Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-18
AN AUTUMN TR P,
From Memphis to New York via,
Lake Superior.
A Pair of Memphians Take in
Chicago, Milwaukee, Ash
land, bayfield,, Eie.
Nrw YoRk, Oct. y, 1881.

only occasionally, enjoy the sensation
all the more. and are sure to be surprised
ifnot utterly dazed and bewildered, The
writer has knocked about the world con-
siderably, but for three years had not been
this far from his shell until a few days
ago. There is a spell about work and
duty, even when indifferently performed,
that is hard TO break. Two of US broke
that spell not long ago. We We're bent
on asummer trip in the fall. This is real
ly the thing. The fashionable folks, the
pleasure seekers, and the sick ones, and
the babies that give concerts in sleeping
cars. were all at home.
We took breakfast at our homes in
Memphis n morning in the latter part of
September, and breakfast at the Palmer
House in Chicago at the same hour the
next morning. Our route was over the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad to Fulton
on the Kentucky line, and thence over
the est. l.. & N. O. railroad. For a new
road the Chesapeake and Ohio is in ex-
cellent condition. Trains run at a good
rate of speed and n large force is at
work replacing and rebuilding
the track in the most substantial
style. The intention is evidently to make
this a grand trunk line from Newport
News to New Orleans, and thence con-
Meeting with the rest Of Huntingdon sys-
tenn on to San Francisco.
A Fulton passengers for Chicago change
cars. Mr.. Charles Jones, the well known
contractor and builder, Of Memphis, and
| the LEDGER's representative were so for
tunate as to secure berths in a sleeper.
The road was in magnificent condition,
and the cars ran like billiard balls on q
velvet table. The road is fenced in on
each side, and such Ii thing as an accident
is almost impossible. This is one Of the
finest railways in the word and is man
aged with clOckwOrk precision.
In Chicago we found ourselves in aneW
environment. Everything goes with
rush. The numerous fine hotels, the CABLE
cars, and elegant places Of amusement
elevators, union depots, and stylish shops
wide streets, vast business blocks and
manufactures handsome men, well dressed
and beautiful ladies, and the general all
of life and prosperity, dash and tone
the thousand attractions and character
istics Of the place make a lasting impres.
sisn upon the stranger. The place ha
changed so since the writer spent q winteI
there not many years ago that very few
features except the lake front and cours,
Of the streets were recognized. The city
is new, unique, compact and solid. 1t i
not made up like New York or London
a dozen or half dozen municipalities
grouped togethera as n city. Chicago i
an entirety, it covers much ground, is wei
laid of and has rOomto grow within limit
Pullman City, fourteen miles south OF
the railroad. isareal wonder, only posi-
BILE in this sge and in this country. w,
went down there Of course. 1t is not
manufacturing village made up O
cottages built for operatives, bu
is nm elegant city Of fine bricl
houses hnllt IN n best style oil arehitec
ture. We met there an old acquaintance
!, the famous C0rlss engine tnat cut such
hgure al the fhhadeiphla centennial; !
runs all the vast machinery OF the place
ana seems lresh ana strong as ever. IN
water tower Is q conspicuous feature. w
climbed nearly 70 the Tor, lyO feet, wher
there Is a tank that hoids hali a mllllo
gallons OF water n supplies tne entlr
? Guy. FROM the windows near the toI
there Is a hne view OF the city with II
factories, us hotels, residences ana mark6
houses, us churches, school houses, lyct
: ums, arcades, ana beyond inc lake on on
side and the vast prairie on the other; a
!, TINS sprung up WITHIN Two years. Their
are l4OO men on the pay rolls
the Pullman company. There 81
walks, drives, lakes, sodded bank
nne gates, statuary, young shrub tree
! imposing fronts, reading rooms, and, /
iact, all the accessories OF high ciylliza
ton. let no n can acquire a HON
here 1t all belongs to the company, an
VIII be held. A new town Is soon to b
Dullt upon adjacent ground, where peopl
may buy real estate under certain con
munity restrictions.
In Chicago proper we had the pleasur
of meeting Colonel John George RyaI
the widely known and esteemed corr,
spondent Of the LypgER Hs was in M
Confederate army when quite Young an
g edited a ape al Pine Bluff Ark AT,
the war. He was mistaken for John Sin
G raft and dragged TO Washington soon aftr
the war. and 1his produced 4 visible efe,
upon his physical constitution. But h
4 lines have fallen in nleasant places If 1ot
years. and he Is -prosperous and contente
as be- omes and deserves a Cbri
tian gentleman. We met also M
o ]. T. Pratt who was once connect
with the LEDGER. He il editor and mr.,
prietor Of a journal deyoted IN a sneci,
, interest and has a verv handsome inrom'
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