Identifier: lehighvalleyrail00lehi (find matches)
Title: Lehigh valley railroad summer tours to mountain, lake and ocean resorts
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Subjects: Summer resorts
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ral trend of the LehighValley lines in New Vork State isnorthward and westward ; the singleimportant exception being the divisionconnecting Elmira with Camden, N. Y.,to the north of Oneida Lake, formerlyknown as the Elmira, Cortland iVNorthern Railroad. the most important point inSouthwestern New York, con-tributes largely to through and excur- ELMIRA, Summer Tours and Fares. 29 sion travel over tlie Lehigh Valleylines, and, in turn, benefits by the fre-quent arrival of large excursions. Iheprincipal objective points of the pleasureseekers are beautiful Eldridge Park,Rorecks Glen and Clarks Glen, forma-tions not unlike that of Watkins incharacter. This division of railroad meets the FREEVILLE, distant two miles. The waters here aremedicinal in character. the junction )5oint withthe Auburn Branch, has aworld-wide reputation as the home ofthe (jeorge Junior Republic, an e.xperi-ment in sociology upon practical lines,which has now been in operation fiveseasons. The buildings occui)ied by
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BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS, BETWEEN NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BUFFALO. SPENCER LAKE, main line at Van Etten. Near SpencerStation, north of Van Etten, is a pretty sheet of water, onemile long, surrounded bygroves, with abundant facilities for excur-sions. The fishing in this lake is good.The road rises out of the valley by a long(.letour, affording ever-broadening viewsof the country and distant CayugaLake. It touches the margin of Ithacaupon the crest of the highland behindCornell University. At Besemers station, just south ofIthaca, carriagesare taken for theFountain House at Slaterville Springs, SLATERVILLE SPRINGS. the boys who conduct the public andbusiness affairs of this, the smallestRepublic in the world, may be seenupon the slope just eastward from thevillage. The camp grounds of the SummerAssembly of Spiritualists of CentralNew York is also at Freeville. is a busy manufacturingtown, revealing the evi-dences of old time wealth and presentprosperity in its fine mansions, shadyavenu

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