The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-30

A Il chmondsr's Description of the Beau
tIfui Natural >ceuery.

NIAGARA BALLLS, n. Y. August p.
--Special-Pror Cras. Ii. Winston and
left Washington together on ursudy
mcrning last. with this point as our hes-
tin&tion. Cur tickets kindly s-ioweu W
10 stop over at Watkins Glen. y. l., 30
we spent day there. No words or nine
can do Justice to the wonders OF TINS
g4en Not even photographs, excellent
and accurate as they are. represent tho
beauties OF this gorge. IL must De seen
10 be enjoyed. Imagine "A gorge cut INTO
a slaty shale rock 10 depths varying IRON
iO1 to 200 feet. and from about 80 10 ~"
feet wide, extending about IL mics,
and you have the bdrcst outline OF ulS
glen Mind cannot conceive OF the many
beauteous forms cut out by the water
through this rock until the eye mas nIst
seen them. Here one sees what water
which is proyerbially considered uhstabie
can do 10y perseverance 40 nd'u 10. q.
scenery OF this character surpasses TINS
world-TenOwned glen In attfactiFeness.
IL was restful to stop In the town OF
Watkins-in which lies the entrance 10
the Glen, as nothing seemed 10 excite
the peOple there. Scarcely can one ma
a more restful place. or more suited Tor
recrestion by absolutely 'lnOcuOus ue-
suetLde" The town Is situated az the
head Of the Seneca Lake, whose dimen-
sious are JN36 miles. Though TINS ldho
Is so far North. the oldest" lnhabitant
has never seen II frozen oYer-d nut Tor
scientists TO crack 49,
our next stopping point was Nldbsii d
Falls where We arrived at L. NJ. GA
the 2lst instant, only TO ind that the
hotels were fun 10 overlooking.
This is a place OF never ending inter-
est 10 the tourist, and It's features are
well known TO many VINO nave never
celleut photographs and tll,nsparencles,
which one meets in various MONIES. Al
first the falls are Il little disappOlntlhs'
Tor one expects a much higher fall than IS
4FrfIN y e.
Maid OF The Mist" in the river below
the Falls. their magnitude grows upon
one and the great wonder lmpIlhts u
SET Oh the mind indelliply a. America :
greatest Cataract, ana Hl5At say eHS
worlds AS well
The latest wonder az the age is the
Harvesting OF this mighty natural H.
and making IL 30 man work. Whlch mas
been accOufulished 10y the Niagara Falls
Power Co. This plant WAS visited W Us
this morning. where we learned tnat the
company is already furnishing 100 pow
or OF electric energy. and have dynamOs
ALREADY Installed capable OF furnishing IL.
90 horse power When fully equlppeJ
with dynamOS &c. the plant VIII fulhlsh
10000 horse power Already the
ritv OF Buffalo, twenty-five mile5 away
Is obtaining some OF its electricity from
this plant. and the beginning seems nO'
lust 10 be made IN this matter or long
distance transmission or electrical euer-
81. -,...... 49,,
The recently uisCoNtl'u an "Si'r "'".
fial carbOrundum, Is manufactured here.
and we visited The plant to-day. Inns
substance is harder than sapphire or
corundrum. and Is used FOR purposes NTH
erto requiring emery bnd corundrunL
This corborundrum is silicide OF carbon.
made Nv fusing together sand, coke. saw
dust and salt ia an electric furnace tue
current being furnished by the above
named Niagara Falls Power co. TINS -
a most interesting plant. ana the indus
try seems growing one.
An aluminium factory was seen JUST ne
yond the carboruudum plant. and still
further no the river was seen the calcium
carbide plant. the basis Of the man1ifac-
ture OF the acefyleue Illuminating gas,
which they" claim. will shortly sup
pant ordinary Illuminating gas. Next
geek we 20 to Buffalo. y. Y. TO attend
tho annual session Of the American As
sociation for Advancemenr Of Science.
j. r HUNTER.