The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-07-15
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| SAN FRANCISCO, ,June15.
| oPromopotoryis is neither city
nor solitude, neither camp mol
settlement. 1t is biyouac with,
out comfort, it is delay,wi
out rest. Il, is,sun that scOrch,
es and alkali dust that,blinds.
Its yiIec whisky, vile, cigars,
petty ogambling,iJrandl 4 stale
newspapers % ,centsIa piece.
IItwopld, drive "a morbid, mind
to suicide, It is 30 tents upon
the Great Sahara, sans, trees,
sans water, sans comfort, sans
everything. al,.,ls--s,,a,s.yo
: In this horrible place we're
we detained from 8 o IN the
morning until / in the after,
noon, The neglect of, the Cen,
rtra1 Pacific 70 make-a d close
connection here. will, shortly
Ibey gemedied, but ritrwas mex.
cusableo for . single week.
Gen, Dodge, and S. s. Mons
tague, the Chief Engineers of
tho twor lines, are now exam,
ining the strip of road between
Promoutory7 and Ogden, (5s
.,miles,) to ascertain its, cost,
that the Central, Pacific, may
pay the Union Pacific, which
built it, and take,.possession of
it,. The real bone Of ccohten,
ton has been the Utah and
Montana tantI trade, with ,ogydlen. gy len.
IL for the En- Ipoint of junction, iin,ti ~ the, he,
Central can can taxi, all the bburlsi.
ness which L is starting west.
ward, without ssubiectipg eth.
er to transfer sr # from o1' one upa'1r road to
tn, hp,t,lhr other. o. ''''i3a' ''2'.'io
I AS the 'CJe Central ltiy.Ifilb,,, lb,a,s, been
completed I'M month, ltb,,eaYli earlier than an
its 9',t owners u s1tsyn tesxynnoScted IL fiji
complement sof PASSENGER sssae1n,,eer
coaches ache i il nof vet Vet ortcaeiivedL- .aii
But Bttl,E we had tbee GOOD fortune
to find a sleeping a, car anlat At Prom, J
onto1r-y. the second that ever ever
passed a. oyer Sa!itbhcli, Tho Inc II was
built at ashin gton, ton Del, and
is 'Eovi owned and run, I9nl,i not BY a a
separate corporation, but by
the Railroad, Company! =! At
nearly every rlloi station n through 5u!h
to Sacrament" Inertc the people, people, at; al:
tr,a,cctted bvy ;ts snrooyveelfyv.u =, crowd.
edT.lun ID \ +, , t. doors ora and w}indoo,ws
eager url ID iippssrpeet It, and Ipiro5rmappt o5rmappt
70 tJ7{ {c,xGGIa;r,, aisn't 4 rJa,,yysE2
aThlsSts THAT beaf6.. af6..e lie ywcorldn We
found It I,t,9,oGo5tb.roph;ne and
comfortable a VAST IMPROVE. ir o5vjeer
ne,,t uMtf'3 mon day y1ocmo coaches, but
far = Inc H;n,ferriio5rr rii5r to PullnraGan'st. 'st'Ng
We passed aad1h 1hosstas, Of Cinnamon ie Il
shoDlrteninag? a?c curves Il, sand and ballast.
ing e; the the track ira lka'nSS, Nearly, ri, 1000
are sttill employed in pertectIiingg ,elite TN
The, road Thesy, y, are all Young
and their faces ls5lk look isaiplrrulaarly! i
onni;cbk and INTELLIGENT, IiIIii.Y ne A few
wear basket hats: but all have
substituted boots for theft
wooooddienn, ddin,'o shoes shoes; and ADOPTED
parn1talooonrss 7 and bloussessS. TheyR
reecceeiEye receiE S35 5onpeari her month Z sold}
and board themselves Of
this they Save save from $40 70 S23!!
The, Union Pacific Company
which IS is2m payiIns Its Iaaborers 50.
nj ,nsi,dI dI59yJs2c 2crroncv m5nl3 ;.9g.Jb9o ed
t5Ia to aemplooIyl tie 'oo oobinmesse, ms,r1lo 1aloonrrs !
its itIIt entire ptTe line line. They are ia tact. t.
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