The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-29
ADVOCATE STATE ROAD
Between Montpelier and Morrisville
Via Worcester.

Writing in the Morrisville Messen-
ger, DR.. W. r. Slayton of Morrisville
advocates the building of state road
between Montpelier and Morrisville via
Gilmore village, Hills Mills and Worces-
ter, as follows:
Editor Messenger: In connection with
the plan for rebuilding and enlarging
the Mt. Mansfield hotel and the posi-
bic building of summer hotel near
Stowe village or at Smugglers' Notch,
I wish to call attention to the project
of state road from Morrisyille
through Elmore village via Hills Mills
and Worcester to Montpelier
This project ought to interest all the
people Of Lamoille county, as well as
the people of the larger part of north
ern Vermont, saving as it would, sew
en- miles of distance between Morris
vile and Montpelier and opening up
one of the most beautiful drives in the
state.
What drive could be prettier or more
inspiring than one from Barre or Mont
pelier via Gilmore and Morrisville to
Jacksonville, returning via Smugglers
Notch, Stowe and Waterbury, or, from
North Troy, Newport or Richford, via
Eden, Gilmore and Worcester to Mont
pelier and Barre, thence on through
Williamstown gulfg
New Hampshire surely has no better
scenery than these drives would afford.
Lake Eden is not as well known as its
beauty deserves, neither is Lake FL
more, both are capable of great devel-
opment, and Mt Mansfield, there she
stands. Mt Mansfield affords a view
said by many responsible tourists to be
the most beautiful they have ever seen.
Both Mt Mansfield and Stowe viii some
day be a Mecca for tourists from the
entire continent.
1t has been the good fortune Of the
writer to see something OF A of the AS
states, the Canadian Rockies and the
Pacific coast from southern Alaska
down into Mexico and | can truly say,
state pride aside that Vermont in sum
mer is the most beautiful Of all sec
tions and that Lamoille county Of all
1.-THE counties is the prettiest, Many
tourists widely travelled have made the
same statement in an emphatic manner.
In spite of these well recognized
facts, Daniel L. Cady in recent adj
dress at Burlington, said that the re-
markable fact about Vermont summer
hotels was that they were nearly all
located in New Hampshire or northern
New York
Lamolle county ought to have win
ter resort hotels as well as summer
hotels. The hotel at Woodstock well
illustrates this point Think Of the
winter sports to be had in the vicini-
ty Of Stowe, Hyde Park, johnson, Cam
bridge and other Lamoille county towns
also have attractions for summer bust
ness, winter, too.
Some years ago ex-Govs. Rollins Of
New Hampshire and Guild Of Massa-
chusetts, in connection with the pro
posal for the acquisition of Crawford
Notch by the state Of New Hamp-
shire, issued statement in which they
said that the summer business in New
Hampshire amounted to over fourteen
million dollars annually or equal to q
million dollars county for Vermont.
Think of million dollars annually for
Lamoille county, and while thinking Of
this remember that the summer BUSH
ness of New England is growing by
caps and bounds.
Recently the writer had the pleas
ure of setting the project in motion of
marking the poles from Breton Woods
TO Burlington, over the route through
st. Johnsbury, Morrisville and Cam
bridge to be known as the Ethan Allen
rail and was agreeably surprised by
he spirit of cooperation shown by the
people of the various towns.
All we need is a little push and the
courage Of our convictions to get out
tide capital interested. The more state
.oads and beautiful drives we have to
attract the tourist, the quicker we will
rave golden stream pouring into La
noille county, which would increase our
axabe property, lower our tax rates