Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-05-22
COMPLETION OF THE I.S:E.t
RAILWAY. riV'

=. '"es tust tne road vL..t
a. noon to day. will be complr,ra "s'o0,
on'cago )" the Pacific ocean /. ron
eoiy one of the CREATES, s~inasa nu0aet.
aiso one OF the gsaaters Ss,..ca.. us
age It is a great thing IN whs,". 1ses
u may be contemplated. !; We 10y
me dimensions of The undert,ki,r ~
are asto"ished for. IN truth. ~ : 70
another Case, The Determination - h.r
The road, the getting tovs,hs, s.,'o
means, the cnmpletion OF the ola, Me
more heroic than the mere meehs,;.' e'e
eeution. 1t r.qai'es vasilymo 10Y
Tor u mai to Induce himself TO o.. ISM
battle than to stay there when onca
be same sort Of estimate Is a%pnl;...,-
To all vast Undertakings ''e
The conception Of the road was 49,,
DING. sho So was the energy Of n. w
who undertook il. OF the same c.
Character was the capital involved ~
extent OF the land grant ; The amoas, g
material which was procured /. ana ~
stimulus which was given to .nsc,l.,;"'
Improvement, from the NJ s~siss,n,,; ,;.s4
to the Pacific. over the bel, Of con,,..
which ~ .~'ravsrsrd by the ro.d IA.
credit naob'9fier which sprahg into e,;.'
lance was culussal, and 40 was n. -
crption which has been deyelsuea i =.
building Of the road. Enormous .rs W.
stock specnlations which It has o;,s.
birth to. Vast are the fortunes which i,
has made, ~inc#leulable are the int4,..,.
which it has developed.
Not only Is tbs road characterized 10
massiveness in every feature. wlr,ls,
good or bad, but it likewise devplons -
a remarkable degree, the most onno.;,s
qualities. 1t is the Z, andest and poo,p.,
line in existance, Il is a vast sconumicsl
construction. aud dear In the extreme i,
respect to It's present cost aud ;,s nsee..
sary expenses IN the future. Ii will con.
seF wealth upon the country !; and YET has
robbed the people Of unknown millions.
aisd 1t Is st ooce an everlasting honor to
the genius OF the people who have built
u, and Il disgrace TO the party that have
controlled it Simultaneously with the
driving of the last spike, whose insertion
will marx the completion of the line. the
work Of rebuilding the Pacific railway
Will have 10 be commenced. The signal
that aunounces that one Of the greatest,
works of modern times is- fnisled, will BE-
the signal thai one of the grades. lsboss
OF the age 10 about TO begin.
In nearly al it's inexpsessible tumble.
of good and bad, grandeur aud !itlleness..
the Pacific railway is q type Of the patton
that built il. Enormous in exten4 /; wselch-
in constructions costly 10 IL ehsrsc.
ter ; manipulated by rings, thieves and
Radical politicians /; rcsching Ircm ocean.
,vcean ; suhject to costly processes of
reconstruction, 1.-THE country or the
railway so exactly resembles she Other,
that a description Il one will soswsr in,
the most elaborate drtails for bort.
Nevertheless. with all its fsnlts, ito IL
tendant advantages. its peculalion, sndH
Wholesale robbery Of the country, il iss
work whose completion should be q soarce
Of pride to every residen, of the caselr5.
While Chicago has particulss fsasons ir
Qualification, every city in The coups5,
every ma iD the nation, bias cause fr
contemplating the work with profound
satisfaction. The celebration over ito
should be national. There 10
no reason why it shuuld be local. The
work is n that belongs TO the whole
northern half Of the continent 70 spme
all civilization should rejoice ever
is compIetiun. 1t is in the interests Of
the great civiliz-r. 1t short
ms. vastly, the distance btween rem,e
areas. II brings Europe aud Asia Desres
% each other and to America. In 6ner
those places which lie along the
railway have reason for specisl
to-day should be afforded obser-
rance IA one Of thanksgiving to esssy
,atioD Of Christendom.- Chicago 1iMa