The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-13
a Ten Days Trip to Niagara Falls and
Through Canada.

Special correspondence of the Republican.
Awaiting myself of the inducement
offered by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's personally conducted tour
t. Niagara Falls, in charge OF an agent
OF the company, and lady a5 chape-
ron, myself and wife left the Whining
ton depot onJulyS0that6a a. m, having
previously purchased our tickets from,
and to Wilmington on curriculum from
Niagara. On entering the cars at Will
mington, was pleased to find my friend
William Baxter, Of Fourth and Shipley
streets, who, like ourselves, was going /
TO Niagara Falls, and from thence
long distance to visit relatives in On
tario near the lay Of Quinto.
Arriving at Philadelphia we procured
parlor car tickets, and at a. nj. we
left for Niagara Falls. passing over
the Pennsylvania, Northern Central
and NewYork Central railroads without
change of cars, stopping at Williams
port Penna., for dinner at LIS p, M, |
and at Canandaigua. N. y, at 715 p. |
m, for supper. At each OF these
places half hours stop was made to
afford passengers ample opportunity
/ for getting their meals. The hotels at
both of these places are fine, commo-
dious buildings, and the tables are
as we'll supplied as at any OF the large
hotels at which We were guests during
our trip OF eleven days.
On the trip out we stopped at sum
dry places, 10 take on passengers. The
most important OF these were Mount.
| Joy, Harrisburg, Sunbury, Milton,
Montgomery, WilliamBport, in Penn
sylvania, and Elmira, Watkins Glen,
Penn-Yar, Canandaigua and Rochester,
N. Y, arriving ut Niagara Falls strict
ly on schedule time, IL O'Clock p. IN.
, OF the many routes from Wilmington
to Niagara, none of them present such
beautiful scenery as the one above
described. The beautiful mountain
scenery along the Susquehanna river
from Harrisburg to Milliamsport, is
1 the finest OF any ever saw, although
i have frequently passed along the
Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains
= in Western Pennsylvania, West Virgin
: Ia and Virginia At many Of the larg-
. err towns through which we passed, we
saw immense saw mills, looms and
RATS of logs, with millions of feet Of
y prepared lumber for building purposes.
Among the largest of those were Mil
lersburg, Milton and Williamsport,
The large trees are cut up on the
mountains, and slide down shutes to
a the banks ut the waters edge, where
they are formed into RATS and fioated
l are manufactured into merchantable
lumber; and from thence shipped by
water or rail to all parts of the United
v States.
!, At Watkins Glen, tho train stopped
for several minutes; 1t is beautiful
I plnce, magnificent hotels, boarding
Il houses, and handsome private resi-
a deno es, with beautiful grounds connect
ed herewith. Watkins is situate uf
d l.sN1 4iFa La
It banks of which the railroad passes too
10 and in full Wow OF the lake for many
miles. Along the border of the lake
Tor miles, the slope between the lail
road and the lake is covered with vine
7 Yards, the vines in which were hang
Il ing heavily laden with grapes. The
!. scenery along this lake is very beautl
:, ful, SO much So that the pen Of the re
porter, or the pencil OF the artist utter
i ly fails to describe 1t. The city o
Rochester is beautiful place; it is
situated on Gennesee river,a short dis
lance from Lake Ontario.
70 The New York Central railroad from
r Rochester, runs In course almost dut
IT. West to Niagara Falls, passing through
4, the counties OF Monroe, Orleans ant
20 Niagara, the principal town on tn,
railroad, between those two point
being Albion, Lockport and Pendleton
hlAtNihB Nv ANisAt1 fhth tRtA9s HO IT. oilN'
st went TO the Niagara House, of whicl
~ J. v. Carr is the proprietor; he is
u genial, whole .sUuled landlord, an
es thoroughly understands his duties
OF The rooms assigned to MIR. baxter, my
in self and wife, were on the second lloOl
of good size, neatly furnished. ant
well lighted, and the tables We're huut
tiluliy supplied with excellent food
the walters were all pretty, neat look
nf if1yr Canadian nil
" thoroughly understand their duties
nd The Niagara House is only about tire
Z, squares from the American Falls, an
in close proximity to the beudtifu
Niagara Park, which extends down t
the Falls. This park is hundsomel
on wooded, with fine carriage drives an
nd walks, with rockeiys and fountains
". and large pavilion, free for the accou
mediation Of residents and visitors.
Whilst on the trip out, we bucam
no acquainted with Mr.. G. Nichols and hi
,,n mother OF 527 sylvester street ] hi
adelphia, who were making their liz,
visit to Niagara they went with III
II and put up at Niagara House. III
oana next morning after our arrival, "
~ had an early breakfast, and throug
tho landlord, we secured
= handsome carriage with IL pair
beautiful horses, and compctel
guide as driver and we set out I
- vislt all the points OF interest, both q
9i. the American and Canadian side OF Il
niagara Hiver; by this means, we WEI
conveyed to all points of interest tbot
=, on tho American and Canadian sid
b. stopping at each point, and gettil
out oil our carriage. taking ample Tin
l6 TO inspect each place.
oe We llrst visited the Three Sisters /
20 land, and Goat Island above the Anne
ISe lean Falls, or more properly hetwet
the great American fallsnnd the llor
Shoe Falls on the Canadian side.
visited and went down the incline
railway over two hundred feet at Il
cave OF the winds, on the bank of Il
river, close 20 the falls. Here we we
compelled to carry open umbrellas
Inc na9ollad u ha nm tiu Hpfag, VIM !,
81, yisitaL I'D ,,nf,i,Is hof,ra ia Ill, a,
I'll 5 tba .,ra,t ,,,i, irl,,5,,I ,,,Lo,e, Iart W.
=, lost his life. Here the turbulent waite
~, are confined i'll n barrow compass al
81 are in constant whirl. At this Doi
ord hnilin'g n tbn IN ~, ~ W. Inv ~,
pot is 20 feet III depth; this desce
sic. was gained by an elevator, The dep
OF the water in this narrow whirlpo
basin Is said to be 400 feet deep; d
water here is of a very deep gre
.,.l color; to stand ut the bottom of At
ing oynrhnnvfnr ,nt,l;ts 5;t, rnntf ,i'o,.s, ~
~ henu, with the rushingand WLirling
!, no no I lie water in the Whirlpool, hcnea
ile your feet, whilst above and below (
n. whirlpool the mighty rushing watt
tlg Insb he river .lS lea fNpr ~,