. Health and pleasure on America's greatest . tractive communities in the interior of the Empire State. It enjoys alarge local trade, the stores being ranged chiefly along the wide main streetbeside the lake and upon several bi-secting streets, the many handsome homes ofits citizens occupying higher ground looking out upon the lake further to thesouth. Two very excellent hotels, the Kirkwood and Franklin, compete for the patronage of travel. HobartCollege, one of the most influ-ential and substantial of oureducational institutions, occu-pies a very advantageous sitefronting upon the
. Health and pleasure on America's greatest . tractive communities in the interior of the Empire State. It enjoys alarge local trade, the stores being ranged chiefly along the wide main streetbeside the lake and upon several bi-secting streets, the many handsome homes ofits citizens occupying higher ground looking out upon the lake further to thesouth. Two very excellent hotels, the Kirkwood and Franklin, compete for the patronage of travel. HobartCollege, one of the most influ-ential and substantial of oureducational institutions, occu-pies a very advantageous sitefronting upon the lake. At Geneva connection ismade with the Fall Brook CoalCompanys system of railroadsreaching Watkins Glen, PennYan, Corning and Williams-port, and in summer, steamersrun three times daily from Ge-neva to Watkins at the south-ern end of the lake. Connectionis also made with the LehighValley Railroad for Ithaca. CLIFTON SPRINGS. Passing the stations of Oaks Corners and Phelps, twelve miles from Geneva, are the Ithaca Gorge. Clifton Springs, one of the. NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER R. R. 43 most frequented resorts on the line of the road. The waters are sulphurous incharacter, and are very efficacious in the treatment of bilious and cutaneousdiseases. The Clifton Springs Sanitarium is a noted retreat for invalids and con-valescents. Continuing our journey, and passing the hamlets of Shortsville and Chapin- ville, the train stops at the beautiful town of Canandaigua, situated in Ontario County, at the northern extremity of Canandaigua The town has about 6,000 inhabitants, and is celebrated for its picturesque scenery and the elegance of its private residences. The In-dian name, Canandaigua, means the chosen spot. The lake that bears thename of the town is sixteen miles long, one mile wide. 068 feet above tide-water,and 437 feet above Lake Ontario, into which it is emptied by the Clyde andSeneca Rivers. At Canandaigua passengers for Elmira and the south take
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