The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-10
MOUNTAIN PALACE
OF {, H. HARTMAN
COSTS S2,OO0,OOv
Magnate May Get Away From
Fault-Finders as E%tfectualiy
as Did Van Winkle.
CAN SEE LONG DISTANCE
Cable Running in Channel Aewn il
Rock. Carries the Workmen
and the Material for the
Structure.

and the Material for the
Structure.
New York, Special: A long time as>
Rip Van Minkie round rest al4u quiet
on the summit of the Catsklll noun
ttains. He wanted to get away from
fault finders. Perhaps h. II. hartman
will hin OF this wnen he peers
palace, on the highest ridge OF the Ram
apo mountains.
"Harriman's palace" that's What
they call it; and merely to quote the
technical details of the building over
yves one.
New York granite. partly dressed
gneiss, with Indiana limestone TRIM
mings and steel. This is the material
that gives Harrlman's palace the
grandeur Of so!idity.
Rugged simplicity is its keynote. 1T
is in the Norman or Romanesque style
of architecture, entirely lacking in pll-
lars, marble o~rnamentation or any sug-
gestion of classic architecture. The
chief beauty of it will be the majesty
of m~aSSivenesS.
Swimming Pool.
From the main building terraced
wings, will extend to three points OF
the compass. In each of these wings
there will be an entrance with an APP
proach to each up the side OF the
mountain. Near the principal entrance
may be. seer. the foundation walls of a
Swimming pool. Here also is the main
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by, on the slope Of the hill. is the con-
servatory. The north front of the
building will be 325 feet long and will
contain the main dining hall. h
view is toward Middletown and the
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'front.' faces the Hudson river and in
the wing is the library. This is ap-
preached through an arched entrance
inside of which are three loggias at
the first story, with other archsd en-
frances to the second floor OF the Ii
brary.
Towering over the adjacent country,
standing coldly aloof, observing and
observed, like its %financier wner grim
and gray, it may look down upon the
little world Of men that work and play
and love and die in the busy marts
below.
Lookout Tower.
Lookout Tower" surmounts the
whole, and when, jim the long summer
nights, Mr.. HERMAN sits alone, PLAN
ming perhaps q coup that will startle
the world, his eyes will rove over a
after another. mile after mile, in ev-
cry direction, the mountain tops re-
veal themselves. orange, Ulster.
Duchess and Rockland counties may
be. seen glinting gold in the Dor
light
Some men leave monuments for their
dead, selves; this is a monument for a
living man. aSman OF iron in the tWt-
light hour of rest.
Day after day an army Of men are
after day forea year, masons,. carpen-
ters and plasterers, artist and artisan
working side by side. nave labored.
Day after day for at least three more
years theyswill hammer N paint and
chisel, and carve before the king is
satisfied.
Two millions of money will make the
mountains come to Hartman. Two
million do11ars-ts not a great price for
a money kingeto pay for solitude.
Al. cable. running in a channe hewn
.n6the rocky side OF the mountain. con-
task each day. Do you realize the mag
nitude Of this task? "A two million dol
lar palace on the peak of the highest
mountain Of the Ra1napo range. Ev-
cry stone, every nail must be hoisted
to this topmost peak by a cable rail-
road.
|. This railroad was especially con-
structed for the task. Who but Har-
riman would dream Of building a rail-
road up the side OF a mountain. en-
| plOylIlS I'LL dEllly VI IIlcll 10 DluSC II0
way and lay the cable merely as a
means to a beginning?
Most are content with a
private car. Hartman has a private
railroad.
Every stone, every nail is hoisted
$500 feet before 1t can be used.
Think of those blizzard days when
those Of us who could lowered close to
the fire; think of those men working
OH the summit of a mountain, the snow
piled mar high, and the wind cutting
like a whip of steel!
Summer and winter this mountain
tra1nway creaks and groans it tugs
it's burden to the men awaiting it.
Slowly and surely this painting giant
creeps up the rock-jagged side of the
and all for Harriman's man
sion in the clouds.
Phone to Wall Street.
In the hot summer evenings when
the foul air Of the city smothers the
streets, Hartman will HE himself to
his home in the mountains, breathe in
the exhilarating ozone of the night
and two millions will be deemed a
small matter for the comfort. At his
hand will be a telephone; through it
he may hear the rush and rumble OF
Wall street. He nay be of the world
and yet not in it.
The foundation is hewn from the
living rock at the summit of Tower
hill, up which runs the cable road 1900
feet long.
There are many considerations which
influenced Mr.. Harriman's choice of a
home site. The air is always pure and
possesses at this altitude curative
properties for almost all ailments. The
water, which is obtained only after
two years boring in the heart of the
mountain, is unexcelled. The situation
Notwithstanding it's wild picturesque
ness, is almost at the doorway of New
owl (ttyy nirY nr1n fN~try ~S1~
away.
How to Make Money.
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