. Special report of New York State Survey on the preservation of the scenery of Niagara Falls ; and fourth annual report on the triangulation of State. For the Year 1879. al pleasuring or any merely ornamentalgrounds, but simply to remove unnecessary artificial objects; makethose ntcessary as little conspicuous as possible, and restore naturallandscape conditions as far as practicable consistently with indispensa-ble provisions for the conveyance of visitors and for giving themadequate opportunities for observation. The main grounds of this advice are thus stated : In whatever is done by the S
. Special report of New York State Survey on the preservation of the scenery of Niagara Falls ; and fourth annual report on the triangulation of State. For the Year 1879. al pleasuring or any merely ornamentalgrounds, but simply to remove unnecessary artificial objects; makethose ntcessary as little conspicuous as possible, and restore naturallandscape conditions as far as practicable consistently with indispensa-ble provisions for the conveyance of visitors and for giving themadequate opportunities for observation. The main grounds of this advice are thus stated : In whatever is done by the State there should be not only a wiseconsideration of immediate public requirements, but a prudent fore-cast of the future. When once visitors are relieved as far as may befiom their present annoyances, the increasing population of the coun-try and the multiplication and cheapening of the means of travelwhich is to be antici[)ated, will l)ring people to Niagara Falls innumbers far exceeding those of which we have present ex[) now it often happens that several hundred visitors seek at thesame time to enjoy a particular view of the Falls which can only be. No. 37.] 13 had from a space of ground much too limited for them all to standupon at once. In view of this consideration, it is obvions that to pro-vide, with a single pnrpose, for the comfortable passing to and fromthe more popnlar points of view and for the standing room at tliesepoints of such mnltitudes as must be looked forward to, withoutruinous sacrifice of the scenery, will be a task, to stty the least, of ex-treme difficulty. It should l)e complicated by uo other object, andall practicable legislative safeguards should from the outset beemployed to preveut the introduction of such other ol)jects as, undervarious pretences, are likely from time to time to be urged. The distance from existing hotels and shops in the village to themost distant parts of the proposed State grounds is but a thousandyards. It will,
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