Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-09-26
TO NEWFOUNDLAND.
More of Mr. and Mrs. Frazer's
Summer Trip.


Summer Trip.
They Have An Interesting Visit to the
Northland-Quaint and Curious Little
Towns and Their Inhabitants Kind
Hearted Mortimer Meet Them Every
where = Interesting Scenes on the
Coast of Newf0undland-A Glance at
the Cod Fisheries.
Sydney, the capital OF Cape Breton
Island, is charmingly situated on the
Harbor, magnificent sheet OF water
large enough to accommodate several
fleets, and deep enough to allow the
largest ocean going vessels to come up
to the wharves. Sydney proper lies
on rising ground, Nesting in q curve
OF the hdrbor, and half an hours sail
across the bay nearer to the entrance
is situated North Sydney, with its
mines visible three or four miles to
the West. Together they have a
population of about ten thousand and
Sydney has about the same, but the
population is rapidly growing with
the advent of the roller mills and 9TH
er industries which are in process of
being or to be built. Near Sydney
lie the Whitney mines and on enter
ing the harDor at night, ones eye is
Immediately caught by the glitter Of
their arc lights which apparently form
glittering coronet, reminding one of
the Trocadero Illuminated. By daylight
however, the scene is prosaic enough,
though busy and interesting, two or
three steamers and as many sailing
vessels lying at the immense piers,
loading up for Canadian, Newfound-
land and New England ports.
We spent day or two very pleas
antly at the Sydneys, boating is good,
and there are many charming drives
to Little Bras dor, the Lakes and
many other points, while an hour
and half's journey by rail is historic
Louisburg. From the Sydneys sail
vessels all over the world, and it re-
quires no prophet to predict that the
harbor is destined to play very i'm
portant part n the commerce OF the
Dominion. It's only drawback is that
it is not a winter port, but as that of
Louisburg is open all the year round,
improved railroad facilities would
soon greatly increase the trade of both
ports.
We debated long as to how we
should make our Newfoundland trip,
whether on the S. S. Bruce, a fine
vessel which sails to Port au Basques
and there connects with the railway
to ST. Johns; on sailing vessel to
Fortune bay on the South coast, or on
the S. S. Harlaw, which sails from
Halifax bi-weekly, alternately along
the South coast to Placentia, and
along the West to the Straits Of Belle
Isle. This time it was to be her
long (Northern) trip, and we decided
to GO on her, and found no reason to
regret our decision.
AS she sails from Halifax through
the Bras Or Lakes, touching at sew
eral little points, the time Of her ar
rival at Sydney is determined by the
amount of freight she has to deliver
but one night we heard a sound we
were destined to become well acquaint-
ed with, few CHEEKY explosions, like
a giants guffaw followed by a long
drawn out peal, up to high &c" and
down again, in short the "Harlaw's"
siren and next morning we were bid
ding farewell to some OF the friends
we mad made on our travels and who
in their kindly colonial fashion came
down to see the wanderers off.
= L, l. f<xx
the next ten days, word about her
will not be out Of place. She is one
of the Pickford and Black liners and
is steel vessel OF, | think about
twenty five hundred tons with four
inch oak sheathing at her water line
for during the latter part Of February
and the beginning Of March she is en-
gagged in the sealing trade, she is a
very steady boat and her accommo
dations are excellent, the staterooms
being very comfortable and roomy,
and the table excellent. Her officers
and crew were most kind to us and as
for Captain Scott nothing seemed to
be too much trouble for him to do for
our pleasure and amusement, Dur
ing our whole stay in the Maritime
Provinces and Newfoundland we ex-
perienced nothing but kindness and
courtesy but the trip on the ''Harlaw"
will always remain in our minds as a
happy remembrance of thOughtfulness
and hospitality.
For some distance after leaving
Sydney, the steamer skirts the toler-
ably level country to the immediate
North West Of the harbor, then she
steers for Cape Smoky, crossing the
bay formed by the mouth of the Big
and Little Bras or, and ST. Anne's