Scenic gems of the White Mountains . theSummit House.) The exception is the Profile House in the Franconias, which out-tops it seventy-four feet. Crawfords station on the MaineCentral railroad and the hotel are in close touch as may be determined by the above picture. This old-time favorite hotel stands just beyondthe summit of the White Mountain divide. Upon reaching it the railroad trains, which have been for nine consecutive miles before, climbing thesteepest of possible grades (119 feet to the mile) struggle no longer but with relaxed effort drop down to the Fabyan House, four miles beyond
Scenic gems of the White Mountains . theSummit House.) The exception is the Profile House in the Franconias, which out-tops it seventy-four feet. Crawfords station on the MaineCentral railroad and the hotel are in close touch as may be determined by the above picture. This old-time favorite hotel stands just beyondthe summit of the White Mountain divide. Upon reaching it the railroad trains, which have been for nine consecutive miles before, climbing thesteepest of possible grades (119 feet to the mile) struggle no longer but with relaxed effort drop down to the Fabyan House, four miles beyondand 329 feet lower. There is a popular fable which still farther illustrates the fact that the Crawford House stands upon the divide. T is saidthat the roof of the hotel forms the watershed of the region, water which falls upon the one side flowing to join the Connecticut River ; that fromthe other forming the Saco, the latter river having its birth in the clear and beautifully-bordered Crawford Lake, directly in front of the THE FABYAN HOUSE, WHITE MOUNTAINS, OF NEW immense hotel, a central point for all White Mountain travel, stands upon the mountain-bordered plain of the AmmonoosucRiver, six miles distant from the base of Mt. Washington, and at a notable view-point overlooking the entire Presidential Range. Trainsto and from the base, connecting with the trains of the cog railway to the summit, originate and terminate at Fabyans. Open ObservationCars are the rule on these trains, the patrons of which have their objective point fully in view ere starting out; for Mt. Washington smilesupon Fabyans in a very attractive manner, nor makes attempt to hide its royal splendor. To Fabyans converges railroad travel from allsections; no other mountain point bears such a distinction in this respect, and here the great pleasant-featured hotel, although it has littleof architectural beauty to recommend it, proves a general favorite with transient and permanent guest
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