The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-07-10
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
PoRrIANp. Maine. june %, 1859.

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and vexations of long trans-continenta
: trip must be taken into consideration as III
excuse for my failure to write you at al
earlier date than the above. We arrived
here, very little the worse for "-ear, yesterday
afternoon-accomplishing .he journey from
Carson to this point in eleven days. Hat
we not been detained six or seven hours in
Omaha, two days at Chicago, and twenty
four hours at Springfield, Mass, we could
have been here on last Friday evening, OF
within eight days travel by rail. We re-
manned the greater part of last Tuesday at
Omaha, waiting for the departure of the
Chicago and Northwestern train staid two
/ days in Chicago from choice and laid over at
Springfield simply because the Directors OF
the Albany and Boston Railroad are too
cody TO break any part of Sunday but the
bu t-ends-morning and night.
shall not attempt a description of the
scenes and incidents of our trip further
than to say that it was pleasant and unat-
tended by anything more serious than fa-
tigue and monotony. l will endeavor to give
you and the readers of the APPEAL AN idea
Of what We found i; necessary TO do in order
to make the trip as camfrtsble as possible
Before leaving Carson, telegraphed to Mr.
T. H. Goodman of Sacramento, the General
Passenger agent of the C. P. R. K. to re-
serve me a section on the sleeping car
which left tnat city on the 18th inst By
this means I was enabled to secure the best
comforts of the road for myself, wife and
babies as far as Promontnry. At Reno tel
egraphed to Mr.. Grant, Pullman's agent at
Promontory, to reserve me a section from
there on. found. up,n arrival there that
he had done as l desired, but he informed me
tlat it was necessary to telegraph to Chey-
enne to secure a section from Bitter Creek
to Omaha. Accordingly l sent dispatch
from PIomontory to Cheyenne, to Mr.. How
land. Pullman's agent. who made the de-
sired arrangements. At Omaha, by going
early to the Northwestern 4. r. office, l
secured sleeping accummoda tions between
that point and Chicago. Thus We spen,
OR nights between Reno and Chicago in
good, clean, wide beds. We came from
Chicago by the Michigan Central, Great
Western, New York Central and Albany and
Boston routes as far as S, Tiugueld, Mass |
Between Chicago and Rochester, New York,
we rode in sleeping and dining car. Our
meals we're served up in restaurant style |
and were excellent. This is The sort of car
which should be in use all over the Pacific
Railroad.
l have been thus particular in itemizins
our manher of travel for the sake of those |
who contemplate trip overland. II is to be |
hoped, however, that the Central and |
Union Companies may perfect such ar
rangements as will enable the traveller to
secure sleeping accommodations for the en-
lire trip at the commencement of the jour
ney. Much trouble and expense would be
saved thereby.
Ours was the most numerous company o.
men, women and children that ever made
he overland trip by rail. We had an aver
ge of about one hundred and forty adults
md as many as thirty children on the train.
We met with no accidents and there was
10 case of serious illness among the passen-
ers.
We ran into a rain storm at Chicago. and
o-day is the first clear Cay we have had
ince landing there. Al this writing the sun
J shining through sort of dog day haze
nd the air is delightful. l shall make this
~ headquarters fnr several weeks, making
,cursinns hence to the neighooring points
interest. passed my school-boy days in
his city but the big fire and the many
hanses Of twenty odd years have made me
stranger to the sights and citizens of the I
lace. There is much enterprise eyinced BY | {
lie Porilanders in the long rows of hand
,me brick and stone buildings with which
'ey have covered the greater part of
lie burnt district. In place of the gran
E Post Office waic h stood on the
,rner of Middle and Exchange streets, +
ucle Sam is erecting very handsome
arble building and the old Custom House Il
being replaced by granite structure of
assive proportions and imposing appear
,ce II struck me as hard,, eG,tita HE upon I