The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-29
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY. A %.
Completion OF the Great Hallway.

By the steamer L9ab9 news was received Of the
completion u the greatest railroad enterprise
ever conceived. Citizens Of the United States
from Maine % California, AMI from the great
lakes % the Gulf of Mexico, were jubilant, and
gave expression % their joy in ways various ard
unique. Tie telegraph line were put in Tequi-i-
ton, and by their aid messages were sent ea-t u
Washington and west o. San Francisco from the
point where the Central Pacific AMI Union Pacific
rails met, and answers were received in time %
be read % the a--embla-e there conferred. VI the
latter point, PrJmOntory Summit, % miles west
. 49, 80 --.- -- 49, 49, a---E -
impre-=ive, long o be remembered by those who
were fyrtunate enough o. witness il. IL i e.
timatei that between twenty and thirty thousand
people met from all Tart= of the Union % jim in
the ceremony. Ladies we're present from various
quarter, and representatives from the Army, the
Clergy and the Pres took part in the final oere-
mOny. 4 correspondent 81 the san Francisco
HsTaH write On the 10Th Of May, the day Of
the celebration, from tie summit, that the
weather was extremely beautiful this morning.
The sun wa bright and warm, and the atmos-
phere was delicious. Heaven appeared 70 smile
prcpitiJusly upon the final close Of the great con-
tinental railway. Great activity prevails here
ju-t now. Hundreds Or people are stra-slin. %
the station from various points principally
workIaen employed on the line Of the rad.
Later in the day delegations from the east and
wet will arrive. Already tents are being pitched
in all quarters, and by tomorrow THE will look
like quite an important town, although yesterday
il hal only eleven tents.
Railroad men are very bu-ily engaged ia put
ting on the finishing stroke o the track, and
making preparations for the grand celebration.
On every side the life and activity u intense.
The sound Cf hammers AMI -hricks Of engines
deafen the air. Truly the scene j. one II WON
der, occurring n it DIS hunIrgls oF miles away
from the confines of civilization"
Precisely at miilly tie celebration proper
commenced. by Rev. Dr. TOIi. II Pitt-felI,
Mae, opening the ceremonies with an earnest
and impressive prayer Then fllgweI tie pre-
sentati,u-, IN order. d.. Hlrkne--. d >icra-
meuto, IN presenting thc gold spikes, spoke a.
follows
"Thc last rail neelel % complete the greatest en-
terpri-c q the uGrli H. about o. be ail. and the lat
spike ueglei O. unite the Atlantic AMI the Pacific,
driven in st. place To perform these acts you have
come together from the east and from the vest.
Never SINCE history e1nrleneed n record Of human
transactions has she been cailel upon o. note the
work 20 magnificent in it. conception, ~ marvellous
in it, execution. When Venice was mistress Of the
seas, and her arg0sies let % their anchors in every
port, IL was the custom % her Dogs o. propitiate
the genii Of the seas by wedding the Adriaiic with a
costly jewel More proudly than Venice can America
boast u her power II progress, II her wealth and
commerce Not the sea alone, but the continent, j.
made her pathway. Unlike the DOses Of Venice, We
have geuii Of the seas 20 p~rppitiate but in emula-
ton Of this example we may htly ornament and dec
crate with gold and silver these iron rails, on which
q large portion u the future trade aud travel Of the
continent L. destined Ia roll Z. anil II j. hv eurh rurFug
that California, within whose boundaries and by
whose citizens the Pacific Railroad was inaUgurated,
i DESTROYS % express her appreciation Il the vast
Importance TO her and her sister States Of the great
enterprise which by your joint action j. about % be
c~Ousummatel- From her mines Of gold she has
forged n spike. from her laurel woods she has cut a
tie, and by the hands II her citizens she offers them
% become a part u the great highway which il
about % unite her in close fellowship % her sisters Of
the Atlantic. From her bosom was taken the first
soil. Let hers b. the last spike, aud with them ac-
cept the hopes AMI wishes q her people that the sue
cess Of your enterprise may not stop short Of its
brightest promise"
After tine speech the doctor delivered the golden
spikes, Ono u President Durant. Of the Union
Pacific Railroad, and the other to President STAN
ford. Of the Central Pacific Railroad.
Hon. T. \. TTittlc Of Nevada offered the silver
spike Of that state with the following sentiment:
To the iron q NE Ea.i AMI the gold q the Wet Nsvaia
7c-ars~
Hon. \. X. =. Stafford offered a spike composed
Of iron. silver and gold a. an offering from Ari-
coma. with the following sentiment;
sRbbet With iron. cad Hn silver and eroEu-t With =od,
1rfs1na prsseut. h~r Offering D. the enterprise that has banded
contnenf AMI dictated a Tathsay O. c1mm-rc-'
General Dodge of Iowa followed, and addressed
the audience in this sentiment
-Th~ great Bsnf7u prnps-rt tnf s'i- ity a granite -tatn~
xoulI D. erected au m hEh~-t pax q t- Ra"@y Nuuf1fr..
1aodrr F~-fNIrt, t-nlt.rg f- great r'pt~ Fsfas- Oh" '"uii-