New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
HOW THE FAR WEST GRows-THE PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD.


ROAD
A letter to The Cincinnati Commercial written
from the present terminus Of the Union Pacific Railroad
says:
"Cheyenne will undoubtedly be offended when term
1T congregation OF 200 or 300 shahties sCe "a p PUN
nj the OF the eastern span OF the ROCKY
IL will add 10 the indignation OF Cheyehno M u 10
I n, eTected and never win be- Such distinction be-
longs to grand hotel commenced by psorge ftahels
The foundation walls Tie foundation Is the overshad9w
ing feature OF Cheyenne, and needs Only I.e cnTns
wv and some moonlight render 1t romantic no less
man curious Even your sxmonth-Old metropolis must
have its ruin. year ago found Jlespuik Itndd
city OF several Thousand inhabitants The tIaek
Juesburg died In galloping hectic Ihreo Use I I
remain OF Julesburg The infant metIopV. 1u, nets
is born at dawn teeths before BREAKFAST 1'u1 hs
robust majority by noon, riots In uncenhe u ~. h
and is burned at midnight by che light Oh one toic,
ing baby further west TO follow Tue patcts
only faster and rOer handed. Not far west oi
tine locomotive begins the ascent OF tho ~ yon have
tains. BY the umc you reach thelr VlsiD,e % 'o fee
attained height above the sea lever OF oNoI 800 ~
though unecnscousy FOR the Platte Naf lined on a
sensiby and uniformly that the ELEVATION - -
seeming level Of miles long. But at inc houhtan
snnrs referred TO the ascent becomes paippie
~ locomotive pants mp the Black Hills and AT sherman
attaine an altitude OF 1900 feet tho highest mi
any IA h The Linton Pacific Near Sherman most re-
narkabe mountain view IS afforded, one that Is
s6 and rnggcdn; IS Of outlines aud IN the Sgbmty
of naked desolation No pen can ro ugsSilcs
that SS stSr 1" desa mreacy es SSISn s.
that arc so blended tnat the sw nnends2s noun
II "a aNuN
after its own conceptions OF what IS n ~
20 t Inc sOul rather than oDchant the eye Lhoo 10
o f other rugged scenery 10 fix the Interest vi INC
rsyeIeT and the west Of Cheyenne is innhtoy inc
nast interesting portion Of the Journey The town OF
Laramie is the present business terminus OK the
LII NOT long remain, and knows IL. IL discounts
WI rho hest buildings shells, furnsheu Win
canaciy 10 drop back into pile OF lumber, anu DO
IrnIdIed 10 tho next bvouac Restaurants Ranpl,mf
hnnses and variety stores abound Dancehous9ss e INT
o.,c "a hours in the a. and the anmalsin Vi Iho al
W. il broadly pandered TO. Laramie Is Plhce 10
70 the sta gecOach and be heeced INC IoHot
I1g money here Is OF the acute and nilamlhatoiy
Kind Nothing less than quarter The dollar ., d,h
,a 20 The dime OF quiet communities. Another noi,il
MN r,iU,e will have folded its shanttes ana IIhhucaI
bns,icd awav The Union Pacific Railroad is u Tell u,
IujIt road smooth welbalasted and cOnstIuoteu VI
GOOD material 1t rides more easily thah to ehJ
80 traversed since leaving Cincinnati. us ~
s are undoubtedly receiving more money ltoiI tie
Government than IL costs to build the road Anu R o
@ 20 show I'm future letter that the cost OF DunR
tIe Rocky Mountain section has been ya, oa
a,ad THE road throughout s entire ensth lIoll Oha
~ at Lake City will cost less than any ROAD ever
Constructed in Ohio. The facts and hgares sa ~
on1In The Rocky Mountains present fewer gu ~,
10 the railroad engineer than any other Tahke ~ time
orld The vital question OF snow on TINS taIroau
hna "a determine 6lreWd peQple leIeAEN BsAetl