Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
The Weekly EzpOSitor.
FRIDAY, july %, 1903.
TO BRITISH COLUMBIA.
AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM ONE OF
THE PARTY THAT WENT FROM YALE.
Winnipeg, Man, July Goth, IS

| dllhNCu mere llllS MOI IllS ~ % CIOCk
A few notes, by the way, may be %
interest to readers of the EXPOsIToR.
Boarding the cars at Yale Friday
morning the 18th mss. we met seyera
delegates from other localities, making
our party II in numbcS, and consisting
of the observation-disclosures Wharton
viii b. Saville and son Frank, Fred i
Currier, DR.. A. Mitchell, and james
| Brown alt of Yale; 4. w. Simmons, oi
! Speaker; Sam simmons of Fremont
William llunsperger, of Maple Valley
! Wesley Slichter, of Brown City; Jacol
Slichter, of Burnside. Arriving at POrt
! Huron we met several delegates Eron
! Bad Axe, who joined our band. NJ. V.
! Mcinnes, immigration agent at Port
Huron, took the delegates in charge
and assisted us in getting Our chattel>
safely through tlse custom house al
Sarna.
We embarked ON board the steam Ell
| Empire for the 500, leaving Sarnia ~
! o'clock same night, in charge of Mr..
! CrOsthwaite another Dominion immi.
grafton agent. The Empire is II mag.
niiicent boat with very gentismanly
officers, who made things as pleasant
as possible. We madea very enjoyable
trip to GOderich, arriving there Satur-
day morning at > o'clock; the eujoya-
BILE feature was good nights sleep in
! very comfortable berths. The only in
cident worthy OF notice the first night
out, was difficulty in adjusting II
berth to Fred Curricr' longitude. Two
alternatives presented themselves, eth
or to fold him up like jack knife, or
else knock hole through the end of
the berth. The matter was finally set
| tied by the Steward allowing Fred to
stick his feet out through the window
oyer the gunwale.
Five hours delay at that port gave
those inclined for Il walk, an oppOrtu-
nifty to view the city. Goderich has Il
| beautiful and safe harbor, surrounded
on three sides by hills, on which the
city is built. From the boat very little
is seen of the city. \ smart climb, how
ever, and Il good deal OF putting brought
us to the top of the hill, and into the
residence portion of the crty. Wide
and clean, and beautiful shaded streets,
with the fine view of the lake, makes
it rather attractive place to IL stranger,
but like many Canadian towns, lacks Il
look of enterprise, so characteristic of
American towns. Its population is said
to have decreased nearly 900 in IL few
years. Leaving Goderich at 9 O'Clock,
the boat steered for Kincardine, arriv-
ing there mt noon. Not much of inter
est to relate, except, perhaps, the pleas
urc we had III Il pleasant sail over the
calm, clear waters of Lake Huron.
After short stay in Kincardine, the
boat headed for the 500, across the lake
Il distance of POO miles. Towards bed
time, rs if gotten up FOX the occasion,
Il small breeze sprung up, which made
it rather difficult for those not having
sea legs on, TO navigate their way to the
table, in fact quite II number did not
make their appearance to the table at
all, having lost their appetite, and
| Judging from the OminOus sounds pro-
ceeding from some of the state rooms,
| they had evidently lost their dinner too.
But to the credit of the Yale boys, they
| proved themselves no land-lubbers,
kept down what they had, and captur-
ed all within their reach.
Towards dark the wind went down,
and the lake became calmer. and thG
evening was spent in the cabin singing
| sacred music and other things, some
ladies from Detroit leading on the
piano.
Sunday morning at daylight tie
steamer entered the mouth of the 500
river, some siXty-fivc miles from the
500 canal. 1t is impossible for me to
describe the beauties of that ride. 1t
was one continued feast. The mellow
rays of the rising sun glittering ACROSS
the water, the ever varying landscape,
islands clothed with the richest of green
verdure, islands bare and rugged, large
and small, bold, rocky shores, and bays
stretching miles inward, fringed with
green trees, and rising oft times with a
gradual sweep to the tops of hills, 100
| feet high, and again with an abrupt
ness that is startling, all the while the
steamer winding i'll and out through
the narrow channel, sometimes almost
doubling in its tracks. Altogether 1t
was II sight never to be forgotten by
! those who took 1t in.
Nine o'clock Sunday morning we ar
rived at the 500 on the Canada side,
but was delayed foran hour in landing,
owing TO the vessel having stuck her
nose In sand bar. Finally we got on
shore and the party put up at Il very
good hotel which cost only Sl.00 day.
Some five of us went over to the Amer
lean side, and enjoyed the hospitality
of the Hon. Joel Mcmahon, former
resident of Sanilac county, but who is
now located ut the 500, and enjoys a
very lucrative practice. In company
with friend Mcmahon we visited many
points of interest, viewed the locks and
canal and dynamo works.
The locks are located on the Ameri
can side, and are marvel of engineer
ing skill, were built by the American
government and are used by our OWL
and foreign vessels without discrimina
ton and without toll. President Har
rison, however, during his administra
ton, issued u retaliatory proclamation
for some advantage taken by the Can
adam government, and charged al
Canadian vessels toll for passing
through. There were formerly tive
locks built by the state, and were aban
doned as lmpracticable. There is nov
but one which raises vessels from Lax
Huron up to Lake Superior, rise o
Is feet. 1t is $50 feet long, so feet wide
and Is feet deep-S0 vessels passing
through it daily. Our government !
now building another lock close by will
increased capacity, being 1850 feet long
100 feet wide, and % feet deep. Tn
Canadian government is also construct
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