Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-01-10
NIAGARA IN WINTER.
TIE FALLS ROUTE.


A longing desire to see Niagara IN
winter, the new canti-lever bridge, and
other sights. natural and mechar ical,
led the writer and Neighbor-ly friend
TO board the sleeper Hillsdale on the
Michigan Centra's recent important
scquisition--the Canada Southern rail
road-one night last week. The n.xt
morning found us at Fort Erie wher,
tickets were furnished Ivy the conduc
tor for passage over the branch road tC
Clifton on the Canda side or Suspen
sion Bridge on the other. AT present
the Canada Southern train are run di
rect TO Buffalo over the Grand Trunh
bridge and they will continue TO be un
Ill the new canti-lever structure il
wholly completed aud in shape foi
permanent business. Ii is intended by
the Michigan Central railroad TO run
al trains on and after the first of Feb
ruary next by this branch route, over
the can't lever bridge and down the
American side, running the trains at a
little more speed and thus arriving al
though the distance around is consid
ernbly Longer than 10y the present
almost direct route. BY the branch
road, passengers are given the best
and il might be said. tho only view ot
the great cataract Of Niagara. The
sight from the suspension bridge onl!
tends TO excite. ones curiosity for.
good view, and as tla trains never gel
ans nearer, that curiosity is never sat
isil-d. The Canada Soutletn branch
runs directly past the falls AM for
the purpose of giving the occupants o
the traiiIs at good opportunity to see
them the high bank east of the track
has been cut away and here the train
stops to give all II splendid chanse t.
take in.
AMERICAS GREATEST WONDER.
This point Of view is not more thar
one hundred feet from the roaring anC
seething waters as they plunge Owe
the rocks to the mighty abyss below
30 it will be seen that it il the enc
nearest touched by any railroad
Through travellers remain on boar,
the train aud are dra wn to tho villag
Of Suspension Bridge over the fanou
structure from which the place de
rives its name. AS stated above tn
new
CANTI-LRvER BRIDGE
will be nsed about the st OF February
So much has been said and writte
about this thoroughfare that il is ne ed
less to go into details here 1t is in
deed substantial, yet very simple
structure and must be seen TO be full,
understood. Its location is just sout
of the suspension bridge about u
feet. 1t is built considerably highe
than the old bridge and consequent
,, obstructs the unsatisfactory view {
the falls which formerly was to /
! had from the suspension bridge
: From il can be seen the whrlpo-l L raj
ids and the impressive scenery alon
the winding, rugged banks Of II
river. That the Michigan Central II,
5 termed its re ad the niagara Fal
route is therefore not to be wonders
at.
Visitors to the falls alight at Il
new suspension (fooD bridge and n
almost immediately
TACKLED by HACKMRN.
The Nis CARA hackmcn is one Of Il
curiosities that is almost as old as &
cataract itself lie dates back scor
of year, and il history is correct, the
has been no change in his constructi'
except In his facisl devil ,pment, al
which has no comparison. But
get an unobstructed view of the Nis
ara hnckaen's cheek, he must be So
in winter The visitors are scare
and thoss who do come are pounc
upon by these c,dayerous beings Ii
a starving vulture upon n
MASS OF cARRIoS.
J A stranger can spot him as quick
he can the stranger can see O
now, long, lean, lsnsy, mosqui
. compleXioned being, with eyes bulgi
:. from the sockets aud tongue Il
! knows not when 70 stop, 50 perp
) uny does it obey the impulses OF {
= avaricious mind in the upper story.
y TBE FIRST ENCOUNTER.
"f We hal read of these hackmen o.
,ince we discarded swadling clotI
aud az this was to be our first v
a..onr tier, W. P.rPosed Ia be on