Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-03-16
New Hampshire's Summer BusineE

facts and figures regarding the Vas'
and growing summer resort business Oh
the Granite State. "A similar report
was published in 1899, and a large part
of the present report is devoted to
showing the progress made in the five
wears since the first report was pre-
rared. New Hampshire is ambitious
TO share with Maine the distinction of
being known as the great vacation
state of the Union, and the figures pre-
scented by Commissioner Carroll show
the practical and systematic way in
which the state officials are cooperat-
iEs with the managers of the rail-
roads, the hotel landlords and the peo-
pie generally to bring about a realiza-
ton of this ambition. The report
shows that the capital invested in
summer hotels, boarding houses, cot
tages, etc. in the old Granite State,
has Increased from 0.442.3J2 in 1899 to
81. 5.173 in 1905; during the same
period the number of summer visitors
has increased from 170,2S0 to 309,243.
Commissioner Carroll shows in detail
the attractiveness of the numerous
gives the statistics for each town in
the state for the past year.
In hi int hn ion nv,
says: I'm no other state has Nature
so we'll planned for the summer COM
fort and JOY of mankind. Mountain.
forest, farm. river, lake and seashore
are blended in one grand outdoor
symphony. attracting and satisfying
vacationists and seekers after rest and
health. Natures endowment of the
Granite State has been ably seconded
by the wealth and ability of the New
HAMPSHIRE landlords, who have pro-
vided hostelries unequalled by any
other resort, yet the state abounds in
quiet camping hooks and attractive
farmhouses where summer board may
be obtained at very low prices. Sur
rounded by the rugged grandeur of the
White and FranConia mountains, and
dotting the shores of sparkling lakes,
and overlooking the grand old ocean
at Hampton, Rye and Newcastle, are
some of the finest and most expensive
hotels in America, together with those
of more limited accommodation and
more moderate price. There are over
1000 farmhouscs where bOardcrs are
taken: these last season accommodated
24,aS0 regular boarders. The capital
tagcs amounts to s1l,327.S79, and dur
ing No.. zs.l6s persons resided in such
summer homes"
The State Of New Hampshire has
adopted a definite policy of highway
improvement, which will tend to make
tie state even more attractive to auto
rnobilists, thousands. of whom toured
the state last season. The three main
highways which the state will build
all lead TO the White Mountain region.
One starts at the seashore and follows
the cast side of the state through the
famous resorts Of the Crawford Notch
section: one extends up the Mcrrimack
valley, through the Pemigewasset val
ley and the Franconia Notch to Bret
ton Woods and Crawford'S; the third
will follow the Connecticut river along
these main highways there are numcr-
Gus mountain highways which are
state roads, The railroads of the
state have done much to advance the
summer business, furnishing the best
of facilities during the season. New
Hampshire received last season from
the sumner business. $40, 435,375.
Maine is by no means jealous of the
vast increase in the summer business
of New Hampshire. There is business
enough for both of them, and it is not
impossible that we can learn sonnet ting
from the way in which New Hampshire
is advertising its attractions and pre-
pairing to entertain the increasing
multitudcs that each summer brings.
II is a small state as compared with
Maine and while Maine has no White
Mountain range neither has New
Hampshire any seacoast worth the
mention, as compared with Maine, or
any such number of great and beauti-
full lakes teeminS with fish, or any
such vast forests filled with game or
any such great farming sections ready
to welcome summer boarders. Maine
is the nations summer paradise and it
will only help Names tourist and
sporting business to have that of New
Hampshire prosper more and more.
There should be strong bond of
sympathy between Russia and Dowie
inasmuch as both appear to be at the
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