Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-29

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Falls. On first entering the tunnel i
is very dark and you begin to feel in
finitely small and powerless with The
thought of the mighty weight of rocks
above and surrounding you. A little
| further on and dim light brighten'
up the dark cave and you soon emerge
out under "a portion of the great Horse
shoe cataract. We then begin TO first
realize the stupendious force Of the
water as it dashes over the Falls
Rubber clothing here is not of much
avail. | soon found that my clean
starched linen and new tie that | had
taken so much pains TO change that
morning were soon soaked ready for
the laundry and no drowned rat could
have looked more forlorn than we by
the time we reached the elevator again.
But the grandeur OF the scene my pen
fails to describe.
After changing our rubber suits we
again boarded the cars on our down
ward trip to Queenstown. Our trip down
carried us past and always i'm sight of
some of the grandest scenery on this
continent. On leaving the Table Rock
House we soon came in sight of the
great Cantilever bridge, one of the
first bridges of this kind ever erected.
The length of the bridge is $40 feet,
heighth OF rail above water 245 feet.
This bridge was begun in 1883, and
completed in about two years. With
in a stones throw below is the Railway
Suspension bridge. The total span of
this bridge is S25 feet, height 25S feet.
1t is suspended from four wire cables
each lot inches in diameter. On our
return we crossed this bridge on foot
From here the road winds along the
river, sometimes running so near the
precipice that one holds their breath
and breaths sigh of relief when
across. Over chasms that look down
on the tops of tall trees below. Creep
ing around the sides of the mountain,
on towards Queenstown we 90. Soon
the rapids are in sight. Here the river
is very narrow and the great body Of
water rushes through the rocky bedded
gorge with the swiftness of wild
horse. On. on it rushes, sweeping
'Vcrything before ~ down TO the 4
below. The road here winds
around the whirlpool and gives fine
view from two points, above on the |
liver and below.
Leaving the whirlpool we soon came |
n sight OF Brooks monument. This |
is near the top Of the noun
ain overlooking Queenstown on the |
canadian side and Lewiston ON the |
american side. The mountain has a
otal height OF about $50 feet. From
lere one has splendid view of the
country. On clear day |
he city of Toronto can be plainly seen
n the distance. Brooks monument
vas erected to the memory of Gen.
3rock, who was killed on the famous
battlefield of Queenstown Heights in
he war Of 1872. A stone erected by the
Prince of Wales marks the exact spot
where he was killed. The monument
vas first erected in 1926 but was de-
troyed by an explosion in 1910. The
resent structure stands on a base 40
eet square and is 1S5 feet high, erected
n 1853.
We now commence descending the
mountain and are soon passing over
he old battle ground of Queenstown
Heights. Passing the battle ground
1e arrive at Queenstown, one OF the
ldest towns in Canada and the highest
'oint on the river that boats touch
1t one time this is said to have been a
cry busy, prosperous town, but time
as wrought changes. Here death and
ecay have held full sway and changed
he once prosperous town to small
umble down village. A few old stone
buildings that are almost ready to tum-
lie down are about all that remains.
he old custom house, one or two old
tone churches, and the old stone
uilding where the first newspaper in
'anada was printed is about all, and
he latter now stands an old ruin.
a few minutes walk on the wharf
long the river and good drink from
spring that flows down the mountain
ide, then we are ready for the return
rip and in about half hour, find our
elves at the lower suspension bridge,
here we leave the cars and buy a ,
cket for the privilege of walking ,
cross to the American side, where we
gain boarded car and soon arrived
t our hotel in time for dinner
After refreshments and short visit ,
q again started for the American {
alls and crossing the bridge above
ne Falls we find ourselves on Goat /
'land. Following up the shady path {
} the right, we pass over on Luna Isle. /
his little island is point running out |
etween the two falls on the American q