The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29

stone balustrade. The pool Is about ten feet deep and 30 feet long. The water flows into 1t from the fountains in other parts of the grounds, spouting out of the open mouths of three vicious looking mar ble dolphins. Beyond the pool, again, Is a pergola-a limestone resting place-with lsome hand-carved chestnut beams to serve as roof.
 View of Many Miles.
 The view from the dining room windows is said to be fifteen miles each way. One of the improvements which MT. Hartman is said to be most enthusiastic over however, is a huge steel tower several hundred yards north of the house, from which Mir. Hartman hopes to be able to get a forty-mile view on every side. There is also another observation tower on top of the house itself.
 This latter tower has what the Harri- man. family humourously call secret stairway" leading up to 1t. The house main staircase is in the east wing and leads up to the family apartments. A rather dark and narrow stairway has been constructed, leading from the first
 floor hall to the second floor hall, so the transient visitors may be taken straight up to the tower without passing through the corrdars occupied by the family S private rooms.
 The library wing has not yet been start ed, and the west side of the house Is still in the hands of the plasterers. The Hartman family intend to camp out with their servants in the east wing for the next few months. Although the archi- tects have had several men working on the plans for four years, there are still some Improvements and alterations to be made.
 At the foot of the long incline up the mountainside from the Turner railroad station are the nurseries and the wood turning mills. In the nurseries MT. Har- riman has set out many young trees for his hilltop courtyards.
 In the turning mill, which MT. Harri- man built and organized in the house s early stages, score of men are busy all day long in carving woodwork and mak- | ing windows and doors.
 | Mr. Hartman some time ago had rep resentatives of the Yale University for | estry department go all through his for | ests and thin them out properly. All the 1 trees which were cut down were said to Roseton Kilns to make brick with. For | the purpose of getting materials quickly l he had switch put in on the Newburg I spur of the Erie Railroad and built a little depot at the foot of the incline. l Hartman Guided Construction. 1 Although ill and away from home, MT
 Hartman has kept in touch with every
 step in the building of the new house l Letters have passed be-ween him and
 his architects and stewards almost every
 day. His grasp of details outside of his | business hours has found expression ir l the building of the big new house. ] II hope he'll enjoy living in 1t as much | as he has enjoyed building it," Mrs liar. 1 riman is quoted as saying.
 | For the last twenty years with his fam 1 fly he has been living in the valley abou a mile and half nearer Arden, in g 1 rambling frame, lakeside, old-fashionet l dwelling. One day. according to his rep l resentatives, he realized that he wanted more view and more sunlight. So three and a half years ago the present house l was begun.
 Buys Old Landmark. l One of the oldest landmarks of Orange l Counry has just been purchased by E H | Hartman. It is the property known as l Forest Lodge, and consists of 200 acres | The property adjoins the big estate, ,ane l he has long desired to acquire it.
 Forest Lodge was built about a century ago and is located on the old New Yorl