Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-07-19

been put upon the earth to do and TO become, our
country has made six first class contributions, and
each contribution has achieved or is achieving
@ complete revolution in that department Of hui |
man affairs on which 1t has been acting NJ
force. Those contributions, as read them, are,
our form Of government the telegraph, the utter
separation Of church and state the application Of
steam TO navigation, the Pacific Railroad, and
the Joint High Commission, or rather the treaty
That resulted from the appointment Of that com
mission. Among these contributions, the Pacific
Railroad certainly is not the least 1t is ,chiey-
ing revolution in travel and commerce 1t is
changing its course Europe sends It's travellers
and its mail and great deal Of its freight to the
Indies, to China, to Australia, by this route, and
uoec,rsa. Our country in future is to look back
upon no event in It's history with more thankful
ness and joy than upon the buildingof this road.
II is teaching all nations for delegates from all
nations are passing over it, what an immense
country this is Of ours The travellers of a ma
ton ave always those who mould the nations
thought. and So 1t will transpiro that speedily
other nations will be giving this nation its APP
uopmlc pnoc-the foremost in extent, enlight-
eminent. 100 spirit and in force. And 1t will be
apt 90 do some teaching in this direction to It's
own citizens and such teaching never comes
omiss We cannot think too highly Of this grand
new country of Ours They call China grand
Old country, with her great reach Of territory,
hpping upon It's fertile bosom nearly one half the
entire population Of the globe. But il such
thing were possible You might take China and
place her in the valleys Of the Mississippi and
tho Missouri, aud then YOU would have room to
PUT GROUND 10 the unoccupied corners a half score
such petty little states as England, France and
Spain But then these valleys are but third Of
tho whole. This Is grand new country, isn't
.it' The Pacific Railroad binds it together and
riding over it, noticing the country through
which it passes, euumcmung the Obstacles that
were in their way, the wilderness, the desert the
Indians the mountains, the fearful distance to BE-
tp,etsgd, 1.-TWO thousand miles, five hundred
more than from Boston to Omaha) one stands
almost owe-suuck, and says, % Surely the men
who did this shall be called the ST. Paul Of this
country material gospel.
The Pacific Railroad proper starts lroln Omaha
and terminate 10 san Francisco. 1t includes three
roads The Mon Pacific, from Omaha to Ogden
and Salt Lake, length eleven hundred miles the
Central Pacific, from Ogden 20 Sacramento, length
about seven hundred miles and the estern Pa
cic, FROM Sacramento 10 San Francisco, length
about two hundred miles. The last two are con-
solidated in one management, with Gov. Stan-
ford at the ad-undoubtodly the foremost rail-
road man iu the world The Union Pacific is
under the leadership Of Thomas Scott, who is but
very little below Gov. Stamford as a railroad
king The first thing tina, an Eastern man asks
+ s, How is 10 made9 in what condition is its
roal-bad and rolling stock kept?" One has
heard. or in some way has got the impression, a.
had, tlat the road is rough, and in poor condi-
ton. The impression Is wholly wrong II there
is a rough spot, piece Of work raw DONE or a
poor car 900 the whole rad, We passed them going
and coming 10 The night No one felt the rough
%. no one saw the raw work, or the poor car
/ Tie fact Is, it isn't here. TIE road throughout
I is whole length Is as smooth TO ride upon as any
road leading from Boston to the suburban cities
One gets more real jolting riding from the depot
down to the Junction, than from Omaha to
san Francisco. Coming back down the Eastern
slope OF the Rocky Mountains, for miles and miles
We rode at the rate Of a mile per minute. Bot
no one iu the cars would have suspected IT, un-
/ less timing the movement, the cars glided on
ward 50 smoothly. | have ridden twenty and
thirty mile per hour, with the feeling upon me
that we were going at a much rapider pace than
we were the afternoon we were slipping 50 nicely
down from sherman to Julssburgh, making our
sxty miles per hour to gain the time we lost On
the upgrade Starting upon the road with the
idea Of finding it iearlully rough | found myself
very speedily and very pleasantly undeceived
And it ought to be smooth road lor as far as
the physical characteristics are concerned, there
never could he a better country through which to
huild a road, in which 10 keep a road in repair
hard sandy loam disntegruted sand stone, al
mli soil and rock, make it possible to bring the
rlld-bci well nigh perfection while the climate
Of the country being equabe, no severe frosts, no
great heat, there is 40 upheayal Of ties and twist
ing Of rails also being one Of the latest built
aud furnished roads 10 the country il has the
advantage Of all new improvements both in re-
spect to It's road and cars. We ride over the
% continuous rail, and in coaches more broad and
high and comfortable than one finds on any East
ern road, or in Palace cars made in the highest
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spacious they cannot on a through trip be run
last OF Chicago ON account OF the narrowneSs OF
the bridges and tunnels.
Perhaps some OF your readers have never seen
Pullman Palace ear II 50, bHei description
will not be uninteresting. Their weight ranges
from twenty to thirty tons, generally it is nearer
thirty than twenty they are made as solid as
IRON ana wood can make them, and no parlor OF
merchant prince IN any e''y Is better finished,
furnished ana decorated than is the inside OF a
ra'aoe car IN one WORD IN appearance 1t is
paa'ia'' ana IN convenience fankeeism per-
'ec'ed' IN the center oil your section IS mirror
raising when taper Is revealed which as even
ing comes Oh Dy ana oy Is 10 i'sht you as you
read write or seek amusement IN games tell
you one appreciates al TINS grand exhibition OF
u'a'e ana ioiV'nousn' "neh one comes 70 i've Tor
'ou' us1 anu n's'.S III one o' these cars They
'uO On 'nnuneIao'e rough euges OIL travelling.
~ the END oil the Journey one finds himself rested
''s,e4u u worn OUT refreshed Instead oil Wearied'