The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-11
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DENVER, COL, SEP. Goth, 1876.
Mr.. EDITOR After a pleasant Journey of
639 miles, since writing to you, / thought
perhaps it would be interesting to some of
your readers, and especially my own intimate
acquaintance, to give a sketch of my ride.
In my first letter spoke of the lands in
western and northwestern Missouri | am
of the opinion that this is the best place for
New Jersey farmers. Lands there do not
present such wild appearance, and the i'm
provements are more in harmony with the
East. Markets there are good, being conve-
nient to the railroad and the lands very pro-
ductive. Any one would naturally suppose
that on an extensive journey, such as have
taken, there would be no trouble to sit down
and scratch off a few lines descriptive of the
sights and wonders that meet me continually
Every city that have stopped at from Pitts
burg to Denver, thought I would write a
letter giving some idea of what 1 saw, and
now as Lam trying to collect my thoughts my
present surroundings seem uppermost in my
mind Imagine, if you please, my situation
this morning, seated in pleasant ROOM with
my coat off, the mercury standing in the
shade at rs above zero, the. mo TN tain sur
rounding me in full view, covered with snow,
the sky buer and the air purer than anywhere
else in the world, and thousand other things
to appreciate and admire, trying amid all
these delightful experiences to collect my
thoughts of the last week. But l will try as
well as | can to describe my journey from
Kansas City, and, in the first place, let mo
speak of the city itself. This is the principal
city between st. Louis and San Francisco, sit
uated on the south bank of the Missouri river,
one mile east of the State line and the mouth
of the Kaw or Kansas river A a railroad
centre, it Is a station ON the Pacific r. r. of
Missouri a station on the Kansas Pacific r..
r. whose eastern terminus Is Wyandotte)
the northern terminus of the Fort Scott and
Gulf r. r. the northeastern terminus of
the Kansas City and Santa Fe Div. of the
Leavenwortl, Lawrence & Galveston r. r.
the southern terminus of the Kansas City
st. Joseph, and the western terminus of the
ST. Louis, Kansas City and Northern r. r.
the latter three forming junction at Har-
lem, one mile above, and on the opposite side
of the river, the train of each road crossing
over the magnificent new Railroad bridge, I'M
der the management of the Hnanbal & St.
Joseph r. r. Co., which is also used as wag-
on and foot passenger bridge. So much for
the railroad facilities of the place, which
give more particularly to show the advantage
es this city has as rail DAD centre, TO the
surrounding country. The population of this
city is about $4,000 souls. Here we find
churches of different denominations, and
schools comparing with any that can be found
East in city of its size Also some SPLEEN
did hotels, far Surprising any we have in
Trenton. The st. James, Pacific, Coates
House, "Barnums," Sheridan House, Cannon
House, Commercial aud Louisville hotels, are
all houses that compare with the best hotels
in Phla., (before the Centennial.) Here we
find the largest packing house Of meats that
is to be found i'll the world. The stores sur
prise an Eastern man when he sees the i'm
mense stock they carry in all the different de-
partments of business, and the great care ex-
ercised in the display. had the pleasure of
visiting the dry goods and notion house of
Bulenc, Moore e. Emery, and had good
warm shake of hands with Mr.. Emery, who,
you all remember was one of e.most enter
prising and successful merchants in Fleming
ton, N. j. / also had the pleasure of chat
with Mr.. Victor Boss, formerly of Fleming
ton, who Is remembered as one of the politest
clerks in Pennington, and always was sought
after by the fair sex when they desired to
make their purchases. find him the same
pleasant, agreeable and polite gentleman, who
is bound to gather friends around him wler-
ever he goes. I also had an opportunity to
look into the countenance of Homer Trego,
who, no doubt, many Of the citizens of Lam
bertvlle remember with pain (only for a
short season., has, now changed his occupa-
ton, however, and has charge of one of the
departments of this immense house. was
informed that the present force, in all its de-
partments, was about 100, aud the sales are
expected to reach this year the neat little sum
of $1,200,000. have spoken more paitcu-
larly of this firm as it seems to be more close
ly identified with my old neighborhood, but
many other houses are worthy of mention,
but it is impossible for me to particularize iii
my extensive observations. / can only give
an idea SO that you may judge of the surround
ings for yourself
On last Friday, Sept. 22d, / bid adieu to my
friends and seated myself in Pullman Palace
Car, and arranged my bundles around me
ready to start on my journey as soon as the
signal was given. At 030 A. M. the train
started north. / glanced in that direction
and thought of 639 miles in one car without
any change for any other train, but before
reached Denver only wished it was twice al
far, as had all the comforts and convenience