. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . the ravine atone single leap from a point between the great fall andthe bridge ; but they are both invisible, except to touristswilling to risk their necks for a glimpse at their coy beau-ties. It is to be hoped the wood concealing them maysoon be thinned out, and the picturesque attractions of thespot
. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . the ravine atone single leap from a point between the great fall andthe bridge ; but they are both invisible, except to touristswilling to risk their necks for a glimpse at their coy beau-ties. It is to be hoped the wood concealing them maysoon be thinned out, and the picturesque attractions of thespot be allowed a fair chance with the grand and won-derful. A light, secure stairway, leading down the ledgesof rock near the great cascade, would be also a valuableimprovement. At present there are obstacles to a generalthronging of visitors, owing to the untamed wildness ofthe chasm and the want of suitable accommodations inthe neighborhood. Were the improvements suggested car-ried out, and a neat, comfortable public house establishedin the grove below the bridge, the Cascade Bridge wouldbe a favorite resort to tourists and pleasure parties duringsummer. Some persons think the Cascade Ravine might havebeen crossed in a less expensive and more enduring way NEW YORK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD. Ill. by filling it in. Aglance at the chasmshould surely con-vince them of theirmistake Imaginethe lump of motherearth necessary tofill up that deepwrinkle in her faircheek ! Reflect onthe requisite widthof such a mound,and what a culvert—nay, a bridge—would need to per-forate it as a vent to the stream when swollen to a torrentof resistless volume ! Instead, then, of a clumsy embank-ment, with a culvert, perhaps, unsuited to the wants ofthe creek, here we have a strong and enduring bridge—amonument of skill—an arch of triumph—a wonder of theworld—not marring, but heightening by contrast the ro-mantic beauties of the ravine. Well did General Scottexclaim, after watching a heavy train cro
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