Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-30
PAUL BAGLEY.
Wisconsin, Under Reform Administra-
tiOn-The Chicago and Alton
RaflrOnd-ETe.

LEMoNTE, ILL, October 25.-From
Eau Claire, WisCnn in, came on dcwu
10 Elroy, the terminus OF the West
Wisconsin railroad, where it connects
with the Chicago and Northwestern.
This is the glest through route from
Chicago TO st. Paul. The West Wis
cOnsin is 8 new road through the great
forests Of Wisconsin, and you ride long
distances sometimes with nothing but
dreaTy forests on either side. The towns
are lew and wide apart. The whole
/ State Is far less desirable TO me than
| Minnesota. The lumber interest seems
! to predominant. Black River Falls ia
| one OF the chief towns along our route,
and here We had the finest audience in
the State. Madison, the capital, is q
very beautiful city, and there Is q dome
upon the capitol which appears 10 be
nearly "a high as the dome Of the capt.
tol at Washington. The grounds around
the statekOuse are beautiful; the hotels
are fine, and some of the private resi-
dences are palace-like. The city is stu
alei upon the border OF beautiful lake.
The State is under what thew
call "reiorm" administration,
Governor Taylor is called the "farmer
governor" Had an opportunity OF shak-
ing hands with him; ne is a heavy-set
man, with short gray beard. He is a
candidate for reelection, and the other
party charge upon him and his party
fraud and corruption, and say that the
reform administration has cost the State
much more than the old. The Chicago
ami Northwestern railroad, over which
We came from ElrOy to Chicago, is one
OF the greatest railroads in the country,
owning and operating, according to their
estimate, over two thousand miles of
road, extending westward to Omaha,
northWestwsrd into Dakota Territory,
ard northWayd to Lake Superior. One |
who has not visited the northwest has |
very little idea Of its magnitude and |
wealth. We rode down from Dakota |
more than six hundred miles in south |
east course to Chicago, a distance quite |
as great as from Chicago to Memphis; |
and line drawn in eXteuS on of this |
would have to he as long as from Men,
phis to Vicksburg before it would |
reach the British possessions. The
general superintendent of the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad is man who
looks through matter about as quick.
ly as one Of mis- engineers would see a
red light upon the track, and atcs &C.
cordlngly and correctly. The Chicago
anu Alton Is Ine direct line from Chi
cago to st. Louis. T. B. Blackstone,
Esq, the president OF this road, is q man
OF dark complexion and rather slender
build, with an air of kindness, with the
quickness of Chicago.
Mr.. Douglass is the president of the H.
linois Central, and J. c. Clark, Eco
general manager. They look through
matter in moment and act cor. ectly.
We entered Chicago from the northwest
and rode long way on the train before
we came to the depot, and then took a
bus and went to a hotel near the great
axe, and then took train and passed out
10 the southwest, so that we saw the ex-
.ent of the great city, and it is wonder
ul to behold. The Grand Pacific is
the best hotel in the city, rates
our dollars and half day. The Mat.
eson is good enough for anybody at
hree. There are yet traces of the Sec
md great fire. Where the first occurred
8 now the main business part of the
'ity. There is canal ninetysfive miles
ong connecting the lake with the Hi
lois river and the Mississippi waters.
PAUL BAGLEY.