New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-02

Thousands of persons continue every
wear 10 add their numbers to those VINO
seek this rustic simplicity, and this
annual hike OF vacatlonists has brought
10 the vast rolling plateau OF Suli-
van County the appearance Oh popu-
lar seaside or Inland lake resort countess
farmhouses are opened and welcome Is
given to the summer guest other farin-
houses have been remodelled and enlarged
into good sized boarding houses, while nun
dreds Of hotels, large and small. have been
built for the accommodation OF warm
weather visitors
The route TO this delightful region lies
over the tracks of the New YORK, ontario
&. Western Railroad. which has Its Ne"
York terminus in the West Shore station
at Weehawken. reached by ferry from
4od and Cortlandt streets The all ia"
trim may he varied By a sail up the Hudson
River. through the Highlands. on inc
steamers of the Hudson River Day Line
The traveller may leave the boat at west
Point and enjoy a two-hour visit to the
Military Academy before taking an on
tario & Western train from that point 10
his destination. or he may transfer 70 the
train at Cornwall farther up the river.
Leaving the Hudson River at Cornwall,
the Ontario & Western road climbs up into
the hills OF Orange County, y. Y. con-
Meeting at Campbell Hall with the "aiIhiii
Valley Railroad and the Central New Eng
land Railway. Passing through orange
County into Sullivan the traveller arrives
at Bloomingburg station and the tuiinei
that leads the tracks through the Shawah-
gunk Mountains into that vast, rolling
tableland that rises from 1900 to $500 feet
above sea level.
Wurtsboro. the first village beyond the
Bloomngburg tunnel Mamakatlng is the
name of the railroad station on the noun
tainside) is within easy distance or the
beautiful Masten, Yankee, Wolf, Mckee
and Fowlwood lakes-the great nsnlhs
centres Of the section Mamakating Park
including Masten Lake five miles west OF
the railroad station and lying at an eleva-
ton OF 1900 feet, is a private reservation
Of more than two thousand acres Here is
a large cottage colony grouped about the
Mamakating Inn
Beyond Mamakating is Rock Hill Sta
tion. within mile and a half of six lakes
and numerous trout streams Further on
is SlmmltNllic, ltlt JuIlIAlbH pphh' ''' 49,
Kingston. Port Jervis and Monticello
branches Seven miles beyond is Ellen
Vile on the Monticello division. one OF
the most popular resorts along the ROAD
lvj.z among the rugged ridges OF the
Shawangunk Mountains. From outiooks
easy of access the beholder may from one
! spot sweep with his vision a panorama ot
| magnificent scenery stretching from the
Delaware Water Gap around an almost
| compIete circle, covering the hills ana
| lakes Of Sullivan County and the Catskills
! Scattered along the wooded hillsides near
by are many enchanting rdvincs and water
| falls. the famous ice caves and Ihe Olu
| Spanlsh Tunnel" believed To have been
bored near the middle Of tho sixteenth cen
fury.
| Monticello. twenty-thrce miles beyond
Tucnyillc. is the county scat Of Sullivan
and another very popular resort of this
section. Trout. bass and pickcrel fishing IS
good I'm the streams and nearby lakes. The
! Monticello Country club maintains an OK
ccllcnt golf course the privileges Of which
may be obtained on payment Of small
fee hy guests OF the hotels and boarding
! houses
! klanCEha lAk', ~ y dIPi 'l'-ll"'i ''i''"
from Fallsburg station. aud Loeb Sh'l-
drake. three miles from Luzon station, A."
attractive resorts Of this section. Ihc
usn.u. is excellent at both lakes, and at
the former there is a lively hotel and cot
| tdEc colony.
Liberty station is the highest point on the
main line Of the Ontorlo y Western Rail
way. the tracks here being So feet above
tiJcwatcr. while many OF ;hc hotel and
boarding house sites ut this place arc still
higher. some OF them being placed 2.icD feet
above sea level The distant, widespread
views OF rolling tablelsnd and mountains
here obtained are unsurpassed In the East
crn United States. For spor,smon, Liberty
! is "A most convenient base OF operations.
Within fiftcen or twenty miles, In all direc-
tIous. may be found we'll stocked trout
streams. rolliciing mountain brooks and
beautiful little lakes. where ono may ind as
delightful q solitude a. In the very heart
of Maine The woods abound with rutl'd
grouse. woodchuck and other game birds.
( I'm tie last five years the state and county
authorities have placed the roads Of this