The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
A BUSINESS THAT
 BRINGS $6O,OOO.OOO TO Te'
 NEW ENGLAND

Hotel men returning to Boston from
 Southern resorts this week say that there is every prospect that the in- Aux of summer visitors into New
 England this summer will be greater than ever. Reservations are being
 made much earlier this year, and in greater numbers than in the previous
 years. The outlook is very bright for a successful season.
 The growth of New England's sum-
 mer resort business has been remark
 able. It is estimated that more than $60O0O, 900 was spent in New England
 last year by the hundreds and thou
 sands who visited it's historic towns.
 it's mountains, it's seashore, it's lakes.
 its trout streams and it's game pre-
 serves. Most of this money found it's
 way into the pockets of hotel keep
 CTS and the farmers who take sum- mer boarders This enormous amount
 will easily be doubled in a few years. for the business is growing, and growing fast.
 This undoubted prosperity is att
 tracting new capital to New England
 hotel men with foresight enough to
 see the possibilities of the future de- velopment of New England as a Va cation Land are turning their atten-
 tion toward this region. Plans are
 now being considered for the build-
 
 in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Plans have been drawn
 for a splendid hotel to crown the
 Summit of Mt. Washington. Down in
 Maine the Mount KineO House has
 been rebuilt at cost of $500 900, mak-
 ing it one of the finest summer hos-
 telries in America.
 There are splendid chances for in-
 vestors developers and builders Of
 hotels in New England. especially in
 Maine, in the White Mountains, along
 the South Shore of Massachusetts
 Bay and down on Cape Cod.
 These are days of golden opportun-
 ities for the hotel men who would ac-
 quire location in New England. The
 most advantageous sites may be ob- tained now for very reasonable prices.
 but this will not hold true for a
 great while. B.
 There is no question but that New land of America and it is destined to continue to be the most popular vacation retreat on this continent. Nature, which orders all things for the ultimate good of mankind, un- occasionally set New England aside for this purpose, and gave it it's fin est possession-its mountains
 Only small portion of the beauty spots in this region have been ex- plotted, There are countless lakes and streams that have never been fished. There are long stretches of seashore that afford ideal location for summer hotels. There are beautiful sites in the White Mountains that await the coming of the hotel build CT. All that is needed is for the hotel man to provide the essentials for com- fort. He will not have to worry about creating business for his venture. The business is waiting for him. The pub lie will make a beaten path to the door of the New England hotel keep | CT who provides comfortable beds, baths and well-cooked, well-served food
 In this connection, it is not amiss | far ahead of European resort hotels 1 in their size, perfection of their or ganization, the luxury of their fur- l nishings. the lavishness and excel lence of their table. They are kept l by men who make a profession of | finding out what people like and then providing it. Among the proprietors l of the great hotels in New England are some of the most skilled busi- ness organizers of America. The men | who have built the splendid hostel ries of Poland Spring, Rockland and | Kineo in Maine and at Breton Woods l in the White Mountains are good ex- | amples of this type.
 Now that the government is to make l a national park of the White Noun | tain region, a lively interest in this region has been aroused among hotel 1 men. There has always been danger l that the beautiful White Mountains