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CHICAGO rBgj^ -y-i- <^ 'Sl^tez; .'8«^ >■ '» ' "!C « . ■•*■• ^ ■^- ' ^. .:t^ II ^.J* w ; A -i.* A r ' ^ ^ / ^ *r^ g- / (^ 1 ;/- • ^E^^ ' /. ..^. ^te.«jiK^^'^ia?tS'3*i-fe^: iit5ISl.'J_ . -^^•^iittfeff-^'^--^- j-il^*,_ ^■->ns*f^ ."N,. *j'f " TUB RAPIDS, ABOVR THB AMERICAN FALU 8| --. V ^^^^^B^^^^H .1 1 H^B 1 HRj^H ^^B^^^^^H mm • 1 »• Jf T THE AMERICAN RAPIDS. HF Rap.dsjl^far from being the least interesting feature of Niagara. There is a violence and a powfll^ thc.r foaming career, which is k-en in no phenomenon of the same class T-,1 J'^^"^'"S o" the bridge which connects Goat Island with the Main, and looking up towards Lake Ene. the leapmg crests of the Rapids form the horizon, and it seems like a battle^harge tempestuous waves animated and infuriated against the sky. " No one who has not seen this spectacle of turbulent grandeur can conceive with what force the SH.t and overwhelmmg waters are flung upwards. The rocks, whose soaring points show ab^ve the surface, seem tormented with some supernatural agony, and fling off the wild and hurried waters as d^td aid -r ,'"?^ arm. Nearer the plunge of the^^all. the Rapids become still m'oi agitated, and ,t is almost impossible for the spectator to.*d himself of the idea that they are conscious of the abyss to which they are hurrying,^ and struggle back in the very extremity of horror mindT f^'-T^^^^^''"' ^''^"'■" ''''•' "-'^°"'""'^'^"'"^" ^*-^^'''"g^ i^ ^ ^«'^'"°n clTect upon the minds of visitors m every part of its wonderful phenomena. The torture of the Rapids, the din ji r curves with which they embrace the small rocky islands that live amid the serge, the'sudden ca mn s ^es 1 «^ the cataract, and the infernal writhe and whiteness with which they re-appear poer ess from the depths of the abyss, all seem, to the excited imagination of the gazer, like the natural '^^iJ^^Z^;^^;^^^ '-^^ and fearful agon, on the^inds and irame.1 NIAGARA FALLS. O'^-t'stn -l7rn" [nclin'd 1^ ^^ -- -hich tourists travel to see.-at least of all those which I V>' na e seen -I am inclined to give the palm to the Falls of Niagara. In the catalogue of such hands aTJl;;' X 1' ^"f"': ^" '""''"^^' P-tures. statues and\vonders of art md'eby men's nands and also all beauties of nature prepared by the Creator for the delight of His creatures Thi! °> '^ '^ justihed. 1 know no other one thing so h s ti^e shou d fir"' oJ all oZ" Y ivr"°"" "°5 ''^ ^'^^ ^ '''''''''' ^'^^'"g *« ^^ ^^e best vfith mpdem art can teach At Rom \ M^'f u^" ''^'"'"^ ^'°''^""' '^^ ^^^ '^-" ^'--^ all that cru'el ambi ion o U e oti LatTi ' racl In' sT.'"'] to understand the cold hearts, correct eyes and V \ THE ICE BRIDGE. UPON the occurrence of a thaw sufficient to break up the ice in Lake Erie, masses of floatinf; ICC arc precipitated over the Falls in blocks of several tons each. These remain at the foot of the cataract, from the stream being closed below, " and form a natural bridge across it. As they accumulate, they get progressively piled up, like a Cyclopean wall. Built of huge blocks of ice instead of stone, this singular masonry of nature gets cemented by the spray, which, rising in clouds of mist as usual from the foot of the Falls, attaches itself in its upward progress to the icy wall, and soon gets frozen with the rest of the mass, helping to fill up the interstices between the larger blocks of which this architecture is composed." This icy wall or mound rises up from the base in front of the Falls to a height approaching the level of the upper stream. . Scaling the mound is an exhilarating and laborious exercise, but the near sight of thc-maddened waters plunging into the vortex below is a fitting reward for the adventurous undertaking. The ice bridge generally extends from the Horse-shoe Fall to a point near the raihvay bridge, lasts generally from two to three months, and is crossed by hundreds of foot passengers during the winter. The ice forming the bridge is ordinarily from one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet thick- rising from fifty to sixty feet above the natural surface of the river. Huge icicles, formed by an, accumulation of frozen spray, hang from the rocks; amass of quaint and curious crystalline forms stand in lieu of the bushes ; the buildings seem to sink under ponderous coverings of snow and ice ; the trees and rocks on which the dazzling frost work does not lie stand out in bold contrast, forming Jhe deep sh adows of the entrancing picture; the wholes presents a wild, savage as p e ct, grand and "imposing. '^^ - ;~ ; — ' - — ».,..--*- ° NIAGARA FAIJ„S IN WINTER (iARIl, > -' * FROM THE SUSPENSION FOOT BRIDGE. T HE last hues of sunset lingered in the mists that mournful, tremulous grace, and sprung from the base of the Falls with a movement weird as the play of the noj-thern lights, They were touched with the most delicate purples and crimsons, that darkened to deep red, and then faded from them at a second look, and they flew upward, swiftly upward, like troops of pale, trans- parent ghosts, while a perfectly clear radiance, better than any other for local color, dwelt upon the scene. Far under the bridge the river smoothly swam, the undercurrents forever unfolding themselves upon the surface with a vast rose-like evolution, edged all round with faint lines of white, where the air that Mltd the water freed itself in foam. What had been clear green on the face of the cataract was here more like rich verd-antique, and had a look of firmness almost like that of the stone itself. So it showed beneath the bridge, and down the river till the curving shores hid it. These, springing abruptly from the water's brink, and shagged with pine and cedar, displayed the tender verdure of grass and bushes intermingled with. the dark evergreens that climb from ledge to ledge, till they point their speary tops above the crest of bluffs. In front, where tumbled rocks and expanses of naked clay varied the gloomier and gayer green, sprung those spectral mists ; and through them loomed out, in its manifold majesty, Niagara, with the seemingly immovable wlyte Gothic screen of the American Fall, and the green massive curve of the Horse-shoe, solid and simple and calm as an Egyptian wall ; while behind this, with their white and black expanses broken by dark foliaged little isles, the steep Canadian rapids billowed down between their heavily-wooded shores. /« "T/ieir ll'fddhig Jounify." Copyrighl. Houghlon. Mifflin & Co. iiij. NIAGARA FAI,I.S BY MOONLIGHT, FROM NBW YORK STATK RESERVATION. ^ NIAGARA FAtLS. HERE'S nothing great or bright, thou glorious fall! Thou mayest not to the fancy's sense recall — The thunder-riven cloud, the lightning's leap. The stirring of the chambers of the deep; Earth's emerald green and many-tinted dyes, C The fleecy whiteness of the -upper skies ; The tread of armies, thickening as they come, The boom of cannon and the beat of drtim ; The^ brow of beauty and the form of grace, The passion an(J the prowess of our race; The song of Homer in its loftiest hour. The unresisted sweep of human power; Britannia's trident on the azure sea, America's young slv>ut of liberty ! Oh ! may the waves which madden in thy deep^ There spend their rage, nor climb the encircling steep; And, till the conflict of thy surges cease, The nations on thy banks repose in peace. —Lord Morpeth. I I '■% i -^ V •THSXa,MBRICAM PAIXr LOOKIMO mI^TII rROM OOAT ISLAND. '■*. THE HORSE-SHOE FALL FROM GOAT ISLAND. THERE is no grander spot than this. The waters are absolutely around you. If you have tha! povyer of eye-control which is so necessary to the full enjoyment of scenerv, you will sec nothing but the water. That converging rush of water may fall down, down at once into a hell of rivers for what the eye can see. It is glorious to watch them in their f^rst curve over the rocks. They come green as a bank of emeralds; but with a fitful flying color, as though conscious that in one moment more they would be dashed into spray and rise into air, pale as driven snow. The vapir rises high into the air, and is gathered there, visible always as a permanent white cloud over the cataract ; but the bulk of the spray which fills the lower hollow of that horse-shoe is like a tumult of snow. The head of it rises ever and anon out of that caldron below, but the caldron itself will be mvisible. It is ever so far down— far as your own imagination can sink it. But your eyes will rest upon the full curve of the waters. The shape you will be looking at is that of a horse-shoe, but of a horse-shoe miraculously deep from toe to heel— and this depth becomes greater as you sit there. That which at first was only great and beautiful, becomes gigantic and sublime, till the mind is at a loss to find an epithet for its own use. To realize Niagara you must sit there till you see nothing else than that which you have come to see. You will find yourself among thd waters as though you belonged to them. The cool liquid green will. run through your veins, and the voice of the cataract will be the e.xpression of your own heart. You will fall-as the bright waters fail, rushing down into youf new world with no hesitation and with no dismay; and 'you will risq. again as the spray rises, bright, beautiful and pure. Then you will flow away in your course to the uncompassed, distant and -eternal ocean.— ^wZ/wwy Trolhpe.- - ^ ----— ^^— --^ ^^-^- -.- : — .^.= 'i -" s\ \ It ' ■■.^^CvJ f V (I * v.. -/ r ts^ " '- ■.. -■ J; ^ 1 " 1 Vk v' ^^B^|k'> -; • /^■^£:-. IP"' mm. ' « 1 Ri.l V ' ^' ■„. -^J'^ ! ', - , '^t^v^'^^^H iM-^J^^^^I ^^Hk _ |^«- ■ / ■--.'' ,. - V ■'., '. • ■ '...v-W-' • " \ • * ■ ■ • ./ ■•■ iR i' JS[IAGARA. lught like t|iis des^c^nded since the fountains- Of tiic (Ireat Ddep, bmke up, in cataracts iiurled, ii And climbing lofty hills,\temal mountains, ' Poured wave on fli^Ve above a buried world? v Yon tides are raging, as when storms have striven, And the vexed seas, awaking from their sleep, Are rough with foam, and Neptune's flocks are driven In myriads o'er the green and azure deep. Ere yet they, fall, mark (where that mighty current' Comes like an army from its mountain home) • , " How fiercely jion steeds amid the torrent With thejifijilprk flanks, and manes and crests of foam, ''Speed to their doom,.— yet, in the awful centre. Where the wild waves rush, madliest to the steep. Just erie that white, unfathomed gulf they enter. Rear back in horror from the headlong leap. ' » Then, maddening, plunge. A thousand more succeeding Sweep onward, troop on troop, againto urge Th e sa me fierce fight, as rapid and u nheedin^ ^ — Again to pause in terror on -the, verge. -Henry Brownell. "IHP^ o w o n > r » o td « r o '^ o « n !» > e . > o I r ,ii' ' n -h^B^H ^^lEP » ^^^Bi ^■1 ^H " ^H ^1 - " en ^ ^^ " s ' — T- ^;"» 7 - ■■■■ Lr. I: f. •■ . THE GREAT CATARACT FROM THE CANADA SIDE. y^EFORE the balcony in which this is Avritten, the great cataract of America is thundering JJ smoking, glittering with green and white rollers and rapids, huriing the waters of a whole continent in splendor and speed over the sharp ledges of the long, brown, rqck by which Erie I' the Broad." Bteps proudly down to Ontarro, " the Beautiful." Close at hand on our left— no/ mdeed, farther removed than some si.x hundred or seven hundred yards— the smaller, but very imposing American Fall speaks with the louder voice of the two, because its coiling spirals of twisted and furious flood crash in full impulse of descent upon the talus of massive boulders heaped un at its feet. ^ ^ The resounding impact of water on rock, the clouds of 'water-smoke which rise high in air while the river below is churned into a whiriing cream of eddy and surge and back-water, unite in a composite effect at once magnificent and bewildering. But if you listen attentively you will always hear the profound diapason of the great fall— that surnamed the Horse-shoe- sounding superbly amid the loudest clamor and tumult of its sister, a deeper and grander note ; and whenever for a time the gaze rests with ine.xhaustible wonder upon that fierce and tumultuary American Fall, this nriighfler and still more marvelpus Horse-shoe steals it away again with irresistible fascination ' Full -11* front lies that wholly indescribable spectacle at this instant. Its solemn voice-an octave lower than the excited, leaping, almost angry cry of fervid life fromthe lesser cataract-resounds through the golden summer morning air like the distant roar from the streets of f^fty Londons all in full activity. , TIIK HURSE-SHOU KALI, IN WINTER, FROM THK CANADA SIDB. '.i* , •• r If FROM CITY TO CATARACT. FROM Toronto we steam across the lake to the village of Niagara, where a train is waiting to carry us on to the Falls about lialf an hour further on. We all watch from the windows eager to catch our first glimpse of the world's great wonder. We feel a nervous anxiety to stand in Its majestic presence. I quote from my c6mpanion's note-book on the spot : " There was a break in the wood, a flash of vvhite, a cloud of spray tossed high above the tree-tops ; then the dark woods closed again. That glimpse, flashing upon us and passing before we could fully realize that the great ♦tumbhng mass was indeed Niagara, can hardly be called our first view of it. * * * It was*.a- moonless night, and in the dusk we could only obscurely trace the vast, vague outline of the two falls, divided by the blurred mass of shapeless shadows which we learned was Goat Island. As we looked upon them silently, and listened to the ceaseless boom, lik# distant thunder, which shook the ground beneath our feet, across the snowy veil of the American Fall, to our left, shot rays of rosy light which melted into amber, then into emerald. They were illuminating the great waters with colored calcium lights. * * * But the brilliant rays which fell across the American Falls, and which were tifi-ned on and off like a dissolving view, did not reach to the Horse-shoe Fall, away to our right. Vast, solemn, shadowy, we could just distinguish its form in the darkness, could hear the deep murmur of its awful voice. And there, between it and; us, what was t/iat we saw? Was it some huge, pale ghost standing sentinel before Niagara? White, spectral, motionless, it rose up and reached towards the stars— shapeless, dim, vague as a veiled ghost. There was something almost supernatural about it ; it was like a great, colossal spectre wrapped in a robe of strange, dim light." — L ad s^Duffus^Mard y . „ M f O M t-t n > > o ■n a 14 O II) ^H^H^^. «. -Ke&^tiibWC^^I ^^^^^^^niHk: d^'fMHH^^^^^H to ^^I^B^^P^^^^H^^I rer in ^^^^^n^^£. ^^i^^i A M r o M n > 5S > r n » o "S H 8 H o [ft NIAGARA IN WINTER. AFTER a few days of hafd frost in winter, the Falls become more of a vision of some enchanted land than a real scene in our world. No marvels wrought by genii anc^ magicians in the Eastern tales could surpass the wonderful creations that rise along the surrounding banks and hang over the walls of the cataract. Glittering wreaths of icicles, like jeweled diadems, gleam on the browof every projecting rock and jutting crag. Arches, pillars, and porticos of shining splendor are grouped beneath the overhanging cliffs, giving fanciful suggestions of fairy palaces beyond. Every fallen fragment of rock under its icy covering becomes a marble pyramid or obelisk, and masses of frozen spray stand out here and there in graceful and statuesque forms, easily shaped by imagination into the half-finished work of a sculptor. Every rift and opening in the cliff is transformed into an alabaster grotto with friezes and mouldings all fretted and froze, with filagree wreaths and festoons and filmy veils and canopies of lace-like patterns ^nd gossamer texture ; and on every curve and angle, round every fissure and crevice, some fantastic and lovely decoration is woven by winter's master artist. King Frost. Over the Horseshoe, towards Goat Island and the Bridal Veil Fall, the water ])ours iij thin silvery sheets, which dissolve in white curving mists- as they slide slowly down pinnacles of ice, stretching high above them break these falling streams. The American Falls, through its hovering veil of spray, seems transformed into wreaths of frozen foam. The face of Goat Island is resplendent with huge many-tinted icicles, showing all the colors of the rock on which they are formed, and on either shore the under clififs are hung with lovely draperies of frozen spray. ^^^inmise MHrrity. — - - - --- ^ - ■v GLIMPSES OF NIAGARA FALLS IN WINTER. 4. n THEIR PILGRIMAGE TO NIAGARA. 1 ■ , - .• ■ ■ / - ■• ■ T'^HE slight bridge to Goat Island appeared more presumptuous by daylight, and the 1 sharp slope of the rapids above it gave a new sense of the impetuosity of the torrent- As they walked slowly on, past the now abandoned paper mills and the other human impertinehees, the elemental turmoil, increased, and they seemed entering a world the foundations of which were broken up. This must have been a good d6al a matter of impression, for other parties of sight-seers were coming and going, apparently unawed, and intent simply on visiting every point spoken of in the guide-book, and probably unconscious of the all-pervading terror. But King could not escape it, even in the throng ascending and descending the stairway to Lutja Island. Standing upon the platform at the top, he realized for the first time the immense might of the downpour of the American Fall, and noted the pale green color, with here and there a violet tone, and the white cloud mass spurting out from>the solid color. On the'fo^m- crested river lay a rainbow forming nearly a complete* circle. The little steamer "Maid of the Mist" was coming up, riding the waves, dashed here and there by conflicting currents, but regolutely steaming on— such is the audacity of man— and poking her venturesome nose into the boiling foam under the Horse-shoe. On the deck are pigmy passengers in oil-skin suits — clumsy figures, like Arctic explorers. The boat tosses about like a chip. It hesitates and qufvers, and then, slowly swinging, darts away down the current, fleeing from .the wrath of the water and pursued by the angrj> roar. • » " , ^'^T CL. -^^ Ftom " Their Pilgrimage." Copyright, /SS6, by Harper & Bmlhe'rs THE AMERICAN I-AI,I. AND CITY OF NIAGS^RA FAI.1,9. FROM CANADA SIDE. NIAGARA IN WINTER. 1^ : N I HAVE seen the Falls in all weathers and in all seasons, but to my mind the winter v^^w is most» beautiful. I saw them first during the hard winter of 1854, when a hundred cataracts of ice hung from the cliffs, on either side, when the masses of ice brought down from Lake Erie were together at the foot, uniting the shores with a rugged bridge, and when every twig of every tree and bush on Goat Island was overlaid an inch deep with a coating of solid crystal. The air was still, and the sun shone in a cloudless sky. The green of the Fall, set in a landscape of sparkling silver, was infinitely more brilliant than in summer, when it is balanced by the trees, and the rainbows were almost too glorious for the eye to bear. I was not impressed by the sublimity of the scene, nor even by its terror, but solely by the fascination of its wonderful beauty, — a fascination which continually tempted me to plunge into that sea of fused emerald, and lose myself in the dance of the rainbows. With each succeeding visit Niagara has grown in height, in power, in majesty, in solemnity ; but I have seen its climax of beauty. /d'dLyCL-'-^ L€^JU/^ La grandeur mervcilleuse du tableau qu'il vous est donnede contempler est telle qu'on eprouve une emotion sans pdreille. De gigantesques stalactites glacees, de 50 m^trfis de hauteur enviopn . toutes brilliantes au soleil, semblent pretes a vous ecraser par leur masse formidable. Les chutes d'eau etincelantes aux couleurs d'emeraudg qui se precipitent du fer a. cheval accompfegnees des vapeu rs d'eau s'elevant dans le ciel, la neige ebl ouissante des premiers plans, for ment de s sc enes SI extraordinaires qu'elles depassent veritablement ce que I'homme peut rJ^ver et pendent les quelques instants de contemplation notre imagination err restrait presque comme troubl^e.- Albert Tissaudicr. \ * \ - ■ \ ■ ■ "A IMPRESSIONS OF NIAGARA. y r THE>r, when I felt how -ftcar to my Creator I was standing, the first effeet^ ^d the enduring one— instant and lasting— of thd tremend(^is spectacle was Peacy.- J'eace of Mind, tranciuillity, calm recollections of the Dead, great thoughts of Etcrnal^>Rest and Happiness, nothing of gloom or terror. Niagara [vas at once stamped upon my hoa'!^t.,t^i Image of Heauty; to remain there, changeless and indelible?, uniil its pulses ceasc^to beat, for cve|! Oh, how the strife and trouble of daily life receded from my view, and lessened,, in the distance, during the ten memorable days wc passed on that. Enchanted Ground! What voices spoke from out the thundering water ; what faces, faded from the earth, looked out upon me from its gleaming depths; what Heavenly promise glistened in those angel's tears, the drops of many hues, that showered around, and twined themselves about tlve gorgeous arches which the changing rainbows made! I think in every quiet season now, still do those waters roll and leaf daylong; still are the rainbows spanning them, a hundred feet below. Still, AvTien the sun is on them, do they shine and glow like molten gold. Still, when the* day is gloomy, do they fall like snow, or seem to crumble away like the front of a great chalk cliff; or roll down the rock like dense white smoke. But always does the mighty stream appear to die as it comes down, and always from its unfathomable grave arises that tremendous ghost of spray and mist, which is never laid ; which h^g haunted this place with the same dread solemnity since Darkness brooded on the deep, and that first flood before the Deluge— Light— came -rushing on Creation at the word of God. hd roar and tun^^ble, all \^ V^ M.. C!Cao&iUbi/M>^ me of the all V. a 9. ■ ■„ ,.Q.. ^ on ike ■ nse ays id; - i ep, • J / A , THE DUFFERIN ISLANDS IN THE JJUEEN VICTORIA NIAGARA KALlfe PARK. "THE NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE." ^ THE Michigan Central is the only real ;; Niagara Falls Rodte.*' It is the onl>» railroad that gives a satisfactory view of the Falls. \ Every trn*fj stops f^ve minutes at Falls View which IS what the name indicates, a splendid pojat from whfch to view the great cataract It IS right on the brink gf the grand caf.on. at the Canadiair^nd of the Horse-shoe, and every part of the Falls .s m plain sight. Even if he is too ill or t6o lazy^o get out of his car, every passenger can .see the liquid wonder of the world from the window orAhe pldtform. This is the Michigan Centrals strongest hold on popular favor, its greatest advantage, its chief attraction. So long as the waters of that mighty river .thunder down to the awful depths below, so long as the rush and roar, the surge and foam and prismatic spray of nature's cataractic masterpiece remain to delight and awe the human soul, thousands and tens of thousand^-of beauty-lovers and grarideur-worshipers will journey over the only railroad from which it can be seen. There is but one Niagara Falls on earth, and but one direct great railway to it. After leaving Falls View, the train sweeps along the mighty chasm to the Cantilever Bridge giving frequent and ever-changing views of the cataract and the surging, boiling river as it madly rushes and rages between the perpendicular walls of stone, two hundred feet high, that form the great canon of Niagara. From the bridge there is a magnificent view of the Falls, the RajDids and the Suspension Foot-Bridge, above the Cantilever; while belmv it the eye takes in the Lower Rapids and the awful Whirlpool where Captain Webb's body was found.— Co/. P. Donan in St .i^i/iiii ^//tituivr. ■ .' ^ ' " 4 \ " ■" ' , — r < 1 — ~ " ~— \ ~i — \ i 1 ... , '■ \ / i^ * * ■ / *• ' ^g^^^ • \ TRAIN OF THK MICHIGAN CENTRAL, The N lAGARA Falls Koiti!,' AT FALLS VIEW. .1 .'t;v. -iifc.- M N ip THE EARLIEST ACCOUNT. BETWIXT the Lakes Ontario and Erie, there is a vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls down after a surprising and astounding manner; ' insomuch that the universe- does not afford its parallel. Tis true, Italy and Sucdland boast of some such things, but we may well say they are but sorry patterns when compared with this of which we now speak! At the foot of this horrible precipice we meet with the river Niagara, whirfi is not above a • luarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep in some places. It is so rapid above this descent that it violently hurries down the wild beasts while endeavoring to pass it to feed on the other side, they not being able to withstand the force of its current, whichMnevitably casts them headlong, above six hundred feet high. This wonderful downfall i.s compounded of two great cross streams of water and two falls, with an isle sloping along the middle of it. The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imagihi^ble, making an outrageous noise, more terrible than that of thunder; for when the wind blows out of the south, their dismal roaring may be heard more than fifteen leagues off. The rebounding of these waters is so great that a sort of cloud arises from the foam of it which is seen hanging over this abyss, even at noon-day, when the sun is at its height. In the midst of summer, when the weather is hottest, they rise above the tallest firs and other great trees which grow on the sloping island which makes the two falls of water that I spoke o[.— Father Louis Hennepin, in his "New Discovfry" published in 1697. it \.^ »e :s is • -- -' THE WHIRLPOOI. RAPIDS, FROM TIIK AMKRICAN SIDK. M Hi til iM 1^ THE CANTILEVER BRIDGE. EACH end is made up of a section, entirely of steel, extending from the shore nearly half way over the chasm. Each section is supported near its center by a strong steel tower, from which extend two lever arms, one reaching the rocky bluffs, the other extending over the river 175 feet beyond the towers. The outer arm having no support, and being subject like the other to the weight of trains, a counter-advantage is given by the shore arm being firmly anchored to the rocks on the shm-e. The towers on either side rise from the water's edge ; between them a clear span of 495 feet over the river, the longest double-track truss-span in the world. The ends of the cantilevers reaching on each side 395 feet from the abutments," leave a gap of 120 feet, filled by an^ ordinary truss bridge hung from the ends of the canti- levers. Here provision is made for expansion and contraction by au, ing;cnious arrangement between the ends of the truss bridge and of the cantilevers, allowing the enc^^ to move freely as the temperature changes, but at the same time preserving perfect rigidity against sid^ pressure from the wind. There are no guys for this purpose, as in a suspension bridge, but the structure is complete within itself. The total length of the bridge is 910 feet. It has a double track, and is strong enough to carry upon each track at the same time the heaviest freight train, extending the entire length of the bridge, headed by two " consolidation " engines and under a side pressure of thirty pounds per square foot, produced by a wind haying a velocity of seventy-five miles per hour, and even then will be strained to only one-fifth of its ultimate strength. THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL'S GREAT STEEI.CANTII.EVKR BRIDGE, BELOW NIAGARA FALLS. ■^4 fs 1.: t\ THE EROSION OF THE GORGE. IT is a matter of direct observation that, from time to timejargc rocks of the upper limestone fall away into thq pool, and there seems no escape from the inference that this occurs because the erosion of the shale beneath deprives the limcstohe of its support. lust how the shale ,s eroded and what is the part played by the harder layers beneath, are ciues- t.ons m regard to which we are much in doubt. In the Cave of the Winds, where one can pass beneath and behmd one of the thinner Segments of the divided fall, the air is filled with spray and heavier masses of water that perpetually dash against the shale, and though their force m that place does not seem to be violent, it is possible that their continual beating is the aa.on that removes the shaly rock. The shale is of the variety known as calcareous, and as Its calcareous element is soluble, it may .be that solution plays its part in the work of undermining. What goes on beneath the waters of the pool must be essentially different. The Niagara River carries no sediment, and therefore cannot scour its channel in the manner of most rivers, but tlje- fragments of the limestone bed that fall into the pool must be moved by the plungipg water, else they would accumulate and impede its work; and. being moved, we can underhand that they become powerful agents of excavation. Watet plunging into a pool acquires a gyratory motioii^ and. carrying detritus about with it, sometimes' bores deep holes, even in rocks hat are hard. These holes are technically called "pot-holes," and there is much to commend tne suggestion that the excavation within the pool is essentially pot-hole work. :., Ji . t^-J i i / ■" ,' * 1 :i 4 * f 1 -% \ 1 * ■ * 1 • 1 RAPIP8 AND STATS RflSERVATION AS SBBN FROM INTBBNJkTKUIAI, HOTB^ { : ■■■■■' -ag'' 'i,;,-: -1 >-:'-'-v%i': \' * AN IDEAL VIEW OF NIAGARA. The outlook isover L rapids leTdfng to the aI^L^^^^^^^ t. H^t'^T '"'"-^--l Hotel. forest^rrowned slopes of Goat Island, and w^th the Tweeo "nH i h' ) °u '*'' ^'"^' '^' ''"^'^^ -"^ sunny sward of Queen Victoria Park witiT vlnerlwe fo " , f' 7^'^^' ^'''' ""^^ ^^^^^^"' the tinted by distance-the lofty Canadikrun .„ / Yet. as the more of Ood the soul perceives. And nigher Him is drawn, it worships more — So in my heart thy matehless beauty leaves Constraint in thine His grandeur to adore. Within thy courts, I come this vernal day, Kre Fashion's chimes invite the thoughtless throng; Almost alone I watch thy curling spray. And lose my breath to swell thy ceaseless song. I mark the flowers uixin thy marge that blow. Sweet violets bhic and campaniles, white bells; Their azure shines unblenclied, unblushed their snow. These timid things feel not,- as I, thy spells:. And in thy woods the birds heed not thy roar. Where the brown thnJsh and painted oriole, . All unabashed, their tides of song outpour. As if thy floods in terror did not roll. They do not know, th» buds and birds around. How wonderful, how grand, how dread thoy art; But I. transfixed by every sight and sound, • Stand, worshiping thy Maker, in my heart. I must go back where tides of Commerce flow. And the dull roar of traffic cleaves the air; But in my heart sweet memories still shall glow. And to my slumbers .summoii visions fair. Niagara ! thou wilt freshen all my thought, And cool the breath of fervid hours for me; / My days shall lapse with thy remembrance fraught. Thy voices chant my nights sweet lullaby. Great Torrent; speed thee to the lake and sea. With t'reless smoke of spray and thunderous roar; I bless my Cod, Tor all thy joy to me. Though I should see thy marvelous face no more I \e^^2yr^^ In MEMORfAM, May 19, 189a. ^ i ^■^■- \ us roar; J more I ' J • . ' f-^ • * . \y .^r-:^:rs.f^^:^s^'^- ™ ««i- .«.»„., ,oo,„„ „, „.„>, ,„„ „^^^.„^ •t f f'—'^n \ ADMISSION FEES, RATES AND TOLLS. Without guide and dress Cave of the Winds (with guide and dress), • • ; ' ' ' '. Museum (American side), ..•''' ... Whirlpool Rapids (either side) . Whirlpool (either sid^, ■ • •.•„,.„.' ■''.'.. the ride in following vans, _.•_.•., •• /- 1- o;,io ^nri rptnrn. \ fare, $i.oo .10 ^ •25 .50 'i ■ 50 •25 .10 • -15 .25 • so .05 .50 .40 .40 •55 RATES OF FARE ALLOWED BY LAW IN THE CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. For the 0.e .nd H.r. of Crri.g.. where no E.preM Contract in m.d. Therefor. $0.50 •25 For carrying one passenger and ordinary Wgage from one place to another, in city limits, not over one mile, • l^r^'cafrytgTnePp\Sg"r^^^^^^^ from any "point within ciiy limits to any'other point then^in, more than one mile and less than two niiles, • .• , • • ' * Each additional passenger ^^d ordinary tog^^. • • • j;.^ ^^^ ^ u^jts^ to any, other point therein. For carrying one passenger and ordinary oaggage """• ^'v i~ Zre than two mites and not exceeding tfiree miles, ' : ; For each additional passengeraid °™"^,3||d' one bak. or band-box, or other small parcel ^=^ — T»TdifiaivljHPBaEB isdefinad to be«ne trumc ana ™s^«^^}^js5;„, ^„_, T,ipffp j^Triaees. two dollars for the first hour ana __ one dqJlir for each additional hour. m^ ■ ' 1. 00 •50 1.50 1. 00 one^ / d Location of Chicago. Depots ATCHISON, TOPBKA & SANTA Ffi, Polk street, between 3d and 4th avenues. BAI.TIMORB & OHIO, Harrison street and Fifth avenue. CHICAGO & ALTON, 1 CanalVreet, between Adams and CHICAGO & BASTSRN II,UNOIS, Polk street, between 3d and 4th aven CHICAGJO & ERIB, Polklstreelt, betwe«a 3d and 4th av«ai CHICAGO & Crand Trunk Polk street, between 3d and 4th avennet. CHICAGO & NORTHERN PACIFIC, Harrison street and Fifth avenue. CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN, Wells and Klnzie streets. CHICAGO, BURUNGTON & Q0INCY, . Canal street, between Adams and Madiae% CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN, Harrison street and Fifth aVfhue CHICAGO, mtWAUKEE & ST. PADI, Canal-street, iietween Adams and IIkdIao£ ?'*CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC, . Van Duren street, bet. Pacific ave. and Sherman at. '^LAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS, Uke Front, foot of 12th street. rOIS CENTRAL, i Foot of Lake utreet (Suburban) J Lake Front, foot, of nth street. XAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN, Van Buren street, bet. Pacific ave. and Sherman st. WD18VILLE, NEW ALBANY p CHICAGO, i{«,.t tvtk street, between 3d and 4th avenues. ^tillCHIGAN CENTRAL. " The Niagara Fali.8 Roitb." [1^: . l,ake Front, foot of 12th street. NEW YORK, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS, Van Buren street, bet Pacific ave. and Sherman -at. PITTSBURGH, FORT WAYNE & CHICAGO, Canal street, between Madison and Adams. WABASH, V Polk streict, between 3d and 4th avenues. ^HseoNsm csnt ralt ■ .. Harrison street and Fifth avenue. K.^^ \ 4 'm&, .' r4,i^ '..^'jAjd, *i<^i • y ! X THE HISTORY OF NIAGARA RIVER. LET us put togeriwr what we have learned of the Niagara history. The river began its /Existence during the final retreat of the great ice sheet, or, in other words, during the series / of events that closed the age of ice in North if^merica. If we consider as a geologic period /flie entire time that has elapsed since the beginning of the age^of ice, then the history of the Niagara River covers only a portion of that period. In the judgment of most students of glacial geology, and, I may add, jn my own judgment, it covers only k small portion of that period. During the course of its history, the length of the river has suffered some variation, by reason of the successive fall and rise of the level of Lake Ontario. It was at first a few miles shorter than now; then it became suddenly a few miles longer, and its present length was gradually acquired. With the change in the position of its mouth, there went a change in the height of its mouth ; and the rate at which it eroded the channel was affected thereby. The influence on the rate of erosion was felt chiefly along the lower course of the river, between Lewiston and Fort Niagara. The volume of the river has likewise been inconstant. In early days, when the lakes levied a large tribute on the melting glacier the Niagara may have been a larger river than now; but there was a time when the discharge from the upper lakes avoided the route by Lake Erie, and then the Niagara was a relatively^all stream. jtiaA&V&KiltL^i^ . MA^-'iw-^ '::r* s ■MB i • / ' -'trl «3 CO en THE HOTEL CHAMPLAIN The superb Summer Hotel of the North, on the west shore of Lake Champlain, three miles south of Platts- biirKh, and ou the line of the .... . Delaware & Hudson Railroad, TUB DIBICT Lira TO THB ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, '7^ MK K CH A M PLAIN. 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IS LOCATED ON THE ^-^Shore of Lake Michigan, ' with a frontage of 455 feet on Fifty- First Street Boulevard. Is only Four Blocks from the ^ World's Fair Grounds, and fifteen minutes' ride to the /liesirt of the city, with trains every \ five mihiites. Firiltlil TIraigloirt ii- Solid Malogiiy. WMl be kept on European and American Plans. -fcatea Rooms can now be secured by letter or telegram 1 iiSSi^WARREN F. LeLAND. rianager, Chicago .Beach ^ Hotel, Chicago. '.,.,:Ai', 9 m ■:n m ? fl^ M> ' THB NOKTH SHORS LIMITED L8AVING CHICAGO. • l«* ..^, t , ^ ,. ' 1 ^1 r J r ' « t 1 1 r T f " - 1 1 \:i" ^H 1 1 V • t • \ t 4 <'.4, _i»^S't' ••> "V^\i J^HE GRAND, Mackinac Island (J. R. Hayes, Proprie- tor.), is one of the largest and most perfectly ecjuipped resbrt hotels in the country, and is conducted in accordance with the advanced methods of the present day. From June 24th until the latter part of September it is the favored resort of the wealthy and fashionable class of pleasure seekers, and the many attractions of "the Island, united to the amusement -ino^^tlcd by the hmet7T!0ver a sufficiently largeli^ld to eni: brace all tas^tes. The hotel will be under the personal management of Mr. Hayes. • For further Informktlon addrcu THE WAVNB, DETROIT, uqtH' June «i«t ; thereafter Um ■•Qraml," riacklnac. J^HE WAYNE, Detroit (J. R. Hayes, Proprie- tor), is open the year roundfand is one of the most home-like and comfortable hotels in the city. Its location, overlooking the Detroit River and immediatfely^opposite the Michigan Central railway station, is most convenient and desirable, especially for the summer tourist. The Wayne contai"ns 200 rooms, Jarge and airy halls, and is first-class in every respect. Rates $2.00 to $3.50 per day. I*. _ Af ». ^ii^'lAii^)^', '>; it'^x.jat, .; :^&l> n u ■%■ SN X, THE CITY OF CHARLESTON. V'^HARLESTON as a historical point, perhaps, has few equals, and certainly none on the South Atlantic coast. She i figured, or at least her adjacenf island, iiuUivans, in the war of .1776, anWoiufre site of the old palmetto Fort Moultrie now stands a substantial fortress commanding the harbor. Fort Sumter, micTway between Sullivan's and Morris Island, stands proud in her ruins, awaiting an opportunity to again evidence her endurance against an invader. Both of these forts were prominent in the kite war, and Fort Suiter partiiularly so by reason of her participation in conflict under the flag of both sections engaged in the strife. . .u r^ .. « The city of Charleston islfbtable for M antiquatetf character of the architecture of her buildings. Another feature of her buildings, much noted and admired, i^ the typical broad southern piazza, which gives ^so mDch comfort to Us occupants during the summer. The streets are hand^mely pavecL and two street-car lines traverse ajid circle the city, making it possi- ble to reach almost any point in the city b^ them. Charleston has abundant first-class hptel accommodations, and a liv-ery stable that compares favorably with an/in the large iastern cities. Her climate is all ihat invalids or tourists coujd wish with a meanviemperature of 58 degrees/during the winVer months. The harbor of Charleston has a capacity and depth of water sufBcientVflDat the navy of the world, and the co.\pletion of the work for deepeniiig the bar is progressing so succe^ fully that it is belieT^Hlie depth of water, which has beek constantly increasing, will s9on be ample to admit vessels ot he greatest draught, the cons;ifttmation of which will open upl^harleston as the South Atlantic outlet for the products of the ereat West and Northwest. ^"^^^ \ * , , , 1 .v. . ^^ StJMMERViLLE, S C , Charlestmi'S^uburban resort for invalids during the frigid wintti:, months, and of many of the citizens of Charleston in the summer, is delightful^lomted just twenty-two miles north of Charleston, and is easily reached by train at almost a.,y hour of the day. Here will be fo(Iii*4lj£ P'n^y '"^^ «^°^ ^ "^"<=»^ ^"g**' ='^*" ''^ ^^"^ '*!"'*'*^'' , '"? 7 throat trouble. A beautiful and modernly constructe>hatel, " the Pine Forest Inn," with all the conveniences and comforts at the thoughtful owner could conceive of, and delightfullftej(ated, will welcome the visitor. ., ^ , , MTamden S C is located 141 miles northeast ^om Charlest5t^^4nd, like the latter mentioned city, prides herselt on her historiea^site and of the pages of events tljafcan be chronicled of he7>ist. Upton Court and Hobkirk Inn are the principal hotels of Cainden and many are the home comforts that can be procured thfeNL , u ^« v r- 1 ^.,1 way, and the gre^st sanitarium. It is delightfully located on an elevation of 505 fee>aW sea level. There are pleasant drives, and with the Vtclass accommodations afforded by the ' Highland Park Hotel," th^^roximity of the city of Augusta (17 miles distant), and cWnient schedules, there is no ^easanter point to spend the winter than^at Aiken, b. C. L»-" ..^ 6fpened Jane n^ /0SA G.fS /fOLM£S Prop. AMERtOAsWiaND^s. Niagara fiM.id! Utah's Mormon City, and Salt Lake's GrIat Dead Sea". ;:;3;a "■■ ,, ^# ■ jfrt"'. ^•r,*/'^ • •' • l^EflDUiLLE. I^ROBABLY no city in America is more interesting *■ by reason of its history, its situation, its scenery or itself than Leadville, Colorado. The first is brief •J but highly dramatic ; the second is more than ten thousand feet above the sea ; the third is matchless in its grandeur and sublimity, and lastly, itself is picturesque and curious in its ej^Miition of the rapid production of tangible wealth. The discovery of the famous "carbonate" ores' made a city of twenty thousand people in a single summer. No more a mining camp, Leadville is a city with all that the name implies, including hotel acqpmtnodatipns of the best and most luxurious, for "The Vendome "/claims to be 'the best £^nducted hostelry in the great State of Colorado. No description is adequate, however. The traveler ■\^ ^: riillard, Cor. 13th & Douglas, OMAHA, NEB. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. should visit Lea of a lifetime. iville,. or he misses an opportunity JtHKJLAMGSST, MOST SLSGANTLYJtVRXXSMBiimaXB tL^ IN THB CITY. THOS, SWOBE, Proprietor, J!M^S . ijM-S^^ V '-- 'afi^. ■». ■I./ ouglas, iEB. P^ti ,'■ ■>' ", -fe^iit- ■■ jT*.' JRMEBfc •ietor. (*.■■, '■«— ^Mi^fc^ ^ Stands easily at the head OLORflDO SPRINGS ^^Je report aies of the ^ Rocky Mountain fegion. In the extenft, variety and magnificence of the scenery by which it is environed, it is without a fival upon the Aiperican Continent and possibly upon the globe ; while its superb climate, famous the world over, lends an additional charm to the pleasure and satisfaction With which these wonders of Scenery are viewed by the tourist. An its imme- diate vicinity and within easy riding or driving distance, are such world-fapious scenic wonders as the Garden ort|ie Gods, Glen E^yrie, Monument Park, Manitpu Springs, Ut^ Pas^ together with a half dozeq stupendous and awe-inspiring ' jf TH« ANTLCH*. cotoiwoo •wiiho*. Coto. caftons and the Broadmoor Casino; while towering above alHs the snow^ summit of great Pike's Peak, of thi.Wkl?p.!JT ■ ' ' ^'"'T^' foremost hoM whicWoccupies a commanding position in full view ^nn.» V K ^ f • " ^" ""P°''"«^ and strikingly handsoiile structure of cut stone, five stories in height and Trir cTL^.^ H^^ f 'f '°'"''- ''™"''' "'^"^ ^'^'^ ^PP"^'^*^^ '^"°*" *° ^^^"^ hotel construction, inclUng dectnchght steam heat, elevator, etc.. it has during the past ten\Arears earned an enviable reputation kmoTJf thousands of tounsts from all parts of the world who annually visit Colorado Springs. Its furnishfngs throughout are elegant^and m perfect taste, and its cuisine is unexcelled. In brief, it'ranks with the foremost hotelf of the fanT Colorado Sprmgs is possessed of ample railroad facilities, and njoreover is directly tfpon two of the overland SnrTniThT'^ the contment. Vestibule trains run without change either from Cljic'a^r St. Louis to CoTo aSo fflT^JlLUn-ir ri° °'^"^r^ ^"^ ^"^"^^-"'"^ ho:rs>ndbutoneni; hrnth.w.y WorldviaiL -i.^Btk>i»wttk^bttt limited time: uul wl lg Tet^esTr e t n s<.p sii^i^iiKXi;^';^ *i^v^:a.:. i.,i ^.Z:..Jr "' ... .. .*^ .,;..;t^ -,;th h ilt »i^:^-j -^ • ■ . ° r-' — '•" V ^ "v^—a «fiiu uwt uuc iinjiu ujLme way, woncts *:air- "^;^Yv o cl^do ^"^''•^^y^i.f--**^-^ -™^thing of tlS Rocky Mountaintcan accomplish this b^ commg d reetly to Col0rado Sprmgs, wh.le Pacific Coast travelers are urged to plan their journey via Colorado Sprmg^ since they will thereby traverse en ro^te the grandest portions of the Rocky'^MoHintain legiZ —^ — For all mformation, address _= „ ' » E. BARNETT, The Anders, J '' . COItOBADO 8PMMltG8, COM^ / ■I W_ I AMERICA'S FAMOUS CITY OF SUNSHINE / ^ » DENVER, THE HOTEL METROPOt^B Opened May ia, iSgi' Is an an absolutely Fire-Proof Building, furnished from office floor to root in magnificent style : conducted on the European plan ; famed for the ex- cellence of its Cuisine and Seri'ice, and combininR all the comforts of a home, your surroundings dispelling any feeling of being in a public hotel. The rates ar« the same as all first-class houses, and but commensurate with the accommodations afforded. Restaurant and Caf6 4 la carte. Systems of sanitation and ventilation perfect. nTTO KIPPLEB Isatso an absolutely Fire Proof Building, fumishei^Sd' OTU'PPe*! i" tl" same exquisite manner : conducted on tl\e American mwillias the advant- age over any other hotel in the vforld of all roomt facing Ine (traeti, and as there are loo rooms at $3, 100 toonis at $4. 100 rooms at $4. so, and 100 rooms at is per day and upward, your choice Is a matter of pleasure. At your tablein the Dining Rooms on the eighth floor an iiifintermpted view of the - ^ ■ . . - •. ._ ...^-j^j Systems of sanitation WILLIAM H. BUSH, N. MAXCY TABOR. Rocky MountainsTor hundreds of mil^s is afforded, and ventilation, perfect. n HARKY WATCHAM, General Representative. r/ ,?■ V y'^ " W THE ^i,Kh llie R.K'kv M,^ 111 ed ami iiiHL'iiitu-eiii weiiery than in coniiwss miles of I ravel in the known world. Wu. a trip "itrouiid oniprisinK more Vther thousand j f ALL THROUGH TRAINS EOUIPPEO WITH _PpLLMflN PflLflCE AND TOflRIST SLEEPING CARS. , For eletjantlyjUustrated descriptive tMwks free of cost, address. H. E. TUPPER, Oen'l Eautfrii Agt., !K»-«nm\apt P I TRUE Mi S«ittM»WhEaMj Wheels Re-6round when Slid Tlat, AND riTTED FOR TURTHER SERVICE. ■»^ES^*mSi ^KRESPONDEFfCE Solicited. ^' CHICAGaROCK ISUNJ J PACIFIC RY. GM!S.Ainh1B>liKVIIt ••THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIMITED" and ««THE BIO 5 fcT., Il„„„.„ u,.™,," .„d .11, b, p„, I. .mw u„ ,„u L«,„ ChkJf ^^ t^^ Cdiincjl Bluffs^Kansas City, AND elii|estl)eeo6n; ^^o^tHealtbfol Resorts 1 ^ x% ARE ALL ON THE OVERLAND ROUTt Denver Cheyenne. Ogden.Salt Lake City, San Francisco. Portland. ^' \ For Full AND Complete '/nformawn. Pamphlet6. 6v/DE-Boona. Vme -Tabled. rpLDERs, Maps- Apply to your nearest Ra/lroad T/cn£r Aoent^s . or- 5.H.H. CLARK. E iffllCSIOENT, OMAHA. GCN KINSON. ^ Manager, Omaha. "^ E.L.LOMAX. GEN. PASS. & TICKET AGT..0MAMA. X,