, 1869-06-24
The Progress Of the Age.
Four Days and Z Half from Chicago
to Sacramento.
Ease and Comfort or the THp,
and Character OF
the Road.
The csnnty Thrsnsh Which 1t Passes.
iYsoH QUE oFN coa1EaroyDksr.1

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IN my tudgue1ff regard tha lsst rnree score yes
as one Of the moss remarkable periods IN the h
toEJ Of the race. Tne newspaper ~ Al Sndepe
! dent organ Of public optolon, the esesnbc4t, l
photographic aft kae Telegraph aud die rz4f1l
have MI been developed within the Last xt1
years, End many OF ottr MOST useful arts Snd q
ences have attained a perfeenon little t7eANeA
By the founders OF the 1epnrhc. Aa Al tnstan
Of WHIST has been accomplished within ue- Ia
foW yea11, It may BE- mentioned tnar NJ VI
President Coifax started with party Of tn,
others nom Chicago On tbs 17th Of May, 1855, "
I reached 1aD Francisco ontne LIT day OF jul
Some tt1te Was spent In vhtttpE Co.orado. uz
end Ne7ads ba9 at least three He<fs Of constaz
staging, night and day, were oonsunea In reacl
Ing the Golden State. No one wn
has not taFeited bJ atage coac
nom the Missouri 20 the Pactne coass can poAs
bfJ sppreetRt the fatigue aud theto11 endured
ctossiDg over the Mountulns tAtheas and h
duh1 Of the alta1l plAtns, and the generM dlscon1
forts Of that tourney. Two Of snose rentlemes
who were with the Vice PresfdenA' then Speak
| er OF the House Of Representatives 'are now Il
California, and o4eof them certainly uada III
Journey nexween Chicago aud saerantHsp IN tn,
days and hatT running time. Tint f, ne started
from Chicago 1t oofocs On the Afternoon Of SGT.
uTdaJ, spent exat on nioe houts Of the HAnbAxn n
osaah0. eescral more ~ Pruznautory Point; On
| "Wednesday. and aHt1ef1s Sacramento ot6 or
Thursday evening" NuFis This nil The toerneJ
! VIA suade, not only wtrs the g1eatsas pceatp1e
| comfort, but sven most lmxutitualy. ON
deta conAfsted Of baggage caE
Pullman's magnificent dianS car, and one cs' hi
best seeperA II u abous - impossible for tie u
! experienced 70 appreciate tas eAse ard the com
fort OF tstx mode OF travel h. b i8 for them to IA
derstsad the tstigus md tee wasting toll as III.
same Journey BY staEe cuaehs No hose, ID u.
1 tar%a fnrE L.
the roEtdnaka tourist on the Pullman dining cu
and certa.niy Bis digestion or n&s conscience mus
be sadly dlsortered who cannot sleep sountlg b.
| tween the clean linen and On the laxu.IouE
| coaches. or the smoothly gliding palace Cars oi
the Pullman ltue. Even the ch1ldrsn and some Of
the ladies' Of the party, tnvallds Nhen they atated
greatly enjoyed the trip, and tho Inter became
convaleacens before we reached Sacramento
But the nsoas astonishing fhe5.-the one that
! continent 30 NeUderfnIahoull be distinctly
stated Within four years more thsn ei,hte<n
hundred Htas ~ .a1euy have been built west Of
Chicago, and put IL successful operation When
Mr. Coifax and hts Party atatted for California,
I The North western Rosd, u we mistake not had
not reached the nes Aoinea River; the UnIon rs.-
| c1dc waa ecarcelJ began; and the Centra Pactdc
had slowly crept s. few miles eastward up the
Sierra Nevada MoantatuA Now the passenger
| can tide tn the most magnincens manner known
to our modern civfitzation-as no prirne IN En-
rppe can 1de-eutre}y across the continent in tie
tune It took that party to ride, ouly four years
ago. from Atchlson ID a.Denver. TIE building Of
eighteen hundred miles o< railway In focr, years.
1t may be ssfely oaseEted, is an achievement
which, In tt7 magnitude and ths. raptiity OF
l.a execution and the exteus OF ita IN doence upon
the commerce Of the world and ths. desrIuies OF
mAnitnd, has never been exceltel n ali tic past
history Of the race- tbs old Romans bull, roa4l
dom the North sea to the BIsck, but 1t too1 them
ssea 10 w. Thomas C. Dusant and his tsaocl-
atea IN the East, and Governor Btant ort aud bis
co-workers from the Wees, have sps1,0ed n.a1ly
swo-shtrtia Of the continent 10 4ulck,y tba: even
fda commercial world cau scarcely Re alizs that
the thing ts actually accomplished. Let hem have
Ill honor tor the great wisdom and the tghty en-
er9tEs they have manifested; Let 20 ma, s,4,ttge
them thtt, nor the ample fortunes they lave 70
nobl5 carried.
CHARACTER a. TEE BaAn
Tbs travelling public sree deeply tnten ssted 70
knew how the Pacific Railway has hesn CO, asttuct-
ed- The experience of tno4 cntate Pullman, party
has fully de1nonstIated that the sosd Is p< tecsy
safe, and In fact, no sevenIeen hundrei ii ules Of
railway can be found anywhere else IN the eoun-
~. which, II whole roads b. taxsn, Will b. found
q good - the Inc between Omaha and Sac7a-
tnento. Those who desire 10 visit Ca1lfpyut, neeta
W
Tia ROAD Is al safe now ~ It ever can be. The
ttue through tie Wasatet neeals ballastInx. bQE
thls "a being done a fast a. possible, and few
Haefs viii pat the whola rozd Ia capitai orter
1na great destderssum oI the through trase, Is
AFALAcA eAA L1NX
- CAtdornla. and u heae0 that arrangements
Wtl be COMPLETED for It btfat< HI, Pullman re-
tnrns to the East. auppdec should btrt at first
NON Chicago and Saef&s1<afn eyary Wednesday,.
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less n,s,ns ~ he esst@srd Morris soma ~ Nv.
rnos, enhrna 1,sW. t,,st ~ tr.pe,,e- r,n a.. ~
fbts nr nv o,nsr cnnntrr rnr'. hn,dtsa Wills
-n,tr c.oss.aa tha 7srsmte p1ains A' ~
sranev ts srcseI,,n,,~ rna m ~
Rncvy Mopnt,,n. nrnrsr .,a r,o.s.d
~ oert,r ana smootbtv mat ara at~sr.r- tnnv.
rher N il ,ane. Tnen co1.ss ehn H.6 nr.ryt
wherp . raM ssaa bznsh ave n. tln, o,ssrh s1sae
alone re,tsxa tne esxtn ron M ttomtu.sn q
nxRed, &avaRr deso1aston. Tne1t si,o Elite, Greek
Valley IL rescued. and still tho aaRe brush and the
bunch Rsass only mock cur IDEAS Of psoaucttye
country; bns the snow-cappe1 sunn,its ol the
Wind RtsesMouutains, on tho north. and those Of
the Wtntan and Wnsatsn sanpea. 10 .the south,
sps rklng IN the sunbeans OF thIs dr7, braclug at
mtsphese, keep the touust constantly on the alert
to study, and, Il posatole, to tupneas inlelibly
upon ths miud perfecs picture OF the heaQty AMI
suhlimlEy which they constantly present A long
ride up the tributaries OF GreeR. River, at.
lens.n nt1nRs one % Aspen BnrorlL s,aas feat
aooye The level Of the sea, and then the Train vii
run .1oF whole dag and night IL the great Salt
lasa oasfn, Echo C2nyan, one Of the most beant1-
~ spaa On rue continent, aud thst Of tho Weber,
oe"u4s1ing anoas IN lks Aaoai:nity; Great Salt
s<es Hse!s ses ~ = naae"ora>o Of moantains
sss.aa y. "uea rcasn ~ up Ao me Regional OF
r. sno", suns'Iv ~ no INC a11eRsloa
-, =. .a aae aal toe taHe ao'1
s.a..a Sesa ~ A.,ss eLs "onoeua region. Hno"na
1s..ns -. seu!19 sso oau 20 rev oatay
M-ns,as,, ..-Fs. .s"s '"o auA,o of AAAseoAae
.ss.1sMx -, .t'. tssn4 DO
sra aca-s.,s ' .h. na,.>. s, oe ~ as .aas
We seafce1t suspect Tug aelsa& % Wnlcn tne aaln
sa,t a, - ~ ~ .o..s sa aoaA - e q tae hom
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