The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-22
H!GA PEAKS ON SALE
TWo BIG MOUNTAINS PLAceb ON
THE MARKET.
Whitney and Dwight Estates Trying
to Dispose Of hoIyoke and octo.
ber in Western Massachusetts
Both Ideal Elevations. t

mountains!
These have been placed on the mar
ket in the western part OF Massachu.
sets. One is October mountain. tow
ering above the BERKSHIRE peaks in.
beautiful Lenox. The other IS his
toric Mount IIolyoke, at whose sum
nit still stands the old Prospect
house, once the proud show place OF
western New EngIanders.
They have become elephants on the
hands of their owners. and seekers OF
unique summer retreats are TO be
given an opportuniiy OF acquiring pos
session of two of the most ideal ele'
vations in New England. \
October mountain comprises 10000
acres of sweeping woods, In which
still roams part of the game with
which the late William c. Whitney
stocked it's preserves, is valued today
ut 100000.
kIr. Whitney. when he purchased
this tract of mountain forest meta
morphosed It into one of the most
beautiful and valuable private game
reservations In the country. Al the
present time traveller across the
mountain infrequently comes upoR
browsing elk or deer which were sent
there by the New York millionaire
When the mountain Is sold. this
stock will go with II, as well as the
lodge of four camps, IL number OF
stables and water tower, all erect
ed and lavishly equipped by Mr.. Whit
ney, who in company with his friends
during the ownership Of the range
often was TO be found ranging over
the mountain IN quest of game.
From the summit of this peak Q
broad view of the sweeping hills OF
the Berkshires, interspersed here and
there in the valleys with towns and
hamlets. may be had.
Not far from the lodges which Mr.
Whitney built stand the now desert
ed homes OF the colony of workers
who kept the preserves In condition
and attended to the lodge buildings.
the stables and the wild stock.
Nine moose in the Whitney herd
still roam at large on the mountain
together with so deer and two elk
The buffalo once there have been sent
10 the New York geological gardens
and to the Austin Corbinsprescrve ir
New Hampshire.
Forty years ago upon the summit OF
Mount llolyoke was erected the Pros
pect house. with cable railway run
ming from The base. From tho, win
dows or q railway train running from
Springfield TO Northampton this an
cient structure perched like a senti
mel at the top of the peak, with the
sluicelike tramway running straight
down to the base, is among the first
show objects that attracts the eye o.
the traveller.
This mountain is part OF the
John Dwight estate. and while not sc
large as the October mountain, com
pflscs $50 acres and Is held to hs
worth $4,000.
Double that amount was spent IN
constructing the railway up the
northern side of the slope, and for,
merly thousands of wealthy visitors
from. all parts OF the country visit
ed the Berkshires for the purpose OF
spending week far up among the
clouds at this then fashionable place:
From the verandas OF the old hotel
there is view OF Mount Tom In the
distance, and the towns of Amherst
and Northampton. together with
maLy little villages and towns scatter
Ell along the Connecticut valley
One of the proposed uses of this
site is that OF n hospital for the cure
of consumptives. as tits said that the
clear air and the co!dness of the at
mosphere during the ssummer make
the location one of the best adapted
for this purpose in the country.
In case purchasers are not forth.
o)ming for these two magnificent geo
graphical show places OF the state. i'll
Is said the properties may be nc
quired as u part of tho land admin
istered by the trustees OF public res
The fate of the two mountains
which were both the pet schemes ol|
wealthy men, is matter of inter
est to the people of the western part
OF the state.