The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-05-18

the nrst consideration ana think very properly
table having been made. nor can one be made until
agreed upon with the other company. passenger
car mas been run Whenever passengers mad 10 20
iorWaru, ana the malls have been sent on 10 the emu
OF the Track. All this has been done to accommo-
oae the public as far as possible and not because the
rotu was considered finished and capable or doing
saie ana regular duty. Under these circumstances
tnlnk that passengers have right 10 complain at
if TOOK this occasnn 10 aa any my s pd 1a sho1d
think that was doing Injustice. or course. there
are no regular stations or places where passengers
can get their meals at certain hours, nor can there
De any until 1t IL determined where they are to be es
tabilshed Herein Is another fruitful SOURCE OF COM
paint; and yet there Is no good reason for it. The
same state OF atfairs will be found ON the Central
road east OF Ech0 and indeed there 1t is worse for
passengers on thai side have caooose car only,
whereas mere passenger car Is always the train
for the accommodation Of the through travel No
one more iond OF grumbling and fault finding than
nyse but IL Is not for me to let my own feelings in
zen the public that the road Is every
the company ss OI present. h because Ss Il Is nos
perfect and ready for any work that 1t might be
called upon 70 perform have only stated its true
condition and the reasons therefor in other words
have given correct and anvarnished account OF the
road so FAR as have passed over 1t, and those who
have said.
1t win take several months yet before all is done,
and before passengers will experience any great
amount Of cOmiOrt between Walisatch on one side
and Echo on the other; they will have put up with
Inconvenience and detention but they will be saved
the annoyance and discomfort Of changing to, and
riding In, crowded, dirty stage or mud wagon; this
is worth something Of any rate, and will pay for
little extra fatigue. IL will take little while for the
Central road 70 have sufficient cars for the
accommodation OF travellers. These they have been
waiting lot ana tney can only DC had wnen the ROADS
or two ana more are to follow quickly. There are
no sleeping cars yet on that road, and two nights
must be passed between Ogden and Sacramento
All this, however will be remedied shortly and Call
tOrnians who have gone East to pass the summer
will be enabled to return overland in the fall with all
roads. Az present would not advise ladies' to go
unless In case OF imperative necessity, where
time is everything. Ii they attempt 1t they must
prepare for certain amount of rough travelling
and be willing to submit to the annoyances that
It is derent they can stand ali this; and those on
business had better take the railroad even IN its
present unfinished state.
II Is my business alone to examine into the con-
dition OF this great highway for merchandise and
passenger traffic and not to go into the other de-
partments. l know nOS how 1t has been built By
whom, through what MEANS but II the land
grants Herewith considered big thing for the
respective companies can only say tnat wish them
passed through would not take ut any price, not
even for giit 1t Is utterly worthless-a drcary
waste that nothing can ever DO made Of; 1t Is the
Sahara OF North Amer.ca-a country that appears
blasted that looks as If 1t might at one time have
shared the fate OF SOd0m and G0m0rrah; as II con-
demned to be for all time soil unprOduclve and
unable to support even the beasts OF the field or tho
birds OF the air. What fate 1t would be to be con.
demned to reside for any length OF time in such q
wilderness. Sing Sing would be o paradise In CON-
parisOn and death relief almost from such lite.
A great hue and cry has been raised against those
VINO have had the charge of the location and con-
structiOn OF the Union Pacific Railroad and the
manipulators of other matters connected herewith
All that Is charged may be true; for this l know
nothing OF, and am consequently unable to speak
about; but when We consider what has been done
here, and that in so short space OF time, surely
one Is entitled to very great praise. When It
Is taken into consideration the country that the
road passes through; the amount OF labor In cutting
filling, grading and bridging; the rapidly with
which thousand miles of iron has been carried to
the front, and that amount Of track lana. with all the
side tracks, &C., and the difficulty OF maintaining
and providing for the army OF QUO working men IN
the wilderness surely some persons are entitled to
very great credit. We have now railroad com
pleted from New York 10 san Francisco, when such
q thing was considered impossible for the
next i've years. What will be the benefits
arising to the country by reason of Its
rapid cOmpletOnf The answer can only be, incacu-
liable. Some men will doubtless make fortunes by It,
Well, let them; for the country Will make another
much larger In proportion; hence we should not COM
plain. do not believe that an nc0rruptible cOrpO-
rate body ever existed, nor do l think the Union
Pacific Company any better than the rest; but they
have buit the road, and for that alone are they
titled to all credit.