Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-10-17
A TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO. !

A TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO.
We are permitted to copy the following
from letter written by gentleman who late
ly made tho trip from Boise City to San Fran
cisco, by the Hill Beachey and railroad route.
It bears date of Sept. 3Oth. The writer says:
+ Igot very little sleep at Boise City, for the
reason that my room companion chatted loud
ly until one o'clock, and kept the light burning,
too, dod-rot him, and 1 was called to go in Hill
Beachey's stage at half pas one. Unrefreshed
os was the start had to be made. On the
way to Silver City we had to wait four hours
at one place to meet the other stage, and this
delayed US so that we did not-reach Silver un-
til dark. From there to Winnemucca took
three days staging-one more than the bills
called for. We expected to take the cars at
that point the evening we arrived, and go right
through; but while we proposed, Hill Beachey
and the railroad folks disposed very differently
To suit their arrangements zoe had to lie over
that night, and take-not the cars, but the
stage for Humboldt next morning We had
nice accommodations, very-on the floor of
bar room, in blankets which seemed very live
ly. / have slept softer on the bed rock, but
don't remember of ever taking more exercise
in trying to sleep. 1t was like dririRg buggy
all that memorable night. Mem.-I think Flea
Powder would sell in Winnemucca
This WiDnemucca is a miserable little town
on the Humboldt, FIVE miles below the mouth
of Little Humboldt, and about quarter of
mile from the railrOad San Andreas is very
nice place-so is Winnemucca, in the same
light, you bet you. It's q splendid locationS-to
scratch
We left by stage for Humboldt City in the
morning, and did not arrive at the latter place
only 4U miles distance-untll six O'Clock that
evening 1t was the dustiest reughrst, mean
est, most exhausting days staging ever srav-
eled. I would rather drive big bull Lean
over the dustiest section Of the Snake river
road from Boise Valley to Baker City than to
repeat that days ride. One of our passen-
gers was in luck-Mr. Blake, the newspaper
man used to seq in the Idaho City PostOffice.
Somehow he managed to get ride down to
Humboldt City from Winnemucca on q con-
structon car, by railroad, and he said that put
him in Humboldt about half past three.-AAt
fany rate he had a clean face when we got in,
and you could not have told any of US stage
passengers from Cinnamon, if color had been
& Co.'s Agent at Humboldt, just after land
ed, but he didn't seem to recognize me-on ac
count of the layers of dust on my face, sup
!. pose, aud did not make myself known. He
is a brother, you know, to the Agent of w. +.
IL Co, in Idaho City, and is nice clean man,
). like his brother.
+ Humboldt City is busting place-consist-
D ing of the railroad depot and another house.
some stables, and more houses a long ways off.
p was glad to say good bye to it, which we did
/ at seven o'clock, when we took the ears, and
by three next morning got to Reno, where we
changed cars. Of course couldn't see much
!. at tfat early hour, but Reno looked like pref
ty good-sized town, and | was told it was
;. lively, thriving place. The train consisted ut
4 four large passenger ears, and they were
/ ljammed full. We crossed the Summit at seven
that morning, and it was freezing. The cars
shook our bodies, and the cold made our i2ws
tremble and unr teeth rattle. At nine O'clock
we breakfasted in Cisco. and in anoaher hour,
= as we ratified along IN splendid stysin the cars
we began to tell each other how hot the went1-
$ er was. 1t seemed like we had rode out OF an
ice house into boiler room. We reached
n Sacramento ut just quarter past a0e, ana san
q Francisco at IL o'clock that night Here,
+ am, and If ever make the return trip II VIII
n be by some other route unless / have to make
n time, and must sacrifice comfort. But it is a
long way the shortest route to travel from
is Boise to San Francisco. The road never can
be made good one for staging. think, al,
q though they do the best they can over IL y
n time is no object. advise you to try the long
!. way round by Oregon whenever you start ~
!. came here. I have seen several that l know
= from Idaho here. Most Of them think OF gong
n back early next spring. believe shall my.
~ self After all it appears to be as good place
orI IA hear of to tie to.