Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-02

We left Boston August &c, 1897, for a
trip to st. Paul, MN, to attend the
Farmers national congress, going aud
returning VIA The Great Lakes, Duluth
and Chicago. The journey to Albany,
through western Masssehus etts, and
from thence through the Mohawk valley
to Buffalo, WAS pleasant but uneventful.
The grand Army of the Republic was
holding its encnmpment and annual
festival at Buffalo The city was beauti-
fully decorated for the occasion, wit
triumphsl arches across prominent
streets. The hotels, restaurants, side
walks and pubic conveyances were filled
with happy ex-sodiers highly enjoying
meeting old comrades, talking over army
experiences, aud glad 10 take each OF her
by the hand on their annual outing and
gala day.
We visited Niagara Falls, twenty-five
miles north OF Buffalo, and renewed our
impressions of that world famed water
fall. One should visit Niagara more than
once to drink in its mighty grandeur and
sublmity We drove to Goat Island, Nj
agara park, crossed the bridge to the Cana
dian Sic from which place we viewed
the Great Cataract and brought away
with us vivid memory pictures OF that
marvel. as fall OF water.
Buffa o was laid out and settled in 1901 !;
WAS mt by the British and Indians In
1913, uao left but two houses standing Of
two hundred which the village contained
Congress appropriated sSo,000to compen
safe he sufferers for the loss they had
sustained.
ter the close OF the war OF 1872, Buff
faIo grew and prospered, and in 1882 re-
ceived city charter, which was amen ded
in 1852 to include Black Rock.
fhe city is situated at the foot OF Lake
Erie; has eleven railroads centring there,
is the terminus OF the Erie canal has a
good harbsr, with five miles of water
frontage on the Lake and Niagara river,
and a population OF about 100000. 1t has
an extensive trade with the lakes by yes
sci, and is the largest lumber market in
the world.
Buffalo claims to be the ceanest, best
lighted and healt hest city in the United
States. Its streets are broad, and for the
most part cross each other at right angles.
They are onamented with shade trees,
lined with imposing public and private
buildings, and are traversed by fine
electric car system.
ON LAKE ERIE.
On Friday, Aug. 27, at 10 30 p. m. we
steamed out OF the harbor of Buffalo,
which the searchlight OF our ship, the
"Northwest", lighted for us, bound for
Cleveland, our first landing, 1S3 miles dis
tant.
The "Northwest" and "Northland",
ships of the Northern steamship COM
pany's line, are $50 feet in length, built
OF steel, fitted in yacht style to carry 500
first class passengers and no freight, and
to make the run between Buffalo and
Duluth, l065 miles, in three days.
In the morning at s O'Clock we were at
Cleveland, where we stopped an hour and
half to exchange passengers and to take
on coal. We utilized the time in seeing
the sights OF the city.
Cleveland was laid out in 1896 by Gen.
Moses Cleveland, for whom it WAS named.
1t was incorporated rs village IN 1914;
as city in 1886, and now has a popula
ton OF about 100000. 1t is a place OF
great commercial and manufacturing
Importance, on the southern side Of Lake
Erie, and seaport OF the lakes, with
good harbor. Many vessels enter and
clear at this port, and here many are
built for the lake trade.
We were driven through the principal
streets, including Euclid avenue, said to
be one OF the finest residential avenues in
the country: broad, long and lined with
beautiful private mansions sitting well
hack from the street and fronted with
broad and weil-kept lawns. The hotels,
public buildings, mercantile and business
structures are imposing and such as
would ornament any city. The western
portion OF the city is given over to manu-
featuring, from the chimneys OF which
issue dense columns OF black smoke, the
effect of which is noticeable on the de-
faced walls of buildings in the residential
and business portion.
We started again on our journey, and
steamed away across Lake Erie to Detroit.
The waters of the lake, the gulls, fish
hawks and smoke on the horizon from
tunnels OF steamers hull down in the dis
lance, forcibly reminded US Of the great
salt sea.
Lake Erie is $40 miles long, forty wide,
with a mean depth OF 120 feet. 1t is $50
feet above sea level. Its area is about
5000 square miles. The Erie canal con-
meets it with the Hudson river.
We were behind time at Detroit so had
but little time to see the city, but had a
fine view of it from the deck OF our
steamer in passing its nine miles Of water
front, and Belle Isle, it's island park, laid
out by Frederick Law Olmsted.