. Excursions d'été via le centre du Michigan, « la route des chutes du Niagara » .. . chemin le train suit près de la rive de la rivière Niagara et offre de belles vues sur l'étroit magnifique au-dessous de th3 Faus, et les vastes étendues d'eau-comme le lac, avec des îles paisibles-belvédinggreen ici et là. Buffalo, à 536 km de Chicago et à 446 km de New York, a une popule-tion de près d'un tiers d'un miUion et est la troisième ville de l'État. C'est welland construit avec élégance, et est célèbre pour son vaste commerce de lac, pour ses immenses ascenseurs, qui traversent des rivières de grain qui ne manquent pas, pour ses manutures de M.

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. Summer tours via the Michigan central, "The Niagara Falls route" .. . way the train follows nearthe bank of the Niagara River and affords lovely views of the narrow gorgebelow th3 FaUs, and the broad, lake-like expansesabove, with peaceful-lookinggreen islands here and there. Buffalo, 536 miles from Chicago and 446 miles from New York, has a popula-tion of nearly a third of a miUion and is the third city of the State. It is welland handsomely built, and is famed for its extensive lake commerce, for itsgigantic elevators, through which run unfailing rivers of grain, for its manufac-tures of mitals, for its malt and beer, for its gigantic coal and ice traffic, and asthe converging point of ten different lines of railway. The streets are mostlybroad and straight, and those in the more elevated portions of the city are bor-dered with a profusion of shade trees, which adorn also the five public squaresof the city and the Terrace, a broad open space in its busiest section. A por-tion of the river-front is a bold bluff of sixty feet, on which are the ruins of. The Vestibuled Limited at Falls View. old Fort Porter and the barracks, where several companies of the United StatesArmy are quartered. This bluff, and the greater elevations farther back, affordfine views of the city, lake, and river, and the Canada shore beyond. Within the huge carapace of the Union Depot, alive with the puffing ofengines, the transfer of baggage, and the bustle of passengers ever coming andgoing, the Michigan Central connects with the New York Central & HudsonRiver, the only four-track railroad in the world, the West Shore, and the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh. Two of the Centrals tracks ai^e set apart for theimmense freight traffic of the Une, and two for the passenger trains that fly overthe steel rails with lightning speed, yet with perfect safety. The sleeping carsleaving Chicago for Boston and New York, run through without change, and thetraveler is undisturbed by their transfer from one

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