The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-09-06
A TRIP TO THE BUFFALO
EXPOSITION AND NIAGARA FALLS
EDITOR BULLETIN

. to do the sePan-Am." at Buffalo, it
has been suggested that an account
of the ten days trip to eastern New
York and Toronto be given the read
ers of your paper.
On the morning of August 10th,
eve two" boarded the north bound
train for Buffalo via Louisville, Gin
cinnati and Cleveland. Our friends
not only wished us bon voyage, but
even the clements were weeping CO.
piously, whether for JOY or sorrow
could not be determined, however,
and continued so to lament up to the
time we took sleeper at Louisville
and dustless trip. Cleveland was
reached on schedule time and as the
Getty of Buffalo" was not due to
sail for an hour or more, after re-
freshing the inner woman with the
remains of a well-filled lunch box
and the addition of weak coffee, a
carriage drive was INDUCED in.
Euclid Avenue is considered one Of
the most beautiful residential streets
in the United States. The palatial
mansions are built far from the
street and are indeed imposing 1T
appearance, covered as they are with
ivy and fronted with broad velvety
lawns, dotted here and there with
beds of gorgeous flowers.
The hour passed all too quickly.
By 9 o'clock Saturday morning we
were out upon the broad bosom of
Lake Erie. The Getty of Buffalo"
is the second fastest steamer that
plies between Cleveland and Buffalo.
It has a capacity of 1262.s3 gross
tons, carrying $500 passengers, with
a crew of 125 men. The present
Captain bears the good old name of
Smith. Through the courtesy of
the Purser we were shown over the
steamer. While in the engine room
we were nine feet below the surface
of the water.
We landed at Buffalo at o'clock
in the evening, and ourselves and
the inevitable grips were soon lodged
at ia Elmwood Avenue.
Buffalo is beautiful city, having
broad, well-kept asphalt streets. The
street car system is seemingly per-
feet. For 3 cents almost the entire
city can be encircled.
As to the ''Pan," anyone who
has seen one Exposition has practl-
cally seen all. The grounds are
beautiful. The brain that planned
and then executed the same is that
of genius. In the center of the
grounds stands the electric tower,
perfectly symmetrical in its min
utest detail 1000 lis hts burst
from 1t each evening. From it's
base miniature Niagara is ever
pouring at the rate of $50 gallons al
second. The volume of water is 80
feet wide at the base and 20 feet
high. Scores of fountains are play
ing in all PAL is Of the grounds con-
stantly.
1t was a sight long to be remem-
bered to witness the turning on of
16O, 900 lights, the pressing of one
button does the work. The power
is supplied direct from Niagara in
the electrical building. What an
age of rapid development
The buildings are so erected that
each side balances the other as to
proportion and symmetry, making a
perfect whole, but the. thought ever
uppermost in the mind of the
writer was, what skill, labor and
genius expended, and how soon to
see the results destroyed Ere the
dawn of new year all that beauty
and maguiicence will be no more,
and Forest Lawn Park will have re-
sumed its normal aspect.
The exhibits were good, especial
ly those in the government and
manufacturing buildings.
1t would be unfair to make no al
fusion to the Midway, the pleasure
loving feature of all Expositions.
We were so fortunate as to be
able to take in all the really inter-
esting shows (but were not in turn
taken in by any, from Chiquata,
the Doll Lady, 26 inches in height,
to Cardiff, the giant (stone, how
ever, feet tall. From a Trip to
the Moon in the airship, Luna, du
ing which we encountered a verita-
BILE storm in the upper currents of
air, to visit to the lower regions