New-York tribune., 1869-06-26
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PrOmontOry TO Sacramento &C. +. X. Rl.....-. l4i
Sacramento 10 Vallejo Vallejo T. H........... 20
The through distances In the tables above vary
somewhat from those previously given, being COM
puted by different routes between New-1oTk and
Chicago, and between Sacramento and San Fran
cisco. From Sacramento passengers can come through
by river If they choose The time IS two hours
longer, but the fare only 81 So while by the Vallejo
road il is 81 lgold in both cases).
Even at the present rate Of speed the waiting time
should be shortened four hours at Chicago and nine
hours at PrOmOntory. 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 half. believe it
is now only that from San Francisco TO New-York,
the Central Pacific trains in going East pass the
road eleven hours quicker than in coming West. But
the time very easily be reduced that one eaY-
ing New York on Monday morning may reach San
Francisco on Saturday night OF, at latest on Sunday
morning.
The extra expenses for meals and sleepng-cars arc
from s. to SO per dag. From New-YOrk 10 Omaha
meals are IS cents each from Omaha TO PrOmOntOry,
the first is ST. the last 80 cents and the intermediate
oses % cents each. In general they exceentfar
better than one expects TO find upon new roads in a
new country. The only marked exceptions were at
Sidney and TeTTace-especally Terrace, but that IS
not regular eating station. AT the COzzens House.
Omaha, at Laramie, and at Cisco, they were capital
Unless one has ladies children in his party the
bringing of any luncheon along IS wasteful and
ridiculous excess.
full supply of sleeping-cars for 30 days yet. Until
that cODsummation passengers should ascertain by
telegraph from Omaha when q sleeping. coach is TO
leave PromOntOry, engage berths in it, and start
lust in time 10 connect with IT, Otherwise they
liable TO two nights of horror at the weariest and
most dsagreeable stages of the journey But if they
make sure of the sleeplngcaT, they can pass every
day in as much ease and comfort Is 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 best good deal of strain upon the
nervous system but the novelty Of this ride, and
the fine varied scenery of the Platte Valley, the
Rocky Mountains Weber and Echo Canyons tho
Palisades of the Humboldt and the Sierra NeYadas is
far more than an offset And the trip is quite SAFE
to-day as railway travelling will average throughout
the Union. 49,
Both companies in some respects are open to criti-
cism, but both are hard at work, with very heavy
forces bringing their roads up TO the required stand
ard. And, indeed both roads are far better than
might look for under the circumstances The char
ters do not absolutely require that they shall be
frst-class American roads" before 1916; and until
very recently the builders themselves did not expect
TO open them before the Autumn Of 1870. AS / sit
here at the close of this wonderful journey with
the sharp breeze from the Pacific streaming IN at my
window, what remains to do seems very trivial in
contrast with what has been done. / doubt If the
child is now living who will ever see again the
amazing spectacle of thousand and seventy miles
of railway, through an uninhabited country, over
difficult mountains and across lfeless deserts begun
and completed within the same twelvemOnthl Only
ones own senses can make him fully comprehend
that the continent is spanned at last That is what
kings and prophets waited for and died without the
sight Abr.