New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
THE SWITZERLAND or AMERICA.

BEAi-TIFr'I PICTURES SHOWN OF SCENES
ALONG THE LEHIGH VALLEY RA1LROAP.
The assembly hall Of the Union League. in PhiIa-
delphia was thronged with people on Friday ana
Saturday, 10 the exhibition Of pictures OF
scenes along the line Of the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road. The pictures Were photographs by W Hlidm
H. Rau or Philadelphia, made last summer.
locomotive and car. fitted up with a dark room
for developing the plates and AL the other ap-
planes Of a Photographic studio were placed AT
his disposal by the railroad company, and the 25o
or more pictures on exhibition are part or the
results Of his work All of them are marvelous,y
clear and true to nature. ana plainly demonstrate
the wonderful progress made In the tecnnlcaI ana
artistic development of photography.
The region through which the Lehigh Valley
Railroad has often been called the "Switzer-
land of America" from the beauty and variety or
the scenery. Many of the pictures are Of scenes
Of which the traveller catches heetlng gmpses
from the car windows as he Is whrled along the
Iehigh anl Susquehanna rivers. Some of the
pictures are of the country in the vicinity OF
Eastoa and Bethlehem, Pa. and the series Of the
vicinity CT Mquch Chunk show the river shut in
by mountain, and the raillcld curying in and out
along the bank.
But the real "Switzcrari Of America" is not
reached until the travelc~ approaches Wilke sbarrc
Here glorious subjects for the artist to be
found on ever side The pictures of this region
There pictures of Glen Summit and the beauti-
ful Wyoming Valley. and vieTS OF forest and
mountain and stream from Point Lookout and
from Wilkesbarre Mountain. The photographs Of
the coliierieS about Wilkesbarre, Mahanoy City
Shenandoah, and P!ttston are exceedingly interest
INK and illustrate in a novel way Penhsylvania's s
great mining industry.
The valley OF the SusQuehanna River offers
endless variety Of subjects for the camera The
various Views Of the river between Falls station
and Towanda show cOnclusively that the scenery
along the river Is varied AMI characterized by a
beauty that must inspire ths prosaic nature.
wanesr Lake. Lake Ganoga. Seneca Lake. Cayuga
Lake. Owasco Lake and HemlOck Lake all
beautifully represented. one OF these lake
Ganoga, stands in virgin hemlock forest of vast
extent. Thc surrOun ling mountains covered
with heavy groth OF hemock that man has never
penetrated. Hem.ock Lake is not far from ROches-
ter. and although not well known of the
A branch Of railroad has been run 10 the lake
from Rochester.
Tive last groun Of pictures are of Niagara Falls
and there Mr. RaU has done some OF his best work
The views OF the Fa,s excellent in every way
Another feature OF the exhibition is the great
ings along the line Of the railroad Lafayette Cot
lege. Easton Pa Lebigh University. at South
Bet n'ehem Pa; Cornell University. Ithaca. y.
Y: Wells College. at Aurora, y. =. and Hobart
College at Geneva. \. Y. are all reprssented
The guests were recei.-ed at the Union Lague on
Friday by committee OF prominent officials OF the
Iehlgh Valley Railroad. including Charles 5. Lee
sisiant passenger agent; f. b. Bylng;on. general
western passenger agent; w. H. Gummere gen
eral baggage age 1t. and Charles Conrad travelling
passenger agent.
The committee hope TO exhibit the photographs
later on IN New-York. Buffalo and Chicago