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rustic seats along the way. There were other maintained trails in the
woods.
Their letter has another very interesting suggestion to make a lake.
"If you could dam the Ammonoosuc River and make a lake of the
intervale in front, that would make another most important
attraction. That would add beauty as well as boating and fishing to
the attractions." They mentioned “a fine spring" at the back of the
house and suggested "having a spring-house similar to that at the
Poland Spring House or the Profile House and during the busy season
keep a boy there to fill glasses for the guests."
The letter also is critical of the laundry operation: "The Mt. Pleasant
House has been deficient in laundry. That should be made
thoroughly effective."
We can speculate that their suggestions were given serious
consideration and when Stickney built the Mt. Washington Hotel in
1902, Anderson and Price managed that as well.

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