The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-11
The Rate Of Speed ON the Various
Divisions.
CONTINUED DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE.
The Great Heserts-The Valleys of Rio
Grande and Hesssiia. and the Gads-
dem Purchase.
yRopOSED CELEBRATION IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THREE DAYS LATER NEWS,
Special Correspondence or the New York
Hernld.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 1885,
Safe and sound from all the threatened dangers of In.
dams tropc suns rattlesnakes, grizzly bears stubborn
mules mustang horses jerked beef, terrific mountain
passes ordng rivers, and all the concomitants which
envy pedantry and ignorance had predicted for all pas
sengers by the overland mail route over wschl haveus
passod here am in san Francisco having made the pas
sage from the St. Post Office to the San Francisco
Post oce in twenty three days twenty three hours and
a half lust one day and half an hour less than the time
required by the Overland Mail Companys contract with
,be Post Office Department The journey has been by
means as fatgung 10 might be expected by con
tnuous ride OF such DURATION for feel aosf enough
undertake again. The route il prolific interest 10 the
naturas the mineralogist and all who love to contem
ate nature in her widest varieties, and throughout the
whole 700 miles the interest in objects is not al
lowed to tag. found the deserts teemng with
rous plants and animal life, the mountain passes prolific
the grandest scenery and the fruitful valleys suggestive
OF earthly PARADISE while this trip may be considered
criterion the alleged danger from Indians is all bugbear
have already given you from the date ofour
aeparsre from most OF the stations compared with the
date required by tho time table Of the company. Since
my last have discovered the time table acct
dentay made out so a. to require the trip be made in
twenty four days and half hour twenty three hours
and hiatt less than tine contract time with the Post Once
Department Taking this into consideration, the following
table OF time FROM ST. Louis To san Francisco must be
considered record Of wonderful performance, in view
OF the fact that allowance is made for changing hoscs
or other detetons and that this i the first through trip
Those places mentioned tine time table but which, tor
various reasons tie compeny did not touch are left out
Your readers Will recoec that the contract Of the Over
land NAL Company for twenty Eve days, and that
although party confined 10 specified ronte, tey we're a
liberty 10 change such portions should 10 them
likely TO impede the safe and speedy Transmission Of tho
mail adhered They therefore availed themselves
of the liberty in several instances. First, instead Of
crossing the Pecos river Texas the Emgrant crossing
between Toyah creek and Horseheaa crossing and follow
ing ~ the Peces on It's western bank, they nude taer
rst tr up the Pcco the bank aud crossed at
few miles above ropes Camp, the Delaware crock,
nearly on the thirty .second parallca distance OF abou
ons hundred and ATTY miles.
second instead OF crossing the great California or Coo
RADIO desert from Fort Yuma, calnorns 20 San BeTnar
dino they took more soataery course thirty nile
further to obtain desirable supply of water, and
emitting sun Bcrnardno altogether. Ia making out N
table have calculated these additional distances. tn
whole distance from S. Louis to san Francisco by this
circu,ous rcute Is thus made 10 BE- es60 miles, com
pr,sing probably some Of the most difficult roads IN
existence Here are the tabless-
rsx rAblK o. ,tasr OVERLAND s,r-sr. LOUIS 10 SAN