The times., 1901-05-26
TRANSMITTED TO BUFFALO
Thunder of Niagara's Cataract
Heard Over the Telephone.
One of the Unique Features at the
Pan-AmerIcan ExpOsitiO.'-RoaT Of
the Water Gathered by Mega
phone in the Cave of the Winds.

BUFFALO. May 25.-The great majority
Of people who visit Niagara Fails seldom
get a fun idea of the sUblimity Of the
waterfalls and surrounding grandeur untli
they have Ioitered about the beautlfu!
locality an hour or two. 1t Is so awe
tnspiring that the spectacle has a ten
5encv 10 daze ones senses and for time
people unger about the fascinating river
hardly knowing what to say The mighty
roar Of the falls greets them long before
their eyes rest upon the falling waters
and they see the rapid current hurrying
the waters on to the awful brink over
which the food of old Erie flows
When the grandeur of the scene is fully
understood; when the mind Is sufficiently
recovered from surprise at the wonderful
beauty Of the river and falls 70 under
stand the full magnihcence Of the specta-
Gle the visitor begins to search out the
features of this world-wonder- 1t is
then that the heart and its sentiments
are brought in closer touch with nature
and her workings. and the glorious sub
Unity Of the cataract is thoroughly com
pretended.
There is no part Of the locality immedi-
stely about the falls; no part OF the
mighty chasm, plowed from the noun
tain top seven miles away by the waters
of the precipice but what Is rep'ete with
interest Niagara's roar and impressions
of its mightiness are ever present ana
the sound OF the falling waters taat
plunge over the brink of this prec;plce
makes music for the ears of millions.
So adept has become the application Of
the telephone. the instrument that was
shown gyith such great curiosity at the
Centennial Exhibition in 1876 that this
music Of the tossing, tumbling. dancing,
foam-crested waters Of the Falls Of Nj
acara is being transmitted from the point
where the sound is most tumuituous and
fnspiring to the Pan-Amarican Exposition.
there TO give joy TO thousands upon thou
sands. To accomplish this marvellous re-
suit a long distance telephone transmit
ter has been placed in that wonderful
cavern. the Cave of the Winds, right un-
der the falls. Attached to the transmit
ter there is megaphone, and this gathers
the sound Of the plunging waters for the
telephone transmitter. Leading from the
transmitter are two wires, and these run
into the Niagara Falls central station Of
the Ben Telephone Company. From this
point, or station, a special wire is run
10 the telephone exhibit IN the exposition,
whore receivers viii be available at which
the crowds may listen to the transmitted
roar Of the cataract twenty miles away.
This transmitted roar is thoroughly
realistic With attentive listening one can
hear the water splashing with frightful
force on the rocks that have for ages
withstood the powerful downpour from
the river Ie0 feet above
The fact that the transmitted electric
energy of the falls is everywhere present
about the Pan-American grounds and
buildings, and that the very roar of the
falls, the Thunder OF Waters" is also TO
be heard. brings the exposition and Mag
ara doVbly close together. Combined, they
offer the rarest treat ever afforded, both
for entertainment and edihcation.
All who hear the transmitted roar of
the cataract viii want 10 look upon the
spot from which the gathered sound en-
anates. 1t is reached by crossing from