Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-04-01

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Tux Eastern terminal point OF the U.
p r r is still matter of dispute be-
,veep Omaha and Council BUNS
Omaha is on the ives. and Coun-
ell Bluffs is perched upon the east s'ae
~ the muddv Missouri and they are.
of course, divided upon the question Oh
-h;ch NJ the two shall exact toll from
- .mssh the trunks Of the travelling |
rnbl;c This looks like trifains mat
Ter and from the standpoint Of the I'M
mediate contestants SO it is but there IS
;. consideration involved therein which,
now that the issue has been brought DC
fore the Attorney General Of the United
States should, If possible. be so settleo
AZ that the delays and annoyances "nicn
are visited upon the traveller At onlaas
and its rival across tbs river ~oaid oe
u;,;s.ted. If no: cured altogether Az Is
,,r the cas-. the traveller finds upon be-
;rc taken to Omaha by the Union "a
e;6e or any other line Of railway leading
to tina. point. and connecting with the
Pacific road, that he must be dei"sen
there from two to four hours, while all
the luggage Of the various prssensers IS
sortsd over, weighed and reehecSed !"
immense barn-l:ke structure BY
email mob Of rude and unc:vh porseTs
and check clerks, himself ios.ied, mean
~h;l. in sursing crowd OF men anu
women. interspersed among whom As /"
too abundant proportion Of pickpocke's
and o,ker members Of the swell noo.
In sbo-. Omaha Is the Iumrns oa
.,,.o. Til. westward bound trav'
e.er reships himself there ies 'ne
overland journey. proper ana 'nefs
the citizen of the Pacific COAST
eastward bound, finds himself upon TN
;rmedi.te confines of that boosted civil
izatiou which blesses the hill SIDES am
valleys that lie upon the slope wniel
r;tchee toward the broad Atlantic. Blu
hec.nse Omaha marks the edge OF tw
a;verse civilizations is no good reaso
INV there should not be in vogue sue
facilities for the travelling public
should make it possible that ones In
GAGE could be checked through from 81
Francisco to New York and rice re'ss
Not only cannot this be done. NOT on.
ia il necessary that the traveller shou'
;oin throng Of nervous, impatient an
loud-bellowing people. each OF whom
made to fret himself into the temper
an assassin over his checks and chance
Init when the Internal business OF z
checking is accomplished the e1Aspe
ated vayfarer learns that he cant g
into sleeping car, much less secure
berth in one, until he has been faattene
and banged by another red-moutht
commune at the sleeping-car ticket-1
dow. There is all the order at Omai
that could be expected at any overgros
frontier town where several hundr'
tired and eager travellers are dumped I
ofa sudden and expected to assist
gang of believing railway understra
pers in picking out their trunks Al
valises from a ship load Of like &c
amities;' out the requirements OF
times demand that the traveller should
enabled to pass that point with
greater inconvenieusa than th involv
in the mere changingsof cars. It '
fondly hoped by the Pacshf railway
cnrsionist that when the Missouri '
bridsed and actual railway connect
vas made between the west and e
banks of that stream the principal
noxance would be abated; but tn
having come an uncompromisable G
pute between the railway compan
which terminate at Council Bluffs q
the Transfer company (the builders a
owners of the said b-idge,) the trout
seem to have been aggravated rat
then diminished if we may judge by
experiences of year ago. II the 4
eminent has any power to resul
these matters it should not de
doing it, and if it has the anthorit,
do so important thing as to decide
DonsEo 80 IN I,