The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-04-10
The Pacific Ran Road.

hepOttS OF pEeJuulcidI CHdIaCtSI udtO
been circulated, by interested parties, in
regard to the Pacific Rail Road, and the
steamers which connect with it from JEFF
ferson City TO Leavenworth. So numer-
ous were the reports, and piled with such
energy we were almost half inclined to
believe them true. Among the reports
was one that portion of the tunnel had
Ecayed in and wholly obstrlcted progress,
OBTAINING travellers at great expense or
compelling them to return to Jefferson
and take steamer to st. Louis. Another
represented that the bridge overthe Gas
conade would careen as loaded cars passed
over it, evidencing that at no distant day
another calamity, probably more fatal than
that which attended the opening of the
road would occur. And then the road
was constructed along the bank of the
river, and. IN many places the river had
undermined the road, rendering it certain
that there was no safety in travelling over
1T. And then it was said the steamers
connected with the road were old con-
demned boats which were wholly unsafe
and very slow with all. In every case
when we have heard these reports, either
in Kansas or along the line of travel, we
have heard the Union Line of Steamers
complimented for their speed, accommo-
dations, good fair, &c. Now we do not
suppose TIE Union Steamboat Company
would circulate suchoutrageous falsehoods
to the injury of rival interests, but it is
certain others do so, with what motive we
cannot divine.
On our trip Of last week we passed over
this route referred to, making the entire
distance from Wyandott to st. Louis in
thirty-six hours, and only two and one
third days from Lawrence, taking pass
ge at Wyandott on the F. Y. Aubry, one
of the Pacific Steamers. On board the
steamer we found the accommodations
excellent, the fare all any man could de-
sire, the officers gentlemanly and eourte-
Gus, and the trip was accomplished in the
shortest time we ever made on the river,
and the price was the same it would have
been had we employed two or there addi-
| tional days, in 'icireulating' through the
drift wood between Jefferson City and ST.
Louis.
| It is perhaps needless to say that every
word in regard to the unsafe condition Of
the Railroad, or its distractions, is simply
false. With the exception of slight
Hand slide, which percipitated mass Of
earth on the track, and which was remov-
ed in few hours, an occurrence common
to every Railroad, no incident has trans.
pired this season to obstruct travel for g
single hour. As for the tunnel Gazing, il
lis blasted through solid rock, and would
be about as liable to do SO as would the
Missouri to flow backward to the noun
tains, or the Gulf of Mexico to draiI
itselfthrough the Mississippi The bridge
lover the Gasconade is one of the stronges
structures of the kind in the country; anf
the track, though laid for portion of tht
distance along the bank cf the Missouri
4 yet very generally It has a rock founda
ton, and there is no more danger from
accident than from any other road, and
far less than on steamboats, so liable to ge
blown up, on fire, snagged or run IN col
lision with each other.
While we have no interest in this arti
Gle other than sense of justice to mer
itorious Railroad Company, and with
desire to remove any improper prejudic
which calumny has propagated to its inju
/ ~, yet we are disposed to say that if on
readers, whether in the States or in Kan
sas, have occasion to pass between Kansa
and the East, we would, by all means
advise them to travel by the way of tn
Pacific Railroad, with an assurance that
will be matter of economy in time
money and comfort, and with less DANCE
from accidents than by travelling the who'll
route on the river, the lower portion o
which is so filed up with food wood
The above remarks were penned by u
while tarrying in ST. Louis. On our re
turn we passed over the same route, ant
at Jefferson City took passage on the job
II Dickey, a 'aeso steamer, just put on tn
Railroad line, commanded by Capt. DAl
ABLE, and w. Fl. BLOCK, Clerk. TIL
steamer was built during the last Winter
after the most approved model, at cos
tof $45, 600; is perfect in all its arrange
ments, and is furnished in the best posi-
bic style. The employees of the boat, i
in dress, manners and general department
are worthy the beautiful craft in who's
service they are. Though thronged witt
passen gers, yet from the large number o
state rooms, and berths, every person wa
supplied with a clean, comfortable bed
without the necessity of resorting to -th
floor with mattresses, as is almost inyaria
bly, the case on the old steamers runnin,
on the river Her tables, too, are supplied
with bills of fare. after the manner Of tn
| first class hotels, so that every person cal
order just what his appetite Graves. Blu
we are protracting our remarks to create
length than we had contemplated, becaus
of our desire to show the falsity of tn,
report that 'oid condemned steamers ar
employed to run in connection with TIL
Pacific Railroad"
The people of Kansas. instead of throw
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