SUMMER TRAVELING FOR HEALTH AND RECREATION. 
During August and September thousands of our readers will seek 
recreation, and others renewed health, amid the cool, invigorating 
and attractive resorts by seaside and mountain. 
To aid such in the selection of tours, we have collated the accom¬ 
panying information from various sources, and submit it for the 
general good. 
With New York City as a centre from which travelers start east 
and northward, the water being a most venerable mode of travel, 
we consider steamer travel first. 
Among the notable steamer routes is the 
FALL RIVER LINE, 
which has control of steamer travel to that most popular and digni¬ 
fied seaside resort—Newport—whose popularity and prosperity 
seem founded ou the rock, and yields nothing by reason of the open¬ 
ing of hundreds of other attractions in near and remote portions of 
the country. This line also reaches, either directly or through its 
immediate connections, Boston and its numerous lines to the White 
Mountains, the sea coast, and the British Provinces, whither a great 
many Americans are going every summer. This line has recently 
made a notable addition to its fleet of steamers, the ** Pilgrim," 
which is said to be the largest and finest of its class ever built, hav¬ 
ing sleeping accommodations for 1,000 persons, every stateroom 
lighted by the electric light, and the furniture and fittings of the 
most elegant design and quality. The steamers of this line leave 
New York every afternoon, landing its passengers for breakfast at 
Newport or Boston. Geo. L. Connor, General Passenger Agent, New 
York, will give further particulars on application. 
THE OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO., 
while not a steamer line from New York to the north and east, is a 
popular line to bring southern tourists from Richmond and Norfolk 
Ya., to New York en route to northern and eastern resoits. and it is 
also very popular as a delightful route from the north to Old Point 
Comfort (“Hygeia Hotel,") Newport News ("Warwick Hotel/*) 
where it also connects with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway for the 
numerous resorts on its line in the mountains of the Virginias—no¬ 
tably White Sulphur Springs. Hot Springs, the Natural Bridge, Heal¬ 
ing Springs, etc., etc. Leaving New York on the afternoon of sail¬ 
ing days, the cars are taken the following afternoon, and twenty- 
four hours on the ocean form a delightful feature of a summer’s 
journeyings. Details of sailing days, connections and cost of tours 
will be supplied, on application, by W. H. Stanford. Secretary, 235 
West Street, N. Y. 
THE NEW YORK. NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD 
RAILROAD, 
does by rail for travelers to Newport and other watering places 
along the eastern coast very much the same service which the Fall 
River Line does for those who prefer steamer travel, having its 
close connections for stately Newport and neighboring resorts in 
Narragansett Bay; to the connecting steamers for Martha’s Vine¬ 
yard and antique Nantucket, as"well as the steamer and railway 
lines to coast and mountain resorts “ down east.” This railway 
also runs during the season special “ White Mountain ” express 
trains which afford ample and elegant means of speedy travel be¬ 
tween the metropolis and these ever-attractive mountain resorts. 
All through Connecticut hundreds of little towns give welcome 
during summer months to families seeking rest, as summer board¬ 
ers, or to persons coming back to the haunts of youth for vacation 
days, and to all such this railway is the central artery through 
which this great tide of travel flows. From the Grand Central 
Depot, in New York, its frequent trains go at all hours of day and 
night. 
THE NEW YORK & NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD, 
reaching New York over the New York, New Haven & Hartford 
Railway with its trains, has another hold upon Gotham, in its own 
steamer line, called the "Norwich Line,” by which it carries east- 
bound travelers to its own cars at New London and thence to Bos¬ 
ton, aw*! everywhere that steamer, rail or stage penetrates in New 
England or the British Provinces. The rail line of this company 
from Boston to the Hudson River at Newburg affords ample rail 
conveniences for eastern people to reach the Catslclll Mountain 
region. Our southern readers will bo interested in the through 
trains which this company runs from Washington to Boston without 
change, the cars being transferred from Jersoy City to the railway 
tracks again at Harlem River, by the transfer steamer “ Maryland ” 
a marked advantage over any other line for through passeugors. A. 
C. Kendall. General Passenger Agent, Boston, will supply further 
particulars, upon application. 
THE BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD 
has stood for years as the backbone of east and west travel to and 
from the Hub, a main artery; and whilo its immediate lino has no 
notable summer resorts, yet thousands can recall pleasant days and 
weeks in some of the quiet, restful towns in old Berkshire county, 
on either side of its line, and in counties east of it. Taking the im¬ 
mense volume of travel which centres at Albany going east, and 
the thousands who collect at Boston, going west, this railroad, by 
means of its “numerous trains, spleudid track and equipments, 
and fast time,” has moved them expeditiously and with singular 
freedom from accident. For summer tourists, its offer of tourists’ 
routes are such as will meet almost any wants in the north-eastern 
section. E. Gallup, Assistant Geueral Superintendent, Boston, will 
furnish fullest details on application. 
THE NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD 
needs little comment for the instruction of tourists, its commanding 
position as a trunk line between the East and West being generally 
familiar to all who travel, but its route up the valley of the Hudson 
River at its very banks, makes that portion of its route always in¬ 
viting. Its immediate connections to Saratoga give it an immense 
volume of travel to that ever popular retreat, while its course 
through the beautiful counties of the central portion of the State, 
with an array of lakes of distinguished beauty, call forth the sum¬ 
mer traveler from far and near At its western terminus, Niagara 
Falls is an ever-new source of pleasure and point of interest. E. J. 
Richards, Assistant General Passenger Agent, New York, will send 
their excursion book to all who apply. 
THE NEW YORK, WEST SHORE & BUFFALO RAILWAY. 
is the child of ’83. having just completed and opened its line from 
New York to Albany, skirting the west shore of the Hudson River 
through all the glories of the Highlands, and the historic memories 
which gather about them; the Catskills, which are the Mecca of 
tens of thousands of rest and pleasure seekers every summer; and 
numerous historic spots between the mountains and the State 
capital. In a few months the road will be completed to Syracuse, 
and is being pushed to completion through to Buffalo. As a route 
for the summer tourist, its value is specially noticeable, giving the 
advantage of connections with no transfers for those who come 
from the South or from the West via either the Pennsylvania or the 
Baltimore & Ohio R. R.’s, and running directly into the Catskill re¬ 
gion; also forming an unexcelled route to Saratoga, Lake George, 
the Adirondacks and Montreal. This new route lias received a 
most cordial welcome from the traveling public, who have com¬ 
mended the enterprise which has made so substantial a road 
through so attractive a section, double-tracked from the beginning, 
and fitted with cars of notable elegance. 
The Company issues a delightful little book on “ Summer In the 
Catskill Mountains,” and it, with particulars of connections to 
Saratoga and the North, will be supplied on application to the 
General Passenger Agent, Henry Monett, 24 State Street, New 
York. 
THE NEW YORK, ONTARIO & WESTERN RAILWAY. 
Few lines leading out of Now York penetrate a country more 
attractive for the grandeur and beauty of its scenery, or offers to 
the heads of families a wider field from which to chooso a quiet, 
healthful and attractive summer home, within easy access of Now 
York. The cold mountain streams along this lino afford excellent 
trout-flshing, and they are annually visited by thousands who take 
out the speckled beauties by the score. But whilo tills country Is 
attractive to the sportsman, it is not the less so to those who would 
