Mower County transcript., 1891-12-23


Facidc Hotel. also the Sherman House On
Clark street. ihe Aud ditoriiu,m buildfnx on
Congress street, re worth ! TIN tos
Chicag % see ne Sind ebaker Build,Dg
and Art Institute are alnone the hest
The Masonic Temple bids fair Is beat the
World isaon the corner of STATE and
Randolph streets. The corner stone was
laid in November. 1890. and ii is tobe.
completed ii May. 1892 The cost 81 this
together with he o,lnd will be s.. 800
coo. I;s height is twenty stories, with
q carrying capacity Of 1000 daily
There is also ! temple being erected u
the corner of LaSa,le and Monroe streets.
which II. under The auspices Of the
Womsns Christian Temperance Union.
4 will be thirteen stories high and viii
cost 81. 1O). CO.., (besides the ground II
was commenced at the same time and Is
sto be completed the same year as The
Masonic Temple Besides these. there
.Is. the Tacoma building and a thousand
others that arc Of interest, but I fear I
am making this letter too long, SO / will:
close with regards to Austin friends with
q promise to write Of The wonders Of
Niagara. .=.sss2ss
NIAGARA FALLS.
The name iagara. i am informed IS
. corruption Of the Indian word ..Onva-
kara. s. supposed to be of the Iraqu,,is
Language. the meaning OF which is
mig ghty, wonderful. laundering water
As We stand and look upon this mighty
waterfall as it flows on in It's robe t,f
terror and bealty =. we can feel that God
is speaking in Il voice Of power and
thunder bidding the life Of man to
keep silence. while He shall look iD awe.
struck praise upon the works that He
has made. The fall o: the river from
the head of the rapids (three-fuur,hs nf
mile above To the edge Of the precipise
is sixty feet. The increased velocity is
from seven miles. Ut the head 10 thirty
miles an hour when il takes its final leap
The rushing adness of these waters as
they go hurrylng and 5foaming in breakers
down the decent into the laundering
abyss below IS far beyond any description
we can give. Whirlp pool rapids is about
one and a half miles from the falls, down
therlyer,Which flows on at a depth of 200
feet, and between banks from $50 to 900
feet%high. AT the rapids the whole force
Of these mighty waters concentrate and
Fit seems as though it would rend asnnder
the steep and rock bound hills which
hold it in its powerful grasp. SoWild
and startling is It's terrific power that
one stands spell bound as the WRITINGS
and angry biiloWs throw spray tive MY or
thirty fertaboYe the head of the spectator
as he 81 iantls al the waters edge AT This
point, i,5Wl. l.ic,l is about 800 feet across, The
entire waters Of Lakes Michigan, ST
Clair, Huron, Superior and Erie, rush
md thunder alon I: ~ the rate of twenty
seven or tWe miles an, hour 1t
IS esslmated that full fifteen hundred
million cubic feet Of water passes through
this gorge every minute. The depth at
this point is estimated to heIt three shrn..
dred feet. There is a wheel placed some
300 feet below the top Of The bank which
runs an elevator for the convenience of
visitors This was at a cost $20, 900. AS
to Whirlpool Basin. / must acknowledge
that I was disapp pointed in its appearance.
I did not find it as I supposed. lin the
shape Of q cup, depressed IN the center)
but on the contrary, the center is much
higher than at the sides. The pool is
formed bv the action of the water as it
is forced around and about the basin to
find an outlet. Il am informed that the
grounds around the whirlpool belong TO
the Deyallx Coil lsge Ga school for orphan
boys) the admission fees go for its sup
port. But enough for now, with good
wishes to all. will try to say some
thing Of the suspension bridge and the
Canada side later on.
G.. ..SHAPLEY.
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