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RECREATION. 



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Mention Recreation. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE MASHIPA- 

 CONG TRACT. 



It is in Montague township, Sussex 

 county, N. J., in the angle of the 3 States, 

 Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York; 

 on the Delaware side of the Blue moun- 

 tains, s l /2 miles from the Delaware river, 

 5 miles from Milford, Pike county, Pa., 

 and within 3 miles of the North line of 

 New Jersey. It is in the heart of the 

 mountains, and would make an ideal game 

 park, with summer homes for 50 families. 

 It is 8 miles from Port Jervis, on the Erie 

 railro d, and 8 miles from Deckertown, on 

 the Susquehanna railroad. The 2 nearest 

 post offices are Colesville, on the Eastern 

 slope of the mountain, and Montague, on 

 the Western slope, on the Delaware river. 



Near the center of the tract is Lake 

 Mashipacong,. which derives its name from 

 a tribe of Indians who formerly lived 

 here. The long distance telephone line runs 

 within 3 miles of the property, and the dis- 

 tance from New York city to the lake, by 

 wagon road, is only 60 miles. The tract 

 contains 1,000 acres, and the lake 100 

 acres. The latter could easily be made to 

 cover 200 acres by raising the dam at the 

 outlet 4 feet above its present height. 



There is another small lake covering 

 about 20 acres. This latter is the head of 

 Beerskill creek, which flows through the 

 tract and which is a good trout stream. 

 Mashipacong is practically the head of Big 

 Flat brook, one of the best natural trout 

 streams in the State. It flows down 

 through the mountains, through a rich 

 open farming country, and empties into 

 the Delaware river, opposite Bushkill, Pa. 



The Mashipacong tract is 1,225 feet 

 above the level of the sea and is divided 

 into upland and lowland. With the excep- 

 tion of about 60 acres: of cleared land, it 

 is covered with timber of great variety and 

 of first and second growth. The growth of 

 the timber alone will more than pay for 

 the property in a few years. The whole 

 tract is a natural grouse cover, and the 

 lake affords good bass fishing. The shores 



of the lake are rocky and heavily timbered, 

 2 sides being high and sloping gradually 

 back from the water's edge. 



There is a good barn on the land, well 

 painted and '-- good repair. The house is 

 on a hill 500 feet from the lake, and has a 

 porch around 2 sides of it, affording a 

 good view of the lake. This is one of the 

 few L kes in the State not owned by a 

 club, and is just far enough from the city 

 to be desirable. The Mashipacong tract 

 is an ideal mountain spot, in a mountain 

 valley, with no near neighbors to mar the 

 seclusion. It is also known as No. 15 of 

 Allotments, and is exactly square. 



You can leave New York at 8.40 a. m., 

 spend 3 hours in trout fishing on this 

 property and be back in New York at 9 

 o'clock that night. 



It is proposed to buy this tract and to 

 make of it a game and fish preserve. The 

 land can be bought for $5,000, and improve- 

 ments should be to the extent of about 

 $5,000 more. A part of this sum would be 

 invested in game birds and animals with 

 which to stock the land, and in black 

 bass d trout, with which to stock the 

 lake and the brooks. A club house would 

 be built, and several dams would be 

 thrown across the brooks to make trout 

 ponds. The shooting and fishing privilege 

 on 7,000 acres, comprising the Rutherford 

 estate, and which adjoins the Mashipacong 

 tract, and the fishing rights on 5 miles of 

 trout streams, running through meadows 

 or adjacent lands, belonging to a Mr. Nel- 

 son, can be leased for about $100 a year. 



We purpose organizing a club of 50 

 members, to be known as the Mashipa- 

 cong Club, at a membership fee of $200 

 each. This will create a fund of $10,000, 

 to be used as above designated. The club 

 will be stocked at $25,000, divided into 250 

 shares, of $100 each. The 50 members 

 joining now will each receive a certificate 

 for 2 shares. The balance of the stock will 

 remain in the treasury until such time as 

 the club may decide to sell other shares. 

 G. O. SHIELDS. 

 23 West 24th St., New York. 



