Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-08-20


heavy rail, and twenty-six hundred or,,
ties % the mile, aver which the, cars ,r,,,,.
81 With remarkable smOothness, and tho
equipment, s'at,ou-houscs and workshop,
OF winch all show that i Is being bul,
foF usc and speculation"
The editor at the New Haven Palladi.
uln says If the most extensive and din
cult bridge upon tho route;
1T is constructed with admirable xiii,
aud Is capable Of bearing weight forty
Tunes creator than will ever be placed up
on il, A careful eI.
animation oi this magnificent structure
convinced every membcrof 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 re-
ivrS TO the fast running done on portion
ot the trip, and says;
"lhe locomotive tore along at speed
of over W miles an hour, and smoothly
enough We travelled, even at that high
rate, proving eonclu.ively that the Union
Pacific Railroad is substantially built"
OF the Company's shops at Omaha, the
same authority says;
"rhe first.elass cars manufactured here
are equal 10 any ears 10 be found ON any
OF the eastern railroads. and indeed, the
whole rolling stock of the Company will
compare with any other road in the coun.
I try"
The editor Of the Philadelphia Ago
says:
1T might be supposed, from the rapid.
~ with which the work was done, that it
was Of temporary ard perishable char
actcr. But such is not the case.
OF the roadway it is enough
10 say that We traversed il smoothly, safe
ly and steadily for five successive days, at
rate Of speed varying from twenty to
/ fifty miles per hour, and between the old
track and that at the western terminus.
which had been finished but an hour or
two, no discrepancy was perceptible."
The editor OF the Philadelphia Bulletin
gives the following spirited description Of
the way the track is being laid
Truck. laying on the Union Pacific is
, a science, and we, pundits of the far East,
stood on that embankment, only about
thousand miles this side of sunset, and
backed westward before that hurrying
corps of sturdy operators, with mingled
feeling Of amusement, curiosity and pro-
found respect. On they.come. a light
| eur. drawn by single horse, gallops up
TO the front with his load of rails. Two
men seize the end Of rail and start for
: ward, the rest of the gang taking hold by
! twos, until it is clear Of the car. Then
' they come forward at run. At the word
o Of command the rail is dropped in its
. place, right side up with care, while the
. same pr6eess goes on at the other side OF
the ear. Less than thirty seconds TO a
n rail for each gang. and so four rails &c
n down to the minutel Quick work, you
y say. but the fellows on the |. L. are tire
:. mendously in earnest. The moment the
ear is empty it Is tipped ON the other side
I Of the track To let the next loaded cal
II pass it, and then it is tipped back again
It and il is a sight to see it go flying back
n for another load. propelled by horse a
: full gallop at the end of sixty or eighty
feet Of rope, ridden by young Jehu, VIII,
II drives furiously Close behind the frs
es gang come the CANCERS, spikers, boilers
d, and lively time they make of it. 1t is
At grand Anvil Chorus that those sturd,
oo siedgcs are playing across the plains. ]
is in triple time. three strokes 10 spike
l' There an. ten spikes 10 rall, four hun
IL drcd rails to the mile, eighteen hundre'
miles tn san Francisco That's the sum
rk what is the quotieut! Twenty-one mil
lion times are those sledges TO be swun,
~ -twcnty-one million times are they L
a, come down with their sharp punctuation
before the great work Of modern Americ
;" is complete"
H. The quotations might be greatly ex
NJ tended, but all the members of the cditoria
id party bear similar testimony to the thor
NJ oughn.-S Of construction OF the Union Pa
:" cifc Railroad. and the permanent charat
- ter ofall its equipment and appurtenance:
~ They are all equally positive concerning
er the great business future which the roa'
ID must have as the outlet of the vast regio
u west Of the Mississippi awaiting devel
h opmrnt
n We learn from the Treasurer of tn
il Company that the earnings of the road 10
hc the past Year exceed four million dollar
u Great as this sum il, it must be consid
cred as only the beginning of the in
mense traffic which will pass over tn
road when the whole line shall be fin
!" ished
he LINCOLN AND THE BLAIR FAMILY
ut The best example of Union man wa
:, that Of Abraham Lincoln. His estima,
II of the Blair family is a matter Of recor'
Il. He tolerated one Of them in his Cabine
of until he could tolerate him no longe
as and then invited him to walk No ma
whoyotcd for Mr. Lincoln can shut hi
III eyes to the seal of condemnation whio
that great and good man put upon I'll
al Blairs.
Iat -,
az THE Fnssr STEAMBOAT - Thursda
Ike was the birthday of steamboats, Sixt,
nd one years ago the Clermont, Robert Flu
~ toms first venture, sailed up the Hudson
m The Hudson Register suggests that ther
Tor br erected monument on some promner
rs point on the river which shall tell to con
Ill ing generations of the virtues, wisdoI
In of that great man, Robert Fulton. A goo
ie-
-, suggestion
THE FT-When Seymour feels tn
css cold wind Of the Sd Of November BLOWN
upon him, he will exclaim, as he eA
nw claimed to Lincoln during the war
~ "Stop the draft -
nd foRElcN.- Monday and Tuesday wi
to be observed at Antwerp as holidays, an
i'll the Exchange and markets will be close,
fc To sa,o !, honor 80 ,be ;n,,onrat;o