The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-25
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THE WONDERS OF TIE WORLD.
4 Descriptive letter, Written from
Personal Observation While on
q Visit Co Canada.
SALT LAKE CITY, January l5, 1885.

| fG1 GA ~ LettsAA I A siitS1 hIi0sC L 6fdiION
myself once more of viewing one of the.
grandest scenic views in theRerld.
We crossed the Ndagara river on the
old Suspension bridge, which is two
hundred feet above the roaring waters
that are said To aye two-hundred and
ffty feet deep = tgis point of the river.
Ny baggage beiRg secured in the Gus
tonl house. - Is Invariably the case il,
passing into or 0&t OF Canada, and as
We changed ears ~ this place, toek re-
freshmen is and strolled up the river two
,ailes to the Niagara Fails, takingin the
Sights as iesuvsly passed along, (which
seemed to increase onaevery hand. One
of tine grand views was, as l stood on
the banks of the raging river, between
the new Cantilever bridge and the old
SUSPENSION bridge. The latter was con-
stFncted in the year 1855, and has car
riage and pedestrian roadway 50 con-
strUcted as to allow of safe passage
directly under the railway, and is 822
feet long. lt@as very remarkable to see
a Hong tram of cars passing over this
elevated bridge anG to see the manv
passengers eagerly peeping out of the
windows, allofthem fearful and excited,
lest the trembling structure should give
way and drop them into the raging
waters below them. But the railroad
company are very cautious and move
very slowly over the bridge giving the
more courageous very good view of
the falls and surrounding scenery.
Soon the whistle screams. The trouble
and fears .areover; nerves settle down,
and the diary records: az have safely
crossed and viewed the Niagara Falls
the wonder and admiration of all be-
holders,'' if the traveller is fortunate
enough to pass over during the daylight
After little pafiey with the gate keeper
of The new and wonderful Cantilever
bridge, for the gates on either side are
kept closed against visitors, except by
permit from the superintendent, the
gates were opened to me and l enjoyed
a walk over and back; but while / was
in the centre of the bridge, long, heavy
freight train came steadily and so
smoothly over that scarcely culver
was peroeptible. The visit was the more
interesting tome, as during November,
1888, l passed this way into Canada,
just the same day that the centre span
of this wonderful cobweb-in-appearance
structure was placed in position, an &C
count of whichiI gave you in previous
correspondence, about the above date.
The pathway .up the river shows by
its weI-beaten track that many are the
thousands who pass over 1t viewing by
the %ayside the wild strawberry, rasp-
berry and blackberry, interspersed with
evergreens, rocky cliffs and tall pines.
These, with ansoceasional peep down the
cliffs to the fOamilg river, are very in
teresting to theaover of beauties of sub
lime nature.
AS we near the new wire swing bridge
for carriages and footmen, Just below
the Horseshoe FG,ls (25 cents will pass
each footman over9 and as was taking
this view, turned eagerly to grasp
something new, and beheld a train of
-four barrels rolling down a tramway
very regularly, one after the other, all.
new and SO clean that was determined
to know how otter the man who stood
at the aperture of "A ilong cooper shop
rolled down, those EN- PITY flower barrels
in such precision. Thirty seconds by
my watch, and /: counted six of those
barrels following cad. other. OF course
my curiosity must be gratified to learn
the cause and effect rof this unusual
scene. At the entrance of a capacious
Touring mill was posted up "No admit
ance." next found myself in the
Office of the conoer2, and found a
gentleman, who after short converse
ton, informed me that that the mill was
owned by Shulkoff & Matthews. of
Buffalo, n. Y, and thGtithe capacity of
the mill was 100 barrels of flour per
day. It is run by ffty-ene pairs of roll
lers, and eleven pairs of bnrs. ONLY
think of about z 600 bushels of wheat 4
being crushed into -four none day by |
single mill. | obtained permission to
pass through this gigantic affair. Every
thing was concise and orderly, and very
interesting to see. Especially The pack
ing department, where the barrels as
we'll as the paper sacks and half sacks
were quickly and accurately packed by
machinery. From the packing depart
ment the barrels and sacks were remov-
ed onward TO the warehouse, the hand |
ling of the barrels was done quickly, /
passing from one to the other, each one |
exhibiting great skill in disposing of
them until they passed the last hands /
with twirl and rolled or their chime |
on a curve, through q large doorway, 7
and were taken from the warehouse by I
other hands and placed on the trains OF
ears and conveyed to various points of [
Canada and the United States. Thus,
from 1000 to 200 barrels daily
pass down from the tramway and out of
the mill, filed and fitted for she supply
of the many, and distributed to the
needy, but not for charity alone, but to
enlarge the already burdened Golfers.
Thus moves on the world. As it was in
the beginning, is now, and ever will be.
while mortality exists. Being gratifed
and interested with my visit, l conclud-
ed this part of my trip by stepping up
above the mill, near the COOPER shop and
found the motive power, large canal
brought from the lake above the falls,
and not only runs this but an abund-
ance of other machinery. A rainfall set
in, so that / only passed up to Goat
Island bridge, viewed fifty small aliga-
tors, took street car to the whirlpool
AMI glided on to New York.
On my November visitI walked up
the river on the Canada side, where
there are some every pretty cottages,
with evergreen surroundings, and while
opposite the grand mills previously
spoken of, there is sublime waterfall,
where is to be seen the result of the
waste water from the canal after running
the machinery of the mill and other