A biographical record of Schuyler County, New York . while visiting the site of thepresent famous resort at Watkins, he be-came convinced that with its singularvariety of valuable mineral springs andmagnificent situation, o\erlooking Senecalake, it was an ideal place for a greathealth resort. He was so strongly im-pressed with the great advantages whichthe location offered that he abandonedan option which he and his brother thenheld upon the ^lurray Hill propertyat ]\Iount Morris, New York, with theview of establishing a sanitarium there,and returning to Watkins, organizeil theGlen Springs San
A biographical record of Schuyler County, New York . while visiting the site of thepresent famous resort at Watkins, he be-came convinced that with its singularvariety of valuable mineral springs andmagnificent situation, o\erlooking Senecalake, it was an ideal place for a greathealth resort. He was so strongly im-pressed with the great advantages whichthe location offered that he abandonedan option which he and his brother thenheld upon the ^lurray Hill propertyat ]\Iount Morris, New York, with theview of establishing a sanitarium there,and returning to Watkins, organizeil theGlen Springs Sanitarium Company andpurchased the property, which under hismanagement and direction has become sowidely known as the Glen Springs. In iMasonry he has taken an active in-terest;—he is a Knight Tenii)lar, a Thirty-second degree Mason—and in 1897 wasdistrict deputy grand master of the twen-tietli ^lasonic district of the state of NewYork. He is a member of the MysticShrine, of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity,the Hamilton Club of Brooklvn. the Craft-. W. E, LEFFINGWELL KM 0 wz w JO o
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