The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-18

fortune to view most of these, but fol
breadth of vision, save one Pike's
Peak, historic interest and pich resquc
loveliness, the outlook from Lookout
Mountain excels them ALL The lover
of the grand In Nature never tires ol
Lookout Mountain. 1t is q noble tenn
pie of the Almighty's greatest master
pieces and a worthy companion to
Niagara, the Yosemite. the Yellow
stone Park and the canyons of the
Colorado, only surpassed in immensely
and grandeur by the Rockies and Sell
kinks of Canada and mountains and
glaciers of Alaska. George Bancroft
the eminent historian, at the age of 81
standing on Point Lookout said.
"In all my travels I have never wit
messed any scene To exceed it's sublime
grandeur" Henry NJ. Stanley, the AZ
rlcan explorer, standing on Point
Lookout" said "This Is the most
magnificent view In the world" Look
out Cave" too. is n place of interest to
the visitor. On entering we are ush-
| cred into room 20 feet high and from
20 to 30 feet wide. From this room we
| pursue our way with varied expert
ences. At one time the cave expands
into n room large enough to hold a
| goodly company, and al another we are
| forced to travel through a very mar
row passage and in a STOPPING pos
| ture; in one place the floor is perfectly
| smooth, and always dry; in another
we climb over huge boullers or creep
| along the edge of some crevice, whose
depth is impenetrable by any ray of
| light YOU can reflect upon IL. Within
this cave is a creek with a fall of
water 215 feet or forty feet higher
than the great Niagara. The supply Of
water is sufficient for a city of half
million population, so estimated.
AT POINT HOTEL.
| Looking just over the immense pla-
| teau upon which we are standing is
Point HOTEL large fivc-story struc-
ture with it's wide verandas each en-
circling the hotel, together with an OBJ
serNatory, with accommodations for
600 guests. il is here the No. 1 Incline
lands its passengers ana where the
narrow g,lagc railway, the track dug
from solid rock. starts it's passenger
trains. running along the western brow
of the mountain and reaching the sum
nit of the mountain just above Sunset
Rock. Now carrying the reader back
to the Point again. and looking just
below to the north, is the old historic
"Craven'S House on the broad pla-
teau, $50 feet sheer down the mountain,
and 1000 feet above the city. 1t was
on this ground where the Confederate
General Walthall rctreated to after the
battle of Chickamauga. 1t was here
that Walthali and General Hooker
fought the battle above the Clouds
so called because it began in the midst
Of clouds and a dense fog which hung
over the mountain, so the contcnding
armies We're unable TO see each other
until they had almost come together,
and after Il desperate struggle Cen
cral Hooker was victorious, the firing
ceased. and the Eighth Kentucky regi-
ment scaled the biufr at Point Look
out and planted the "old flag" on the
rock which had been formerly occupied
by the ConfAierates as a signal point.
and thus was secured the most Stra-
tegic position of all the battlefelds of
the South
The summit of Lookout Mountain
is easily reached. There are four
routes, viz: From the Union Railway
~
winding around the west side of the
mountain. reaches the summit IA half
mile or so south Of Lookout Inn. from
which point to the Inn the road is mar
row guage: and by way of electric cars
TO the foot of Incline Passenger Rail- |
ways Nos, l and 2. and also by Il car
riage drive over a good mountain pike.
The trolley ride rounding High Bluff
n hi is lI,ill ,fl
the srandest in the country, giving it's
passengers. all the fine views, north !
south, east and west. These electric |
cars run direct from the incline TO The |
door of either hotel.
This is the first cable incline ever
built With curves. II was constructed |
in 1887 under the personal supervision |
of Colonel w. Il. King, United States
army. 1t Is operated from below by IN |
inch and Il quarter steel cable. The |
length of the road is 450O feet; it rises
! 400 feet. The length OF the cable is |
300 feet: its steepest grade is 81 fee |
10 100 feet: the aVerGsn is 22ls feet |
Six minutes only are taken in making |
the summit. This cable road runs only |
TO Point Hotel, which is located on Il |
ledge of rock overlooking the famous
battlefield "Above the Clouds" and the !
city. $50 feet below.
LARGEST PASSENGER INCLINE
This road is built without a curve, Il
good portion OF il. near the summit,
through solid rock % 10 50 feet deep.
This is one of the longest passenger in
clines in America and the sreepest.
The average grade is 33 feet TO 100 feet.
the ste"pest being IS per cent. or eS