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iii-ss which rendered it most effeitivo. With this huzo the rnpids 

 :itK)vc the Ouiadiaii falls seemed to stretch out to an interminable 

 ■ stance beyond, and in fact the effect was as of a terrific nortlieast 

 1 low on the Atlantic coast at low tide. 



At the Canadian side of the Falls a brief stop was made enabling 

 the Canadian customs oflicers to make a casual inspection of the 

 visitors. Inasmuch as none of them carried grips or other recep- 

 tacles in which to smuggle things to the Canadian 'siile (at least 

 none of these was visible)', the purpose of the inspection was doubt- 

 ful. Perhaps the inspector who was a dapper, alert individual, was 

 like Diogenes of old. If he were, his tour was seemingly unsuccess- 

 ful as he went out of the car without comment. It was observed that 

 his exit was viewed with considerable relief, particularly on the part 

 "I the boys from Memphis, who have gotten the habit since the 

 T'unessec state prohibition laws have become an issue in the forth- 

 ■ ••ming election, of dodging around the corner when they sec brass 

 buttons. At any rate the party got by successfully much to the 

 surprise of everybody concerned, and the cars then curved around 

 along the edge of the gorge, and went on up to the New Clifton 

 hotel on the Canadian side, directly op|)Osite the Falls. Here the 

 passengers disembarked for a stop of five minutes, while the cars 

 went up to the loop beyond and turned. 



'riie most conspicuous incidents noted during this brief stop were 

 •■>• activity with which John McClure got about from point to point 



• that he would be sure to be within the focus of every camera that 

 snapped, and the scramble on the part of the excursionists to get 

 back into their proper cars. It has been anticipated that if they were 

 not given specific and emphatic instructions to board the same cars 

 on which they started, throughout the trip, they would all wait over 

 until the last car left and attempt to continue the journey in this 

 one vehicle. However, the pljin of herding them into their proper 



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fully and the trip was very well carried 



cages workc 

 through. 



After the cars turned around and the excursionists re-embarke<l in 

 front of the Hotel Clifton, they started out again down the Cana/lian 

 side along the rim of the gorge, and eventually, after a tedious climb 

 up the hill, reached Brock's Monument. It was at this incline that 

 the first evidence was seen of the unusual jirosperity of the lumber- 

 men, as, presumably, tho amount of power necessary to run the cars 

 on this route was calculated on weight of human beings of ordinary 

 weight. When put to the test even the tremendous harnessed force of 

 Niagara could not transport tho prosperously opulent lumlM-rmen up 

 a very ordinary iucliue. 



Eventually, however, the cars reached the top and stopped below 

 Brock's Monument. All disembarked and in the face of an immi- 

 nent rainstorm climbed the path through the beautifully laid out 

 park to the monument itself. Here they were greeted with a view 

 which more than com|>ensated for tho climb and threatened damage 

 to new spring suits and millinery. The outlook from the top of the 

 hUl, showing the course of the Niagara River as it wound its way 

 onward through the beautifully cultivated and wooded lands, surely 

 was excellent. The stop at this point was long enough to give tho 

 visitors the satisfaction of finding out just how the British general 

 whipped our ancestors, and to form in a well arranged crescent to 

 enable the ofiicial photographer to make his exposure just as the 

 downpour started. Some of them got to the cars before the deluge 

 but otlieTS did not. A picture of the race down the hill to the shelter 

 of the cars would luive been interesting. 



The rain stopped, however, a few minutes after the cars got under 

 way, and the trip continued on down the incline, the cars eventually 

 arriving at the new suspension bridge, crossing over to the American 

 ■■' ' • ♦ ■■ ' ■•■•■'■■■■ V. y. Here another fifteen minutes' stop was 



