Smyrna times., 1868-08-26
The Character OF the Union Pacific
Railroad.

While every person who has followed progress of that
wonderful undertaking. the Union Pacific Railroad has
yelled the unparalleled apdy with which it has been con-
structed have felt skepcal the character of the
work which being done with such apparently headonS
speed Was possible build hundred miles of railroad
years. and do it wells Could railroad from New York
Chicago be well built in two timer And not here
where all the appliances needed were at hand could be OBJ
day notice. then how much less in region beyond
settlement beyond civilization and where abores supplies
and all else, except the land which the road was
built transported hundreds OF miles before reaching
spot where they wanted In short the question: Is
the bu? has the for whose satisfactory
waited before investing their in the
Companys which liberal their provisions and
beyond peadventue affirmative to this ques
| tion be fully established.
Upon this point we must take the testimony personal wit
been upon the ground and examined the
work. Fortunately opportunity has just been afforded anu
full inspection of the road and its belongings by
party gentlemen who the leading Journals OF the
cities have Just returned from trip which houeu
over seven hundred miles of the Union Railroad They
had special train their disposal to stop where they wS
they might DESIRE and which gave them
better opportunity both the good parts OF the oa
and the bad onesif existhan the ordinary taVele
regular trains These OF judgment an" u
crimnaton personal characters as well as the names
journals which they represented guarantee Una" 'ey
write only what their convictions dictate. Let US see wa
of these gentlemen Of the character oi the
ciic Railroad:
Hon Charles A. Dana of the New York SUM- late Asst slant
: Secretary of War; says; 49,. =,
from an excursion terminus Of the Iniom
H 6 road se is coHstracteJ in thorough and solid
manner and that it is superior IN rns @ h they have
the parts Of the track %nen oyT wGS tSe as well
those end of the line when h h6 az pects the
mdTment with Which laid and the % OF tb m
Teamstances be better is all reports to the contrary
erroneous and mistaken
: The editor of the Boston Traveller says
sIt il bnlt and most substantial % nite
and will compare avoaby with any other roa IN to
states :IHsroT ESG ne" G The baasd and
as Of Fs% Of the SO eas
| to ride this new one'
s The editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin says:
$50 far from imperfect and superficial workmanship being pu
r upon the road that tina
enterprise can make The workshops engine houses % an
aTe sS0s S a9 tant win a
hSH6 dd s%6sensg tsRas hS bH as any
| or imperfect construction"
- The editor Of the N. Y. Express
solid S have as ws 1 bs sfE as
n Sccommodations full and comfort vis
Of tat e hs ths SilSs Fscae Il myth
=. affair gotten up for purely speculative purposes
70 The editor of the Boston Transcript says:
"The Pacific rstclass road finely graded tho
The editor of the Baltimore American says of the Road:
well s and sS Sa rGs and % tb and d
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a. And again he speaks in the following unqualified cOmmend
vi tion:
~ must for another occasion remarks upon
character Of the road H financial basis present business
prospects. But IL Is here that
that have been put aoa at ha East that the Company
party Of specuatoFs putting down rude and poorly
structed road that will be useless when complete
alsehoOd that could only have been deliberately
W put In circulation which would
nation The road is good one, well and sOidy laid wit
heavy rail- and wentysx hundred mile
which the travel with remarkable snoothness and IL
equipments station houses and shops which
u. that it is being built for use aud not speculation"
I'm The editor Of the New Haven Palladium of the
IN tensive and difficult bridge upon the route:
at Is constructed with remarkable SKILL and is capable
bearing weight forty times greater than will be place
upon it.. = =" careful examination of this magnihce
ng convinced every member the party that the ma
i'm veIous speed with which the road has been built has
" achieved by any sacrifice OF security"
The editor of the New York Times refers to the fast runn
)se done portion Of the trip and says;
The locomotive tore along at n speed Of miles
hour and smoothly enough travelled that high
proving eoncusivey that the Union Pacific Railroad is
lc- stantaly built"
OF the Company Shops at Omaha the authority
The hrstelass manufactured here equal
to be found OF the eastern railroads. and indeed