. Popular resorts, and how to reach them : combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them . onary engines on the summits of the moun- [OPULAU KESOKTS, AND HOW TO KKAUH THKM. tains; from these a broad iron band extends down, and attaches to thecar; by this you are drawn to the mountain top, from which the roadagain descends on the opposite slope, not direct, but following at anangle along the side, falling at easy grade, governed safely by the descent on the opposite side is frequently by a circuitous route
. Popular resorts, and how to reach them : combining a brief description of the principal summer retreats in the United States, and the routes of travel leading to them . onary engines on the summits of the moun- [OPULAU KESOKTS, AND HOW TO KKAUH THKM. tains; from these a broad iron band extends down, and attaches to thecar; by this you are drawn to the mountain top, from which the roadagain descends on the opposite slope, not direct, but following at anangle along the side, falling at easy grade, governed safely by the descent on the opposite side is frequently by a circuitous routeof many miles. When fully made, and another mountain reached, thecars are drawn up this as before, and again descend. And so by nine-teen planes the route is passed for thirty-five miles and back. To tlieuninitiated the first thought will be danger. The best answer is, thatin many years of constant use for passenger travel (for since its con-struction it has been used as such by the local inhabitants), not anaccident has occurred. The same machinery that lifts the light carswith living freight constantly draws six loaded coal cars of more thanten times the / )iQini filer,; .s/v/»» H(u lielder s Ioimhti ficot !?> „,i I /loit t>j / , ,„ h I hem JONES LAKE, SwiTCmBaCK most attractive section of this route is between Plane No. « atDunmore, at which station tourists usually embark, and No. 19 near that lob IOPULAR KESOKTS, AND HOW TO JIKACH THEM. charming little sheet of water, Jones Lake. Plane No. 19 is onlyfourteen miles distant, and is on the return route from Ilawley; but it isreached by a connectin;^ track, allowing tourists, when they desire, tocross to Jones Lake, and have several hours at this delightful spot whilethe balance of the train has completed the entire trip to Plawley andback. Moosic Mountain, or Moosic Highlands, as the section crossed bythe • Switchback Railroad is commonly termed, is a spur of the BlueRidge. The line of the
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