Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-13
DAYS OF THE
CHERUB'S CRUISE.

Chorub with S. B. Greacen and party
on board is here given. Mr.. Greacen
has been so busy since his return that
not until now has he been able to
complete his story Of his cruise to
the Worlds Fair: Lees
Editor Evening News:
The Oherub lay at Tonawanda all
day August 81, and as the day was
clear and mild after the storm of the
day before nearly all Of her party took
the trolley from Tonawanua to Mia
CARA Falls about, twelve miles run.
The trolley follows the course of
the Niagara river bank all the way
and runs through o level tract of rich
land on which are many fine farms
n homes. There are many large
manufacturing industries located at
Niagara that are run by the immense
power plant of the Falls Water Power
Company.
Great changes had taken place since
the writer first visited the falls in the
spring of 1866, at the State of New
York has wisely spent a large amount
of money making the land near the
falls into a public park and the Cana
dian government has also improved
their side Of the river and are now
spending a large sum of money build
ing an immense power plant near the
Horseshoe Falls of the Niagara. The
trolley companies have run their
tracks across the suspension bridge,
a short distance below the falls, and
you can take their cars and cross the
bridge from the American side to
Canada, going close to the edge OF
the Horseshoe Falls and stop over as
long as you wish. again take the troll
ley eastward on the edge of the river
gorge in Canada some seven or eight
miles to a point opposite Lewiston,
whore the trolley cars again GROSS the
Niagara river to the American side
on another suspension bridge. On the
return trip from Lewiston to the falls
the trolley route follows close down
to the waters edge and has been cuf
out of the rocky sides of the gorge by
a wonderful amount of labor The
ride up the gorge from Lewiston to
the falls is probably the most impress
sive and wonderful in the world and
gives one a view of the famous whirl-
pool and whirlpool rapids where the
waters of the great lakes come for
over a thousand miles before it reaches
the falls, After making the plunge
they rusI, madly through the narrow,
rocky gorge below the falls. The water
in places runs through the rocks at a
speed of forty or more miles per hour
and makes waves that it would not
seem possible for any beat to pass
through without being dashed to
pieces. The trolley company has a
station at the rapids where you can
stop wei as long as you wish and
look at this most wonderful scene
They have also placed a number OF
electric lights on the sides of the
rocks of the gorge so that it a be
seen by night as we'll IS by daylight.
The rapids above the falls, as seen
from the sister islands, are well
worth a visit. We were on the rocks
at a point where the waters are di.
vided by the, islands and watched the
water rushing down hill towards us,
looking as if all would be swept away
by the mad rush, but which wns s e.
~ checked by the rocks that have
for ages resisted its force. We spent
the full day at the falls and wished
that we could have been able to stoI
over longer. We reached n little
floating house in the canal at Tonaw.
anda long after dark, tired out by oul
sightseeing.
August 22:-It was rainy and stormy
in the morning. but clearing by noon.
We lay all day at Tonawanda and
rested up and cleaned the yacht and
prepared for the homeward run down
, the Erie canal.
August 23:-We were up with the
sun and we're on the move again at
$3.50 a. M. and, las the air was cool
and pleasant, we had a very pleasant
run. to Rochester, some seventy miles
from Tonawanda, passing through
Lockport and looking down through
the five locks cut out Of the solid rock
at this point at $50 o. m. We passed
through the many beautiful scenes OF
this section of the canal and arrived
at Rochester at $3.50 p. M, and lay
up for the night close to the city hall
and the centre OF the city.
August 24:-We spent the morning
seeing Rochester and at / p. m. we
were on our way down the canal and
at $3.50 p. M. we lay up for the night
at Port Gibson in the same place