The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-05
Trip Across the Continent by Rail.

BUFFALO, N. \. Dec 22, 1857.
 On the 18th inst, we left San Francisco at i2 m. The day was pleasant; the air clear and pure and quite warm. A half hours ride on the ferry boat landed us at inc Oak. land dock, where we exchange our baggage checks for ones of the C. F. R. R., and step aboard of one of the Palace Cars We look around and find special train ready 10 start. The train consisted of one drawing room pal ace car, palace dining-room and eommissary car, and one palace sleeping-car, all of the ! Pullman pattern.
 The through passengers numbered about thirty-fve. At r. m. we moved of smooth and easy, but soon glded along at rate of thirty miles per hour On inquiring learned that this train would only stop for wood and water and make fast time We soon passed through Stockton, and at D. m stopped a few moments at Sacramento. We soon found ourselves climbing the heavy grades up the 1 great Sierra Nevada range. At about | D. m we stopped near Blue Canyon inquired the reason and learned that a large freight train, in attempting to get on the side track, had run Of the track Here we were de- layed four hours and half We finally got of all right and, at daylight, found ourselves at Wadsworth. We are now four hours and half behind time. Inquired ofthe conductor what we should do. He said the track was clear for fifty miles and we would run wild i We did run wild, for we made about fifty miles within the next hour. The conductor again learned by telegraph that the road was clear for thirty miles, and away we glided, making thirty miles in as many minutes. We asked why we run so fast the conductor in- formed us that he intended to make up time before dark and then we would run slower. We arrived at Carlin at 5 p. m., on time, and here passed the express train that left San Francisco four hours ahead of us. We paused but q minute and off VIC flew; not stopping at Elko even to bid the people of that flour ishing town good night. On we moved. at a rapid rate, towards Promontory. We then got out and found about one foot of snow. The track was partially covered with snow and the weather very cold q was told that there was but about one and a half feet of snow on the Sierra Nevada, we were all asleep and as we did not stop on the great range we had no opportunity of seeing for ourselyes). We lay within few miles of Promontory until the express train that we had passed at Carlin caught up and pushed us to Promon- tory, where we left our broken engine and were hauled to Ogden by the express engine Arrived at Ogden five hours behind time |; but soon we were straightened out by the l. P. R. R., by being furnished with fine engine, and off we went like lightning. We had worked our way through Echo, when we halted and second engine was was at- tached. This engine had in front a large snow blow, and of We started. Although there was but little snow at Echo, yet we had not run far before the snow had increased to one foot and quite too often we were nearly thrown from our seats by the snow blow butt 'ng against snow drift. We left the snow piow at Green River, but, before reaching sherman, we found snow again, and a high