News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-05-31
MT. MANSFIELD.
OPENS JUNE FIRST
Mt. Mansfield Hotel with c. A.
Riley as Manager and Miss
Blanche Smith Chef.

DidHCHe DHilLH OHti.
Preparations for the biggest sea-
son which the Mount Mansfield Hotel
has ever experienced are being made
by the Mount Mansfield Hotel Asso-
citation. The hotel will open June l,
according to statement made by
Max L. Powell, through whose un-
tring efforts the patronage OF this
mountain-top inn has largely IN
creased during the last two seasons.
A great deal of work has been done
last season on the road up the noun
tain to the hotel, and it has been de-
cided to make this a toll road IN
order to take care of the expenses OF
building and maintenance. 80 the
chief innovation to be inaugurated on
the mountain this season is the build.
ing of toll house at the junction OF
the road leading up the mountain
with that which goes on through
Smuggler's Notch.
This toll house will be in the form
of an attractive bungalow. The
lumber is already being cut for it
and it will be put up at once and
should be ready for occupancy by
July /, or soon thereafter.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Lovejoy, Mr..
Lovejoy being one of the directors
of the Mount Mansfield Hotel Asso-
citation, will live in the bungalow
during the summer months and
collect the tolls. The standard Oil
Company will install gasoline
station there and autoists can pro-
cure oil at that point as well.
1t is planned to make this toll bum
galow a mountain trading post for
Vermont products. Maple products
including sugar cakes, syrup and
other danties basketry made in Yer
mont, and other Vermont products
will be placed on sale there. 1t is
expected that this will become a
very popular resort.
T. r. Highway DetOur
The bungalow is likely to serve
double purpose, inasmuch as the road
through Smuggler's Notch from
Stowe to Jeffersonville will be open
for traffic this season and is expected
to be one of the most widely travelled
in Vermont. 1t has been arranged
to route a detour of the Roosevelt
international Highway in Vermont
by way of Waterbury and Stowe,
through Smuggler's Notch to Jeffer-
sonville and then up the Lamoille
Valley to st. Johnsbury, instead of
around by way of Montpelier. 1t is
not known wheter or not this detour
will be marked this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Davis of the
Waterbury Inn are to take an active
part in the management of the
Mount Mansfield Hotel this season.
They will become directors of the as
ISOLATION, it is expected and the hotel
on the mountain top will be run in
conjunction not only with the Hotels
Vermont and Van Ness, as during
the last two seasons, but also in con-
junction with the Waterbury Inn
Mrs. Davis is assisting in the plans
for the bungalow.
Road Work Continues
The work on the mountain road,
which was nearly completed last fall,
is being continued at the top this
spring and should be entirely COM
pleted by July l. Craig O. Burt,
who had charge of the work last
season, is again on the job.
A new one-ton Stewart truck has ,
been purchased by the association
and will be used to take passengers
from the toll bungalow to the top of
the mountain, the two Oldsmobiles
which have been used in the past
being continued in operation between
Stowe and the bungalow. 1t is ex-
pected that arrangements will be
made after the season opens to !
transport passengers from Jefferson
vile to the mountain top, thus giving /
service from both sides of the noun
tain.
c. A. Riley, Manager Blanche Smith !
Chef
Charles A. Riley will manage the |
hotel again this season. Miss
Blanche Smith, who has had charge
Dfthe depot retraurant at Morrisville,
has been engaged as the chief cook
this season and the management
feels that this was a very happy
selection. In fact, all the prospects
point to an unusual patronage this
year, with the new road opened up
through the notch the road up the
is in first class condition
and more automobile travelling
trough the state than ever before
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