The Newtown bee., 1879-04-01
 Trip tO tIlc Pacific

ClGEY ENNE, WYuMINtG Mch. p, 1879.
 From Chicago, going West. thcro are three lir-t-clt5e roads, viz. (. X N. w. k. R., C. d R. l. R. R., and C. X E. R. E. All of thcm have hotel carS, S,acconI0d;tiuu and magnificent sleeping cars, so thai wherever d passenger looks he will find c0nVcni"nce5 not excclIeI by any railroad ill the country. The writer having tried them all, Feels competent to judge. on thl5 particular question. At the request Of NIT. Paul J. Sanford, one of NcwtoNn $ sons, who is the Gcn'i Eastern At. of the Chicago & Rock Island, R. R, took the road represented by him, and can with good tai h, recommend the s;lmc to any one, passing from Chicago to Omaha The equipment is splendid; the employ cc5 courieOuS, and the route very inter cStInS. The road p;t5scS through many large cities, such ;tS Rock Island. DaveI.- port D,5Muinoa, &c. We left Chicago iu the midst of n severe snow storm, and the prospect lOOLe,l uninviting for a,uick trip to the Mi Souri River, but, nolwith- 7tantllnJ iIc heavy track, we fUunl our selves at our destination on time the next morning.
 The Missouri River bridge, connecting Omaha with Council Bluffs. is one of the tIhe9t pieces of Worlman3hi to be fouill ln the cO,.ntiy. It cost two and a hal, millions of dollars.
 Soon after crossing the bridge our 1 train stops in the Omaha depot. ;t large "tuldlnS with one enormous span o> CT heati, built lI the most substantial man- iicf ol iron and glass, with six tracks passing through il from rlld to end. Omaha l5 one Of the most progressing c.ties in the West; it is on the west bank Of the Missouri River. It was named | 1 .Ifl nr h,. tl
 cuncd that ground. It now ha>; u pop ulatI"n of ZLOOO inhal,itantS It WAS formerly the capital Of Nebraska, bul same Was removed by Lincoln some ten years since. Omaha has three daily | newspapers, also two WccklirS. It hl- lI hotels. Tho bcIr, however, the Grund | Central, (l name somewhat familiar 10 1 your reader ] 1 found il Was, burnt last Fall. This WlS a severe blow to the citv 'tS the Grand C. nirHl Wits the pride of the place, having been built by d stock com pahy of th1 most prominent citizens ot the town, and Was i great pride of the people. learn, however, it ix to be re- bult, if possible, to excel the former house. There are many other fine huilu- lhSS here one in particular, the Brighton College. The gift oi one lady, Mrs Edward Crri9hty, who gave S1UU, ,U0U fui that purpose.
 We left Omaha depot at 17-1J Friday Tor our long trip across the plain. One iocS not consider himself really Startcu for the Pacific Coast till he +, on the Union Pacific Coast. Ii is q sight wortl seeing d train made up for the Paciti, Coast, and itwalieus all most as mcuh in terest as ill old times the departure of tn, I California steamers. The long trail drawn ny two large locomotives arc iillct with all classes bound across the country At the various stations for several hun tired miles numerous emigrantS are left mostly Germans, who are to make up tht grounds of this country. We were par tlcu'ar to notice this at Fremont Col umbuS, and other towns along tho line
 Farms located 2IO acres ill the frs mentioned town some six years ago made the subject particularly interesting, a. land had improved three fold in tn,
 meantime. We have never seen ou
 homestead but still think it may be O some value twenty years hence.
 The samCncsS of the country along tn,
 Platte River does not attract much ob servation. The soil is worry rich and ntl
 merous farms dotted along the line 0
 tue road, bctollen thrift and enterprise
 We are now at the base of the Rock,
 Mountains ana tho scenery is ever chang ing. We are having an unusual mild da,
 with not any snow nor strong winds, am'
 we feared that We should possibly be de
 tiined from this cause, but we are assures from incoming trains that such will no
 be the case. Excuse our long letter.