. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . hools and 44 publiclibraries. The principal institutions of higher education arethe Western Reserve University with 2,800 students, College (Roman Catholic), and the Case School ofApplied Science. With its 12 M. of shore line on Lake Erie, a fine parksystem (1,500 acres), and wide residential streets, well shaded 106 THE GREATEST HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD by maples and elms, Cleveland poss
. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . hools and 44 publiclibraries. The principal institutions of higher education arethe Western Reserve University with 2,800 students, College (Roman Catholic), and the Case School ofApplied Science. With its 12 M. of shore line on Lake Erie, a fine parksystem (1,500 acres), and wide residential streets, well shaded 106 THE GREATEST HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD by maples and elms, Cleveland possesses many aspects ofunusual beauty. The city is situated on bluffs rising from74 to 200 ft. above the water and commands pleasant viewsof Lake Erie, while the surface of the plateau upon whichthe town is built is deeply cut by the Cuyahoga River, whichhere pursues a meandering course through a valley half amile wide. Other streams, notably Dean Brook on the eastborder, add to the picturesque character of the municipalsetting. A chain of parks* connected by driveways followsthe valley of the Dean Brook, at the mouth of which, on thelake front, is the beautiful Gordon Park, formerly the private. The First Automobile (1798)By means of wheels, says the Third Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica(1798), from which this illustration was taken, some people have contrived car-riages to go without horses. One of these [the vehicle to the left] is moved bythe footman behind it; and the forewheels, which act as a rudder, are guided bythe person who sits in the carriage. Between the hind-wheels is placed a box, inwhich is concealed the machinery that moves the carriage. A machine of thiskind will afford a salutary recreation in a garden or park, or on any plain ground ;but in a rough or deep road must be attended with more pain than pleasure. . .Another contrivance for being carried without draught, is by means of a sailingchariot or boat, fixed on four wheels, as A/B [the figure to the
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