aux 



Preservation of the Falls 



Olmstead, Frederick Law, and Vaux, Calvert. General plan 1887 

 for the improvement of the Niagara reservation. Niagara Falls, N. Y. : Olmstead 

 1887. &v 



The keynote of the plan is . . . "to restore and conserve the 

 natural surroundings of the Falls of Niagara, rather than attempt to add 

 anything thereto, is the true policy for the State to pursue. Not park, 

 nor pleasure ground, but " Reservation " is the name affixed by the 

 Legislature to the property now happily recovered to the people. It is a 

 spot reserved, and sacred to what divine power has already placed there, 

 rather than a proper field for the display of human ingenuity or art." 



This plan may also be found in the Supplemental Report of the Com- 

 missioners of the State Reservation at Niagara. Albany. 1 887, 

 pp. 9-50. 



STRATHESK, John, pseud. Bits about America. Edinb. : Oliphant, 1887 

 Anderson and Ferrier. 1887. Pp. 116-129. Strathok 



An account of a winter visit early in 1887. The author was offended 

 by the utilitarian public works around the Falls. 



1888 



New York (State) Legislature. An act to incorporate the 1888 

 Lewiston water supply company in Niagara county, New York. (Laws New York 

 of 1888, 1 1 1th sess., chap. 561, p. 918.) Legislature 



This grant, which permits water to be taken from the Niagara river, 

 was repealed by the Laws of 1906, 129th sess., chap. 267, p. 569. 



1889 



New York (State) Legislature. An act to incorporate the i8S9 



Buffalo and Niagara power and drainage company. (Laws of 1 889, New York 

 I 12th sess.. chap. 366, p. 484.) Legislature 



This act is repealed in the Laws of 1906, 129th sess., chap. 268, 

 p. 570. 



New York State Reservation at Niagara. Resolutions and 1889 

 correspondence relating to a roadway from the state reservation at Niagara New York 

 to Lake Ontario. (Ann. rep'ts of the com'rs. Albany: 1889. 5 :5 1— State 



r * Reservation 



55.) 



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