The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . open for traffic during the winter,while in previous years, with the horse-motors, the track was usually aban-doned at the first heavy fall of snow,and transportation furnished during thewinter in cumbersome and inconvenientsleigh-barges. In the spring of 1899, Messrs. Pierce,Foster, and Cook extended their tracksfrom Lakeport to The Weirs, a distanceof about five miles, over one of the most beautiful routes for an electric ride tobe found in New England. The tra
The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . open for traffic during the winter,while in previous years, with the horse-motors, the track was usually aban-doned at the first heavy fall of snow,and transportation furnished during thewinter in cumbersome and inconvenientsleigh-barges. In the spring of 1899, Messrs. Pierce,Foster, and Cook extended their tracksfrom Lakeport to The Weirs, a distanceof about five miles, over one of the most beautiful routes for an electric ride tobe found in New England. The tracksfollow the shore of Lake Paugus veryclosely, and command a most beautifulview of water and mountain sceneryover the entire route, while at TheWeirs, the summer resort of central andnorthern New Hampshire, the systemcrosses the outlet of the famous LakeWinnipesaukee, and has its terminusnear the camp-grounds of the NewHampshire Veterans Association, andthe Winnipesaukee Campmeeting Asso-ciation (Methodists), where musical fes-tivals, religious and social gatheringsand reunions are held every week dur-ing; the summer Treasurer C. T. Foster. Thus the little horse railroad hasgrown from a small system, merely con-necting the business centres of two endsof the city, to an electric system whichruns practically from Belmont on thesouth to Meredith on the north, throughone of the most enterprising cities ofNew Hampshire, while the new exten-sion affords an opportunity for a ridethrough the world-famous lake region ofNew Hampshire. The motive power is supplied by anequipment of the latest pattern of gaso-lene engines, located at the car stableson Union avenue, and the road is sup-plied with modern and elegant cars, and THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN. 191 everything to make the service first-class,and just what an electric road shouldbe. Messrs. Pierce, Foster, and Cookare entitled to much credit for theirenterprise in giving Laconia such adesirable service, and they certainlydeser
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