New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-12
THE FAR WEST.
A JOI-RNEY TO CALIFORNIA.

IRON A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT VI ihh ih'n'N"'I
SAN Francisco, June ID recommend inc
tour TO California those who would have an adequate
csnce ton of the magnitude Of our country i'S
cb.racteristjcs resources and products In the nrst
place there Is none II this continent ana none
comparable with IL In the world To say tha' one rincS
400 miles continuously weewardglves only ian' i'a
Of the magnificent fact There II no other such Journey
by rail- nor IL there ywhere such PERFECTION oil o"'s
Of travel 1t Ia the counterpart OF the trip to Europe ana
II; some respecs It's opposite. For day. we Traverse
country so new that years ii was an almost I'M
Travelled region. The $500 miles west of Lake h"s"
for instance, little known geh'r''i"n "so
Looking backward - years and conra'i ing II WIN "h'
has already been done we ARE tempted 20 loon i"r"
o, wears and speculate concerning what may be done
Jfticr he any dy.pcptic drsPonden person VINO 'Sp'
M tbe future of his race lac cannot do better than 10 IT.
fresh himself with a view Of Central New-lorH' ono III
diana Illinois Iowa and Nebraska as DISCLOSED III JOUR
ncy la the Pacific.
First may speak trip itself II IL easily made
Provide as AN oat 81 days tour - per day Tor hoei
oxncn.cs a ike SUN travelling expenses; the ticket
| from New.York to this city Is about fla" an"
| the sIccping berth tdOubeJ Is about T"] mofe'
all in currency. II i bciier, ih'hh' !"
convert the g1cenback notes INTO g"lh Oh ms
sid, than In New-York, notice ut railroad stations.
hotels and along the main Travelled routes, "r fractional
,, NOV + received the same ~ coin. The trip il made
with as mach comfort trips at the East the eating
HOUSES with barely exception boin5 P"od ana no,
more cxorb in their char.os than furthcr east ie
Pullman ears are. OF course as c"InortaDr III one loh%
tnde ~ another. proper provision Tor ms journey
voilG be suitable warm wraps fOf ia" "c'as'"al con-
hollis which are met with At the summit OF the Black
Iis and In crossing the W;t'ach ranges as Wei - ~
the top o the Sierra Nevada Mountains, lhc "'"'h'r J.
ant To Ne chilly. even in July. We rncountcr'" heh's
frosts NJ hc latter place and snow storms IN the "aNr
rances while in the Lake Valley ana IN the Sacr"-
mento the weather wa very Snltry. may In"hI"h
nIso that rs hassagc except such may he carried III
te houI il weighed at Omaha and all excess over inc
allowed 100 pounds charged FOR AT special rates.
safe rule would take only the necessary amount
TIE INDIANS AND THE SCENERY.
Tie traveller over the Pacific railroads will necessarily
have / = aticnon arrested by groups 1T vaSahonh In
dams ~ thc different stations. We first encountered
them at Omaha and after that Frequently all the way 10
California. Certainly passing acquaintance WIN "a"
red man does M; improve ones csiitltc "l MS l'''
The testimony the whites who arc more iainIai wiz
the Indians is almost uniformly against them Ia N'''''
heard of som, Of bclgS u-cl aS la5oreis III CHUNG
wood Tor the SMILING furnaces In Southern 'hliNfa
Am l HE natives are used in hcr'liHg and hrd cur
nre u rule they the same sftcSS th'Nin2'
yiccns SIT Dissemination seem, 10 he the Only solution
of their problem OF existence entertained among 'h'
frnn,irrsrnen. They are regarded as an nnmsat"i
nuisance Thcr numbers decreasing by contact "iih
the whites Icforc their race is extinct Ii Is dtSirahe
flat some nlv-oloc,~ 81 enincncc may make special
stud Of their Iiyc arl tell ~, DINER things now
il happciS thai hcir inanis can he Strapped To "F"'r
frame or carried raped IN blankets Throughout their
early career wthout uttcuns acry Of pain or distress
Tic miamy nau, compounds OF die and medicine
( seem To tavc no place n the savage nursery.
THE scenery of the Pacih. road has been often
described hat I ncod not do than merely to
mention that the ascent Or The Pla'e NaHty wlirh WE
he in AZ OMAHA is 80 gradual TINT ia 800 miles We have
risen . 900 feet Ia 5000 fret above sea level III
W 70 not for the clmpscs get Of tie distant snow
ttsfs he lsfk
Choyrnnc w. snorid not know that wor" approach
in H.. Rocky Mount ain cham at AL. The climb 10
Src.nln The h'cst point. is disappointing III ' UNI
fnr'ri and ease Indeed The crossing Of the AcShe-
MICS i, much more impressive. one begins To suspect
f,t tle titlr Eo-ky Mountains" ha- been unwottb!y
bestowed OH h- ran o.. - OF thc Wind River, Laramie
and other RANGES There E., rugged or broken surface
such a.. orc ~ ut expect. thorg! there are many
i lated buiic,." worn rocas ahh picturesque spots
h.ong,l tlo windng passes Of the Wa'aci ranges l''
Emo anI weber CrlS are wonderful stretches "t lana
scapc aud are fun Of tee sro>que exhibitions OF tn"
ar ion of water upon rocks of different degrees al hafd-
ncss The canon gradually cos"' urfH ~ me
" Devils Gaze" " eliminates in narrow den"
whore thcr, WI. upt room rnoi-h for the STREAM
and the track. aad space for IN" latter h'i !"
Inc hla.t.d f~,tn the oy.rlarging rocks. This
i, in iart the fri really tedious work encountered
in ihe road from the Missouri and. ii misaAr not l.
the second tunnel I'll traces II r spring r'Set7 'i
Il ,oup,irol and trnciion trains had rc!1crd the
tack H. more than lis original completeness. lm'' also
bear Testimony to!h genera. cNce!cc' oi inc '""".
of track. roadc. bridges snpw-fcures wafer sid'hN'
and other buildin-s The Iniol Pacific road Aier
trip a., TIE lr b-it'r appreciate the hI'-"'-
tilc Of he cnrrpri~. aud - great lHe'u'n-s +" tie
country and it, propriciors Several tr s"s Originally
erected to time have been h"d ~ with soma "arih
ana improvements made IN ti," grade al other points
understand il l. the parp0 o the Company to SU'>tl-
tutc cHycrt AT N, DI!e Creek bridge. ana To Ill
fEt.ff Tn
sIahl wooden structure Certainly pains or Expense
has been spared Ike tie road AMI its equipment of
Che rs -class standard The rolling stock OF The r0a. ap-
pears to h, ample aud is fully cmpoye'l. besides facG
sands of from Esse.a roads passing over with
/ hrou- "A frcghts.
DESERT REGIONS.
The Mon Pacific Railraad was favored in its by
the natural repression. the mountain ranges. extend
ne along 800 NILS between Cheyenne and salt Lake.
Tie Central Pacific portion of he line wlsaso favored IN
the depr>sons fouud along the 900 miles between Salt
Lake and California line. The State OF Nevada i
mass OF uphclyel mountains having seneraly north
and south direction. \ thorough survey of the state
d,cosc> tic fact dat the on water course having
r;y direction. 0 any magnitude is the Humboldt River,
which the railroad follows for 800 miles. TINS stream,
like all in Nevada and most OF those in Utah, las no
outlet the but after gaining respectable ,inen
i"ns. continues it, until il is lost in the deIres
Sims eastern ~ the state called sinks. 80
dry Is the atmosphere in this state, AMI al slight the
rainfall, that the principal Of moisture l. in the
from the mountains, to which may now he added
the OF artesian wells which now very com
reliance all along the aka country extending for
600 miles either side Of salt Lake. the pumping being
done nv wind power for the most part
This brings notire change in the features Of the
country, and necessarily in the conditions of me- ms
alka is not .iona II rcrmcates and
saturatcs the aInvial bottoms and side slopes, and