Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-07

-rt, annual convention of the Whining /
'o.t. Snndav-school Union was held /
OnW WI Presbyterian Church yesterday |
s.rooon and last night. Both sessions |
well attended and interesting. One /
~ features was the following address /
Elmer Perry, the secretary, winch |
NJ report Of the trip OF the Delaware |
i ,'iogates TO the convention at Toronto, !
.n IN which they had an opportunity
u visit Niagara Falls:
They left Wilmington, Saturday morn
..r lime 18th, at 0.40 over the b. q U.
II ,,;iroad for Philadelphia, taking the
'i5go Black Diamond express from the
.p.,dinp Terminal; very warm day end
.-oin crowded Feels very much like
thunderstorm.
Arrived at Bethlehem, 81 miles from
|pbiladelphia, connecting with the New
|yok train, started up the picturesque
ebiob Valley railroad to Niagara Falls,
,.s.ing the great steel furnaces Of the
.Il.tbiebem Iron & Steel Co., where the
royernment armor plate is made in such
sreat quantities TO be used IN our navy.
The scenery along this road is consid-
,rs5 the finest in the world. The Lehigh
yslev River. which follows this road, is
tbs only river in the world owned by
private corporation.
Our next stop was Wilkes Barre, ll6
miles. where the road winds round noun
tsins for about Is miles. You can see
beautiful landscape of towns and farms
looking through the Wyoming Valley
4 Tho largest mountain we passed is just
oprosite Towand0 which is situated
,bout mile from the railroad, surround
Cd bv beautiful orchards and vineyards.
Arrived at Sayre, 2I0 miles, 40 minutes
Il hte; saw the thunderstorm before
sooken of in the distance. Finally IN
about 80 minutes we reached the storm
II Van Etten junction, which we had
seen in the distance 20 miles.
The next important place is Burdett
Al which station we take stages three
miles down the mountain to Watkins
Glenn. where the beautiful Seneca Lake
which is considered the smoothest and
most wonderful lake in some respects II
New York State, is 40 miles long right
IN the hollow of great hills with beauti
iul vineyards on either side. One OF the
pecuarities Of this lake is that it nevei
freezes in winter time and the depths o
some places of it have never been sound
ed. Watkins Glen is one Of those inde
sribable beauties that must be seen q
be appreciated.
A short time ago a prospector desiring
70 start an electric light plant at Wat
kins sank a we'll and discovered natua
gas in such quantities that the plant ha
feen closed and the town is heated am
lighted by natural gas.
Five hundred feet below the surface o
this Seneca Lake there have been discos
Ted the richest deposits of salt in Ne'
York State, one plant alone az the tim
Of our visit turning out POO barrels pc
day.
We now return to our trip toward th
grand scenery of Niagara. Darkne'
shuts from our view, except OCCASIONAL.
The lights from the distant towns
Ithaca, Geneva, Rochester, East Buffa
and Buffalo We arrived at Buffalo veT
tired and dirty with every evidence {
our trip through the Black damon
country, the anthracite coal region
where 30 per cent of the men live undI
ground every working day in the yea
Left Buffalo lilo p. m. for the IA
nun to Niagara Falls. Arrived at
o'clock and at the first hour of Sundi
morning found ourselves quartered in q
temperance Hotel, covering a distance
80 miles through the grandest count
N the United States. Sunday mornil
had good breakfast, went down al
walked along the Niagara Falls al
around the government reservation
SHOWN Goat Island and Prospect Par
Very warm, Thermometer 30 degree
ame back to the hotel, rested a VIII
and attended the Methodist Church ~
heard grand sermon to the graduau
'ass of the High School of Niagara fal
Monday we visited the Horseshoe fa
ana Gorge route on Canadian side
Angston. Bought ice cream in f'
egn land, stood on the spot at the ba
q the monument 200 feet high, erect
% the memory of the British General
l'aac Brock, who fell in battle on the
heights in the war of 1912. Crossed
Niagara River on the suspension brid
70 Lewiston, which is 500 feet above
sVel returned on the American side, 81
tae whirlpool rapids at the Falls al
Ae most delightful trolley ride we ha
WI had, IN time for dinner. Alter q
nef saw the town of Niagara, which /
apopulation of 1880.
We saw the great power plant VIII
uas reduced the height of Niagara Ri
seven feet. This is one of the pla
mat our President Roosevelt is desire
u removing below Niagara Falls, to 81
se ,le beauty of Niagara for the Uni
olates forever We also visited
shredded wheat biscuit factory which
Ihsidered the finest and cleanest mai
iactory in the world.
session of the Shriners of the \