New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-28

pendicusr precipice Thus from ths rsirosdtrsck 70
The river - seen from the the distance 10 r"
hundred feet fifty feet greater than The bgnt OF the sus
pension bridge at Niagara and far exceeding any stint
lar structure Ia this country
Perhaps more defnts idea OF the immsnsIty oftais
work may be formed from other statistical facts gwen
10 BY J. Pencil Esq, under whose supehntendencs
IL has been Constructed To supply the COZ 600 feet
OF lumber, board m-ssu'e used In THE bridge, moro
than ieo hundred and y acres Of land were required
This vast amount OF timber bas all been cut gu, with
circular saws, In steam mill owned by The builters
Of ths bridge Bssdes the dmber nearly siIty Of
iron 6os have been employed In this mammoth pieoo
of mechanism
The bridge was designed by sllas Seymour, Chicf
Epeineer OF the Road, and built by Messrs Lsumann
Rockaf. low Moore at ost OF about $4,000 Tns
architecture 10 stIikinTy peculiar SO perfect 10 the
model that from the trestie worn any piecs Of tho
Der can be removed In becomes detective, and
new one placed I'm its stsad, without affecting the
strength Of the work, displseing any other timber
The view from this dizzy hight Is almost overpower
Ing. Neither looking from the suspension bridge at
Niagara nor from the tower Goat Island, gave the
such overwhelming sensations OF depth n expert.
enced willie standing upon this bridge and looking wn
noon the falls far beneath So dmlnuuvs did Il 40.
pesr could hard realize that was the same o,n.
ing cataract at which looked with much awe In my
boyhood.
Along the banks of the river, passing under tbs
bridge, winds the Gepesee Valley CansC The noble
river flowing so far beneath me, after having suddenly
plunged 10 broad sheet deeper down, glldes onward
few hun dred yards and makes another leap of hun
dreo fcet-a plunge more Iear1ui ana grender. the
river further visible from the bridge IL winds
along between perpendicular, rocky walls, which
from three to four hundred feet In hight mite and
half further and smother cataract Of seventy feet
IL passed Now the river 10 deep down 10 gorge with
perpenoculsrbanks and more than fire hundred feet be-
low the top OF the railroad bridge.
Just before plunging over this last preclpce the
rent becomes suddenly compressed into narrow chan
mel and ru,hes With ioanlng madness down the rapids,
along the right shore, Till it reaches the brink where
abruptly turns TO the left and leaps into the abyss
right angle TO the main course of the river Tnls 10
cslled the Lower Fall 1t 10 hidden far down between
wood covered hills away from the hsun,s of TIE
of the cataract is mere heard In all It's solsnpty.
No angry saw' banging looms, buzzing machinery,
rim sng anvis break upon the amid this inspc
Ing andeur Not dwelling, any other strct.
Of human handr can be seen from the place. The
hills sill r,tstn their native widness, as when the red
men rosmed al pg the banks and listened 30 the voice
of the Great Split as heard 10 the roaring w.ters.
With the famed Genesee and Its magnificent. scenery
of ca,aracis and sbysms chasms, towering hills and
rocky walls, and the grand achievement OF srt-the
Genesee High Brdge-this place cannot fail 10 attract
bher multi,udes to view the works of nature and the
triuDphs OF human inventions.