. Gazetteer and business directory of Rutland county, Vt., for 1881-82. ition. Hotels. T/ie Bafes House, located just opposite the depot, on Merchants row, is asfine in all its appointments as any in New England, comparing favorablywith the first-class hotels of our large cities. It contains 150 light, well ven- 204 TOWN OF RUTLAND tilated and luxuriously furnished rooms, several jmrlors, and a spaciousdining-hall. The furniture throughout is of black walnut, marble-topped, ofelegant design, mostly Eastlake pattern. Every room is heated by steam andconnected with the office by Creightons paten
. Gazetteer and business directory of Rutland county, Vt., for 1881-82. ition. Hotels. T/ie Bafes House, located just opposite the depot, on Merchants row, is asfine in all its appointments as any in New England, comparing favorablywith the first-class hotels of our large cities. It contains 150 light, well ven- 204 TOWN OF RUTLAND tilated and luxuriously furnished rooms, several jmrlors, and a spaciousdining-hall. The furniture throughout is of black walnut, marble-topped, ofelegant design, mostly Eastlake pattern. Every room is heated by steam andconnected with the office by Creightons patent speaking tubes; the floorsare covered with body Brussels carpets, and indeed furnished with everyimprovement known or attainable for the comfort and convenience of cuisine is all that the most fastidious could wish, while the gentlemanlyproprietor, Mr. J. M. Haven, and the manager, Mr. W. F. Paige, by theircourtesy and kindness to guests, render the hotel not only a success, butimmensely pojuilar with all. From the large and finely furnished observatory,. (The Bates House.) tourists can obtain a fine view of Rutland and its environs, including Killing-ton, Pico and Shrewsbury mountains, and the Otter Creek as it winds its waythrough the valley, with the Green Mountains on one side and the Taconicon the other, forming a scene that is scarcely rivalled by that of any othercountry. With a ten mile drive over a road leading directly east from thehotel, one will arrive at the famous Mt. Killington, rising in majesticgrandeur 4,380 feet above tide-water, the highest point in Vermont, exceptMt. Mansfield ; from its summit a view may be obtained far surpassingin extent and majestic beauty that obtained from any other mountain inVermont, and is even regarded more attractive than that from Mt. Washing-ton, being less a scene of desolation, and of greater pastoral beauty; pre-senting to the beholder a sea of mountains clothed to their summits withverdure, their sides dotted w
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