The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-23

\ l International Navigation Company's line and started from the foot of Ferry street. where the company's docks are located. for a trip around the historic Niagara frontier. Martin c. Ebel, general manager of the company, acted
 as guide and generalissimo for the
 party. and he had the happy faculty
 of being all over the boat simultan-
 eously.
 | one of the handsomest and fastest
 steamers afioat on the Great Lakes,
 and has a carrying capacity of 1,200
 persons and speed of twenty miles an l hour. She burns hard coal and is man. 1 ned by a most courteous crew. She rides the storm waves Of Niagara River | as gracefully as an ocean greyhound. | Starting from the Foot of Ferry street the boat steamed toward the pie | turesque Canadian shore and thence under the International bridge, fam ous structure to the Canadian channel Steaming through that side of the river one has a delightful view of the sur | rounding country, bucolic Canada on one side and Grand Island wiht it's beautiful summer homes on the other.
 The boat passed historic spots and finally touched at Skaters Point. where
 the party dfsembarked and took trolley cars as the guests of the Niagara Falls Park and River Railway for a ride around the upper and lower rapids, the great cataract and the gorge.
 As the cars start out one gets a 1 grand view of the turbulent waters and the spray of the Canadian Falls in the
 distance. Passing through the old will
 iage of Chippewa the trolley line runs
 through the little wooded Dufferin Is-
 lands and thence to the very brink of
 the river to the great Horseshoe fall. There a stop is made for luncheon at the Dufferin cafe and sightseeing.
 1 Continuing, the cars pass down through Canadian Niagara Falls, Ont,
 and thence on the high bank of the gorge to Queenstown. quaint little
 village which was once the gateway
 to this section of Canada. Gen. Brooks
 monument and other historic points
 are seen here.
 From Queenstown the party crossed the new Suspension bridge over the
 river to Lewiston. an old American vil- iage of historic interest, and from there took the cars of the Niagara Gorge Road for the return trip through the gorge. This ride is one of the finest, if not the finest, in the world, and was full of wonderful and delightful sen-
 sations. At times the cars ran so close
 to the angry waters of the lower rapids that 1t seemed as if the wheels were
 actually going into the water.
 Descending from the gorge the party Ilvisfted Niagara Falls, N. Y, now one
 of the most enterprising cities in New l York State. obtained a fine view of the American falls and upper rapids. and then took cars across the new can tiIeVer bridge to the Canadian side.
 and thence back by the Canadian Nine to Slater's Point, Where they. again
 boarded the boat.
 The trip was full of interest to the members of the party and the ride back on the boat was exhilirating and re- street at o'clock, and the party dis
 embarked after a most enjoyable day
 on the Niagara frontier.
 Those who visit Buffalo and are pressed for time can by this route see more of the Falls than in any other
 way, and the trip is well worth talk
 ing. It is comparatively inexpensive. Of course the center of attraction
 here is the Pan-American Exposition.
 Of that fact you are reminded on every hand and the visitor will soon have his
 fears of lack of accommodation re- moved by the numerous cards to be seen on elegant looking homes fur nished rooms for Pan American visit ors" They are in every quarter of the city and seemingly by the thousand. l The Buffalonfans exhibited a wonder full amount of pluck In this undertak- | ing. They have to depend on their own resources for the, Congress of the United States did not make one dollar of appropriation in ftirtherance of the enterprise. It is literally what | it purports to be, American" and | exhibits are confined to North, South and Central American countries.
 The people of Alabama recall the terribly rainy and cold spring and similar weather, only more intense and disagreeable, prevailed here at the critical period for work on the grounds and buildings. For days at a time it was impossible to do a lick of work on account of heavy downpours of rain. | Much that was done on the grounds was destroyed and had to be done over. In consequence of this there are many things yet incomplete, but every hour lessens the number and by the 1st of July the grounds, buildings and exhibits promise to be complete in every particular.
 The pen of the most gifted writer CT the brush of the greatest painter could not do justice to the scene presented here. Any attempt to give the reader anything like an adequate description of the Exposition would prove futile, but a few notes made in passing will be of interest to all and perhaps en- courage them to make a pilgrimage to this now most interesting spot in the Americas.
 The site of the American Expo sition is an ideal one. It is on high ground and includes many acres of inn proved park lands. It would be dift1- cult though, for a stranger to distin- guish the division line, so perfect is the | blending of the parts. There is a wealth of foliage and Hundreds of beds of lovely flowers. interspersed with grassy glades and graveled walks.
 The buildings. of which there are some twenty very large ones for exhib- it's and about one hundred smaller ones, including state and foreign build ings. midway show buildings, etc, are radiant with color. This is a distinct departure from the custom which ob- tained with the earliest exposItions and has been followed up to this time. At nearly all the expositions the buildings have been white. The idea of the color scheme for exposltfons is not a new one. It has been attempted a number of times and as often abandoned. It has remained for the creators of the Pan-American Exposition to carry out the scheme successfully. The variety | oP ooIore adda IwopdrOuS heautV fo fha