The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-10

ron. at the interior stations AT Cheyenne We
underwent the characterization TO fit Us for
a GOOD impression at the terminus. The engines
are good on the whole road but the cars are
damnable in the run from PrOmontory TO Chey-
enne. "Pullman's Sleeping Cars" are adver-
tised. but as q matter Of choice / occupied
several bundles Of blankets for q bed for the
little sleeping did on the trip The fare i
good all the way. al the general price OF 81 %
per meal-better Of course, al some stations
than others The best meal got on the road
va. at Beaver creek and had poor coffee there
At Rawlings Springs. l9l miles west Of Chey-
eDue. there is a magnificent hotel building, and
| there seemed 10 be goodly number Of persons
stopping there We go. there AZ midnight and
did not dine.
Green River City once famous in lts ephem-
| eral glory. is no more-alDost entirely desert
/ ed. The town was built in sandy, alkall fat,
some distance from the track. and the houses
were nearly all adO5fs, with canvas roofs.
The roofs have been removed and the walls
are crumbling down, and the place is more un-
inviting in appearance, If possible, than when
unOccupled. -. 10 q great extent, is Laramie,
though the garrison near BY gives il more
lively appearance than IL would alone be able
to maintain. All along the road are the re-
mains OF huts occupied by the hands in pass
ing along with the ruad-a cut sometimes re-
qulring larger force for month az one point
and the erection of warmer aud more c0mmo-
dI0us quarters than ears afforded. With the
exception ~ those occupied by the still retain
cd ''s-ctl0n hands" who always remain upon 4
road for lis repairing. and which are scatter
I'd 81 intervals OF miles, these huts are also
abandoned and decaying. which makes the road
seem more gloomy and deserted than il really
- ba - -
IL q frst-class road as soon as possible, now
that the race for terminus has been decided
aud the connection made.
We reached the crossing Of the North Platte
just al dark and began the rapid travel OF the
trip in reality. Not having any Notes" or
Table Of Distances" do not exactly remem-
Der the distance 10 Omaha, but | think IL is
nearly 4DU miles. This distance We accom-
pshed by : O'Clock A " al the next day. |
over almost the same track IL took me three
weeks hard travel "a pass IN l-62. with q bull
team. In some Instances, Tor 30 or 40 miles. !
We made as high sixty miles an hour. sol |
dlers got on the train al Cheyenne. as rumOrs OF
Indian troubles were IN circulation II that /
place. Aside from the danger Of their throw
ing the train from the track. there Is nothing /
- be- unprecedented, III my mind. from Indians /
but timid people seek any method of quoting /
their nerves. aud soldiers is the only remedy, /
| guess, in tbs case.
| found Omaha and the country back Of il |
much improved The place Is about three
times az large as il was IN 'G2. and still grow
Ing. Preparations are making Tor the CON
sruction of a railroad bridge across the Mis-
souri, at an early day, when the trip can be-
made from Sacramento 10 New York-or from
Ocean Ia Ocean-In seven days IL most. with
only one or two changes OF cars and delay
Of not more than fifteen or twenty minutes. al
ANY one point on the route
Railroad building is rapidly pushed forward
IN Western Iowa and the country Is fast filling
up-not as in l-J6-7, with spectators and
land sharks" but with men and families who
are making farms every wherc-and in few
years the country will be perfect garden
spot where 4 decade ago the savage roafnod
almost. aud the white man was
only a trapper." The Council Bluff. aud 81
Jo road ia doing good business
On the trip fell IN with an old Flint Dis
trct Owy hccan. {. X Hauk. who Is on his
way to the pat"rnal roof IN Pukedom. after a
'successfu' absence Of several years, with a
pocket full Of rocks Met Ed Sterling in Coun-
Ell Bluffs, on his return Ia Idaho. He had on
! bob-talled coat. skIn-tIght brooches and a
plug hat. With his toad-bellied shape the "out-
1T gave him a comical appearance 10 a lyon
1er-sder,' but that style Is all the 60 here
Yours, T.. +. LEWIS.