Part 9
The start from Boston is in the early evening, the arrival at the various boat landings being in ample season for “bed-time,” and the trip through the Sound is a night ride, arriving in New York in season to connect with morning trains if desired. The passengers who arise in moderately good season will enjoy the latter portion of the ride, as the boat enters the famous passage known as “Hell Gate,” passes down the East River in view of the islands on which are located the various reformatory, penal, and charitable institutions of New York City, continuing between the cities of New York and Brooklyn, under the famous suspension bridge, and around the Battery and Castle Garden into the North River. The shipping in the harbor, the sprightly tugs steaming here and there, the ferry boats plying between Long Island and New York, and the ceaseless activity and bustle of all things animate, all combine to give to the scene an air of life and vigor so characteristic of all that pertains to the great metropolis of America.
The sights and scenes of the city itself are so numerous and varied that the pen falters at the thought of even attempting to mention them. If the reader has a desire to “do” the city in a systematic and thorough manner, he should secure the company of some one familiar with its customs and its places of interest, or consult the pages of some city guide book.
FROM NEW YORK TO THE WEST.
The return to the West from New York City may be made by several different routes, at the option of the tourist. THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD affords a pleasant ride up the Hudson River, among its beautiful scenery to Albany, thence across the State to Suspension Bridge or Buffalo. The new WEST SHORE line, by a nearly parallel route, traverses the other side of the Hudson, and will soon be completed for through travel. The trip up the Hudson by boat is also a favorite in the summer season, as affording the finest views of the points of interest that have given to this river the title of the “Rhine of America.”
For picturesque scenery, no route can be regarded as equal to the NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN, familiarly known as the “Erie Line.” Crossing the ferry to Jersey City, the passenger by this line finds the trains of this road awaiting at the station, with through cars attached for Buffalo, Rochester, and the principal Western points. Leaving Jersey City by the morning train, the tourist will find that the day’s ride among the picturesque mountain, river, and lake scenery all along the line will be one of great interest and enjoyment. The courtesy and urbanity of the trainmen and conductors are especially noticeable, and the eating houses, at which ample time is given for meals, are among the best railroad restaurants it is the privilege of the traveler to visit.
Connection is made at Buffalo with the Canada Southern division of the Michigan Central, from which point the return may be made _via_ Detroit, to the starting point of the journey.
BOSTON TO THE WEST.
The return trip from Boston, omitting the visit to New York, may be made very direct, should the tourist so elect. The short line from Boston, and on many accounts a very pleasant one, is _via_ the celebrated HOOSAC TUNNEL, comprising the Fitchburg Railroad to North Adams, and the Troy & Boston Railroad to Troy, thence _via_ the New York Central to Suspension Bridge or Buffalo. This route presents the advantages of through sleeping coaches from Boston to Chicago, without change, a most desirable feature for families or for ladies traveling alone.
The line takes its name from the wonderful tunnel through Hoosac Mountain, which opens a roadway for the locomotive directly across the State of Massachusetts. This immense engineering enterprise was begun in 1862, on the supposition that the internal structure of the mountain would be found of a character to admit of easy excavation. The undertaking proved, however, that its projectors had been misled by the geologists, and solid rock was the substance to be removed for the greater part of nearly five miles. At an immense cost, the excavation was carried on, and in 1875 was open for the passage of trains, and later was perfected by arches of masonry where strengthening was necessary.
The equipment of the “Tunnel Line” is complete and in all respects first class. The starting point in Boston is from the depot of the Fitchburg Railroad, of which John Adams, Esq., is the genial and popular superintendent. The Western office of the line is in Chicago, at 135 Randolph Street, in charge of C. E. Lambert, Esq., the general Western passenger agent.
The return from Boston may also be made by way of Springfield and Albany, by the Boston & Albany Railroad, thence by the New York Central to Buffalo or Suspension Bridge.
And now, having taken the reader, in imagination, from his home in the West to the Atlantic seaboard, through some of the most delightful scenery on the American Continent, and indicated a variety of routes by which he may return, with a few closing words the duty of the writer will be done. Possibly no one traveler or party will traverse all the routes described in this work. In some cases we have indicated that choice may be made of several methods of reaching a given point, and the taste or preference of the tourist, or the convenience of a party traveling in company, will often decide the route. We have endeavored to give fair and impartial description of the attractions offered by the various lines of travel,--often too painfully conscious of the inadequacy of words to do justice to the subject considered,--and leave the reader to choose for himself a route from among the variety set forth.
Before closing, we will add that a large variety of excursion tickets will be found on sale at the principal ticket offices of the Michigan Central Railroad, from which a selection can be made in accordance with your taste or preferences. If the perusal of this work has assisted in deciding your route, you will probably be able to secure a ticket through to the sea to accommodate your wishes. By a very convenient arrangement, your choice of a portion of the route may be left until arriving at the St. Lawrence River, when the purser of the steamer will exchange your ticket, giving opportunity to select from a variety of excursions, with added side trips to various points of interest.
And now, with a consciousness of its many imperfections, we bring this work to a close, and take a regretful leave of the reader, with the hope that the pages of the book may prove serviceable in making enjoyable the journey of many a tourist
_=From Chicago to the Sea.=_
CONTENTS.
Adirondacks, 73 Alexandria Bay, 49 American Fall, Niagara, 20, 24 Approach to North Conway, P. & O. R. R., 113 Ascent of Mount Washington, 83 Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert, 118 Bethlehem, N. H., 81 Biddle’s Stairs, Niagara, 31 Burning Spring, Niagara, 42 Canada Southern Railway, 17 Canadian Carryall, 56 Canadian Fall, 33 Cape Diamond, Quebec, 64 Capes Eternity and Trinity, 71 Cave of the Winds, Niagara, 31 Chateaugay Chasm, O. & L. C. R. R., 74 City of Buffalo, 17 City of Portland, Maine, 116 Climbing Mount Jefferson, 90 Conway Center, N. H., 114 Crawford House, 106 Crossing the Ferry, Detroit, 16 Detroit, the City of the Strait, 15 Devil’s Hole, Niagara, 43 Dining Car System, 9 Distant view of Mt. Washington, 91 “Down” vs. “Up,”--Rapids and Canal, 54 Eagle Cliff, 98 Eastward Ho! 5 Electric Illumination, Niagara, 29 Fabyan House, White Mountains, 83 Fail River Line, Boston and New York, 122 Falls of Montmorenci, 67 Falls of Niagara, 18 Fast New York Express, 8 Father Hennepin’s Sketch of Niagara, 36 Flume and Boulder, Franconia Notch, 101 First View of Niagara Falls, 23 Franconia Mountains, 100 Franconia Notch, 97 French Canadian Home, 67 Gates of Quebec, two views, 66 Glen-Ellis Fall, 112 Glen House Stage Line, 95 Glen House, White Mountains, 113 Goat Island, Niagara, 29 Goat Island Bridge, 30 Grand Island, Niagara, 35 “Gulf of Mexico,” 86 Ha-Ha Bay, 71 Hermit’s Pool, 108 Hoosac Tunnel Line, 123 Horseshoe Falls and Rapids, 22 Inclined Plane Railway, Niagara, 28 Indian Curiosity Seller, 72 Isles of Shoals, 121 Kiarsarge House, 114 Kiarsarge Mountain, 115 Lachine Rapids, 55 Lake of the Thousand Islands, 45 Lake Winnipesaukee, 103, 105 Lizzie Bourne Monument, 87 Luna Island, Niagara, 31 Lundy’s Lane Battle Field, 43 Luxury of Camp Life, 47 Medical and Surgical Sanitarium, 11 Michigan Central Railroad, 7 Michigan State Normal School, 15 Michigan State University, 14 Montreal and Quebec, 57 Montreal from Mount Royal Park, 59 Montreal from the River, 58 Mount Desert Island, 117 Mount Garfield, 94 Mount Lafayette, 97, 100 Mount Moosilauke, 103 Mount Washington Carriage Road, 95 Mount Washington Railway, 85 Mount Washington Summit House, 87 Mount Willard, 106 Mounts Adams and Madison, 89 Navy Island, Niagara, 35 New Suspension Bridge, 26 New York to the West, 122 Niagara Falls, 18 Niagara Falls from the Ferry, 27 Niagara Falls, Ontario, 24 Ogdensburg and Prescott, 51 Ogdensburg to Portland, 73 Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad, 73 Old Man of the Mountain, 97, 99 Old Orchard Beach, 119 Pemigewasset House, B. C. & M. R. R., 104 Presidential Range, White Mountains, 81 Profile House, Franconia Notch, 96 Prospect Park, 27 Quebec, 61-63 Rafts in the St. Lawrence Rapids, 55 Rates of Toll, etc., Niagara, 44 Retrocession of the Falls, Niagara, 37 Returning from the Seashore, 121 Ride Around Mount Royal, 59 Round Island House, 48 Round Island Park, 47 Saguenay River, 69 Scenes on the P. & O. Railroad, 110 Sebago Lake, 115 Silver Cascade, 108 Sinclair House, Bethlehem, 82 Steamer Rothesay, American Line, 46 St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad, 78 St. Lawrence River, 45 Summer Travel, 6 Sunrise on Mount Washington, 91 Suspension Bridge, 39 Table Rock, Niagara, 25 Tadousac, 70 Terrapin Bridge and Rock, 33 Terrapin Tower, 34 Thousand Island House, 49 Thousand Island Park, 48 Three Sister Islands, Niagara, 34 Tip-Top House in Winter, 93 “Tricks that are Vain,” 22 Tuckerman’s Ravine, Mount Washington, 95 Under the Cataract, 32 Valley of the Saco River, 111 Watching for Sunrise, 92 Weirs Station and Steamboat Landing, 102 Westminster Park, 49 Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara, 41 White Mountain Notch, 106 White Mountains, 79 White Mountains, from Jefferson, 90 Willey House, 109 Wolfe’s New Monument, 65 Wolfe’s Old Monument, 64
Only All Rail Route to the Thousand Islands.
THE
Utica & Black River Railroad,
POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE THE
_Elegant Line to the Islands_.
This Line runs _via_ Utica, Trenton Falls, the Sunset Slope of the Adirondack Mountains, Black River, Sugar River, and Indian River to the Thousand Islands of the River St. Lawrence. It is the only scenic route.
NEW FAST TRAINS, MAKE VERY FEW STOPS,
and carry elegant Through Cars from Utica to the River St. Lawrence.
_THOUSAND ISLAND FAST LINE_
Leaves Chicago 9.00 a. m., arrives at Utica 11.25 a. m. (dinner), leaves Utica 12.10 p. m., arrives Trenton Falls 12.45 p. m., Clayton, 4.05 p. m. Immediate connection with Steamboat for Round Island, Thousand Island Park, and Westminster Park, arrives Alexandria Bay 5.10 p. m.
=Wagner Cars from Chicago to Utica and Utica to Clayton.=
_EVENING FAST LINE_
Leaves Chicago 3.30 p. m., arrives Utica 2.00 p. m. (dinner), leaves Utica 4.50 p. m., arrives at Trenton Falls 5.25 p. m., Lowville 7.00 p. m. (supper), Clayton 9.05 p. m., Alexandria Bay 10.10 p. m.
=Wagner Cars from Chicago to Utica: New Springfield Coaches from Utica to Clayton. A Quick, Cool, and Pleasant Journey. Union Depot at Utica. No Transfers. A First Class Steel Rail Line.=
The Illustrated Book of Routes and Rates for Summer Tours, 100 pages with Illustrations, Maps, and Cost of 300 different tours _via_ Thousand Islands and Rapids, Montreal, etc., etc. Send two postage stamps for a copy, before deciding on your summer trip. Through Tickets _via_ Utica are on sale at all Ticket offices of the Michigan Central Railroad and Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. If you are unable to get Through Tickets _via_ this route, buy to Utica only.
J. F. MAYNARD, THEO. BUTTERFIELD, General Superintendent. Gen’l Pas. Agent, UTICA, N. Y.
The Best Equipped Railroad in the World.
Without exaggerating, and keeping close within the narrow limits of fact, it may be asserted without fear of truthful contradiction, that the
CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY
Is not only the best and most perfectly equipped railroad in the world, but it is also the most important as to the territory it traverses, the numerous business centers and pleasure resorts that it reaches, and the facilities it offers for pleasant, speedy, safe and comfortable transit for all classes of passengers. It caters alike to the needs, tastes and abilities of the millionaire merchant prince; to the farmer, with his plain and simple wants; and to the economical and necessitous; and gives to each the full value of all he pays for. Its luxuriantly finished and furnished palace sleeping cars, and its more than luxurious drawing-room coaches are marvels of beauty and comfort. Its coaches are new and of the most perfect models that have been adopted by any company, and they are always kept sweet, clean and pure. Its dining cars are superb, and the meals and service provided in them are equal to that given by any first-class hotel in the country.
WHERE IS IT?
Starting from Chicago and having various main lines running west, north-west, and north, it covers about all that is desirable in Northern Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, the upper Michigan peninsula, Minnesota and Central and South-eastern Dakota and North-eastern Nebraska.
It is eminently _the_ railroad of the north-west; and from its commanding location, it controls the traffic of all of the territory it traverses.
WHAT IS IT?
Over 5,000 miles of the best built and best maintained railroad there is in the country. It is equal in every respect to any road in the world, and is believed to be better than any of its competitors. Its lines are built of heavy steel rail; its bridges are of steel, iron, and stone, and all its appointments are as good as money can buy.
COLORADO & CALIFORNIA.
This Company’s line between Chicago and Council Bluffs (Omaha) is shorter than any other between these points, and was the pioneer in forming connection with the Trans-Continental Union and Central Pacific Railroads. Nearly all experienced overland travelers seek this line, because it is known to be the best, shortest, most comfortable, and in every way the most desirable. To seek other more circuitous and inferior routes is accepted as an evidence of inexperience or want of information.
If you are destined to or from Colorado, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington Territory, China, Japan, the Sandwich Islands, New Zealand or Australia, you should, in making the trip between Chicago and Council Bluffs (Omaha), in either direction, see that your tickets read over this great road.
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & WINNIPEG.
This road, “St. Paul Line,” is the short and desirable route between Chicago and Madison, St. Paul and Minneapolis, and the best to travel over if you are destined to or from Chicago and any point north or north-west of St. Paul, Winona and Mankato, Minn.: Frankfort, Huron, Pierre, Aberdeen, Columbia and Watertown, Dakota; Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Watertown and Sheboygan, Wis.; Freeport, Elgin, Dixon and Fulton, Ill.; Clinton, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Webster City, Algona, Tama and Council Bluffs, Iowa, are a few of its hundreds of prominent local stations. It reaches most of the pleasant summer resorts of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and is the road to take for the health and scenic resorts of the Rocky Mountains, the National Yellowstone Park, and nearly all of the notable western and north-west resorts that are accessible by rail.
It connects in Union Depots with the Union Pacific Railway at Council Bluffs, and at St. Paul with all roads diverging from that point.
Yon can procure tickets over this route from nearly every coupon ticket agent in the country. When buying your tickets, read them carefully, and be sure that at least one coupon reads over the CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RY. Ask your nearest coupon ticket agent for one of its large maps; they are FREE, and will show you all of this Company’s lines as they are.
FOR COMFORT, SAFETY AND SCENERY,
CHOOSE, IN TRAVELING EAST OR WEST, THE
Central Vermont Railroad,
Which forms, in connection with the GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY, the
Old and Favorite New England Route
TO AND FROM ALL POINTS WEST.
The Rolling Stock and Equipment of the Central Vermont Railroad is second to no Road in this country. It is the only line running
PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS
Between Chicago and Boston without Change,
AND SOLID TRAINS OF ELEGANT COACHES AND BAGGAGE CARS
Without Change between Montreal and Boston.
Steel Rails, Iron Bridges, with Westinghouse Air Brake, Miller Platform, Coupler and Buffer on every train, assure safety while passing swiftly through Mountain, Lake and River Scenery of the most beautiful and varied description.
The Train Service of this Road is so arranged that sure connections are made with the Grand Trunk Railway, and with Railroads in New England to and from all the principal cities, villages and towns in
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Vermont.
Pullman Cars Montreal to Springfield, and Wagner Cars Montreal to New York, Without Change.
First-Class Restaurants, with reasonable charges, and ample time given for meals.
BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH CANADA IN BOND,
Avoiding all trouble of customs.
During the Summer, Excursion Tickets are Sold over this Line at Greatly Reduced Rates.
Ask for rates via this Line before buying, and note that your tickets read via
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD.
For sale at all Stations and responsible Ticket Offices East and West.
COMPANY’S OFFICES.--260 Washington Street, Boston; 271 Broadway, New York; 136 James Street, Montreal.
J. W. HOBART, General Supt. S. W. CUMMINGS, Gen. Pass’r Agent.
General Offices--St. Albans, Vt.
SUMMER TOURS ON THE GREAT LAKES.
The attention of Summer Tourists, contemplating a trip for health and recreation, is invited to the attractions of a Tour _via_ the Great Lakes on one of the following PALACE STEAMERS:--
India, China, Japan, Winslow, Nyack, Arctic, Empire State, Badger State, and St. Louis,
OF
_The Lake Superior Transit Co._,
Leaving Detroit, Cleveland, Erie, and Buffalo, for Duluth, at the head of Lake Superior, and between the ports above named. To those who have not the leisure to travel the entire chain of lakes, we offer a =Series of Short Excursions=, on Lakes Erie, Huron, or Superior. Steamers leave Detroit, from foot of Woodward Avenue, as follows: For Sault Ste. Marie, Marquette, Hancock, Houghton, Ashland, Bayfield, and Duluth, Mondays, Tuesdays. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, at 11 o’clock, P.M. For Cleveland. Erie, and Buffalo Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, at 5 o’clock, P.M. A Guide Book, descriptive of the routes, entitled “Summer Tours via the Great Lakes,” will be sent free on receipt of stamp, by addressing J. T. WHITING, General Agent L. S. T. Co., Detroit, Mich., or the undersigned
T. P. CARPENTER, Gen. Pass. Agt. Lake Superior Transit Co.,
BUFFALO, N. Y.
SMITH’S DIAGRAM OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES, SHOWING The Relation of Any Motion to Every Other Motion, AND _Answering at a Glance over 500 Questions in Parliamentary Practice; together with a Key containing Concise Hints and Directions for Conducting the Business of Deliberative Assemblies._
☞ It is to the Study of Parliamentary Practice what a Map is to the Study of Geography.
TESTIMONIALS.
From the New York Independent, March 9, 1882.