New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
IN BERKSHIREo.
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p,.+seels Mass June lS tSpeciall--The opeilne
of the entire length of Berkshire County ps
roads is bound make vast change III tiie -
shire Hills where many OF its cflei d''' -
have been away from the railways ana oVe''
fy the ordinary tourist From Wiiiisihs
the north with its college and oeauuiu' e'l
shaded streets. TO Great harrington on lhe sUu.-
one of the finest equipped electric TaliW4Hs ia
England has been built through the oed"'ii' -
sort towns in the chain OF hlils 'loi's 0
boundary OF Massachusetts -.
A few years ago il was imposslne 10 =
williamstown from Lenex and return tie sam 80
owing TO railroad service. To-day cars ieaNe 50,
,,,,,I, running through from Pittsfied TO Nor'h
Adams and furnishing a transpof'4non - 60 a.
,,icb looks out on all of the centres OF hNeiy H.
t.rest to the tourist and the summer guest
PittsNeld. Ienox Stockbridge and Great Barring
go, arc now all linked together. and the uoheS9
furnish attraction 10 Vlsi'ors 10 'iis ~. =.
6f extraordinary beauty The inoicaEonS pom -
,ba most successful resort season that the oeiN-
shire Hills region has ever known
pit+saeld has appropriated sloo,ooo for pavement
for ;4s principal business streets. and the su"i''
1-isi.or will see many other Improvements when ne
80 One is the removal Of the Unsightly net
-l of wires overhead. these being disposed o. oE
2 complete conduit system improvements naN.
heen made in all of the hotels Nj OF cehu"l
tselsbire is interested in the coming OF Presidehl
Roosevelt TO Adams. where he VIII PnNeh Statue
OF the late President Mckinley President Mchin-
Icy was a guest In Adams on two different occa-
sions and in appreciation OF his interest ~ '-a'
town. the fund for the monument was raised .!
popular subscriptions. The date OF the unNeIHns
has not been set, as II VIII correspond WI" ~
Presidents wishes.
Tenox was never more alert and busy In June
Than this year. Most Of the cottasers nave al
rived at their country places, ana cestl0e 'i
sroufh the lawns have a velvety appearance ana
the trees are in full green leaf. The hne appear
snce Of the hills and is due 10 the coolneSs
of the nights, which has in a measure saved 'iie
trees and grass during the long dry season. -HdH3
~4,a,pes have been made in Lenox since last year
The tovn voted in April to eXpend S2toV on the
drive to Pittsfield for permanent road building pro-
1-iding the State made appropriation to ASSIST
The town This appropriation has not ye1 beeh eN-
r,epded but will doubtless he before the end OF
The season. and will give Lenox three miles ad-
5iti,ral of State highway. which automobilists ana
tourists declare the finest in the land. Already
fo,,r-iu-hands are as numerous as in the taI sea
son and picnic parties making runs TO the sur
rounding towns and places OF interest Nearly al
there is a great demand for large cottages and
stables What will De one OF the hnest baTfs MS III
the State is being erected at ItlgniaNn. ID LTio@,
by William Douglas Sloane, of New-1ork al an an
expense of more than $l Vo, VIII pe one one u f' r
notable features OF MI sioate @ plg taIise
from which all OF the supplies OF ms town iS nouSe
shipped daily me fe3 barn I6 Is located on ii'0i
Miss Ethel Folsom of New-York. has interested
MANY of the I,enoX cottaSerS in ner Saiat
for convalescents from NeW--l oIk hospitaiis.. 10
carry out her purpose Miss olson Iego iGI it
south OF Mr. Sloane's farm, and. in an OLD fashone9
fs-mbouse shaded by century old trees, has opened
this retreat. where the sick from EeW-1 ork after
discharge from hospitals may spend two weeks IN
berkshire under the care of competent attendants
Miss Folsom who has charge OF this sanatorluI; Is
a daughter Of Air; and Mrs George MlnL9rop I + OF
som of New York. who have a rne country Ihace
in Ilenox. Miss Folsom was Tor time a nurse IN
4he PRESBYTERIAN Hospital in New ork, and w1ile
there she formulated the idea % the BerkShlre
Hills sanatoriunl. Samuel Frothnghan1 OF New
York is finishing one of the handsomest country
places yet built in DenoX. The house IS TO have
Terra ced Pardens and beautiful landscape work
automobilists making the Hudson kINer ana
Berkshire Hills in great numbers TINS year.
The fayorite route is to Poughkeepsie and from
there across TO Salisbury in CoDnectlcut and into
The F3eTkshireS Great Darlington. following the
Eousatonic and Hoosac River valleys into Yer
mont Blue book stations have multiplied along
The route in consequence Of the increasing number
OF 'automcbilistS. who are sure OF ample care ana
the Berkshire Hills region
The house where Catherine Sedgwtck lived and