hotel pays or nor n 10
equipped with all modern and up to date onn,i
ances In commenting the hotel feature Nr
Knapp has said that provided he could be assured
that he could have his many friends always with
him. he would eliminate that feature and turn tha
building into place 20 be used wholly for tho
entertainment OF friends - ~
TEN THOUSAND MILES BY BOAT
Il is some years since Commodore MacGreRor
nstonished tho world with his remarkable canoe
voyages In the little craft known s the Rob Roy
/ Two young men passed through Lake George this