Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-02

rnE TRIP TO NEW YORK,


TINE TRIP TO NEW YORK
= Sunday In Geshn M - how sh,
casy 1osks and. what she pee
PIE de.
Nrw Yonk, jane OF, 1868.
Narrow 10 the way and swift the rout
via Fort Wayne and Penn. Central, tina
leads - Hsw4 York, and many there b
that nud Il IN The year round, but NOR
especially during the present week, Tn,
change Of bass from Davenport 10 this city
hardly amounts to . journey, il bsinl
merely flying trip, which in many partic
ulars ssems very much like staying q
home. A sound nights rest, q bath ant
breakfast At the Sherman, n spacious sea
Ia . miniature palace on wheels. surround
ed with all the comforts OF a well ordered
home. Counting out tho dust and wher
you iigh, up pom terra firms il is upon thu
deck Of n north river Ferry Boat that land,
YOU safe on Gotham soil. A bath and 9
dinner. and you lounge into . verandah
chair, and as the fragrant smoke curls
asay from fresh cigar, you are almost
astcnished that you are 20 far from home
50 very soon. Truly wonderful sge il
this. and the living we'll may stare with
curious eyes into the foggy future and won
der il the generations 10 come are TO rspsai
the grand ,riumphs that have been achieved
10 this. To our fathers. this transit ~,
the work Of weeks through trial and tribu
lation; 10 us, II 10 but . few hours and
aboundipg in repeated comforts. Wonders
may 20, multiply; and those who read III,
inscriptions upon our head stones may sir
shsir coffee in their quiet breakfast rooms
whose western windows open out upon The
Paci6c. and take thsls evening toast snd:tss
in this noble city.
We left Davenport last rhuSsdsy even
log and arriving in Chicago next moroing.
At sundry times 10 years past ~ had
Travelled every reuts leading ftsm the west
- the east. north Of Nassn and Dixons
line. save one. and that the "pittsburg and
Fort wayne." 90 popular among eur YES.
tern people That route " decided TO take,
and really ~ did coed thing. W saved
the best wine for the close Of the fsast-fo'
Of them all. that route 10 undoubtedly the
mo.' pleasant, most picturesque, and mos,
s.J.y .ols Of them all. You take your sec,
in sumptioes coach that goes stralsh,
through without change. That 10 . roy.
O comfort! There 10 no shifting and chang
ing. no more crowding and rubbing for tie
b'st seat In the other train. but quietly do
you stow away your baggage. sit,yourse'f
down-take whole seat 10 yourself. aud
make yourself perfectly a. homo all the
way through. Your seat by dav, by sud
.dsn transformation. becomes your couch at
night, and everything seems made to or.
der for sveryhody's comfort
From Chicago for several hundred miles
the sSstacics OF the journey were some.
what miugstsd by the prevailing dus,
clouds. These fast trains do kick up m
swfcl duet. Dust : Whole clouds OF i,
and no remedy Forty miles an hour; on
either aide Of you broad stretching praires
aud timber s'oryng all over in freshness,
and comfort which zoe vis~ with longing
syss from the very centre Of the dense duet
cloud that prssists in following and
harrasssag you oil the way. To
dust vs must all return, but W
are not partial to It ~ worldly cloth
ing. especially not - beverage. A dash 81
rain somewhere down in Ohio, fortunately
Brought lcnged-ior relief, and during the
night wc struck the Pennsylvania Central.
whose uss and rails are laid in rock ballast
fortunately places dust at heavy discount.
Ltrly morning found our train working ito
way M the western slope Of the Allegi q
Mos picturesque country, no doubt, bat
being mnnt'ed IN dense log. q long artci-
pa'eh pleasure was lost. Mounting up still
hcnvf. Tho summit is rcachei-th train
2 unged into tho long tunnel, whose damp
darkness may almost TOO felt with the hand
then cut again into the blessed sunlight
the fog is gone, ard away down along the
eastern slope plunces the train-down
through gorgss walled in by towering
mountain ranges, down around the sharp
curves, continually bringing into view
fresh mountainous combinations of sur.
passins splendor; now in = deep cut
through high rocky spur, then chasing
along . narrow track suspended - il were
On the stsep mountain side here catching
> glimpse Of como bold rocky sminenes-
there view Of the road far ahsad-across
the gorge = thousand feet beneath you.
catch elimpsss Of the old national s.aes
road - Il winds along the opposite noun
lain side; then down through more rocky
'pur-cuts snd slsog the very brink Of more
awning ehasas asd-loek thsss comes
locomotive sweeping around 10 The right on
The sharpsst II eusvss-ths very losomo-
i've Of yeur ovs train seeming Ter oil tAs
serld intent spsa swinging around the
circle to get into the rear Of ths vssy coach
. which yen siti We had souevhsse
beard Of IN iasesnss where The rear bsake.s
man on a.nshsoias train goa his face slsp-
ped By the saginsse for net attending %
lie duty. but ~ mover sa~ any thing Of the
kind. Or come % near seeing both ends d
! train Of ears meet o. in making that
harp curve ameng the Alleghaniss. Il
made in safsty. and you are on the other
ride Of The dssp gorge running for . mile
" two right parallel With the track the
'sais has just passed over Down she
'nshss, Thirty 6ilss an hour-down through
goress, rocks and tunnels, down into the
devicus valley Of the Juniata, and along
that lovely stream hcmmei 10 by towering
mountains Is il winds ito way along 70 Join
The Susquehannah many miles ahead.
Down through this magnificent valley to
10 glorious ride, Tho r;ch.
bold scenery changes every moment IN.
mountains still follow you on either hand
,pen,ng only to admit some mouc..;.