1883 



Niagara Falls 



1883 lose sight of it, but to push it upon all possible occasions. I allude 

 Lome to ^ e f orrna tion of a national park at Niagara. I believe I am 



correct in saying that on the American side the suggestion origi- 

 nated with a mutual friend of Lord Dufferin's and mine, Mr. 

 Bierstadt. . . . 



1883 New York (State) Legislature. An act to authorize the 



New York selection, location and appropriation of certain lands in the village of 

 Niagara Falls for a state reservation and to preserve the scenery of the 

 Falls of Niagara. (Laws of 1883, 106th sess., chap. 336, p. 603.) 



Amended in Laws of 1884, 107th sess., chap. 109, p. 107. 



1883 [Preservation of Niagara Falls.] (Critic, Feb. 1 7. 1 883. 3:71-72.) 



An editorial appeal for the preservation of the Falls and the passage of 

 the reservation measure. 



A view of Niagara as it may be a few years hence. (Harp, w., 

 Jan. 13, 1883. 27:32.) 



Mills and factories in the gorge below and on the banks above. 



1883-1885 



Welch, Thomas V. The state reservation at Niagara. Niagara 

 w!tt M- N- Y, 1885. 



Speech of Hon. Thomas V. Welch of Niagara, in the Assembly of 

 the State of New York, March 2, 1883, and his address before the 

 joint committee of the Senate and Assembly, February 26, 1885. The 

 first is in favor of the bill to authorize the selection and location of the 

 reservation lands and the second in favor of the appropriation for payment 

 of awards for the lands to be taken. 



1884 



GRIFFIN, Sir LEPEL Henry. The great republic. Lond.: Chap- 

 Griffi! 4 man and Hall. 1884. Pp. 22-30. 



The author evidently derived but little pleasure from his visit to the 

 Falls for he rails against the disfigurement of the scenery by paper mills 

 and other industries, is annoyed by the " all-pervading presence of brides," 

 and oppressed by the Falls. 



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