The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-08-08
now THE Union PACIFIC
RAILROAD rs nUILT.

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An Intelligent correspondent of the
C'HeiHadh Ca-ete has written very
interesting letter, showing the manner
IN which this last wonder Of the century
is being completed lie says:
There Is nothing connected with the
Union Pacific Railroad that is not won.
deriul The possibility Of constructing
such road at some future day has long
loomed up as one of the events Of a
grander future which al believed was
to one for the land. To look upon so
much Of it accomplished, 10 watch the
marvellous progress of each day, and
feel sure that the great enterprise which
we had consigned to the future Of our
dreams, is 70 be u reality for us, maxi es
one prouder of the noble days in which
we live. ln one sense the road is as
great an achievement as the war. aud as
grand n triumph TO those who have seen
much Of the former aud looked from
this point upon the unfolding of the
latter, they appear equally impressive.
What the country has dreamed about
for many years rs becoming reality
much faster than the people know. One
year ago, but forty miles were finished !;
:his morning, We look back from our
train oyera days rapid run, aud for.
ward sixty miles Tonight, three ad.
diiional miles Of rail viii mark the track
Of the days advance.
Our party left the depot at Omaha at
. O'Clock on the morning Of the Sd inst.
The station.house, aud the common pas
seneer cars, were better than those on
The road fIola- " MsShington 70 New Yosk:
those who have been so unfortunate as
to make the latter trip win all hope shey
arc very much better, il the love Of
country be in their hearts. ta
The train, which was made up Cor the
cxcursionisis. consisted Of ears as elc.
CANT as any thar can be found East Of
the Missouri. 1t was very difficult to
look at them and realize that before
night they would be roaring along over
piains from which hostile Indians, deer
aud antelope have not been driven yet
VALLEY or TUE rLArrE. ~
Long before the valley is reached, it
spreads before the eye Ike. a vast bay
opening out into an ocean, whittier the
track appears to lead II is forty miles
from the iow, rolling hills on the north.
to the opposite aud Similar range on the
south Between, the surface Is almost
perfecty fat, though its regular ascent
toward the west, OF about ten feet TO
the mile, gives ample drainage. The
soil is very rich, aud the MUD efalters
in lis attempt to estimate the future Of
such n valley, Or its immense capabili-
ties The gain fields OF Europe are
mere garden-p patches beside the green
oceans which roll from Colorado to In
diana. The valley widcns with the nd.
vance. The hills behind sink into the
plain until The horizon there Is perfect.
Those on either side grow fiaiuier. till
through the heated air they take on the
appearance Of low Islands seen across
many miles Of water. Yesi lsve
Mnch of the land mt the mouth of the
valley is under cultivation; aud the deep
black Of the freshly turned loan, the
dark green Of the wheat, the 1ightcr
grass, the deeper shades, aud the brown
ofthatwhich the fires Of the autumn
spared, make up the wide expanse a
mosaic which nature alone ! could color,
and the prsisios oaly find room for dis
play Fuft' cr Sn, huge pIows, drawn
By eight oxen, labored slowly along
each inrow beiug an added ripple to
the tide which il sweeping up oyer al
these rich regons-a tide whose ebb
the youngest viii never know.
Amer rapid run of $50 miles, we
stopped foraucxccllentdinDcr ut G rand
Island. y ft1
A CONTINENTAL MILESTONE.
The common mile posts seem to meas !
ure insignificant distance upon the wide
plains, Only each five miles are noted
On this road and when one has passed
between two Of these, the step taken
hardly appears like an advance. Bat
there is,one point marked in a manner
to suggest the distance which has been
overcome, aud the gigantic character OF
the work. At pointin the plain which
otherwise seems as indsterminate As the
position ofa aeating log a,sea, wide,
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