The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-06-29


and our thanks are hereby rendered for theil
courtesIes and polite attention to our comfort
May they live long and prosper in their enter
tainment of future visitors to their well ordered
House.
RESOLVED, That our enjoyment of this excursion
has greatly exceeded our buoyant anticipation.
The beauty of these picturesque islands, with
their pure, sweet air and fascinating surrounding
/ far surpasses all that We had known or expected
The arrangements for the accommodation and
pleasure Of Visitors the large hotels the pleasure
grounds, the promenades and drives among
enchanting groves and weird grottOes, conspirt
TO make this historic archipelago ofthe lakes one
of the most interesting and delightful places in
| the world.
RESOLVED, That We are under special obligations
to Mr.. j; p. POwars and Geo. \. Clayton, of the
Wabash Railway, whose personal interest in oul
! comfort and enjoyment have been SO marked and
incessaDt as to create within u sense of grati-
! tude which We hope to be able some time to more
fifty express.
Resoired, That the excellent management ofthe
Wabash, and the Hannibal y st. Joe Railways,
with their splendid equipment, their solid road
bed, their through cars and quick time, make
this continuous line the best and the quickest
from the West. The road is smooth, the cars are
palaces, the officers and employees are gentlemen.
ResoIred, That these resolutions be furnished
TO the Toledo papers with request that they be
ResoIved, That this Association would esteem
it an additional favor if Mr.. J. y. Powers, Tray-
cling Agent OF tine Wabash Road, We're permitted
to accompany our party TO the Falls and return
Adopted. JOHN \. MARTIN,
President.
During our stay at Put-in-Bay an in,
vitatiOn was received from the manage
ers of the Canada Southern Railway to
visit Niagara Falls. Ofcourse the invi-
tation was accepted, and Monday morn
ing found us ON our way.
The Canada Southern railway deserves
some especial mention. The road was
built as an airline from Detroit to Nj
agara. 1t has no curves, and no grades
exceeding fifteen feet to the mile. From
Amherstburg to st. ThOmas-a distance
of one hundred eleven miles-there is
not bridge or curve, and on the Sd of
last September, this distance was made
in one hundred and nine minutes. The
train which the excursionists were on
was the lightning express and portion
of that distance was made at the rate
of mile minute. The entire track
is laid with steel rails and the road bed
fenced.
The road runs through heavy timbered
section of country. One of the peculiar
sights was the stump fences" Long
lines of which were noticed frequently.
The stuups after being pulled from the
ground by machinery were built up
about three and half feet high, the
roots interviewer making a stout and
apparently durable fence. From its
appearance We should think man would
have as much trouble to climb over or
get through this fence as he would our
Usage Orange hedge. The vegetation is
fully six weeks behind that of Kansas.
Corn is not raised to any extent-peas
being substituted on account of their
earlier growth. Wheat is magnificent.
Mr., Frank f. Snow. General Passenger
and Ticket Agent of this road, accompa-
MED US from Detroit to St. Thomas, and
from him we learned most of the above
articuiars.
The party arrived at Niagara Falls
about o'clock p. IN. The Falls have
been SO often described and are SO well
known that it is not necessary to speak
of them at length. They are magnificent,
of cour.e; but the enjoyment of tourists
is sadly married by the exactions of the
people of that locality. We expected to
be bled to some eXtent-had read of the
buzzard's feast which every new arrival
furnished to the hungry comorants who
hang upon the footsteps of every guest
aud will not begone at your bidding.
Our anticipations of some such state of
affairs had not been too pleasant and to
some extent we were prepared tor the
inevitable.
The morning after our arrival we hired
a carriage and driver to show us around.
On. our way we passed six or seven toll
gates and everything that was to be seen
was $50 cents, sir" We drove around
to the whirlpool" about two miles below
the Falls and there is the only place that
we thought we got the value ofour mon
ey. On our return to the hotel We met
others who had been out and the greater
part had paid tolls at each gate-the
writer only escaping by making a
strict bargain before the Prospect House
was left. Just before we got back to the
hotel our driver unwittingly let out that
"the boss" (meaning the oprietor OF
the hoteD, paid all toll gate fees. so that
those who paid were swindled Just that
amount. 1t is as plain as the nose on
your face that the entire crowd, hotel
men. hackmen, servants and all--are
banded together to rob and beg from the
unwary guest the last nickel he possesses.
IT is regular "Robber's Roost,"-and
if that be treason to the great "Ameri-
can Wonder" make the most of it.
While on our road to Niagara over the
Canada Southern, through the further
courtesy of that road we were invited to
visit Toronto, to which place we crossed
over on the boat named after that city.
The party only had two hours in Toron-
to and as soon as we landed carriages
were taken for drive through the city.
Toronto has an actual population OF
about seventy thousand people. The
streets are broad and convsnient-the
residence streets particularly being very
fine. Between the wide and ample side
walks and the roadway are nice blue
grass plats extending on some streets for
miles. The churches are magnificent
and with the public buildings seem to
have been built with an utter disregard
of cost. The Normal School building
and grounds was the finest building
with one exception) that we saw during
the trip. The building was large and
the different departments furnished i'll a
royal manner. The greater part OF the
noted men and women of English his
tory were represented on the walls of
the rooms--one room being devoted en-
tireiy to busts. Magnificent and costly
paintings likewise graced the galleries.
While the library contained thousands OF |
volumes. The grounds were ornamented
with statuary. After short drive from
this building we reached the Queens
Park"-a very beautiful One-containing
the usual fountains, statuary, trees,
lrives, walks, etc, aud also displaying