Evening journal., 1902-05-13
EDITORS GIVEN
GRRAT OUTING
Enjoyable Trip Through the
Mountains in and Around
Reading

a ulD 10 INc1uluEs Id, ONCi INC
& r. railroad means a day of pleasure
and delight. for the railroad
lines are connected closely with
the many railway systems for
which the town is noted. Mountain
scenery and attractions peculiar to the
mountains are beautiful. and the
country abounds in interesting fea-
lures.
It is Reading as a railway centre
that has gained that city its world
wide reputation, and the people there
now observe with satisfaction extern
sions and improvements in this direc-
ton that viii add to the reputation OF
Reading in railroad way.
The development of the suburban
resorts is due to the many and COM
plete railway lines and their manage
ment.
In various sections Of Berks county
there are numerous streams in which
trout. and sunfsh abound, and the
most desirable points for fishing in a
number Of these streams are easily
reached by trolley car, with cars
leaving Reading early in the morning
and returning to the city at night
Editors Enjoy Pleasure Jaunt
The blue and black pencils as well
as the mighty pen, were cast aside on
Sunday. Editorial desks in many of
the newspaper offices in Delaware and
Pennsylvania We're deserted. The edi-
tors were the guests of the officials of
, the p. & r. Railroad Company, the
Reading Press Club and the railway
magnates of Reading. Every courtesy
was shown the press.
The train bearing them to Reading
left the Reading Terminal, in Phil
adelphia, ON Sunday morning at 706
t o'clock. arriving there a little before
| nine. It was a delightful ride through
the Schuylkill Valley and at the ter
minus of the railroad trip the party
was met by a delegation from the
a Reading Press Club, the railway and
, the railroad officials. They were eE-
corted to the trolley cars of the Never
sink Mountain Railway and taken VI
the mountain to Klapperthal.
! There is no more delightful noun
tain railway ride in this part of the
: United States. while some Of the views
. from the cars are indescrbably beauti-
ful and grand. The Neversink Noun
, tain Hotel. the White House, the
, Highland House, the Centennia
Springs Hotel and Glen Inn are pOpu-
lar resorts along the Neversink noun
tain railway, while at the Highland
pavilion there are music and dancing
during the summer season, without
cost to the patrons of the railway.
Dined in CRYSTAL Palace
+ The guests and their entertainer
returned from the mountain trip be
4 tween II and - o'clock and wer'
! taken 10 the Crystal Palace Hotel
r where an excellent course dinner was
! served.
3 Trip on Gravity Road
After the good dinner and smoke
: the guests We're treated to a round tril
on the gravity road. 1t was a gram
o trip and the party spent about tifteel
minutes on the mountain top, 1,2O
y feet above the level of the sea
Next was Carsonia Park, which i
IS one of the finest parks in the country
and has prospects of making this II
u banner season.
,r Entertained by Press Club
o For about two hours before leavini
4 Reading on the return trip, the visi
D. ing scrihes and their friends were Ell
IN tertained with refreshments in tn
e. beautiful and commodious quarters G
the Reading Press Club. Everyon
IS was made to feel welcome and enioye
Sc the entertainment.
ne The club is one Of the social OF
Mt ganizauons of Reading. 1t has a men
bership of one hundred, and thirty
ar three of them are active members
re Among those present from Whining
ton We're the following William +
to Hill and family OF the Morning News
C. DIR. jacobson and family, OF the Erie
er Presse; J. Westley Vernon and famil.
a of the Evening Republican; w.
lis Hofmann and William Carter, Of Il
Evening Journal.