The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-06
HIGH PEAKS ON SALE
TWO BIG MOUNTAINS PLACED ON
THE MARKET.
whitney and Dwight Estates Trying
to Dispose OF hoIyoke and octo.
Der in. Western Massachusetts
Both Ideal Elevations.

Springfield, Mass.--For sale--Twc
mountains
/ These have been placed on the mar
ket In the western part OF Massachu
! setts One Is October mountain, tow
ering above the Berkshire peaks IL
| beautiful LcnoX. The other Is his
| toric Mount Holyoke at whose sum
/ init 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 10 be
given an opportunity OF acquiring pos
session of two OF the most ideal ele'
vations in New England.
October mountain comprises lG,O0U
acres OF sweeping woods, in which
still roams 4 part Of the game with
which the late William c. Whitney
stocked its preserves, is valued to-day
at 500 600.
Mr.. Whitney when he purchased
this tract Of mountain forest meta
morphosed ii into one Of the most
beautiful and valuable private game
reservations In the country Al the
present time a traveller across the
mountain infrequently comes upon
browsing elk or deer which were sent
there by the New York millionaire.
When the mountain is sold, this
on usigb
lodge OF four camps. a number OF
stables and a water tower. all erect
ed and lagishly 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 TINS peak
broad view OF the sweeping hills OF
the Berkshires. intersper5ed here and
there in the valleys with towns and
hamlets. may be had.
Not far from the lodges which MI.
Whitney built stand the now desert
cd homes of the colony of workers
who kept the preserves i'll condition
and attended 10 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 10 he A latin Corbia preserve in
New Hampshire
Forty years ago upon the summit OF
Mount Holyoke was erected the Pros
pect house. with a cable railway rum
ming from the base. From the win
dows OF railway train running from
Springfield to northampton this an
cient structure perched like 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 OF !
the traveller
This mountain Is a part of the !
John Dwight estate, and while not so
large as The October mountain, com /
prises 80 ac.es and is held to be I!
worth $4,000.
Double thar amount was spent in
the railway up The /
northern side Of the slope, and for. /
merly thousands of wealthy visitors /
from all parts OF rhe country visit /
ed the Berkshires for the purpose OF |
spending a week far up among the /
clouds at this then fashionable place /
From the yerandas Of the old hotel I
there is a view OF Mount Tom in the
distance. and the towns OF Amherst /
and Northampton, together with /
many little villages and towns scatter.
ed along the Connecticut valley,
One OF the proposed uses of this
site is that of a hospital for the cure
Of consumptives, as it is said that the I
clear air and the coldness oil the at
during the summer make
The location one Of the best adapted
for this purpose in the country.
In case purchasers are not forth
coming for these two magnificent geo
graphical show places of the state, 1t
Is said the properties may be ac-
CURED as a part OF the land admin
stered by the trustees OF public res
.ryations.
The fate Of the two mountains
which were both the pet schemes of
wealthy men. is matter Of inter.
est to the people OF the western part
VI the state.