Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-03
THROUGH THF NORTH
AND WEST.

THROUGH THF NORTH
AND WEST.
WITH GLIMFsEs OF ITS GREAT CITIES.
BY LAND AND WATER TO NIAGARA.
PfTTsBURG, THE IRON CITY. ETC.
written for the SPECTATOR
In response to the requests of friends
who have asked that write for publ
cation some account of the unusual
incidents and scenes OF my recent trip
through the North and West. ap
pend the following with the hope that
it may interest those who follow me,
as it were, through land replete with
great achievement and scenic beauty.
Our small party, composed OF myself,
son and daughter. proceeded Gown Inc
beautiful Shenandoah Valley ll5 miles
to Harper's Ferry, where we remained
the night. when we boarded the Chi
cago & Cleveland express. SnuglY
tucked in Pullman 1erths we were soon
asleep. but were occasionally aroused
by the tremendous crash and roar OF |
passing train that rushed by on the
double track that paralleled us. When
daylight came We had reached the
great manufacturing city of Mckees-
port, Pa, situated on the right bank
of the MonOngahela river. The Besse-
mer Steele Works, the Arm0r Piercing
Proiectile works, and the Tube works
are located there. From that point
on to Pittsburg the railroad passes
through the greatest steel manufac-
turing district in the world. IL was
there the multi millionaire Carnegie
made his fortune. We did not stop at
Pittsburg going, but did 80 on the re-
turn trip. Youngstown, Ohio, is
large manufacturing city that lay
along our route, and Akron another.
At2p. m. Wednesday we reached
Cleveland our objective point. where
the B. & O. associations OF railway
lsurge0ns held their annual meeting,
land of which association aM a mem
Der. Cleveland is beautiful and
wealthy city of 100000 inhabitants.
The Hollendeh Hotel where the sur
ge0ns stopped and where the meetings
were held, is magnificent hotel, the
, finest in the city. We had very in
teresting meeting, with attendance Of
about 100 surgeons from six States
The trip was rendered the more pleas
! ant from the fact that there we're many
lady visitors in the gathering, the
wives, daughters and sisters OF In
surgeons.
Nearly all purposed taking the TRIP
! to Niagara Falls after the Adjournment
8 of the association. We accordingly!
engaged state rooms aboard the "Clt.
8 of Buffalo," a magnificent lake steam
4 Ter. plying between Cleveland ant
Buffalo on Lake Erie. and Thursda.
evening after adjournment we Wen
. aboard, tbs steamer left her pier at
8 O'Clock in the afternoon and was dq,
y at Buffalo the next morning at a.
4 early hour, distance l60 miles. Their
: was splendid restaurant aboard wher
elegant meals were served. Our stat
}. rooms were very comforta BILE. the lax
f smooth, and we enjoyed the trip YER
" much. We reached Buffalo on time
, and after breakfast on board steame
our party boarded trolley cars for N
Iagara Falls, % miles distant. whic
/. we reached about 10 o'clock.
t NIAGARA AND IT'S FALLS.
y Niagara is a beautiful city of 26. 0e
l.. population, built ON the river ban
n near the falls, on the American sid
;. At the falls there are all kinds Of col
veyances in waiting to take visitor
u sight seeing. Our party, however, .pr'
e ferred the international Belt Line, a
/. electric railway whose cars start frol
the steel bridge and cross the river jus
70 below and in full view OF the falls. III
le cars then pass over to the Canada
u side, then up the river short distanc
"a to the Horse Shoe falls, thence dow
the Canada side to Queenstown, the
u across the suspension bridge to Lewis
D. ton, and thence up the great gore
70 route to the starting point, making
n circuit of about IS miles.
. 1t is useless to try to improve on {
10 add anything to the many attempt
le made to describe the beauties of th
n cataract. No words can give an adj
g. quate description of Niagara.
is grand and peculiar in it's magnif
cence and sublimity. The catarat
itself, as we'll as the rapids above an
Is the whirl pool rapids below tine fal
" are intensely interesting, ! am il
90 formed that the volume OF water di.
% charged by Niagara is equalled t
l. only one other river in the Unite
es States. the Mississippi. The rapid
K above the falls are caused by dro
;. of 40 feet in the half mile before reacl
10 ing the brink of the falls. At the upp'
rs end of Goat Island, just above tt
q. falls and before the torrent is divide
" the river is at least mile wide. Hel
=. 1t is divided by the island. unitir
again in the wliirl pool rapids shO
y distance below The falls. The viii
pool is caused, believe, by the III
mense volume of water in the riv.
in moving with great rapidity over rOue
If bed, the channel being contracted |
- precipitous cliffs into a narrow pa
~ sage of not more than one or two hui
le dred yards, causing the angry waite
o. to be intensely agitated and to for
"a immense surging pillows as they das
through their narrow channel in ma
% efforts to escape.
le Reservation carriages take the Wis
Or tors around Goat Island to warrior
n points of interest-one of which v
: took after dinner. During the dri,
~ we had the privilege of leaving the v
hicle at any point and of going dow
the steps just under the America
o falls. BY this route one has a fir
It view of the rapids above the falls an
:, can witness with admiration al
, amazement the tremendous rush
Is waters as they approach the brink
10 the great cataract.
~ NIAGERA IN HARNESS.
10 Two large power houses on tx
D. American side and two on the Canad
le an side. have been constructed to ut
lie the vast waited power. This fort
is used rs power in generating cleo
tricity, which Is transmitted by ste
cables to the city of Buffalo on th
n American and Toronto on the Cana
X dian side, for lighting and manufa.
II turing purposes.
l. On a lofty eminence, commanding
J. fine view of the river few miles belO'
n the falls, the British government ha