The Catskill Mountains; . d Delaware Railroad, 72 miles fromKingston, 33 miles from Oneonta. It is incorporated, and hasa population of over 1,000. It has a system of water works,sewer system, electric lights, over five miles of tlag stone walks,fine stores and residences, a National Bank, and two weeklynewspapers, the Stamford Mirror and Stamford Recorder. « Anopera house with a seating capacity of 1,000, an excellent highschool under the Regents, with a faculty often teachers and over300 students; five churches, Presbyterian. Methodist, Baptist,Episcopal, and Catholic; Judsons circulating li
The Catskill Mountains; . d Delaware Railroad, 72 miles fromKingston, 33 miles from Oneonta. It is incorporated, and hasa population of over 1,000. It has a system of water works,sewer system, electric lights, over five miles of tlag stone walks,fine stores and residences, a National Bank, and two weeklynewspapers, the Stamford Mirror and Stamford Recorder. « Anopera house with a seating capacity of 1,000, an excellent highschool under the Regents, with a faculty often teachers and over300 students; five churches, Presbyterian. Methodist, Baptist,Episcopal, and Catholic; Judsons circulating library of over3,000 volumes; local telephone exchange; long distance tele-phone; Western Union telegraph; National Express company;Board of Trade; and an efficient Fire Department. There arealso good liveries; bowling alleys; base ball, tennis, and golfgrounds. We have three New York mails daily during thesummer season, four daily through trains from and to NewYork, with through parlor cars from New York and BUSINESS BLOCK, STAMFORD. 141 STAMFORDS NATURAL ADVANTAGES. The healthfulness of a summer resort is of first considera-tion—all other conditions being of secondary lies the chief claim of Stamford upon the attention ofthose who contemplate a sojourn in the mountains during theheated term. All the prerequisites—pure air, pure water, alti-tude and an evenly cool temperature, here are found, and theseparamount attractions have won for Stamford the popularityand high rank it has attained. A glance at the physical features of this region will confirmthe truth of the statement that they possess all the essentialqualities for health and recreation. The village of Stamford islocated on the western slope of the Catskills, so miles from theHudson, at the headwaters of the Delaware river. This regionalso forms the divide, or height of land which separates thethe Delaware from the Schoharie and\Susquehanna basms. Theadvantanges of this location are
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