. The Street railway journal . ays of travel-ing through this region, of seeing,first, the beautiful Niagara Riverfrom Buffalo to the Falls, of stand-ing enthralled or awe-struck before,or above the Falls themselves, ofwatching the eddies of the whirl-pool rapids or of gazing upon thebroad reaching scenery of the lowerriver, but it is simply justice to saythat a trip on the Niagara Falls,Park & River Railway, with itssteamer C(mnections to Buffalo andToronto, is the one thoroughlysatisfactory and reasonably com-plete way of doing this regionin a few hours time. The ideaof building a double tra
. The Street railway journal . ays of travel-ing through this region, of seeing,first, the beautiful Niagara Riverfrom Buffalo to the Falls, of stand-ing enthralled or awe-struck before,or above the Falls themselves, ofwatching the eddies of the whirl-pool rapids or of gazing upon thebroad reaching scenery of the lowerriver, but it is simply justice to saythat a trip on the Niagara Falls,Park & River Railway, with itssteamer C(mnections to Buffalo andToronto, is the one thoroughlysatisfactory and reasonably com-plete way of doing this regionin a few hours time. The ideaof building a double track electricrailway from a point consideral)lvabove the Horseshoe Falls to thedeserted villages of Oueenston on the Lake, fourteen miles away, and to build this railwayright along the brink of the Niagara River and Canon, soclose as to make it possii)le for passengers tolook over the edge to the river, 160 ft. below,was so bold and ambitious in conception that its success-ful execution might well have been doubted by those,. WAITING STATION^AT INCLINED PLANE;TOjTHE MAID OF THE MIST. the road in 1891 at a cost exceeding |;i,ooo,ooo. Theengineering difficulties were most serious. Ravines andrivers had to be spanned with steel structures capable ofcarrying a railroad train if necessary. The severe grades
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