. Summer homes among the mountains on the Central New England railway ... ncluding the rapid transitservice hourly trains from Central New England Railway depot toHighland and New Paltz. the quickest, cheapest and most desirableroute to reach the noted summer resorts of Mohonk, Lake Minne-waska and the Wallkill valley. The most charming inland watertrip on the American continent, and a delightful ride in comfortablecoaches through the many points of interest herein mentioned, canbe made in a few short hours by taking steamers, daily, except Sun-day, leaving Brooklyn (by annex) at 8 a. m.,; New
. Summer homes among the mountains on the Central New England railway ... ncluding the rapid transitservice hourly trains from Central New England Railway depot toHighland and New Paltz. the quickest, cheapest and most desirableroute to reach the noted summer resorts of Mohonk, Lake Minne-waska and the Wallkill valley. The most charming inland watertrip on the American continent, and a delightful ride in comfortablecoaches through the many points of interest herein mentioned, canbe made in a few short hours by taking steamers, daily, except Sun-day, leaving Brooklyn (by annex) at 8 a. m.,; New York. Desbrossesstreet, , or 22d street. North river, at 9 a. m. Meais are servedat all hours in the restaurant on the boats, also table cV hote dinner,at $ each, between the hours of 11 a. m. and 3 p. m. Returning,the Steamboat Express furnishes equally as good service, close con-nection being made with southbound steamer due at 22d street, NewYork, at p. m., Desbrosses street, 6 r. m., and Brooklyn, For time of train .see time table on page i CROSSING THE G^EAT BRIDGE. New Englands New Gateway, Pougbkeepsie Bridge. This wonderful structure can rightly be classed as one of thewonders of the world. Built entirely of steel, on great stone piers,it will last forever. The great bridge over the Firth of Forth, inScotland, is larger, but next to this the Poughkeepsie bridge is thelargest in the world. The eastern viaduct alone is over one-half amile in length, with twenty-four spans, the greatest being 175 feetlong and 200 feet high. There are six main piers: No. 1, locatedon the west shore of the Hudson; Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the Hudsonriver itself, and No. 6 on the east shore. There are two anchor-ages of masonry. 128 Pony Piers, 36 being on the west side and92 on the east, forming foundations of the viaduct, and two abut-ments at the ends of the viaducts. Each of the main piers carriesa steel tower 100 feet high, firmly braced and bolted to the masonry
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