The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-05

IN gold. or Sc 90 in greenbacks5,
natinr a total Of S14 90 additional.
The charges for meals are usually
from 81 90 to 81 %, greenbacks, and
rs cents to 81 co. coin.
7 cannot say whether the roads are
having or rot. The travel and
/ freiphts are considerable, but the line
is very long, and the expenses Of
| keeping it 10 order and operating it
must be greatly IN excess of the east
ern roads. Ii passes through wide
regions of.very sparsely settled and
much unprOdUctIye country, but there
are tributary to it vast territories
rapidly springing up into populous
| States, and rich in untold and appa
rentiy iDexhaustible mineral wealth.
The railroad is having a wonderful in
fueuce In developing this broad
domain Of the Continent; and the
millions which have been ex-
pended and the lands which have
been donated by the Government
have been the best outlay
which the Nation could have made.
Ii she Is compelled to redeem every
one of the bonds Of the Union and
} Central Pacific Companies, and give
them tie Roads outright, it will be
cheap investment, if we consider what
the Roads are doing and will continue
r to do for the development OF tins
great country between the missouri
River and the Pacific Ocean. One 0.
! | the most observing and lntelhgen
! politicians of this State gave me a
his settled conviction that If the Pa
! cifc Railroad had not been built, IN
. few years the Republic would hav
broken In two along the summit
the Rocky Mountains. Better 1t is {
i invest cur hundreds of millions her
II rather than in spending them to pur
g chase Cuba, or risk war with Spain
d Better develop the country which W
/ have than appropriate our taxes
+, buy more lands.
le It would be well for our citizen
q. who ale accustomed TO their Summe
~ excursions to the east and north,
the watering places and the larg
,s | cities, to make this trip across II
- Continent. By another season it vi
y be little more expensive than til
= usual Summer excursions to the cas-
4 and until it is made no one can have
II proper conception of the greatne
"A and glorious future Of his Countr
90 For magnifcence of scenery, for Sun
mer places Of attractive resort a
along the line, for intercourse wit
Ill new scenes, peoples, and customs, an
at for ease and comfort of travel, the
rs is no other route on this continer
er or Europe perhaps, which can So
I'D pass it.
I'd Col. Hammond, the new SUPERB
sh tendent Of the Union Pacific,
n Omaha, is putting new life into Il
h management of that branch, and Civ
ok promise Of doing a good work, n
an only for tho company, but also for u
OF travelling public At Omaha al
e will be found Mr.. j. Budd, Gener
1g Ticket Agent, an old Indiana railro'
to man, and a most genial gentlema
V G always gratifed to meet his HoOsi
ok friends. The citizens of Sacramen
ey are now preparing to give the office
te and original projectors of the Cent?
Pacific a grand banquet, in eviden
- of their appreciation of the great wO
they have accomplished. While wi
a few people here there is a feeling
opposition to the officers and disp
sition to envy them their person
success and fortunes, the mass Of t
"a. citizens rejoice al their great trump
n. and are not sorry that the men WI
ut had the courage to risk their all
ma the enterprise When it was of unce
re tain achievement, have realized han
= some fortunes thereby. And &
- whole ration can unite 10 the co
x. graduation. y. w. h.