Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-01
FROM WYOMING TERRITORY.

Nlieiu6.
We left Guthrie on Monday evening,
at 5:22, and nothing of interest oc-
CURED till we reached Henderson, KY,
at 1870 that night. Here. we saw
them raise our train from the broad
guage trucks on which we had made
the trip from Guthrie. and put it on
narrow -guage trucks on which we run
to st. Louis. After the sets of
trucks were changed, we were run
down very steep grade, and out upon
large fat boat which was moored to
the bank, and which was laid with
a track. We were then transferred by
boat, cars and all, twelve miles up the
river to Evansville, Indiana, where our
train was run off the fat-boat on to
the track again. We then run on
through to East st. Louis, where We
arrived at o'clock next morning. We
were then transferred by bus" to the
Missouri & Pacific Railroad Depot,
where we found our train awaiting US.
In being transferred from East st.
Louis to st. Louis, we were carried
across the celebrated bridge over the
Mississippi River. 1t has place for
trains to cross, and On the same bridge
vehicles of all kinds are constantly
crossing above and under the Railroad.
1t is very wonderful bridge. At 9
o'clock Tuesday morning, We drew out
from st. Louis, and arrived at Omaha,
Nebraska at IL NJ, Wednesday.
Here I will pause to say that Of all
miserable places to travellers Omaha
is the worst. There we have to crowd,
squeeze, yell and have our corns trod-
den on for an hour or two before we
get our baggage out of the mountain
GUS mass before us. After your bag
gage is checked, you draw out OF the
immense crowd, and as the cooling
breezes strike your flushed cheeks, you
involuntarily return thanks.
But l had almost forgotten to men,
ton the Railroad Bridge over the Mis-
souri, River, between Council Bluffs
and Omaha. This bridge is a mag
nifcent structure, half mile in length,
with approaches of mile.
At Omaha we took the Union Pacific
Railroad, and at 3: As P. NJ. reached
Sherman, the highest point on. the Pa
cifc Road. This place is not large, but
celebrated only for its height which is
S,242 feet above the level of the sea.
The atmosphere at this point is very
light indeed. The traveller expert
ences great trouble in breathing here
until he becomes accustomed to the
lightness of the atmosphere.
Sherman is $40 miles from Omaha
and 1865 from San Francisco. One
hundred and sixty-fve miles to the
south, Pixies Peak may be plainly seen.
and one hundred miles to the north
west, Elk Mountain, another celebra-
ted point. rises in the distance.
After we leave Omaha we strike the
prairies. There we see herds of ante
lopes scampering away before US, prai
rie dogs fercely breaking from their
mounds, gophers, etc. La many places
we passed snow from Is to 20 feet deep,
but this was only where it had drifted
| against the snow fences erected for that
purpose.
On reaching Laramie City, Wy
oming Territory, on Thursday even
ing, we learned that great deal of the
track and several bridges ahead of US
had been washed away by the melting
of the snow on the mountains, and We
have been compelled to stay here from
that time to the present, Tuesday, the
Goth Dispatches, however, tell US
that we will get off this evening.
At this place there are 900 emf
grants besides our train which num-
bers about 200. Behind US at Chey-
enne there are about 1000 emigrants,
and about 200 frst-class passengers.
Ahead ofus there are 1000 emigrants,
besides 200 first-class passengers. You
will see from this that we are COM
pletely blockaded. While we have
been at this place, the Union Pacific
Railroad has issued tickets to the en-
igrants, calling for two meals per day,
and to many of them this is a perfect
god send, as they are in very destitute
circumstances.
Well, Laramie City is neat, little
place of about |, 900 inhabitants 1t has
FIVE churches, Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterian, Episcopaliau and Cath
Ollie. On Sunday l attended Church
and Sunday School, and at night at
tended Union Sunday School Meet
ing" The exercises Of the evening
consisted in singing and addresses by
the pastors of the city. The Union
Pacific Railroad has large rolling
mill at this place. 1t was built in 1874,
and made of rock from the mountains.
1t is quite a spacious building, go feet
long and 40 feet wide. 1t has a Ca
pacity for turning out 10 carloads per
day, each load weighing 10000. 1t has
fy-wheel 20 feet in diameter, and
about 60 feet in circumference. The
mill has nine furnaces; eight heating
and que breaking down furnace, and
two saws for rails. 1t has three sets
of rolls, one for breaking-do fur
mace, one for taps and buttons aud one |
for rails. They rolled their first rail
on Saturday evening last at o'clock.
Brigham Young was expected to off
ciate on the occasion, but owing to the
break in the road, he was not present.
In addition to the mill, the road has
quite a neat hospital at this place,
where the employees of the road find
attention in cases of illness.
Wyoming Territory Penitentiary is
located at this place. At present it
has 81 inmates. Only one wing of the
main building has been erected yet,
and consequently it is not very large as