A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River. Barlow Cumberland

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066129026

Table of Contents

       FOREWORD.

       A CENTURY OF SAIL AND STEAM ON THE NIAGARA RIVER.

       INDEX.

       A CENTURY OF SAIL AND STEAM ON THE NIAGARA RIVER

       CHAPTER I.

       The First Eras of Canoe and Sail.

       CHAPTER II.

       The First Steamboats on Lake Ontario and the Niagara River.

       CHAPTER III.

       More Steamboats and Early Water Routes.

       The River the Centre of Through Travel.

       CHAPTER IV.

       Expansion of Steamboating on the Niagara—its Decline—a Final Flash and a Move To the North .

       CHAPTER V.

       On the Upper Lakes With the Wolseley Expedition and Lord Dufferin.

       CHAPTER VI.

       A Novel Idea and a New Venture—Buffalo in Sailingship Days—A Risky Passage.

       CHAPTER VII.

       Down Through the Welland—The Miseries of Horse Towing Times—Port Dalhousie and a Lake Veteran—The Problem Solved—Toronto at Last.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       The Niagara Portal—History of Names at Newark and Niagara—A Winter of Changes—A New Rivalry Begun.

       CHAPTER IX.

       First Season of the Niagara Navigation Co.—A Hot Competition—Steamboat Manoeuvres.

       CHAPTER X.

       Change Partner—Rate Cutting and Racing—Hanlan and Toronto Waterside—Passenger Limitation Introduced.

       CHAPTER XI.

       Niagara Camps Formed—more Changes and Competition—Beginnings of Railroads in New York State—Early Passenger Men and Passenger Ways.

       CHAPTER XII.

       First Railways at Lewiston—expansion Required—The Renown of the "Let Her B"—A Critic of Plimsoll.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       Winter and Whiskey in Scotland—Rail and Steamer Alongside at Lewiston—How "Cibola" Got Her Name—On the Route—The U.E. Loyalists Ongiara Added.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       RUNNING THE BLOCKADE ON THE LET HER B.—AS TOLD BY HER CAPTAIN-OWNER.

       CHAPTER XV.

       The Canadian Electric to Queenston—An Old Portage Route Revived—History of the Two Portages—The Trek to the Western States—Chippewa Arrives—Notable Passenger Men.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       "Cibola" Goes; "Corona" Comes—The Gorge Electric Railway Opens to Lewiston—How the Falls Cut Their Way Back Through the Rocks—Royal Visitors—The Decisiveness Of Israel Tarte.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       Cayuga Adds Her Name—niagara and Hamilton Joined—The Niagara Ferry Completed—ice Jams on the River—Once More the United Management From "Niagara to the Sea."

FOREWORD.

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      This narrative is not, nor does it purport to be one of general navigation upon Lake Ontario, but solely of the vessels and steamers which plyed during its century to the ports of the Niagara River, and particularly of the rise of the Niagara Navigation Co., to which it is largely devoted.

      Considerable detail has, however been given to the history of the steamers "Frontenac" and "Ontario" because the latter has hitherto been reported to have been the first to be launched, and the credit of being the first to introduce steam navigation upon Lake Ontario has erroneously been given to the American shipping.

      Successive eras of trading on the River tell of strenuous competitions. Sail is overpassed by steam. The new method of propulsion wins for this