The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-10
KANSAS CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER NO. vi.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, |
E Sept. 9, 1867. !


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/ left Leavenworth at 4 P. NJ. on
Friday and arrived at Kansas City,
Mo-, at 6, same day. Left, the latter
place at 6 80 P. NJ, Saturday and ar
rived at Lawrence at 10: 80 P. NJ. at
night, by very slow accommodation
train. Stayed over Sabbath at Law
renee. The distances are-from
Leavenworth to Kansas City 81 miles
Kansas City to- Lawrence Al miles.
Fares-Leavenworth to Kansas City,
81 80; Kansas City to Lawrence
SO IS. The rate of fare on all the
roads that / have travelled over or in
quired about, West of the Mississippi
River, is five cents per mile, except
the two Union Pacifcs. By the
Omaha Road the price is ten cents
per mile to Julesburgh, and beyond
twenty cents. SUPPOSE, however,
that when the road is regularly
opened for travel to Cheyenne the
price will be the same as to Jules
burgh. On the Kansas Pacific East
ern Division, the price is seven cents
per mile. rFfs.eof >-sx ssr
This road is doing large business,
as we'll as the Nebraska one. The
passenger trains generally go out and
come in with four and five cars full of
passengers. Long freight trains are
also to be seen, as on the Omaha road,
carrying, not only cross ties. iron and
spikes, but all kinds of, merchandise.
Both roads must be making money.
Notwithstanding the heavy, EXPENSES
of operating. The tracks are in fair
order, and the express trains make
good time. The equipments, includ-
ing sleeping cars, are first class.
"A person will be surprised to see so
many women travelling on these lines
to and from the frontier, through the
Indian country. This is an evidence
of the independence of our feminines
as class, as well as their fearlessness.
The Kansas Union Pacific Railroad
is now carrying passengers to Ellis
worth, new town 224 miles out
four miles beyond Fort Ha~kcr From
what l can learn, l judge that the
work of extension is very seriously
interfered with by indians. The Ne.
braska road seems to be going ahead
faster and will be at the base of thu
mountains long before the Kansas
route.
While on the subject of Pacific
railroads / will mention that what is
called the Central Branch Union Pa
cifc Railroad, running out from At
Gibson through Northern Kansas, is
completed some distance out, and
the work still goes on. with a prospect
that before Winter the road will be
in running order to Marshall County,
Kansas, about one hundred miles
from Atchison. The grading is said
to be very light, and the country fer
tile.
1 noticed few days ago in paper
that the survey on the extreme North
ern route from Lake Superior to the
Pacific, at the Columbia River. had
commenced at both ends. / see by
the st. Louis Democrat that the citi- |
zens of Southwest Missouri are taking
active measures to extend still fur |
Their the Southwest Pacific Railroad.
1t is now in operation. under the |
of the State to Little |
Piney, about 125 miles from St. Ions.
beyond Rolla
Efforts are also being made TO build |
In the direction of Western /
Arkansas and Texas. A road from |
Kansas City toward Ft.3 Scott, Kan
sas, is under way, and is expected to
be completed to that spoint within a |
year, and ultimately to Fort. Gibson
and on South. Another road is also /
projected f. ON junction City. 139
miles out on the Kansas Pacific Rail-
road, isouthwardly to the Neosho Val
ley, designed ultimately to run to
Texas. -, rss.. 80 =
s. There is another railroad now in
actual progress which will make an
important connection-the Cameron
road, so called. 1t will run from
Kansas City to Cameron, on the Han
nibal and st. 10. R.R., distance of
probably IS miles. 1t is partly finish
running order through. A substan-
tai new bridge over the Missouri
River at Kansas City is now being
erected tor the use of this road. 1t
is stated that Chicago capital is help
ing on the work, for the purpose of
opening up shorter connection with
the Kansas Pacific RR. than ria st.
Joseph. The ferry at Leavenworth
will also be avoided Thus it is that
Chicago is reaching out her iron arms ,
IN every direction, in order to snatch
he prizes of commerce from the
grasp of her great rival, St. Louis.
There are other railroads talked of
,ut here west of the Mississippi and
and others that will in