Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-28
CHTCAGOTOPALMYRA
pJlng Echoes Of The Worlds Co..
umbau Exposition.
nARSEssrSe GREAT NIAeaRA.
Looking for The Hill Cumoreh-Place
Where ihs Plates Wtrs--sugsrs.
ton for lis Preservation

Evefybouy kuOWs inst Ohlchk9 y
uc OF the big cities oi America. Al.
most every nation On earth bas n
representative 10 iis motleJ population.
IL was once though. that the Column
bian Fair would have left the city
very dull snd dat, In business sense,
but such arc the YEA, resources con.
tfiJuiing 10 its growth that the great
event lie almost forgotten.
Remembering the great Fair, took
stroll around the grounds VI Jackson
Park. Nearly all the buildings have
been burned down. There arc still
standing the Convent VI RAbidn, now
used A. health resort for small chill.
dren. The Att Building, enotsining
vast collection Of exhibits either put-
chased or donated, IL now called the
Field Columbian Building Tor tho
reason that Mafshall Field invested
sl,OOO,OO0 aud donated u TO the city.
Ths collection AZ II now stands is I'D.
mirsbly Arranged and is without doubt
No instructive an object lesson In the
progress Of locomoiion ~ can be found.
1t combines all the attractive
features Of the Transportation
Building OF the Columbian Fnif.
In n slough are also 10 be- seen tho imi.
tation carnyols, fac aimiles Of the ofigi-
malls Of when Columbus was tho
commodore. They looH neglected ana
foflorn and are Ia tho inn0ral pr0cos.
sion Of the other attractions. The
Viking boat 10 preserved also; M well
~ the German building near the lake
fhofe. Those who saw the gland cx.
hibi,lon In lie glory will feel a sense VI
sadness that the splendid vision Of
name ingenuity has disappeared.
II IL no wonder inst county folK
rush 10 the big cltles, fOf when We
stroll around the splendid pafEr, oil
which there are nearly twenty 10 and
around Chicago, thousauds Of PERSONS
can be seen lounging IN them. Lin.
coin park has epleadid menagetio-
aud perfect roads TOR bicyolisli; also n
water way Tor boat racing. Then
pgAiu, there are flower beds VI on-
chanting beauty aud nowhere eau you
rec keep OH the grass" Everybody
seems really to enjoy these breathing
spots, and none more w than the poor.
ta,-and no one seems TO violate the
Iauctily OF these fine attractions. IL
u no way surprising that such
place ara crowded on Sunday
aud the ohufcnes empty - Tor
they seem TO believe with Bryant that
'tlhe groves were Gods FIRST temples.D
This seems 10 DO the poor mAn's
church, II We may Judge W tue audi
ences.
Chicago has one street 20 miles long;
the city IL spreading all over the couu-
try around. what hlEe " will be when
II IL a hundred years old none Of Us
eau tell. There arc numbsfs now liv.
ing who remember the old tort that
stood on the spot where Chioago now
stands In 1882.
BY way OF diversity 1 travelled over
the Michigan central through the pro-
lific state " Michigan; II Ia ono Of the
high.class roads OF thu United States.
A. one station an attendant passed
through the cars handing out bouquola
Of flowers 10 each lacy passenger.
They also have system Of dining
care that pfeHouth new features.
Elegant lunches arc served nj thirty
i've, fiity anu svyenly.iive cents each
On eaoh side OF tho road tho apple
crop 10 enormous; the tstlmatCd sup.
/ ly amounts 10 ", O0O,000 bushels, two
TO three million bushels Of which arc
exported.
one part OF the road runs through
the domain OF our old friend Queen
NiotOrai apples hud white beans are
tho most prominent attractions until
we reach tue wOTld.TenOwned Niagara
Falls-tne browning Ieet Of natural
beauty In the eastern part OF
North America. Every traveller that
can should stop OIL there rs long ~
possible. II Ia no longer the dead.fall
II used TO be. Both Canada and the
United States have made the surround.
ings beautiful, and she attractions are
under the control OF tho ttaie VI New
York on one Hiue, and OF the DOmlDlOn
OF Canada on the other.
Next to the falls, whose praises have
bfen sung by everyone, the utilization
Of the great water supply IL an object
Of wonder. Dozeus OF factories are
being constructed, the source OF
power, 10 n great extent, being sup
piled by The Cataract and Niagara
Falls Power company. Already they
have four dynAnOs In operation Of
5000 horse power each, aud room Tor
lix more. The noibe Of tho falls has
been distinctly heard by telephone In
New York. Al electric ROAD runs to
Buffalo; uiiils nj TonAwanda, IL miles
away, are also operated. All tho fac.
tories nj Niagara Falls, great paper
mills, aluminium works, street lighting
anu electric rlads arc run from this
limitlesa source OF energy. IL 10 calcu.
lated that the falls eau be utilized 10
the extent Of 1000, 600 hOree poweEanu
supply all the surrounding country;
anu this Ia only beginning.
A whole ohhpter could DO written
upon NiagaTa; but my readers may
tire Of the effort to tell them OF such a
wonder 1000 milea away, when our
own NiRgNrn near by has never yet
been touched, and hardly seen. re-
fef to the 5hOshone and Twin Falls on
Snake river. II the people have
Niagara In the east, We have one In
tue wesi. But Niagara IL mighty
fall. IL dTains $4,000 square mile; IL
Ia 1874 feet high, II IN this outlet Of the
interior lakes, ON Whose bosom an i'm.
me- 90 shipping fioats, whose waters M
he Canadian anu American shores IuT
thousands OF miles anu the commerce
OF an interior continent greater than
the coast line OF the Atlantic Ia trans
acted.
Ersm pictorial standpoint the falls
anu surroundings are perfect, they Rrs
empowering and fai olnating beyond
all descripiion. Twenty-Five railroads
run 10 them, all fTeiR hted with admir-.