The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-09-01

constructed road, that will be useless,
or nearly so, when completed, is a
falsehood that could only have been de-
liberately concocted and put in circula-
ton for reasons which would not bear
examination. The road is q good one,
well and solidly laid, with heavy rail,
and twenty-six hundred cross-ties to
the mile, over which the cars travel
with remarkable smoothness, and the
equipments, station-houses and work.
shops of which all show that it is being
built for use and not for speculation"
The editor of the New Haven Palla-
dium says of the most extensive and
difficult bridge upon the route;
at is constructed with admirable
skill, and is capable of bearing aweight
forty times greater than will ever be
placed upon it. A careful eX-
animation of this magnificent structure
convinced every member of the party
that the marvellous speed with which
the road has been built has not been
achieved by any sacrifice of security"
The editor of the New York Times
refers to the fast running done on a
portion of the trip, and says:
L llt lOcOlllOtlNt Tore dlOIlp III II Sppctl
of over 40 miles an hour, and smoothly
enough we travelled, even at that high
rate, proving conclusively that the
Union Pacific Railroad is substantially
built"
OF the company's shops at Omaha,
the same authority says:
1.-THE filst-class cars manufactured
here are equal to any ears to he found
on any of the eastern railroads, and in
decd the whole rolling stock of the COM
pany will compare with that of any
other road in the country"
The editor of the Philadelphia Age
says:
at might be supposed from the IA
pidity with which the work was done,
that it was of n temporary and perisha-
bic character. But such is not the case.
or the roadway il is enough
TO say that we tluVcrScd it smoothly,
safely and steadily for five successive
days, ut a speed varying from twenty
To fifty miles per hour, and between the
old track and that at the western ter
minus, which had been finished but an
hour or two, no discrepancy was per
ccptible.'
The editor of the Philadelphia Bul-
lctin gives the following spirited dcs-
cription of the way the track is being
laid:
"Track-lnying on the Union Pacifi,
ls a science, and We, pundits of the Fai
East, stood on that embankmcnt, only
about II thousand miles on this side o
sunset, and backed westward bcfor,
that hurrying corps of sturdy operators
with mingled feeling of amusement
curiosity and profound respect. On
| they came. a light car, drawn by ;
single horse, gallops up to the from
with its load of rails. Two men seiz,
the end of a rail and start forward, tn,
rest of the gang taking hold by twos
until it is clear of the car. Then they
come forward at run. At the wore
of command the rail is dropped in it.
| place, right side up with care, Will,
| the same process goes on ut the othcl
side of the car. Less than thirty see
onds to rail for each gang, and so foul
rails go down to n minute . Quick
work, you say, but the fellows on tho
| u. p. are tremendously in earnest
| The moment the car is empty, il i.
| tipped on the other side of the track tC
let the next loaded car pass it, and thel
it is tipped back again, and it is a sigh
TO see it 90 flying back for another loaC
propelled by horse at full gallop, at the
end of sixty or eighty feet of rope, rid
den by Il young Jehu, who drives furi
ously. Close behind the first ganl
come the guagers, spikers, and boilers
and lively time they make of it. il
is grand Anvil Chorus that those
sturdy sledges are playing across the
plains 1t Is in triple time, three
strokes to spike. There are ter
spikes to a rail, four hundred rails tc
the mile, eighteen hundred miles to
San Francisco. That's the sum, what
Is the quotlent? Twenty-one million
times are those sledges to be swung
twenty-one million times are they tC
come down with their sharp punctua-
ton before the great work of modern
America is complete"
These quotations might be greatly
extended, but all the members of the
editorial party bear similar testimony
to the thoroughness of construction OF
the Union Pacific Railroad, and the
permanent character of all its equip.
ment and appurtcnances. They are all
equally positive concerning the great
business future which the road must
have as the outlet for the vast region
west of the Missouri awaiting develop.
mcnt
We learn from the Treasurer of the
company that the earnings of the road
for the past year exceed fourmllions OF
dollars Great rs this sum is, ii must
be considered rs only the beginning OF
the immense traffic which will pass
over the road when the whole line shall
be finished