Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-12
GEO. P. CRAMER AND
WIFE ON OCEAN VOYAGE

your readers may be, interested in
our wanderings over land and sea,
l am sending you a few pages from
mid-ocean to give you some idea of
what We have seen so far.
Leaving Vancouver, B. c., on the
Canadian Pacific railway, We were
soon in land of scenic wonders, and
| am sure that more beautiful and
grand views are had along this line
than along any other that crosses our
continent. At Glacier, B. c., the
snow peaks are so close at hand that
in good half hour you can walk
from the depot and hotel to the
lllecillewaet glacier and enjoy stand
ing on an unmeasured mass of ice in
midsummer. Strange to say we suf-
fered more from the heat while ira
Yelling west of Winnipeg than we did
east OF that point, and reached New
York city July 16. It was uncom-
fortably warm that day, but show
er in the evening cooled the atmos-
phere and the other two days we
spent there were as fine summer
days as one could ask for. The sky
line of New York city has changed
very much since I saw it last in 1901.
What were then the highest build
ings are now comparatively low, and
the spire of Trinity church (for
many years reaching way beyond
all buildings) seems lost among the
many skyscrapers, the highest of
which, the Metropolitan Tower, is
over 600 feet from the street. Leav-
ing Westfield, n. j., early on Tues
day, July 10, we arrived at the Hol-
land-America pier with over an hour
to spare. The company has recently
completed a magnificent pier to ac-
commodate its increasing freight
and passenger traffic. The pier is
900 feet long by 1875 feet wide,
double-decked, and as all the freight
Is handled on the lower deck, this
leaves the upper deck for the pass
engers, great convenience for
those returning to the United States
when all baggage Is examined on
the dock by the custom house off,
cials. We found commodIous
stateroom reserved for us. every
thing arranged in first-class style.
The "Nieuw Amsterdam" is els feet
long, has spacious promenade
deck covered mostly with steamer
chars) where we make a mile or
two before and after meals, nine
laps to the mile. To give an idea
of the internal size OF our little
floating hotel" I may mention that
In the dining saloon there are seats
for $50 and staterooms (first cabin)
to accommodate the same number.
We have nearly the full number OF
first cabin passengers, about 200
second cabin and very few steerage.
The japanese tea room is most ella
borately fitted up in true Japanese
style. The smoke room is decorated
with many Dutch tile paintings and
the social hall, with its library,
grand piano easy chairs and couches,
is a rendezvous" especially in the
evening when the orchestra gives
program of six or seven numbers
from to 10 p. m. The orchestra
also plays daily at lunch and dinner
and we are enjoying the music very
much. as II consists OF splendid
string quartette with assistance Of
piano.
Just after getting well started
down the Hudson, we noticed tug
coming alongside and soon learned
that two belated passengers were on
II, bag and baggage. A small gang
plank was put out from tug to
steamer and a lady and gentleman,
with the assistance Of steamer and
tug deck hands got aboard, followed
by three trunks. two sultcases, etc,
while second tug came alongside
with the overcoat the man had for
gotten. II was an exciting incident,
in which preferred to be a specta-
tor. rather than one Of the prnci-
pals
So far the weather has been
warm. with rain the second and
third days out. while yesterday and
today have been fine, so that we
have witnessed some wonderfully
fire moonlight effects n saw one
man trying 10 photograph them.
There were many empiy places at
table for two days though Il was
not rough weather ard ! am glad 10
eav that neither NJ us suffered the
'aas, discomfort from the motion Of
the vessel
Monday 1ulv 25.-We have now