. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . n of spacious boarding-housesand a few tasty cottages along the hill overhanging thedepot. The ground has been laid off into lots, churcheshave been built on the hill, and a thriving village hassprung up. Travelers visiting the Cascade Bridge and Starrucca Via-duct will leave the cars here, and go back to Lanesborough,one mile, by carriage. We are now at the bottom of the descent from Summit, NEW VOEK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD. 129 and enter upon the lightest grade of the road, extendingas far as Hornellsville. The ascent on this section, goingwe
. Harpers' New York and Erie rail-road guide book .. . n of spacious boarding-housesand a few tasty cottages along the hill overhanging thedepot. The ground has been laid off into lots, churcheshave been built on the hill, and a thriving village hassprung up. Travelers visiting the Cascade Bridge and Starrucca Via-duct will leave the cars here, and go back to Lanesborough,one mile, by carriage. We are now at the bottom of the descent from Summit, NEW VOEK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD. 129 and enter upon the lightest grade of the road, extendingas far as Hornellsville. The ascent on this section, goingwest, is nowhere over Jive feet to the mile. We also, atthis point, bid adieu to the grand and romantic scenery ofthe road, though we shall find before us much that is pic-turesque. This is the character of the Susquehanna wherewe cross its rapid current, half a mile beyond the station,by a wooden covered bridge 800 feet long, with one spanof 186, and four others of 150 feet. There are actuallytwo bridges, joined by a wooded island in the stream, whose. wild trees and the high hills around make the spot verypicturesque. The country around this point has been fa-mous as a hunting field, and many are the stories told bythe old Nimrod that keeps the bridge of not only hunt-ing deer and game, but also of the sterner sport of huntingbears and panthers, that not long since abounded in theadjacent forest. It is said deer are often seen swimmingthe Susquehanna near the bridge. Our course now lies on the right bank of the river, thatleads us a winding course among the hills, though nowand then we bolt from its company. We are very littleabove its surface, and the work for five miles is very that point, however, we pass through several rock-cut-6* 130 GUIDE-EOOK OF THE tings, where the views are truly beautiful. The last of
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