. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . utes, and no station in Rochester is so accessible to the various lines of street railwaysas the new station of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. The city of Rochester is regularly laid out, the streets well paved and bordered with shadetrees. The Genesee River passes through the city, and with its several falls furnishes a water-power without a rival. To this fine water-power is attributable much of the present prosperityof the citj. Large flouring mills and manufacturing establishments are among its chief indus-tries. Several large nurserie
. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . utes, and no station in Rochester is so accessible to the various lines of street railwaysas the new station of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R. R. The city of Rochester is regularly laid out, the streets well paved and bordered with shadetrees. The Genesee River passes through the city, and with its several falls furnishes a water-power without a rival. To this fine water-power is attributable much of the present prosperityof the citj. Large flouring mills and manufacturing establishments are among its chief indus-tries. Several large nurseries and seed farms are attractive objects of interest, and in the seasonof bloom are gorgeous sights, covering several acres with their brilliant flowers. Rochester con-tains many fine buildings and private residences. The Powers Block is a large and imposingfire-proof structure, containing a fine gallery of paintings ; the Savings Bank building is anornate edifice, and many of the churches are noticeable specimens of fine architecture. The. R., W. & O. THREE RIVER POINT. University of Rochester is an educational institution, occupying a massive building of red sand-stone, surrounded by grounds beautifully laid Out. The Falls of the Genesee River,three in number, are among the natural attractions at Rochester. The first is ninety-six feethigh, and from table rock in its centre, Sam Patch made his last and fatal leap. The secondfall is only twenty-five feet high, and a short distance below it is the third fall, which descendsperpendicularly eighty-four feet. Rochester is an important station op the Rome, Watertown& Ogdensburg R. R. and a large railroad centre. Connections are made at Rochester withN. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. ; N. Y., L. E. & W. R. R. .■ Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh R. R. and theWestern New York & Pennsylvania R. R. At Wallington, thirty-two miles east of Ckarlotte, the Sodus Bay & Southern Division ofthe Pennsylvania Railroad connects for Sodus Poi
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