Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-29
CORRESPONDENCE. J.
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June ga, 1916
A. A. HAnwool,, EsQia Es
ED1roR TRANsch4P1s Finding myself
at the "GrcatS Centehniai,"i viii spare a
few moments, giving you hdms such MS !
Can note hastily. Starting from Mazoma.
mic, Wis, my old home, on Monday eve,
Of the 10Th inst, arrived at Chicago.
Tuesday morning at71<IA; A., and took
the Pittsburg, Fl. Wayne & Chicago Rail.
road to Pittsburg, arriving there ut 2 A.
y. sof Wednesday, thence by tho Pennsyl.
vania Railroad to this place, and in Tvs;
tee to the several roads over which, I have
passed, will say that for comfort, careful
management, and beautiful scenery, i
think there is no better route from the
west than by the roads have mentioned.
Starting from Chicago We begin to see
railroadingi 10 earnest, and it was nothipg.
unusual before reaching Pittsburgh, u
make speed ut the rate of so miles an
hour, which for all practical purposes is
fast enough. -: 5.I :. .....5.> :. :
Passing through Indiana, ! was forcibly
impressed with the general appearance Of
the farming people, and their mede Of liv-
ing. Small log houses, apparently built
Is to 80 years ago, with a little clearing
for corn patch, several dogs, and alliga
tor nosed hogs running Wild through the
woods. It seemed as though i were
among the '"pour whitcs' Of Louisiana
again. Crops were very backward, corn
and potatoes far behind our own in Min
nesota. But the timber is splendid, al
though the varieties, except ash and sllag
bark hickory, are chiefly unknown to me.
Having left Pittsburgh in the night I can.
not speak of the surroundings. At 6 A.
NJ, VIC were we'll up In the Alleghanys
and soon came in view of the; far famed
"Horsc Shoe Curve" which for beauty, is
unexcelled. I have never seen it's equal.
With our train Of sixteen coaches, 1T the
round Of the shoe. it formed a perfect arch,
the engine going down while the rear
coach was coming up the grade, and the
beautiful scene below, shall never forget,
as miles away the blue mountains were
visible, with valleys between, a view for
an artist that not many obtain: BY ~
O'Clock we had reached the city Of Al,oo-
ma, where the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany have their shops, which are upon u
magnificent scale, and show the immense
business of the Company. After splen-
did breakfast at The Railroad Eating House
we proceed. Following down the valley
Of the Juniata, scene upon scene
rushed upon The vision, until came near
saying "hold, enough for once" but We
were bound for Philadelphia, and the
train appeared to be in terrible hurry,
rushing past three out of four stations,
without stopping, often for so or 40 miles.
Soon we reached the broad SusQuehanna
river and valley with its varied scenery,
and rushed overthc immense bridge span.
ming it, and into Harrisburg, where the
train was divided into two sections, aud
after taking dinner at IL NJ, We were of
again and reached this city at 81 r. NJ.
For the last hundred miles (after leaving
the section ofcountry where it had rainctl
almost necessarily for five days. the engine
acted as street sprinkler, wctting the en-.
tire track perfectly, and entirely doing
away with any dust to Inconvenience tho
passengers. All tins from Corporations
without SOULS may seem strange, but I
will say right here, that for gentlemen in
every sense of the word, this Company's
agents and train men cannot be excelled.
This morning (ThursdayO started for
the Exposition, intending to so through
it in about halt day. Well, got as far
as the Ccr'iss engine, (of 5000 horsepower
and stoppcd,-how long l do not know,
but when l say it is monster in size and
power, am saying but little. Its pro-
portions arc perfect, and its working as
beautiful as a watch. The thousands of
belts and machinery of every dcscr::p lou
are N operation, all governed by one small
man, who with a single motion con
trolls, stops and starts the giant. BY
6 P. NJ. 1 had partially looking
ed through perhaps one fourth of the ma
chinery building, and came to the conclu
sion that it would take a month to look
through the whole, and then not. see one
half of what is exhibited. -
Here we see every part almost Of tht
civilized globe represented, and in pcrfcc
harmony, but cannot help thinking tina
Satan must control some Of us, when .
look upon the monster Krupp cannon
and then atour Monitor Turrct, with tlios,
two Is inch guns, standing guard over I'll,
U. s. Government Buildings, at one doc
and at another the great gun made nj Pitts
burg, that weighs over 81 tons 20 incl
bore. and carries ball weighing 1O8
; pounds with 200 pounds of powder to pro
Iject il. Why the inventive genius of maj
should be TINS employed cannot see, We
thus it is, and must continue to be. Feal
ing that have trespassed upon your col
umns too far will close. and perhaps be
fore leaving, send few more Centennia
notes. ,ls.z
am Yours Very Respectfully,
,.. "..s.s-z,- G. F. GREENING.
,5...ss GRAND MEADOW.