The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-22
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The Idaho will bring us news of the completion
of the great railroad. and many of our readers
would mo- doubt like to have been in California
and shared in the iubilation which took place on the
occasion. y work which has been looked forward
to for years with increasing eagerness is now
among accomplished things, and travellers can
pass from the tide waters of the Pacific a distance
of thirty-four hundred miles to the tide waters of
the Atlantic in from six to eight days. We of these
islands will share prorortionatcly in the benefits
of this proximity, as it Will reduce our distance
from the old countries in the same degree.
One of the editors Of the Alta went to Salt
Lake to witness the completion OF the road. and
the joining of the rails of the Union with the
central line. lie tclcgFaphs the following from
Promontory Point at tine head of Salt Lake;
Esd oF THE TRACK, May Ist.-The last blow has
been struck ON the Central Pacific Railroad. and the
last tie and rail were placed in position to-day. We
are now waiting for the Union Pacific to finish their
rock cutting 10 complete the continuous iron band,
one end IF which Is washed by the waters Of the
Pacific and the other by the restless Atlantic. The
brilliant cable exploit linked the old and new worlds
with the magic wire, and our new wonder, the rail
road, will, ia "a few days, be hcralded from one end
Of the civilized world To- the other as = done"
The last Two rails, the ties and spikes, are all
ready and waiting Tor the hands that first broke
grounds on the banks Of the Sacramento To complete
the connection IN the midst Of the continent. Next
week, at least before Saturday night next, the blows
Of the sleigc which drives the last spike will De
hcralicd with the speed Of the lightning over the
telegraph wire. announcing in New York and San
Francisco. simultaneously that the gap j. closed. the
tracks have met, and an iron horse has crossed the
RubicOn. Some II the chief railroad men who have
borne the burden Of engineering, building and
fnanciering, will be present ON the great day and
each strike a blow i'll laying the last rail.
Let there be a jubilee in san Francisco hang out
your flags, burn your powder, screech your steam
whistles, throw up your hats, and rejoice in the
If the long looked for, long hoped
for, and auxiously wished for, day which completes
the Pacific and Atlantic Railroad.
Another correspondent sends the following to
one Of the city papers
TIN CONTINENT SPANNED--On Monday, May 81,
next. the connection will be made between the Central
Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. Yesterday, at
noon, there remained but 10 miles Of the road To
buul 10 complete the connection. This done and we
will bein direct railroad communication with New
York. However, the work will by no means be
completed when the connection is made, as much Of
the Union Pacific road Is so badly constructed that
extensive repairs will al once be necessary. \
gentleman who came over the road "A few days since,
from New York, states that in many places the rails
are out over the edge Of the embaukmeuts, and so
poorly constructed that they are already in an unsafe
The Central Pacific road i much more
substantially constructed, though for n distance of
300 miles toward the east end the embellishments are
rather soft.