The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . A. Sanborn pulleddown the old hotel at1 )iamond island, f a rdown the lake, andused a portion of thematerial to constructHotel Weirs, whichhostelry has g r o w ninto the magnificentnew Hotel Weirs ofto-day, one of the larg-est and most eleganthotels in the entirelake region. The progress of TheWeirs during the past Soldiers Monum< nt, Presented to the city by Mis. |. F. Zebley. , ? , .... ,. ^.. ...& v. ten or fifteen years has been exceed-inally stoppe
The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . A. Sanborn pulleddown the old hotel at1 )iamond island, f a rdown the lake, andused a portion of thematerial to constructHotel Weirs, whichhostelry has g r o w ninto the magnificentnew Hotel Weirs ofto-day, one of the larg-est and most eleganthotels in the entirelake region. The progress of TheWeirs during the past Soldiers Monum< nt, Presented to the city by Mis. |. F. Zebley. , ? , .... ,. ^.. ...& v. ten or fifteen years has been exceed-inally stopped ingly steady and substantial. The stateand then for of New Hampshire and the railroad cor-years The Weirs was merely a stopping poration have assisted the Veterans As-place for the steamer. Lady of the Lake, so< iation in fitting up their grounds andwhich connected at this point with the erected suitable structures for then-old Boston, Concord & Montreal Rail- annual gatherings in August. Many ofroad. the regimental associations have largeSoon after 1S70. the Methodists com- and handsome buildings for the use oi. THE ILLUSTRATED LACONIAN. 23 their members. Over in the Methodist grove, on the shore of the lake, thereare hundreds of handsome cottages which are occupied during the summerby their owners, while the Winnipesau-kee Camp-Meeting Association has laidout streets and avenues, provided a sys-tem of water works, etc. The Metho-dist grove and theVeterans grove areoccupied nearly allthe time in the sum-mer season by vari-ous religions the NewHampshire Musi cTeachers Assoc i a -tion have a tine largepavilion for theirannual musical festival, which is one ofthe summer attractions at The electric railroad now connects TheWeirs with Lakeport and Laconia, whilethe place boasts of numerous other ad-vantages and attractions .such as tele-graph and telephone facilities, hundreds
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