Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-17
S. B. GreaCen Writes to The Even
inc News Telling Of the Trip
to Buffalo.
RAIN NEARLY ALL TIME.
Had Some Pleasant Days However, Which
were Greatly Enjoyed as was the Whole
IOnrney Picturesque Trip Through the
Erie Canal Across the Great Stats sf
New York Many Locks 10 Pass.
Buffalo, N. T.. June Q. 1904.

Buffalo, n. r., June y, 1904.
Editor Evening News:
We left Perth Amboy at 80 p. M.
June 1st, 1908, in the rain and q
strong northeast wind, bound for the
st. Louis Fair. We had been fitting
out and storing up for the trip for
many weeks and there were so many
things to put in their places and set
to rights that the time passed so
q uickly after we cast loose from the
dock that we were out Of sight Of
home and at the Atlantic Docks in
Brooklyn, where we we're to take on
another one of our party and three
friends who were to see us off on our
long trip. They were on time. meet
ing us and at 5: 20 p. IN. we steamed
out of the quiet waters Of Atlantic
Dock bound up the Hudson river to
Albany.
1t was raining heavily and there
was quite some sea on. but rs we
were snugly housed in our little ship
We enjoyed the storm all the more We
raced up the river past New York In
company with lot Of tugs and other
vessels and were soon ont Of the wash
of the ferryboats and in little more
quiet water. All too soon we reached
Yonkers, where our three friends bid
us good-b leaving our party Of iive
to go on our way up the dark misty
river guided by the red flash light Ia
the light house at Tarrytown and
changing from that to the white fash
light of Rockland light.
The shores of the HUDSON looked
like black cloud in the i ~ and
mist. We soon caught sight OF the
white and red lights of Stony Point
as it was 10 p. m. before We reached
Stony Point we ran close to the eastern
shore of the Hudson little of the
south of Verplanks Point and anchored
for the night out of the track of pass
| ing craft. 1t rained all night long
and when we awoke on Thursday
morning. June 2, it was still raining.
but the wind, though still northeast
was not blowing nearly as hard as
when We turned in for the night hba
fore. The tide was strong ebb against
us us it had been all the way from
Amboy and at s a. III. after breakfast
Wa started on our way up the river.
The highlands of the Hudson never
look ed finer than it did this morning
as everything looked so fresh and
green after the rain ana 1t was very
pleasant sailing up the river to AL
bany, which we reached at about 3 p.
IN. and at once ran to the canal looks.
A 8 we had taken the precaution TO
get pass through the canal by night
we were able to lookup in The canal as
soon rs we were able to lower our
smoke stack and put on shorter one.
We then ran up the canal in tile dark
and rain to the quiet shelter OF the
old lumber yard slip. that are fast
decaying for want oie and after
tying up securely we t, into our
snug quarters with the ran pattering
on the roof and wr 90 soon in the land
of nod
Friday, June 3-It was dull and
cool in the morning.E The first thing
in order was to clean the boiler tubes
before getting up steam and it was
nearly 8 a. IN. before we were able
to move onward again. 1t had stopped
raining and we were able to clean up
decks n little before entering tina
series OF locks, eighteen in number
that lifts all the boats from the level
of the Hudson River at Albany to the
top of the hills to the west of Troy
and Oohoes and to level of the canal
some nine miles in leng th, which took
us across the Mohawk River viaduct
at Crescent where the canal crosses
the Mohawk River in q stone arch
bridge that is beautiful piece of old
time honestiwork. The canal winds
J its way along the banks of the beauti-
full Mohawk river for nearly one
hundred miles after leaving Albany
and is ever presenting 1.-THE most
beautiful scenes to the voyager on tha