The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-07-15
fHE VfNMToN RECORD.
McARTH U r, OHIO,
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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1863.


routes Delween NEW 4 oiA ""O
Chicago, and between Sacra
mento and San Francisco
From sSacramente, passengers
can come through by river j
they choose. The time is two
hours longer, but the fare is
onlyS2.50, while by the Val
lejo road it is 81 (gold in both
casesl u17 V7ITXI3
i Even atthe present rate 'oi
speed the waiting time. should
be shortened four hours ot Chi
cago and nine hours atPromon
tory. This, deducting three
hours more for the difference
in time between New York and
San Francisco, would reduce
the actual through time to less
than seven days and a half.
believe it is now only that
from San Francisco TO New
York, as the Central Pacific
trains in going east pass over
The road eleven hours quicker
than in coming West. But the
time can be very easily re,
duced so that one leaving New
York on Monday morning may
reach San Francisco on Satur'
day night, or at latest on Sun
day morning.
The extra expenses for meals
are from So to Sc ner day.
From New York to Omaha
meals are Is cents each; from
Omaha to Promontory, 81
(gold.) Between Promontory
and Sacramento, the first is
81, the last is so cents, and the
intermediate ones G5 cents
each. In general they are ex-
cellent-far better than one
expects to find upon new roads
in a new country. The only
marked exceptions were at Sid
ney and Terrace especially
Terrace, but that is not a regu-
lar eating station. At the
Cozzens House at Laramie, and
at Cisco, they were capital
Unless one has ladies or chill,
dren in his party the bringing
of any luncheon along is waste
ful and ridiculous excess. "
l suppose the Central Pacific
will not receive its full supply
OF sleeping cars yet. Until
that consummation passengers
should ascertain by telegraph
from Omaha when a sleeping
coach is to leave Promontory,
engage berths IN it, and start
just IN time 10 connect with it,
otherwise they are liable to
two nights of horror at the
weariest and most disagreed
bic stages of The journey. But
if they make sure of the sleep
ing-car, they can ride with as
much ease and comfort as if
they were riding from Boston
to New York, and several of
the days with far more. An
uninterrupted week, along the
railway is at besta good deal
of strain upon The nervous sys,
tenn; but the novelty of this
ride, and the fine varied seen.
cry of the Platte Valley, the
Rocky Mountains, Weber and
Echo Canyons, the Palisades of
the humboldt and the Sierra
Nevadas, is far more than an
offset. And the trip is quite as
safe today as railroad travelling
will average throughout the
Union. 'r9 sgo. '.. .7.. E.
Both companies, in some reg
spects, are open to criticism,
but both are hard at work, with
very heavy forces, bringing
their roads up to the required
standard. And indeed, both
roads are far better than we
might look for under the cir.
cumstances. The charters do
not absolutely require that
they shall be "first-class Amer.
ican roads, before 1876; and
until very recently the bull
ders themselves, did not expect
to open them before the au-
tumn of 1870. AS l sit here,
at the close of this wonderful
tourney, with thesIarp breeze
from the Pacific streaming in
at my window, what remains to
do seems very trivial in con-