For carrying one passenger and ordinary baggage from one place to
another in the village, 50 cents.
Each additional passenger and ordinary baggage, 25 cents.
For carrying one passenger and ordinary baggage from any point in this
village to any point in the village of Suspension Bridge, 1 dollar.
Each additional passenger and ordinary baggage, 50 cents.
Each additional piece of baggage other than ordinary baggage, 12
cents.
Children under 3 years of age, free.
Over 3 years and under 14 years, half price.
Ordinary baggage is defined to be 1 trunk and 1 bag, hat or band-box,
or other small parcel.
For carrying one or more passengers, in the same carriage, from any
point in this village to any point within 5 miles of the limits of the
village, at the rate of $1.50 for each hour occupied, except that in
every instance where such carriage shall be drawn by a single horse,
the fare therefor shall be at the rate of 1 dollar for each hour
occupied.
HOTELS.--Although a little out of its natural connection, this subject
seems to demand at least a paragraph. The constant influx of visitors,
especially during the summer months has created a demand for hotel
accommodations at Niagara, which has been met in the erection of such
houses as the Cataract, International, Spencer, Niagara, Kaltenbach,
Goat Island, and a multitude of others, of various grades of
excellence, both at the Falls and Suspension Bridge.
[Illustration: THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER.]
The route to the sea _via_ the St. Lawrence River having become a great
favorite with summer tourists, we give in this connection a description
of some of its principal attractions. The majestic river, whose channel
is the outlet for all the waters of the great chain of inland seas, runs
in a general northeasterly direction, from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of
St. Lawrence, through a country full of objects of interest to the
traveler and sight-seer, and by its navigability becomes the medium by
which they may be reached.
Leaving Niagara Falls in the evening, sleeping cars are run, _via_ New
York Central, Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg, and Utica & Black River
Railroads, to Clayton, arriving next morning in time to connect with the
palace day steamers of the ST. LAWRENCE STEAMBOAT COMPANY. Should the
tourist prefer to make the trip by daylight, he will find the scenery
pleasant and attractive. He will thus reach Clayton in the evening, and
remain until morning, proceeding as above.
The pleasures of a trip down the St. Lawrence, among the celebrated
Thousand Islands, through the foaming rapids, and past the charming
villages which lie along the shore, have been the theme of extravagant
praise from many a summer tourist, and the constantly increasing
popularity of this route is ample evidence that they do not soon grow
old. You may usually find among the passengers many who have made the
trip several seasons in succession, and the summer resorts of the St.
Lawrence are visited by the same tourists year after year, so many and
varied are the charms presented.
[Illustration: STEAMER ROTHESAY, “AMERICAN LINE.”]