West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-13
MA GARA'S ROAR
AT EXPOSITION.
Thunder OF the Cataract to he Trans.
mitted b, Telephone

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The great majority Of people who vis
Niagara Falls seldom get fuu idea Of III,
sublimity of the waterfalls and surrounding
grandeur until they have loitered about the
beautiful locality an hour OF two. l, is 81
awe-inspiring that the spectacle has a ten.
deney To dare ones senses and for time
people hnger about the fascinating river
hardly knowing what to say. The mighty
roar of the falls greels them long before
their eyes rest upon the falling waters, and
they see the raoid current hurrying the wat.
ers 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 to understand
the iull mogniheeuce of the spectacle, tho
visitor begins TO search out the features of
this worldwonder. II is then that the heart
and us sentiments are brought in closer
touch with nature aud her workings, and the
glorious sublmity of the cataract is thor
onghly comprehended There is NO part of
the locality immediately obou, the falls, no
part of the mighty chasm ploughed from the
mountain top seven miles away by the wat.
ers OF the precipice, but what is replete with
interest. Nagara's roar and impressions of
its mightiness are ever present, and the sound
OF the falling waters that plunge over the
brink of this preelpce makes music for the
ears of millions
80 adept has become the application Of
the telephone, the instrumcn Mt that was shown
with such great curiosity at the Centennial
Exposition in 1870, that this music of the
tossing, tumbling, dancing. foaming, crested
waters of the Falls Of Niagara is to be trans.
mitted from the point where the sound is
most umultuous and inspiring to the Pan.
American Exposition, there To- give ioy TO
thousands upon thousands. To accomplish
this marvellous result, long distance tele.
phone transmi,ter has been placed in that
wonderful cavern, the Cave of the winds.
right under the falls Attached To the trans.
miIter there is a megaphone, and this gath.
ers the sound OF the plunging waters for the
telephone uansmitter. Leading from the
transmitter are two wires and these run into
the Niagata Falls central station of the Bell
Telephone Company. From this point. or
station, special wire is run to the telephone
exhibit in the exposition, where receivers
will be available at which the crowds may
listen to the transmitted roar Of the catarec
20 miles away.
TINS transmitted roar is thoroughly real
istic. With attentive listening one can hear
the water splashnC with frighlful force on
the rocks that have for ages withsiood the
powerful downpoar from the river 100 feet
above.
The fact thar the transmitted electric en-
ergy Of the falls is everywhere present about
tho Pan-Amercan grounds and buildings.
and that the very roar OF the fails, the "Thun-
der of Waters" is also to be heard, brings
the exposition and Niagara doubly close to-
geiher. Combined, they offer the rarest
treat ever afforded, both for entertainment
and cdiGcaiion.
MI who hear the transmitted roar Of the
cataract will want TO look upon the spot
from which the gathered sound emanates. IL
Is reached by crossing from the mainland TO
Goat Island, at Niagara. Taking the road
that leads TO the right on the island, few
minutes brings you to the Cave Of the Winds,
the only safe place where it is possible to 90
behind the wonderful sheet of water of IN.
falls. The Cave Of the Winds was first en-.
tered on July IS, 1894, and those who dis
covered it found it to be the home of hun
dreds Of eels For years people slid down
log to view its mysteries, but for over half a
century it has been easily accessible to
visitors.
1t has always been known as Ac5lus Cave,
or Cave Of the Winds It's dimensions arc
100 by 100 feet and 100 feet high. Having
been excayated by the falling, rushing wat
efs, II forms natural chamber. The bath
in the spray cloud, the beautiful rainbows.
and the eyer-changing effect Of the light
passing through the descending mass Of
water produces novel and strange sensations
of commingled terror and safety. The com.
preston Of air in the strange cavern behind
the sheet of water is such as TO render the
interior Of the cave stormy and turbulent.
but il is on impressive effect Of the majesty
Of Niagara. The rainbows form in entire
circles and sometimes there arc two or three
Of them 10 be seen az once, fact that makes
the Cave Of the Winds a very suitable con
neclion and association with the Pan Am.,i
can Exposition, the Rainbog City. in the
entertainment Of the people.