, 1881-01-02
RAILROADS.
49,, Indiana, Bloomington &:'Nestern p :.
ane Railway Building in Kansas |

1oM o.;sriIlc. Cincinnati s.: Lexington
Tht ,cn,nnouy deserves the thanks Of
Ra'i!oadh soathern people for reducing passenger
TIE ~ It's line to three cents per inile: Ims
1a'es ". " rtll no doubt have tue enee1 OF olinss
pose W. ~ general reduction i'll passenger
by sD0't tthrnugllout the South. Tne
rates If the Louisville g. Nashville
Dlreetols company, which controls
Esl'foau o,+,,n Of the railroad system III the
aiafeel .ps,now p, considering the advisabllity
sonta, ,,..as 49, the rates made by the Short Line.
d nee 'aa hardly afford to maintain thelr
.rs:ent l high passenger 1atl,l al1' ao,nnetinr
~ CINCINNATI Southern, aants alsH n.i}a I Pes
line, S g, eam LI@+ h. ant to pay the :LouisvlAe -
pie Ti Ti, ~ tomr and five cents per mile Wilen
Nashsllie+ +otn i competing lines for three cents
the! ean = REDUCTION vi passenger rates VI
> a1nile..,tbcrn 1nile. roads, will certainly pr3sr,e
tDe ~ their interests, Us the llasei WI INV ~.
eensat' eest incTease 50 largely as u ,rot nT ,ewar
NIKE NIKE up for the losses Gaa,nnstrated on by The
rates i. 1ead 1rnads. Which, during the past yeal,
Illinois 1o.iu; +tea;- local passenger tariffs 70.
reduced .ar.s ns per mile. Every one
three .,asa ss roads has mace net nioae
o. oas since the reduction Went lnto w. el1s I'M
tbsn tbs when charging TOUR ee'As7 20
more .,,a- nroof that low rates stlmulapte ap,
Anoaes s,cl, m extent as 70 increase uie
1aStl -, ~ nf fha roads is the fact untt uutu
earcmgs !sn u a,a ~, Wabash Railroad Companies,
ne 11En hara heen carrying passengers uulsns
Ha'Isn ~ four months at less 1nah one .Gms
u,s 11n; ,n;e have increased tnelt tnasi; i;3ae
es1 esssrunrs largely. while me CO comph ra+es shaw
that have man a.Ianenr earnings. The fact ls,s
deeieahse .h,se cents pcr mile for passenger Iales
'inM saha'antlv shI high to insure the faalroaes;
su'Stti " Toi1fs not very thickly sett:ed. agvoa
e'e'aastst;on. even o. x while on roads t1hnas
tbrnugn Tricky settled poEtlonSs peS ;ueure o a
cnnntry tw, cents per m!le s'.vn,r Wnrr Nentrai.
handsome profit me Ne"n r,ssacl1usetts.
nos'oa s unmher ~ OF other Eastern lines nave
anu anu a,hsroing hut two cents per nalle !ol
oeen resr ,.es1e mast and their profits from pas.
onnar soms business haze been as Large as, II lo1
% Ierger than, those Of competing l1nes c''Hl :
tns higher rates. 49,
,,rv so11rHERN PACIFIC ROUTE
c...,o, csr7xtpondenee Of The Chicago Tribune.
1p.nrn1r Colo. Dec. 24.-1 have re-
cantiy made trip over the new osutneiu
Pacific route from California through ali
-ona and New Mexico, making the crossing
+rom Tho Southern Pacific to the Atchlson'
Tonata 4 Santa F6 Railroad by staso
thronet The mining districts. AS tins ree1oh
;e inst now the subject Of much interest,", al
aceount Of the trip may not be unlnteresnns;; !;
In oojny ont to California pursued the ola
ronta nyer the Union and Central racine lll !:
Railroads. which have often trayeledz anu
which is 50 familiar to your readers as 70
naad M description. Il was, however, sur
prised by the immense business these toaus
are doing. The old mountain scenery ann
'the1oug stretches of rree1ess and almost gsass'
1ess plains looked just the same as OF olu'
The deep outcroprlng ridges Of the DeVlfs
slide had not worn off any, and the rom an
tfc btufs and fantastic shapes OF sandstone
in Echo and Weber Canons were lnterestlns
as ef old. The &1asEing stream was fret1eo
with IN Icy border, old Salt Lake lay placid
between its sandy shores while the mount
tains beyond, like eternal sentlnels' lookeu
down upon it in the distance We found bnl
little snow in the plains, but the mountain
.slopes were we'll covered. % The weather was
cold and the wind blew sharply most OF the
way until we came down into the Valley Of
the Sacramento, when we seemed suddenly
to have changed zones. Here the trees and
sltubbery were green,. with. occasional
touches Of November yellow, and with the
smooth and balmy sunshine the change
was most agreeable. From Sacramento
have heretofore gone to San Francisco by
way Of Stockton and Lathrop, the old round.
abcut way, but now the main line runs by
waT0f Benicia, crossing the arm Of the bay
for about mile on one OF the enormous
ferTy-boats, which arr. capable OF carrying
two large trains at once. Our train was {
large one, but it seemed to affect the boat III
more than If running upon solid rock. Fol
Along distance the road runs through salt
grass marshes with treacherous founda
ton, which in places is quicksand, and in one
place we saw where an Older track had snn}
altogether out Of sight under water, and. al
though hundreds Of carloads of rock hal
been dumped, into, it. they 4lad 10
found its bottom. Before reaching Be
nlcla We passed through an lmmens
vineyard in which hundreds of Celestial
were employed in drying grapes for ralsins
FOR thls purpose the grapes are spread on
carefully On board platforms, about thre
feet square. tilted to the sun, and are occa
sloaally turned over so as. to dry equally
ne vines haye'no poles to support them, bu
Me allowed to run over the ground II is e:
,sa1 ,eanal 70 perfect curing of the grapes 1h2
Me! s1olld not be wet after being gatl
aeo pnt dfy weather IN that climate can b
sa4eulaled upon pretty safely at that season
asnea1 lev days in San Francisco, II
HatenN capital Of the American Pacltl
.easI It IS indeed a beautiful city, and OIL
Mnic1 G.1 IN lts location and architecture
taf.,s Iaf.ususllment our Nation may be proud, Ill
oiY sand-hills, which looked SO bar
.as.. stM oh'nteresting when I first sa,
.he Mem years ago, are now crowned viii
w palaees OF the railroad kings and mag
na.es aiaas q the stock boards. Yet San. Fral
useo city Of contrasts. Large district
@e stens ossc1pled With the huAble dwellings an
gQse1 m the splendid homes Of the very rici
ny nM great fortunes here were mostly acct
%un1eu rsaa years ago when mining industrie
hadgI Hs!g booming and the rich veins and decl
tns.aa neaaea placers were pouring forth ;golde
III MHaieas. Now things have greatly changed
hssIs1s s1sal mining companies have either e.
naaIstea easstsa helr veins or worked them to sue
b,s ,seWh gl as to make them no longer profits
- 1n1rse9.. s1. although there are still some yer
nan9ane aae INNING properties in Nevada Z:
r, SS1441lS Wy about Eureka, they do not enric
bps,na.aln s rtanclsco as formerly. For this reaso
Sase: SSaie: there and through the stat.
rSt w.. Is California, taken as
sra ro,e, hfstrclass agricultural State. The1
issga msny superb valleys, some Of them
rra,s asfe, where, under irrigation, en0rmo,
thsta " cereals are produced, but betwee
~ m He Immense tracts of sterile plail
sh,a HtIe irritation is either difficult or ilnpo
nnr.ns1s r. stla which are worthless for all know