Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-22
the brakeman called out that name. The
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the brakeman called out that name. The
see, nor any town. suppose there must be
a town lying around somewhere in the
neighborhood. but it is invisible from the
make suggestion to the managers of the
railways which center at this point. There
are the Union Pacific, the Chicago aud Rock
Island, the Chicago & Northwestern. and
the Kansas City, St. 10. & Council Bluffs
roads and perhaps others that did not OBJ
serve. At such railway centre there ought
to be good preparations for feeding pas
sengers. At present there is no one side of
the broad platform an open shed containing
lunch counter, where coffee, doughnuts,
pies. etcetera, are for sale, and which may De
well enough in their way for all know.
Across the platform is a mean little building
where man sounds gong upon the ar
rival of a train, to advertise that there is an
eating house within. A more execrable
meal was never put before hungry mortals
than the stuff given to us as breakfast, and
for which they had the impotence to charge
seventy-fve cents, in that mean little build
ing. am un American enough to grumble
about such things, and to the money
taker just what thought about the matter.
He told me-and imagine how consoling it
was to me that the breakfast that morning
was the worst that had ever been served in
the house-there was trouble about the cook,
or something of that kind.
thought that I had him at
bay when I asked why they should charge
the same price for the "worst' breakfast as
they asked for better one; but he lodged
me there by saying he had no other orders
from the landlord. There is very fine
depot of brick in course of construction at
this place, and perhaps it is the intention to
have dining room included. If not, the
companies ought to take the matter in hand
and see that their passengers are not i'm
posed upon in the manner that befeil the
passengers on my train. A little more care
too, to direct people where to find their
trains, and answer other queries, would not
be amiss.
TO KANSAS CITY.
With the exception noted, and
aside from the fact that the
day was very warm while we ran
from Council Bluffs to Kansas City, the trip
was throughout an agreeable one. The road
that carries you over this latter part of the
line from St. Paul is the Kansas City, St.
Joe g. Council Bluffs. It follows along the
bottom lands by tae Missouri river for the
entire distance. I was much pleased with
the clvility of the comDany's employees on
this line, and am of the opinion that it
is in general well-conducted concern, the
cars being of modern convenience, and the
road apparently we'll constructed, as judged
by the easy movement of the cars when pro-
crossing. AS you travel down the valley you
see in the distance the bluffs over the western
side of the Missouri, and on the other hand
you have the eastern bluffs, but you see little
Of the river proper until well down the line,
as the bottom lands on either side of the
stream stretch out for long distance before
the rising ground commences. These bot
tom lands are at present very generally over
flowed. the annual "June rise' having COM
menced about ten days ago. In one or two
places the water was SO high that it Tapped
over the roadway, and everywhere were to
be seen farm houses surrounded and isolated
by water, out-houses and fences half sub
merged and wagon roads flooded. The pres
ent overflow, however, is not by two feet so
high as it was last year, and has begun to
fall rapidly, so that the actual damage to
property will not be considerable, as I am
informed. Below St. Joseph, or St. Joe, as the
city is usually called, the region becomes more
interesting than it is above. Towns are scat
cred quite plentifully along the line, and
hat always tends to relieve the monotony OF
railway travel. One feature of the country
that struck me pleasantly was the great num-
Der of splendid elm trees-the tree above all
)thers in majestic beauty. To person of
taste any landscape well furnished with elms
| must of necessity be attractive. / have never
seen finer specimens than some of those
growing on the Missouri bottoms between
St. 10. and Kansas City. The grandest view,
the approach to Kansas City. Emerging
from a stretch of woodland the train crosses
an iron bridge high above the water. Here
sight bursts upon the view well adapted to
| arouse enthusiasm in even dull soul. The
broad river makes mighty curve almost in
a semi-circle. On either side you have the
lofty ascents of the shores, embedded in TO-
| liage; before you is the lower part of the city
| Of Kansas, and off in the distance, to the
right, you can perceive the houses of Wyan-
dotte, in Kansas State. Next to the river
view at st. Paul, this panorama has tout
! ensemble of surprising grandeur. So great
an approach ought to lead to city of some
pretensions and some substantial accom-
plishments to back these pretensions
Whether Kansas City performs its part well
in these respects ] leave for another letter to
say. D. PRoFUND1s