^i _a "37"^ The Ga tewa y Capyrichi 1905 by ^tiitntttady Ki.tci ,V\5^ S3 At the leafy portal oi Forest Park Where echo the songs of the woodland. In Shade and Sand on Ball^ton's Strand. ^^^ ' 'C^ And now we coine to th'^ und scent Forest Park, Ballston Lake. Saratoga Di\ ision. Schenectady Railway Company Fiallstun Lake, the Beautiful Sheudiiiai.^, jr Deer Water, ot tt.c M < . 1 1 u w k Controlled bv the Schenectady Railway Company, and the trim launch. Comanche, seen In the distance. Illustrates one of the many conveniences and refined recreations provided (or visitors. le kii^tlc Pagoda w here sl\ Cu|>ld lurks. hroiigh the ollaged halls <>t orest Park he voice of the rees swell ieniK'. 5^ >''t~' ^ The embowered vista of Forest Park. Recreations in the Forest Primeva With music and w ith flowers. Here in the forest bowers. Dance on the joyous hours. on the ^horeof Ballston Lake THE sluKlow oi this stately eini tails upon the site of- the log cabin which was the home of Michael McDonald, the first white settler of Saratoga County, and from which the intrepid pioneer beheld the pano- rama of the universe mirrored In the waters < )f Ballslon Lake. Here, too. rested Sir William Johnson when, as an Invalid, his faithful Mohawks patiently bore him over the trail, then untrod by white man. to the Springs ol the Great Spirit that he might be healed. Now the palatial interurban cars ol the Schenectady Railway Company, Impelled by the subtle power ol electricity over band.-s of throbbing steel, measuring In minutes the distance that then leqiin to cover and following practically 4he same route, beat thousands of the world's seekers of rest, health and iti na tlon. Near the site of his former home, within soin merry boating parties on the lake that he loved, antl w m .'^ ^ the hum of the electric cars can be heard. Is the grave ol McDonald, the host of Johnson, and later Washington's guide to the healing springs to the north. Ihls historic ground Is only a short distance from the entrance to Forest Park and a dell.'jliifiil ifi" li^ «.iii-i fioni the picturesque boat landing. .iTVRES MONUMENT TO HlHtOklL GKOL.\ii riie Mohawk's softly wlndlnjj stream How airy and bright. By day or by nl^ht, With naught our pleasures to mar. Is the cheering ride Through a country-side In a humming trolley car ! The Castle at Ballston Lake, around which nature spreads enchanting scenes. Two mile tangent. rHE territory traversed by the Saratoga Division of the Schenectady Railway Company abounds In beautiful and picturesque scenery as well as being replete with historical interest and the achievements wrought by the skill and enterprise of man. The vicinity of The Castle on Ballston Lake Inspired William Bliss Baker, the American Coix>t, to paint his masterpiece. Fallen Monarchs, and lere in the silence of the forest he conceived his second greatest work. Solitude. The rugged undulations of the country are modified / lev^ stretches through the fertile valleys, as the two mile tangent on the double track railway Illustrates, and such grand perspective lews are not uncommon on any of the divisions .of the Schenectady Railway Company. This division also crosses the Mohawk over le world's longest bridge devoted exclusively to electric car service, and at one of the most picturesque spots in. the winding course ■ the historic river. A trip over the Saratoga Division opens nature's book to some of the fairest pages, all embellished with scenes ■ lomonce nntl heroism and adorned with the deft band of intelligent industry. hi the archways o< the aqueduct which carries the Erie Canal across the Mohawk rainbows play In the dripping water. WESTWARD hoi a the great trolley bridge and among the trees whose shadows are mirrored in the stream stands the old stone house of early days, and In the distance dreamily lies McQueen's Island. Beyond this quiet scene surges the activity of the Electric City. Amid these Scenes You Cross the Mohawk on the World's Longest Electric Railway Bridg' ' 'fll lit.' Wllhoiil The I adles? Away from the care and stress of the day. In the fields so fair where the «)olf links lay. :if-' THE cars on the Troy Division of the Schenectady Railway Company pass the entrance to this magnificent property of the Mofiawk Golf Club, of Schenectady, which was organized In 1890 and has a membership of 800. Home of the Mohawk Golt Chib, Troy Di\ ision, Schenectady Railway Company V.v;>i/i,S .V/WAS/O.V, SCOTI.^ ST. GEOKGES CHURCH ASD CEMETER) Landmarks in the Interesting History ot ttie City ol 5chenectad\ "And let us visit historic places Mellowed by shadows of days r.f <.|ri " £ fSIM'jS < Representative Schenectady Homes. Lennov R'lad. Eleci ~ the ' A remarkable feature in the wonderful growth of - ■ ectad\ during the past few years is the . beauty and var\lng architecture of ■ ii - .- .... au;> so in the Realty Plot, developed by ; Company on Upper College Hill in the eastern section of , :ne representative residences are those of Charles P.Sleinmetz, ;n<- world s lamous electrician, on Wendell Avenue; G. E. Emmons, General Manat^er of the General Electric Works in Schenectady, also on Wendell Avenue: and E. W. Rice, Jr.. Third Vice-President of the General Electric Companv-. on The old residential section of the city is represented In the home of Hinsdill Parsons. Fourth Vice-President of the General anv- and former President of the Schenectady Railway Companv', which from its location on Front Street commands a view of ound of the massacre of 1690. TOtTAKD TBE GJTEU'Ar State Street, Schenectady, From Main Offices Schenectady Raiiv ay Compan 5!' 1 the Durham boats. 5.: ,ent citizens helping tc which lolnetl her with Aibanv- Jt, therefore, seems most fitting that ! years Is . .a in . i il e General Electric Company and the American L speed; .merce, travel and manufacture. State Street, her main thoroi Rallwa\ ^.Jiiii^yi. •• assuming a metropolitan appearap. '^ -"'^ ■" '^a"> i.-.r,,.. been an the Hri, oi the ^v 1 ven then we were progressing; ElectrlclU - I .ii< st Triumph. And All This' Progress in Our Own Generation! What Next.' The Alternating Current Propelled this Car on its hxhibition Irip, August 19, 1904 THE practical application of the alternating current to electrical railway service, as demonstrated on the Saratoga Division ot the Schenec- tady Railway Company, opened the way to marked reduction In the cost of equipment and a saving in the transmission ot the electric current The guests of the company on that memorable Irip were: 1 A. H. Armstrong; 2-W. B. Potter: 3-Theodore Merchlrig: 4-Harry Farquahar: 5-r. H. Fayant; 6-S F. Cole: 7- Gen. Griffin; 8-C. H. Falrchild; 9-M. P. Rice; 10-A. £• Aver ill; 1-C t. Eleveth; 12-E J. f^rg; 13-Harry Escourt; 14- Angus Sinclair; 15-H. D. Voght; 16-M. L. Godkln. 17-W. J- Harvie; 18-H. W Blake: 19-J. K LeBaron; 20-F. E. Schmidt; 21 -P.P. Spaulding; 22-G. B. Uughlin; 23- Ike White; 24- John Hill: 25-W. Handbrowne; 26-A. G. Davis; 2/ -M. Milch 28- E. H. Anderson; 29-C. P. Steinmetz; 30-E. H. Mullfn; 31-W. I. Sllchter: 32-Ray Stearns; 33-A. S. McAl ister; 34-E A Ba^wln; 35-J. G. Baukat: 36-C. Ducas; 37-E. D. Priest; 38-C. L.oomis Allen; 39 W. G. Bushnell; 40-E. 5. Fassell; 41 -E. F Peck: 42-G. DeB. Grenee; 43-G H Hill- 44— J. S. Pevear; 45-C. E. Barrv; 46-J. G. Barry; 47-J. N. Shannahan; 48-0. P. Liscomb; 49-F. G. Sykes: 3()-A. V W r,..ht 51 -Frederic Smith; 52-B. J. Beebe; 53-A. P. Jenks; 54— G. E. Emmons; 55-Hinsdlll Parsons; 56-C. C. Lewis; 57- W. B. Efner. ■.^ SLl:J^L IT. VS THE Mount Pleasant electric cars in the city of Schei. a steel viaduct, spanning a picturesque chasm, they »■ approach the historic ground which was the western terminus ol tlie world's first practical steam railroad and where the o!'1 ick house, then used as a railroad station, still stands unchanged. Here our ancestors welcomed the first railway train 1831. Perhaps then some of them looked westward to The Gateway of the Mohawk and through prophetic eyes w streams of commerce and humanity's ceaseless currents surging through Nature's only level opening in the jpalachian mountain system between Florida and the St. Lawrence river. No wonder that here the genius the world was concentrated in solving the problems of transportation development and that the "cllif\ It...' >"■■■ tl... , .\,\ h. .11 ., .^t..;if ] r,i Amt^rii^.nn r c\rr\n^f^Tr f^ nfi'' ilif 1 1 1 s!r iril < M 1 1( 'f r >ri se. iil.M.t. riif. ni.n b.y/.;.sT0.v /.v.v ^MITII M.I.\SIOX HIGH STRUFT Pleasing Types of Architecture In Beautiful B a list on Spa A I the head ol ihe lower valley o( the Kayaderosseiab ki\ ei Is Ballston Spa, another beautllul. romanlic and historic place on the Saratoga Division of the Schenectady Railway Company. This "valley of the crooked stream" was also the "happy valley" of the Mohawk hunting bands and through which ran Ihe trail fiom Ihe Mohawk valley to Lake Champlaln and the St. Lawrence. It Is the classical land of Indian siory made immortal by Cooper, Irving, Peler Calm and La Rochefoucauld, who at different times were guests at either the old Ballston Inn, now the NX aterbury residence, or the Sans Souci hotel, which the changes of the years has served also as a law schcxjl and a ladles' seminary. Although now eclip.sed by Saratoga Ihe mineral springs of Ballston Spa were far more famous a century ago, and as early as 1787 Ihe father of Stephen A. Douglas, Ihe "llltle giant," built a commodious log tavern near Ihe Public Spring for the accommodation of summer visitors. The village Is tiosv one "f il\f- im.-t h,^,iili|liil . In the connt\ . .roadway, Saratoga, a Summer Boulevard ot American Wealth, Beaut>- and Fashion L k.iKI. tkf.M.ITORY. kOY With its population of 75.000, busied In varied Industries, is the eastern terminus of the Troy Division of the Schenectady Railway Company and one of the great centers where products of mental and physical activity converge upon The Gateway of the Mohawk and spread therefrom lliroughoiit the great territory to the west. The seat of the ollar, cuff and shirt Industry, the birthplace of steel, the home of world ciinous institutions of learning, and great plants turning out finished products of steel and Iron, it Is of necessity an important railway center and has the natural iidvantage of being at the liead of steamboat navigation on the Hudson. On the opposite or west bank of the river is Walervliel, the Arsenal City, just above which lies Green Island, and through portions of each pass the Schenectady cnr From the hillsides of Troy, above the Union Station, the \ lew lo the westward brings Cohoes, the Spin- dle City, into plain relief, and from the vicinity ol beautiful Oakwood Cemetery, whose granite shafts and fr.arl Crematory rise liefore the Troy bound passengers on the Schenectady cars as they near WatervTiet. may be seen the Mohawk rolling over the Cohoes precipice Into the salley of the Hudson. Water- lord, rich In the historic past and prosperous In the develop- ing present, appears to the northward, between Cohoes and f.w^^/ ;/ ii i.imt sditini.. the upper section of Troy, or whi.. uTMrh \TKHhr, .ii n.i\ r X'ay Mbai As the car fioes I >\ . revolulionary clays, is an Illustration. The com- manding business structures on State Street and the scenes in the vicinity of the Capitol are always of At ine 1I1U.M s<.'eiii)n oi .->uite Jireei ana broadway, the Albany terminus of the Schenectady Railway Compan\ iiiod the old Dutch Church, built in 1656. iiunding it was the cemetery of early days. As the car passes up State Street on its journey toward The Gateway of the Mohawk it stops for a moment at Pearl Street, affording the passengers a view of another business thoroughfare, and the County IjaiiK building at the left occupies the site of the birthplace of Philip Schuyler- At the right is the site of the first brick building erected in North America and just opposite may be seen the Tweddle building, which marks the birthplace of Phili[) Livingstone, one of the signers of the Declaration ■ <\ Independence; also where Webster's famous almanac and spelling book were printed and where the first Albany newspaper was published. Almost opposite the Ten Eyck Hotel and in the middle of the street stood the first English church of the settlement. A short distance above and on the right hand side of the street was the first railroad depot. Historic as well as beautiful is this popular thoroughfare of the Capital Ciu Seen from the car. THESE r,£/»ss/c n.^l 1^ or i a/o.v ioiieue ii^i e hues to tiii ii oki.d nisriMiVisiiEU /ii.i mm jCEW educational Institutions of the country rank with Union College, of Schenectady, In aj»e, historic interest and distinguished alumni, among whom are William H. Seward, Lincoln's great Secre- tary of State, and President Chester A. Arthur. It was founded in 1 795 and passed through man\ vicissitudes until the genius of the late Dr. Eliphalet Nott. through more than half a century of ceaseless application, established It among the renowned and permanent seats of learning. The work of this great educator is now energetically continued b\ President Andrew V. V. Raymond, D. D., LL. D.. wh<. in much the same spirit that characterized the effort of the Illustrious Nott has revived the glory of Old Union and is bringing II to Ihe same high standard among the colleges of to-day that It held In the years of Its greatest distinction. (; / /a;.-/\ ll.^l r. > m i i-REs. /I. r I K.iVMOM). I) n . I.I n r 'iCJlESTX.TAUr . A , ( HOULD a person, residing In the territory traversed by the various divisions of the .Schenectady Railway system, travel In any civilized country on the glotse it is probable that during some period of the journey a locomotive constructed in the Schenectady plani the American Locomotive Company would furnish the motive power for the means of conveyance. Although the plant now forms ar^e pfirtion of the 550,000.000 r-^!'! ' ^^r- present owning corporation, the name of Ellis will be associated with the enterprise for many future generations In honor of the family tha^ ,accomplished its successful development Thp at Industry has a ground are. of 4.5 acres, the equipmen; of the shops is une.xcelle' ind 5,000 people are en nloyed in the varioi; lepartments. rut: (.t.v/K.-/;. iiiciku. i i<.i/c.-/a > > /.\ /;( .s7'i<;.-/y. i.t/i .n tii.Hts n.r.iu) . w ITH 150 Iniildings, covering 60 acres of land and shellerinj; 10,000 employees, the Schenectady plant IMi:MJ. i.Ju I- 18 1 lAWKWOOD, a picturesque and historic estate on the west shore of ' Ballston Lake, was part of the great Kayaderosseras Patent, granted by een Afine, in 1708, to ancestors of Hon. Henry Walton, wlio built the ;sent mansion in 1790. The site of McDonald's cabin, referred to in a svlous page, is on this property. The Sans Soucl hotel at Ballston Spa s almost contemporary with Hawkwood, and in the early years of the leteenth century many notables of the • young Republic were entertained leath their hospitable rooTs. ^*-^^--«*> «B i«it« ii i* t iif> n *l t w iBnae,j3t s ?rt5anszn5an^ns mnn ».^«tj p?:0tirl, ■^'S^S&ai^iiSfe*-*^ TIk iiiidcrsiunerl hsivlng i>iirtl itlt the inloresl of \i- ■ cholas Low, in the Village of Uallsjjfa Sjto, npw jiivcn.iiolicc to ibc public, Ihal ^ iw has taken possession of ihc jbovflclegant Eslabliilimeut, und hns ihoroughly ■ repaired the sume, and supplied il wiih new furnitore. Ho lias engaged kind, allcntive and trusty servants, and Ladies and Gciillriiicn may tic nssur*'d that ihe house will be kepi io as good style tnd order as uny establishment of the kind ^ ill ihc Union. He (lalters himself that with renewed c.\ertit>ns, added lo Ihe formiT reputation of the house, xl^Uaiaat ami heailh^ hcalhn, the numcraui > Mmtriii Ifatin in ih viiinity. and >.hc txcrtions which will be made for the comfort, convenience and pleasure of llif visitors, that he shall receive that pu- ^ li-ounge which hu, been so liberally bestowed on the cstablishnienl for the last fifteen ^ean. by visitants from all parts of Ihc norld. For the Convenience of valriudinariam. there will be conslatlly kept n the hou^e Jha dt^i Mineial Waters produced in the nei^borhood, innpurest^, Hia will be choice and select, the most of ihcm having been in the years. Several Lines of Daily Stiges atop at the above csUl Coaches for parties, or slagle hors^ can at all limes he had oi s the undersigned intends to onEc this place his pcrmanciit t ' ■■ (iinm br xoiiMu^ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS iiiiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMii>'i'ii 014 432 769 R