New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-23
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DETROIT
DErRoir, Wedne.day. ian. y, 1914

DErRorr, wednesday, Jau. y, is5L
The rrss; Of this year for Detroit has jas; boon
celebrated and henceorth the City Of the StrsD s Eibn
me day Of New York.
But reflections may do for other u present
sha only give you few facts concerning the eeleorzon
We lef Niagara Falls on Monday evening be'wos 10
ard II O'clock and crossed the river on the suspension
bidge As rode upon the drivers seat OF large omni
bus crowded outside and in with passenger, onaibasse5
itiore ard onDibufsss behind similarly crowded ani al
on the fra looking susp nson bridge at the sane tms
tie RO,heser band. Ia open Omnibus o. men 10
paving Jordan j. haid road n travel the bThge iAo
q thread Of spray frozen IN tie n.y. or sPder RAM
work for web the waters leapng and curling gp snssh
ing the Dsss Of ice that had us eaped over Niasaa
mus. conf that my hair seemed 20 crowd my ma le
ard yet this same carriage way tue fafVau a' 's
t. paSf ~, H., 80. ,
tie Great tern Kaway a. the 70 De Cy OF ES'n ana
about midnigh found ourelyes On me way iOf am!Oh
with large number Of guests Of the Company including
te corporate authorities Of Buiso kochestr and other
ss and gcOdly number OF members oil the press rail
We reached Hamilton about clock in the morning
where we were 10 sleep bat didn't Happy was hs wac
GOT place III good fire ana little 70 ea, doubt
inr the while whether TO call Il sHpper or breakfast
Eext morning. with increased force Of guests, now
reohifiIg trains Of six car each started clock
4 indsOr opposite Detroit SAFETY was preferred TO
set1 d h, nigh might have Tea he'd destination
tbout 2, We old not arrive till about Oclock.
We paced through zine country tonching London AMI
NJ
will tOOn ass the dimension OF cities The whoe as
lance from the Falls to Detroit is 229 miles add The
route ~ favorable that Tor over 20 miles the roa1 10
OIL u lne with grades nor embankmeuis reaching
more iisn hfee four feet The distance Tor this winter
III b. run IN ten hours emily, and in Ia ri time IN sl1
or seven On Monday next the re- ulaT train "il con
meme running e wing here about ve IN the morning ana
ccnuecnc with tie II ernoon train for Albany ana new
York from Buffalo 70 Niagara
The its OF Detroit al alive 20 receive a.. A. we
crossed o. or he dver sort Of huge barge IN tow OF
ne Dsr steamer. cannon fired aud music toated
over the crashing ice FIremen, soiliers ana otner or
eauized bodies ou pT procession bur me deiay Oi
eur arrival dtriercd with that pat Of the pro yamme
Afer settling down little ablution and glance Of
the chances for lodging procession was forms am the
line of march taken up to tue great dep oil n0 M;hz ~
CeItrGl Railroad, which was brilliantly Illuminated Inc
hotels on the ell ablGze with can Hes nj every
ram n glass Hundreds Of Gag, American and English
toatCd together they did from the locomotives On Tue
wsV and he large upper Of the depot was feOOned
all over with them, mingllng with all Kinds Of m 'os
and Blazing with gas which had been introduced Tor the
occasion. $1,000 .
wTe idle 20 attempt description Of the Hall inside
or the scene at the supper table. You must imagine some
two thousand gentlemen in one hail. oil at supper with
eat,bes Of al kinds in abundance, and champagne Sd
pleLty and 80 polite that the bottles opening them
sei, e. and popping the qlcstn "Wll you take me :!
Tn Maine Law now here in force, seemed to De over
boked. Yet do not msundersiand me- sa" no person
on course, in a building designed only for locomotive
ouscs, speaking almost out Of the question: and
bearing conn leioy Speeches were made however, at
both ends Of tho table aud those between the two ex
t,omes had taste If Babel different sound. and senti
No rts met mingled and mizzled in the center
Speeches made by Mayor ilarnon, Judge wilkins,
Recorder Lothrop, William Gray, Mr HanscOm Jack
Chandler, En- Mayor Van Dyke. ID filed and others
of Detroit by Gov Parsons, of Michigan Col Prince, OF
Canada Mr. Harris Pre- sidem of the new road G; j..
Bridge, Esq, Managing Director OF the road Geo. ia
yison of Albany DR. Egan, of Chicago; Gen. o. Clark,
Of Sandy HILL New York j. w. Brooks the "Rq'lrOad
king; DR.. Cross of Chatham Canada; Judge Hand,
G. q Hammond w f. Robinson, Of New York, &c. &C..
besides number at the other end of the table whom did
not hear.
The press particularly of Canada very fully repre-
scented. The kec York Tunes, The BgGato Courier,
Commercial and RtpuJhe, The Rochester American Ad
feriiser and mon The Utica Hcr0b Ttbgrapt and
CIse1per, The albany argus, EreEiag Journal and Er
press The Syracuse kpUGican and Journal and numer
Gus others from New York State Chicago aud the Great
West were rep esented by editors reporters Editors
nom Toronto, Hamilton, Chatham Bridgeport Wood
stock and other places in Canada we're present.
train leaves here at TO day for the return trip
eastward but will stop at Hamilton for the great ceiebra-
lion banquet and ball And then this great
exceme will settle down 10 quiet travel this excellent
railway which opens Detroit to shorter avenue to the
Eas
The people of this city deserve great praise for the hos
ptaty and magnfcence with which they have received
and entertained their friends from abroad RcHsLsu.