New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-15
IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE HILLS
At JEFFERSON. JACKSON. BETHLEHEM.
FRANCOIIE AND ELEsEwHERE.

Jefferson. y H June Il Speciality here
among the towering White Mountains the prep
a-ao1 for ne tide OF summer visitors is more ex-
1ensve than for many years. and each year there
seems 10 De shown z nearer approach 10 the pre-
ictior made long BY the earliest OF entertain
e-s rhar the White Hills day 10 be the
most popuIsr sumner outing part Of the country,
and that The entertainment Of hot weather guests
was bound 70 have place among the most important
financial lines Of New England industry
The public mind is just beginning 10 assrnilate
the fact that an area o more than eight hundred
squsre railes-a plateau which is the source OF
three great rivers the Peu1gewasset, the Saco and
the Anmonocsuc. with beautiful and thriving sugar
Hill as the sou-hernmost resort Of consequence
and Dixviile Notch the extreme opposite pOun-
es-v ard with isolated and contiguous resorts on
both the east and west sides OF the Presidential
Range with lofty peaks here and there-foTrns this
Eegi0n-
Coming to the mountains from the east by way
OF Portland the best known Of the east side
points are Jackson, the Conways, Intervale Wona-
lancet and Fryeburg. all OF which are IN favor by
many who only know the west side by casual daily
excursions and the west slider rarely observes the
other side Of the mountains except from the sum
MI OF The towering range or by way Of an occa-
sloral coaching or railway trip, 49,. -, -.
OF tie larger hotels Is reached, ard within COM
pararivs!y small area are he E.oyan, era "I0rg;
and magnificent White Mountain. Coming from
Boston over the Boston and Maine, Sugar Hill,
Franconia Lisbon Lirlleton. Whitefeld and Ian
caster are me favorite points OF q! year round
settlement, while the Dig hotels are the NauT3oek'
a. Jefferson, and the Profile House, near the Fran
Further north by fifty miles the Balsens has a
picturesque location Al the opening OF Dl1F---7
a1q OohEecI-c-t axe E--Lo- 90 IL az he
nile Of interesting country oILsr az Ll4s ca" o
from al these chief points O .ocat-on ars SIZE S
cos "a steam s.te 10 the Summit OF Mount Wash
ilgJon. where is at once the most Qnassu Inning yet
in way The most important OF all White Moun,
tain hotels. Also from Jefferson, the hlshWay
beading 20 Randolph Is twelve nile avenue q
farm boarding houses Win me f.aE-i-5 f.o-5 ai
Crescent House q objective points. Here IS TIE
mountain Climbing organization, which hnds us
pleasure il and guards the safety O. tle tranplng
building OF storm shelters at danger points -oF l--e
IN point O. accessibility and travelling facilities
4 Is cry backward 10 me tune OF the I1TI2eE
making way over the turnpike road from Plymouth
which mas for years been desired has been grant
"a 7a- w zi- possi5e for the business nan
whose family is in the mountains TO visit thg5n
eZa7f- md me retIrniug train lands him in the
Grand Central Station about O'Clock II the morn
Aside from this Connecticut River route. one may
boat 10 Boston or Portland, entering the mountain
Iand BY Crawford Notch or Plymouth and r oo.n
these routes are alike delightful while Il q lana
dian extension 10 the summers outing be oeslreo
esS- ~escS from anv Of the mountain points.
Al JEFFERSON the outlook is as beautiful as ever:
preparation has already taken place and the first
guests Of he season are already here c....s has
been unbroken record OF resort hotel success
ever since the interests operating the popular win.
ter hotels Of Lakewood took il in charge and wnile
the policy Of enlargement has been continuous the
from meeting applications
As Is usual at the Waumbek. the cottage guests
are the first 70 appear. and are coming Ins yS1a
n unusually good numbers Tor the earnest p osso1Ss
today. I'll Of the larger cottages are PhnIp
Rhinea5dsr and family RT ana MIS- Isaac +b
cottage c1Io5@v VIC are booked for early arrival
are 5l5ee q Barrett and party Henry c Emmett
ard family Frederick W Deyoe and family: A, y;
Mrs, L ) 'BeIioni and party -.
the Waite Mountains. Is being completed tGr open
ing on July g not only the largest hotel IN the
date resort hotel in America It Is built by Joseph
Suckney. OF New-York, whose W rite mountain
Andersen q Price WHO rave made hosts OF friends
during many seasons al me Mount Pleasant House
and the OrrnonG, in Florida The management VIII
tomorrow open Mount Pleasant Cottage for the
care OF early guests Their Mount Pleasant House
VII be opened on June g, and the new noteI one
The new White Mountain House is on beautiful
plateau. completely surrounded by the mountains;
Irene ength OF the structure Is eSl 4eet ar.
-FOUR Eoors are above the foundation story FROM
rectly into Crawford Notch; on the north. or din
ing room end the view commands Jefferson Notch;
ranged the Presidential peaks There grandeur
The new hotel viii include besides the requisites
tor comfort, novel and attractive features which
VIII make i the centre OF tourist interest and will
undoubtedly oraw thousands OF new and curious
pilgrims 70 the mountain land. The music hall is
Id BY 70 FEET, the rotunoa I25 By lOS feet and
octsgonal dining room s. by 81 feet wifi seat FIVE
hundred people In addition there are several pri-
kate Ginning rooms and a beautifully decorated
banquet hall The chambers are large and every
suite mas a private bath, have also half Of the
Individual sleeping rooms The building is as near
nrepnoot as frame construction viii permit. All
lDrfs are painted with hreproof Chemicals: there
are cement stops IN all partitions wire Ia thing and,
besides the usual MIGRANTS and chemical e,ctiresl-
automatic eztinguishers
On the ground floor the indoor arnusenaents
@Ak-as Inat LOOK tie rainy day objective point