Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-09
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or the several through routes for railroad
communication with the west, that by the ia
nous Eric, Great Western and Michigan Cen
tral commends itself, and if proposed arrange
ments so sanguinely promised are realized, the
general iavorite and deservedly popular route,
via Piusburg and Fort Wayne, will soon be
obliged to contend more closely with one of its
most ambitious rivals, which is evidently exert.
ing every influence possible to court the conf.
dence ofcosmopolitan tourists and commercial
| travellers
When few miles ont Of Chicago, a preceding
| train met with an accident, owing to misplaced
switch, which caused whole passenger train to
telescope itself over an embankment in a re-
markable manner; but, fortunately, no persons
were very seriously injured, not even the engi.
neer or fireman, over whose heads the bulky
tender leaped an hundred feet, making quick
time and deep impression into the ground in
stead Of forty miles an hour on the track.
Detroit is rapidly changing for the better, and
with its handsome new city hall fine opera
house, and eighteen miles of Nicolson pave
ment, laid during the past year, it is fast coming
to wear the appearance of metropolitan cty.
A mammoth tunnel is in process of construc.
ton there, to extend from the Canada shore TO
the American side, distance of more than two
miles, under the beautiful Detroit river. II is
designed TO be over one hundred feet beneath
low water mark and intended to be completed
in the course Of three years time
Upon the surface of Lake Saint Clair there
still remain great unbroken fields of ice and
snow, looking more like January than April, for
the surroundings correspond thereto; but On
tario's shining bosom is clear and resplendent
in the sunlight, and studded with the sails of
large inland commerce
The steel rails of the Great Western as well as
those of Erie are in marked contrast to the iron
ones of other roads, and decidedly more agreea-
bic. In Canada the steel rails cost only 500
a ton, while here common iron ones cost $50
per ton.
AT Niagara Falls winter "drags its slow length
along" and only one frst-class hotel, the
Spencer, was open for the reception of guests
out the season. Only few days since did
the ice-bridge break away from its mornings be-
tween the American falls, which are yet shielded
by immense hills OF ice. Goat Island is covered
~ "a iNtbft ihahtiC VI euoN5 anu I'LL dTOuDu the
bridges, towers and trees are wrapped in cloaks
of spray-lormed ice. The Clifton and the Gaia
ract, of course excepting the Undesirable
grandeur nearithem, wear a sombre appearance
on account Of the absence OF their wonted gaetv
and about the international It's so quiet that call
the air a solemn stiffness holds" The ever i'm
Fortunate vendors of ornaments, photographs
and relics are particularly attentive for they
have much TO sell, but few to whom they can
dispose Of their various goods.
In order to be able to compete with the Penn.
central and other lines for due share OF Chi
cdgo and western travel, the Erie railway is now
having new and commodious coaches expressly
adapted to meet the wants of the varying
gauges upon which they are obliged to run,
between the invest and the sea-board. From
Chicago the cars will start on trucls having a
gauge of four feet and nine inches and at Buff
ialo they will be changed to those of six feet
gauge by means Of a hosting machine under
which the cars run and are transferred This
pan Is nowin successful operation on freight
cars which are raised only one foot. and in
ABOUT i've minutes two are changed, one each
way The same object was formerly attained
w making the car wheels movable ON their
axes and then running the trains upon az.
'erElng and converging tracks until the desired
gauge was reached when the wheels were
fastened.
Erles Vaunted claim for elegance and luxury
Of accommodation, and for security and dis.
patch Of freight as well as passengers Is snh.
Stimulated almost wholly by existing facts and
il is certainly one Of the best lines in the conn.
try. II is truly remarkable railway in seyera,
respects, and few roads combine more features
Of interest 10 the general public, for it not only
passes through an exceedingly thriving portion
Of one Of the richest states us regards agrcul.
ture and manufactures bnt also among very
picturesque scenery often mposingly grand
and including the celebrated Genessee falls and
the beautiful valleys Of Portage.
The accommodations Of the best trains are
seemingly almost perfect, certainly unsurpassed
Tor elegant equipment aud comfortable riding;
aud all along the line as well as IN lis roumy
COACHES, every convenience Is afforded the tray
eer by means OF well conducted railroad hotels
W. W. eating houses belonging TO the magnificent
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