. In the Maine woods . the twenty odd awheelalong the lumber tote road. Once upon a time Professor Hamlin,geologist of Harvard College, spoke enthusiastically of theday when a railroad should be built from Bangor to withina three days drive of the mountain. That was only thirty-fiveyears ago. When that happy day should arrive he foresaw goodcarriage roads leading to Katahdin Lake, a hotel upon its shore,with the mountain in full view, a bridle path thence to anotherhostelry which should nestle beside the little tarn in the GreatBasin, only three miles or less by trail from, and in full view of
. In the Maine woods . the twenty odd awheelalong the lumber tote road. Once upon a time Professor Hamlin,geologist of Harvard College, spoke enthusiastically of theday when a railroad should be built from Bangor to withina three days drive of the mountain. That was only thirty-fiveyears ago. When that happy day should arrive he foresaw goodcarriage roads leading to Katahdin Lake, a hotel upon its shore,with the mountain in full view, a bridle path thence to anotherhostelry which should nestle beside the little tarn in the GreatBasin, only three miles or less by trail from, and in full view of, thepeak itself. To-day two railroads run out from Bangor along thatside, one a whole days wagon journey nearer to the mountain thanthe point Professor Hamlin had in hopes. There are in truth, roadsthence to Katahdin Lake, but not by any courtesy could they betermed tame enough for carriages, and the hotels are still in thedream stage. Rough though it be the road is open now from the railroad On Katahdins Topmost Peak. The Appalachian Mountain Clubs Camping Place on The Katahdin Trail 18 In the Maine Woods on the east to the summit as it has not been for years, and not aninch of it, up to the last sharp chmb above the basin floor, butthat a western saddle and pack train would negotiate it with now those whose aspirations have led toward the summithave, for the most part, chosen the canoe approach from the is safe to believe, however, that the eastern road from Stacy-ville, via Katahdin Lake, and so in to the Great Basin, as openedby the Appalachian Mountain Club this year for a second time, ifimproved for comfortable wheel travel, would command the bulkof the tourist business. Not only would that be the easiest ap-proach, but it would be speedily recognized that that is the most
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