The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-08-11
est on the American side.

EST Oh the American side,
The eXcursiomsts paid 80 cents each
Tor their carriages. but for pointer we
will state that for l5 cents ride can be
had at any time to all points in hacks
which run regularly.
Secretary Page had made arrange
ments for supper at the Imperial Hotel
and the party got it in the neck, so to
speak, at this hotel about as badly as for
dinner on the Canada side. A cold sup
per was set out. which many refused and
they got up, left the hotel and went else
where for good square meal. 1t was
an imposition on the part of the Imperial
Hotel which was pretty thoroughly re-
sented. Happily. these two mea Is at
Niagara Falls were the only unpleasant
features OF the whole editorial outing
and being OF trivial nature were easily
forgotten.
The day spent at Niagara was an
extremely warm one and it was tired
lot of mortals that boarded the sleepers
at bed tine. The train left on the cele-
brated Lehigh Valley road few hours
after midnight, The special had been
pulled at Il high rate OF speed by the
magnificent Grand Trunk locomotives
and soon after leaving Niagara Falls hot
boxes made trouble. At breakfast
tins next morning the train was 2ls
hours behind its schedule time, none of
which it was able to make up before
reaching its destination. However, the
lost time during the early morning
hours, while the tired eXcursionists were
sleeping. was not without its compensa-
tlon. 1t gave them an opportunity OF
viewing the beautiful Seneca Lake
county, of which there is none finer in
the world for agriculture. The
Lehigh Valley road runs along near the
east shore of the lake for something like
30 miles, and it is one OF the prettiest
rides on tho continent. 1t was the
writer's third trip over this route. Each
time the journey seems more delightful.
lunch cara new feature on this
popular road-had been attached to the
train at Niagara Falls, and the reader
can easily imagine the jam the car saw
during breakfast hours. The tourist
would, after rising and making the
morning toilet, trip and stumble through
a half dozen or more crowded seepers,
only to find upon reaching the lunch
car people packed in it like sarlines in
a box, all clam0ring for a sandwich and
a cup of coffee-but all laughing and
good natured, for they knew they were
in the hands OF people doing their level
best for their comfort and convenience.
verybody got something to eat after a
while and then began to enjoy the
beautiful scenery along the route, OF
which the Lehigh Valley has more than
any other trunk line to the sea. At
Sayre, about seven hours ride from
Niagara Falls, the road begins to seek
the river for path into the mountains,
which are reached about 30 miles further
on, below Towonda. Here begins the
most picturesque portion of the famed
Lehigh Valley route. 1t has justly been
termed the Switzerland of America
There are other alleged railroad Switzcr-
lands Oh this continent. other excellent
railway lines crossing the Allegheny
mountains, but none are to be compared
with the one of Which we write for beauty
OF scenery. Another pleasant feature
and an important one of the Lehigh
Valley road is its cleanliness. The loco
motives burn anthracite coal and there is
an absence of smoke and cinders, as well
as dust. The double track is ballasted
with stone and the whole road equipped
with everv appliance for safety and
speed. For hours before entering the
mountains the Lehigh Valley trains
skim along the most beautiful farming
country OF which the Empire state can
boast; and from high noon until the sun
sinks behind the, verdure covered noun
tains which hold the glittering anthracite
diamonds of commerce and darKuess
shuts out the ever changing panorama,
the eye never grows weary nor the senses
tire.
At Wilkes Barre we are near the heart
OF the mountain range and have passed
many long train Of anthracite, which
we poor moltals out this way have to
put up good hard-earned dollars for at
the rate of $12 ton. For Wilkes Barre
we shall long hold tender feeling. 1t
was here that we got the best piece of
huckleberry pie and the sweetest and
coldest glass of milk we had in many
day. One of the best railroad eating
houses in the country is at Wilkes Barre
and the excursionists showed their appre-
clatlon of it by cleaning it out of every
thing edible while the trucks of our cars
were being inspected before the climb
up the mountain. Three heavy engines
took six of the Pullmans and went on
ahead and five minutes after two more
engines took the other four up the grade.
Glen Summit was reached about 3:3o,
215 hours behind schedule time. Here
all took dinner az the Glen ssnnlInit
Hotel. summer resort for the rich Penn.
special fairly flew down the mountains,
ten minutes apart. Our car was the tail
one of the train, and owing to the fine
view from the rear platform, the most
desirable one of the train.
Referring. to the make up OF the train,
reminds Us that iii the distribution OF
the passengers some Of the state delega-
tions were large enough to ill an entire
car, notably that OF illinois. Missouri
and Kansas both had large delegations
also. South Dakota only had three all
TOLD. We felt lost sometimes. Delegates
from Colorado. California, Montana. Tex.
as. Arizona, Louiss-Ia. Mississippi. aud
Washington made up our car; and as the
southerners are as friendly naturally as
tile westerners are breezy, we we're as
lively crowd as the special could boast.