Evening journal., 1916-10-20

and Tarrytown to Ossining. From
there to Peeksill a dotour via Croton
Lake station, Yorktown and Yorktown
Heights avoids q bad bit OF road on
the main route. poughkeepsie, 70
miles from New York. is approached
at present by a detour that in wet
weather is apt TO be troublesome.
The route now passes through
Hyde Park 20 Rhinebeck and by way
Of Blue Stores. Livingston Manor
Hudson and several villages to AL
bany, 16 miles from Poughkeepsie.
and l49 from New York.
After leaving the State capital our
route continues through Lathams. Co.
hoes and Mechanicsville 10 Saratoga.
a city famous for its springs and as
leading centre Of horse racing. and
thence via BalstOn Spa and Chenille
TO GAINESVILLE. Motorists. not visiting
Saratoga. go direct from Albany TO
Schenectady rejoining the main route
at GAINESVILLE.
The Mohawk Valley is now ira.
versed in a westerly direction along
the bank OF the river. with the
Catskills rising in the south and the
Adirondack foothills spreading away
to the north At Nelliston the Mo
hawk is crossed over TO Fort Plain,
where the little Otsquago Creek is fol-
lowed till after passing Hallsville,
Starkville, Van Hornesville and
Springfield Otsego Lake comes into
view and a section of supremacy
charming country is traversed on the
western shore Of the lake as the route
approaches COoperstown, so miles
from Albany. The scenery in the
neighborhood Of this enchanted spot
is Of an unsurpassed beauty and the
whole region is reminiscent OF Coo
per's death rOmances. I'm the town
which occupies the site Of an indian
village the memory of the novelist
who immortalized the district in his
Leather Stocking Tales" is rever-
emily preserved. The site of the Coo
per mansion. Otsego Hall. in which
he lived from 1884 until his death. is
marked by a graceful statute OF an
Indian hunter with his dog. while a
statuary figure Of Leather Stockings
adorns the Cooper memorial i'm the
cemetery.
The Susquehanna valley IS traversed
via Hartwick and Milford TO Daven-
port Centre. and by way Of Stamford,
birthplace OF the Delaware. and Grand
Gorge. TO Arkville. Here the route
enters the Catskills. "Onti Ora" or
the Mountains of the Sky. whose fas-
clnating spell in days gone by is re-
sponsible for many legend. while TO-
day its beauty, its healthful climate
and its excellent roads have made It
one of the most favorite touring re-
sorts in the country.
Through the Esopus valley and by
way of Shanaken and Phoenicia, the
route continues to Beechford and the
Ashokan reservoir. along the shore Of
which II proceeds TO Kingston. 112
miles from Cooperstown. The Asho-
kan reservoir, twelve miles I'm length,
and about one mile wide. has n daily
capacity of 50O.OOO,OOO gallons. and
the work of converting the valley into
one Of the greatest water supply sys-
tens in the country is accomplishing
without detracting in the least from
its scenic attractiveness.
Kingston. overlooking the Hudson,
commands extensive views. IN which
conspicuous feature Is Sky Top, a
peak Of the Shawangunk Mountains
500 feet high. Rondout, from which
the ferry across the Hudson plies to
Rhinecliff. derives its name from its
old "ronduit." or fort. erected for the
protection Of Kingston I'm Revolu-
tionary days.
South OF Kingston charming cor
ner Of Ulster county Is traversed for
twenty-six miles TO Napanoch and
through the Neversink Valley TO FL
lenville where the route rises among
the Shawangunk Mountains to a
height Of 800 feet A fertile stretch