Muskoka travel.

The G.T.R. has recently put out some very handsome literature about Muskoka, & also advertised this beautiful district in U. S. publications to a considerable extent, the effect of which should be seen by a considerable increase in the number of visitors from the U.S. this season. But the Muskoka travel will never assume the proportions that the attractiveness & health-giving qualities of the district entitle it to until first-class hotel accommodation is provided. There are lots of small hotels in the district now, many of them inferior, a few fairly good, but none of the scale required. The English syndicate, represented by R. D. McGibbon, of Montréal, which announced its intention of building a series of hotels in Canada, was figuring on one for Muskoka, but nothing further has been done. It is hardly likely that the G.T.R. will build one, as the management is understood to be opposed to the Co. going into the hotel business, but the Co. is so vitally interested in Muskoka travel that it is to be expected it would aid in such an enterprise by a liberal bonus, & the Muskoka Navigation Co. might do the same. What is wanted is an hotel somewhere in the vicinity of Port Carling, to cost, including equipment, from $75,000 to $100,000, with up-to-date plumbing & sanitation, & to be run in every respect as a first-class summer hotel. There should be no difficulty in filling it with guests at good rates, & after the 1st year it ought to be a paying investment.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

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