The New York Central Railway.

Manawatu Herald, 15 December 1892, Page 3

The New York Central Railway.

.- . .. -♦■ -- Tlie above pushing American Railway Company have, published a most interesting guide to that portion of the United States which their railway serves. The map is a most excellent one showing not only the Atlantic ocean, the immen an lakes of Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan^ and other smaller ones, the great rivers St Lawrence the Hudson add the Missippippi, but the mountains, the hills and dales of this northern portion of our cousins' property. The New York Central is a four-line track from New York to Buftalo, the town on the east end of lake Erie 5 from there it travels by & double track around both sides of the Erie to Chicago, and by a branch breaking off at Cleveland, runs past . Indianapolis to 8t Louis. If; has a branch from Boston to Albany. This route proves that the line opens up most of America's Great Kesorts. A series of well executed views accompany the map and create, most probably as intended, an earnest wish to be able to go and see the places represented. Up the Hudson river, amongst its highlands, are glorious views, celebrated among these being the Catskill mountains, a great pleasure resort of New Yorkers, and the water falls known as the Kaaterskill falls are Very grand. A very large hotel and boarding house is built on the top of the mountain and the charges are reported as being very reasonable. Beyond the Oatskill's is Saratoga, the "Queen of Spas." This is another great summer resort and a racing season is belli each July which attracts visitors from ail parts. The town is situated on the Hudson river. The rail then takes you to the Niagara falls, which without Anthony Trollope's "I know of no other one thing so beautiful, so glorious and so powerful " is a sight only there to be seen. At the point where the St Lawrence joins lake Ontario are the thousand islands, dotted over the water, and varying in size, upon which aro either single, or many buildings, and about which boats and steamers are constantly passing. Steamers which ply oh the St Lawrence have rapids to shoot, and the view certainly ma'fes it appear as anything but a pleasant jenrney. After the thonsand islands view, that on the Adirondack lake at the foot of the mountains of the same name, comes next for beauty. The World's Fair at Chicago will probably be the means of inducing many to make thistrip whilst they are, as it may be termed, in the immediate neigh« bourhood of these sights. The map stops at St Louis, we have therefore yet to wait to learn what the companies running out of San Francisco to Chicago will do, in the way of prloes, rate and sights for visitors toC^AußiralasTav; - 'f^.--'\ The map proves one thing, and tHfltfc is that Chicago stands not only as the focus of many railway systems but being on the shores of lake Michigan it has uninterrupted water communication to the Niagara falls by way of the lake on the borders of which it stands, and the lakes Huron, St Clair and Erie ; and from the Falls, by lake Ontario and the river St Lawrence to Quebec and the Atlantic.