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Identifier: nature321885lock (find matches)
Title: Nature
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920. edt
Subjects: Science Science Sciences Biologie Physique Natuurwetenschappen CIENCIA NATURAL HISTORY BIOLOGY SCIENCE
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to give 1 By resolution the commissioners of the State Surveyfree access to the principal points of view, and serve to were charged with the investigation. This commissionrestore and preserve the natural scenery of the great included some of the most distinguished men of the state,—cataract, beside securing to visitors freedom from those ; Ex-Gov. Horatio Seymour, Vice-President of the United vexatious annoyances which now abound. Subsequentlythe governor-general called the attention of the govern-ment of (.ntario to the matter, and recommended co-operation with the state of New York in accomplishingthis purpose. Later, in January, 1879, Gov. Robinson, in his annual States, \V. A. Wheeler, Lieut.-Gov. Dorsheimer, PresidentBarnard of Columbia College, and others. With breadth of view worthy of such men, they state intheir report that, under this resolution, it became theduty of the commissioners to ascertain how far the privateholding of land about Niagara Falls has worked to public
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disadvantage through defacements of the scenery ; toestimate the tendency to greater injury ; and, lastly, toconsider wliether the proposed action by the state isnecessary to arrest the process of destruction, and restoreto the scenery its natural character. In pursuance ofthese objects, tJie commissioners instructed iVlr. James T.Gardiner, directorof the State Survey, to make an examina-tion of the premises, and prepare for their consideration aproject. He was assisted in this work by Wr. FrederickLaw Olmsted, the distinguished landscape-architect. The examination showed that the destruction of thenatural scenery which forms the framework of the Fallswas rapidly progressing : unsightly structures and millswere taking the place of the beautiful woods that onceoverhung the rapids ; the fine piece of primeval forest re-maining on Goat Island was in jeopardy from projects looking to making a showgiound of the island ; and everypoint from which the Falls could be seen on the Americanside

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