Show GRAND suspension BRIDGE I 1 have some doubt whether any part of the world can present the same saine combination of attractions to visitors as can this spot the falls as a wonder of nature stand confessedly without a rival and in art it seems to me the suspension bridge must take the same place no description in print has ever conveyed or ever can convey an ad adequate equate conception of this stapen dous lous it is one of the he things chub like nho the falls to be understood and appreciated must be seen it was a most lovely moonlight midnight when nhen the train in which I 1 approached tho the f fils vils 1 ssi sd d fhe bridge the nip efi edich edict ct of tile the uncertain liht wes vs of chirse co irs to toile tolie li e in ap appearance perance an increased depth d ph to the doige to render rinder more moie indistinct and wid undefined the he cables arid and threads upon which trie brid bridge bride e is supported and suspended and correspondingly despondingly ly to increase the intense feeling indeed xi tv I 1 mav 01 iv sav sriv whirl oie ole 01 e mist m st feel fri tri I 1 thus ausper BUS sus ei led dod wilh with the pon non ponderous drous drons trim train of cars on apparel aly uncertain support 0 er such an a awful ful rul gorge if the time tune ever eier should come when hilman human calculation in this matter shall be proved ai at fault and the bridge should give way under the he se loads diali cross it no soul smil and scarcely a frao frag mit of he the falling injects 01 woud would ever eier again be visible to tell tb tho tale daylight however ho weer while uhlie it in in no wise w se diminished the interest of the work tended to dissipate I 1 all possible ground of fear the immense streng strength tb of he structure was revealed four cables each at least lens ten inches in diameter made of separate strands sti ands of wire are arc its support i these cables are anchored on tin each side under immense abutments of stone which can no more be moved than the he rocky mountains they pass over square towers at least 70 feet high standing on the brink of both banks from these cables cables depend upon which the bridge is suspended it is feet in length between th the e two towers width some A 18 feet but a single track crosses it although bars are so laid as to accommodate the wide as well as narrow guage I 1 stood on it when several trains crossed and could detect nothing more than the inevitable A ar which a moving train occasions the track tra above the river is feet and I 1 need hardly say standing at that elevation on such a structure the diew view is sublime the falls are above it some two miles but are visible I 1 have haie visited the falls before but never viewed them so closely and in so man ipaty faor favor j able aspects and points as on this tins wait visit and was nevet neer before so impressed with mth their character an ali attempt at description is useless human thought can scarcely grasp them and lan ian language langhage gnage is is not adapted to them they are something to be felt not to be talked about and to be in anise appreciated must be seen kenosha kenosha Kc nosha wis tribune and telegraph |