Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-16
A TRIP To
NIAGARA FALLS
A Banner Reporter Visits Ma
ture's WOndrOus
Gift
WONDERFUL SIGHT
Thousands Have Gazed Upon Its
Grandeur and Those Who Have
Not Should Go See Ii.

Reader, have you ever paid visit
to Niagara Falls? Have you ever
stood on the verge of the mighty pre-
cipice and gazed into the seething,
tumbling vortex below? If not, \then
you should begin at once plan
ming for the future, laying aside a
little now and then for this most
glorious trip, this veritable wonder of
creation, this sight unspeakable.
On Saturday afternoon, August 2S,
accompanied by our wife, we took
passage on the majestic steamer "East-
ern States" for Buffalo, which we
reached about 8 o'clock on Sunday
morning After hurried glance at
Buffalo we took the trolley line to
Niagara Falls, which we reached about
IL o'clock. Arrived at Niagara Falls,
Us we passed through the large build
ing in which the cars stop, our eyes
fell at once upon the most wonderful
sight maginable-Niagara river rush.
ing and jumping and rolling and
tumbling i'm its eagerness TO take the
awful plunge over the fearful pre-
cipice.
| Looking as far up the river as pos
sible all that can be seen is foam
covered waves rushing toward the falls
below. We crossed the street and
passed down through the beautiful
park TO the edge of the whirling rap
ids and stood entranced as we gazed
at the wonderful spectacle before us.
Passing along down the river dis
tance of about a quarter of mile
We were surprised to see the wild and
rushing waters suddenly seem TO pause
and we pressed eagerly forward TO
catch a glimpse of the majestic Amer
lean Falls. The wild impetuous river
seemed TO pause for a moment as If
hesitating before making the awful
plunge into the seething vortex below.
We stood awed before the majestic
spectacle and gazed at the cloud of
spray and mist which rose like a
mountain before us, when suddenly
Old Sol's rays struck the right focus
and Niagara's rainbow stood before US
in all its beauty.
| Our next move was to take the
Gorge Route, an electric railway that
takes its patrons around the falls.
Arrived at Niagara Falls, Ontario,
our eyes fell upon sight which will
never be forgotten for here it is that
one sees the falls and the river above
in all their glory. No finer view
ever fell on mortal eye than the view
of the Horse Shoe falls and
the American falls from the Canadian
side. The electric railroad then takes
us down Niagara river to ancient
Queenston, where we get a glimpse
and stopover at the whirlpool and
also see at distance the whirlpool
rapids. From this point we are taken
TO Brooks monument, reared by a
patriotic people to the memory of Gen
eral Brock who fell in the war of 1912.
From this point one can see Niagara
river rushing on TO Lake Ontario eight
miles away, and see the lake i'm the
distance.
From there we are carried across the
river over a magnificent cantilever
bridge up through the Niagara gorge.
Here it is that the handiwork of man
is shown, for out of mass of solid
rock man has hewed pathway for
the electric cars and on one side is
seen the rushing waters of Niagara
while on the other side, standing like
a massive monument to the river, is
a massive wall of rock over hundred
feet in height.
AS we wind along the edge Of the
river we see again the swirling waters
of the whirlpool from which no liv-
ing thing could ever escape. 1t is
whirling SO rapidly that the center of
it is considerable higher than the outer
edge, and is strange and thrilling
sight. A little further up the river,
on the American side, our eyes meet
the most wonderful picture of the
entire trip as we pass slowly by the
whirlpool rapids. Here the river
narrows considerably, and the confine
ment of the waters presents scene
that pen cannot portray. Here the
rushing waters seem TO war with each
other in their tumultuous rush to the
lake and white foaming crests are