Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-13
,NK UNION AND AMRRIGAN
Observation-Disclosures
The Completion and 0Pening-The
Great Excursion Trip,
Correspondence of the Union and American.


the invited guests, consisting of the fol
lowing named persons, editors, railroad
officials and prominent citizens, assembled
at the depot of the North Missouri rail-
road. foot of Biddle street, at Z o'clock,
Pm, on Aug. 80, 1870. Here they found
in waiting a train of Pullman's sleeping,
saloon aud diningroom cars, full of drink
ables and eatables for the use of the pas
sengers, and the train left on time for
Kansas City, Missouri.
THE CARS.
The train of Pullman cars consisted OF
ten palace and sleeping cars, with saloon
and commissary cars, barber shop, bag
gage cars and two locomotives TO draW lhe
train. -N
These cars belong in part to the North
Missouri and Kansas Pacific railroad, ana
are said to be the most gorgeous and mag
nifcent of the kind ever hllcned
together in the United States In one train.
These cars cost the Pullman Car COmpa-
nv from eighteen to twenty-five thousand
dollars apiece They are built by the
Pullman Car Company, which has capt.
tai # over eight millions of dollars. The
comDsnv. If is stated, will manufacture this
year, about one hundred and twenty-five
cars similar in make to thOsewe have men
toned, for the various railroads IN the
United States. %
Mr. Pullman and his assistants accom-
pany the excursion train, and are most at
tcntive to all the guests.
The train is well differed, and every
body on the cars seem to be well pleased
and supplied.
Owing to the immense size of the train,
the time made is not great. No stoppages
at way stations delayed the train.
The North Missouri railroad bed from
S.. Louis ID Kansas City is solid and firm,
well laid and in good order, and the Off
GERS of that road give ii their constant
care and attention.
THE KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY.
The President of this road is John D.
Perry, Esq, Adolphus Meier, ESQ.,, Vice
President, and Charles Greedy, Esq, is
Treasurer. These officers are old citizens
and merchants of ST. Louis. Charles
p. Lamborn, ESQ, is Secretary. George
d. Hall, ESQ.,, an old ST. Louis merchant,
is director. Mr.. Mier, Mr.. Hall and
Mr.. Lqmborn are on the train and doing
all they can to aid and assist in making
the excursion amost pleasant affair They
have done all in their power to make all |
comfortable, and they have succeeded |
most admirably. --r
The completion of the Kansas Pacific |
Railway to Denver, and thence TO Chey-
enne, is of the greatest Importance to st. |
Louis, the Wesr and South; and the mer,
chants and business men ofthe entire West |
and South, and the great commercial me-
trOpolis of the Mississippi Valley, St. |
Louis, and those who are engaged in |
trade and the owners of the Central and |
Southern lines of railway should feel
pride in this greet interior central route,
and it must prove to ST. Louis a source
of untold wealth.
The Government of the United States
granted to the Kansas Pacific Railway six
millions of acres of land for a distance of
1894 miles West, which is about Sl6, 009
per mile to build the road from the State
line of Kansas. With this aid the COM
pany completed their road to place
called Sher.d dan, near the western bound
arv line of the State of Kansas, a distance
of 4O5 miles. From Sheridan to Denver,
a distance of 234 miles, the directory of !
the road undertook to raise the means 10
build the same and succeeded, and in
July last the road was finished to Denver
As the Congress of the Unitedi States
would not aid the Kansas Pacific in
bonds to build the two hundred and thir-
ty-four miles from Sheridan to Denver,
the whole of the road and the lands were
mOitgaged to raise the necessary means to
complete the connecting link. The bonds |
were negotiated and sold in Germany.
The road was built under the superinten-
dence of Gen. VIM. J. Palmer. The
iron rails were purchased from American
manufacturers, according to the charter,
end were procured from the iro1 foundTies
of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The point of union with the Kansas
Pacific is at the State line of Kansas,
where it connects with the North Mis-
souri,, Missouri Pacific, and Hannibal and
ST. Joseph railroads.
Great difficulties were experienced in
building the Kansas Pacific railway, Ow
ing othc absence of timber on the route
the road running through an almost bar
rem wilderness AMI desert of prairie
lands-eXcept here and there few trees
to be seen on Nhe water courses /
anu ElTtdln-. II iCHuhbu great
labor to procure ties for this road, and |
the undertaking was not only difficult, but |
attended with considerable hazard. For |
the first 4O5 miles of road, the ties were |
brought from the timbered lands lying |
adjacent to the Missouri and Kaw rivers, |
but from Sheridan on west to Denver, |
the ties were procured in Colorado Terri |
tory. from the mountain regions, at a
heavy expense to the road.
The Company procured over 700 wagons |
md 1000 head of oxen, and the ties were |
brought 10 the line of the road in guam |
titles. A great number of men were en-
ployed 10 chop the ties aud drive the |
teams. In July these teams supplied |
about four miles of ties per day.
Along the line of this road the Chey-
enne and Pawnee Indians are quite tr)u- |
blesome, and are always passing to and |
fro. In July last the Company's wagons |
were attacked at various times by these |
Indians and over twenty teamsters were |
murdered by them. The employees of the |
Company were kept alarmed, yet, |
Notwithstanding, the Indians, always |
on the alert, seeking to murder, plumber,
and steal. killed these men engaged in
working for the road.
The distance from Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, to Denver is 639 miles by the Kan
sas Pacific railroad.
The road from Denver to Cheyenne is
known as the Denver Pacific Railroad,
and is controlled 10y The Kansas Pacific
railroad, and ferns a part of its line, and
connects directly with the Union Pacific,
direct for Denver, st. Louis and all cities
east, south and north via the Missouri.
Pacific, North Missouri, and Hannibal
and ST. Joseph railways, and then on TO
San Francisco
Passengers will find that they can save
much time by pauonizing the Kansas Pa
ciiic, as il sells tickets direct to all points
in the States of Kansas, California, Ne
vada and Oregon and the territories Of
Utah, Colorado and Wyoming.
TO build and equip the Kansas Pacific
Railway has cost the company over TWEEN
ty-thrce millions of dollars. The govern
,,,,rf hoe 1C,p 1agc for thia road than for