Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-24
SALT LAKE 70 DENVER
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Scenery on the Route.

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| Scenery on the Route.
Correspondence Of tie Register.
DESSER, Col, July l9.-I have Just q.
rived here from Salt Lake, coming scroU
the mountains BY the Denver and Rio
Gnnde road, known Is the great scenic
route and most appropriately named in.
deed. The scenery on this route b IN.
questionably the finest traverssd By any
railway in the world, and an not sxag.
seltins when say ,that tAelAot tgGaGo,
hss sBttn tfmoR u dn6l6keh 6an0sss Z
sumptuous sightseeing. The route u 4.
most . constant ascent and descent q
mountain ranges, possessing richnsn and
grandeur Of diversified scenery almost bal-
ding description, the proper portrayal oftt
requiringa pen commanding far wider
scope in the domain Of descriptive oosrss-
poadenoe than the one welded BY your
humble servant.
The Train Creeps RePpesttas Like
up the mountain side TO its summit and
winding around its very CREST upon the
brink of . precipice, perhaps, commences
the descent Of the opposite slope, thunder.
| ing down through an immense canyon
beneath. overhansing cliffs and oGning
| headlands, amid groups Of huge housssiss
bowlders. which In their descent from the
summit awoke the echoes Of the grand old
canyon centuries sgo. Pushing on the
train turns a sharp curve and enters \ deep
narrow gorge with perpendicular walls
towering into the clouds, and lighted onIy
by the narrow strip Of blue sky at the top:
then crawling cautiously out upon some
dizzy trestle work over q yawniug chaSm,
enters a welcome tunnel, emerging from
The other end upon relieving plateau; thsn
pulling for another range, and another
Rrpetiiiea sr Scenes
similar 10 those inst plssed. We turned
our packs upon Salt Lake, and anticipating
the beautiful scenery before us, and femem-
beTirE the misfortune Of LOTS wife, Ne
never looked back not even for lots Of
wives. The first exciting event Of the trip
was a race with a Mormon train on the
Uiah Southern. down Salt Lake valley,
through the Mormon settlements, until
We reached Utah Lake, . beautiful sheet Of
fresh water, where the river Jordan rises.
ard running down past the City of Zion
cmptics into Salt Lake. five pals of whose
water are said TO make one pltl of salt. Al
lrah Lake We turned TO the left into the
foot hills of Wasatch range ana ascendso
10 its summit
Rusai.E by Gsavtty
down the opposite side We entered Castle
canyon, and following the course OF Prios's
river, we came toward evening TO what 10
| know as Castle Gate composed OF two sen.
tipel rocks, one each side OF the railroed
track, towering = thousand feet high, anC
| looking as though a strong wind might
oiow 'hem overLa souosuei ash,' r
reinct,ntly rs,ired N nv Mn n "a, vith
| h.Its n Jnycn o.ch ,nr~rta,n ,.r.c,
| orsrd canyons dean oorvss ~ tunnsls IN
nv n,ind ard n ye,i,shis vsC.in, ysn in
f"S, and vet I wns moi hsnnv fos hrd 4
nnown rbsn cngacIns INV hsifsection Of
| sls.e,.r Ssrsl shcs sS0,sn1 IRs.sa-e -
sis6is. % ass .t:k .sssse
III" fS'
found me sliting erect I'D ny oc w
ghOstly babiliinents, win NJ voeow cur
tain drawn, enscting the rote q ~ ssrly
bird" Very soon the engines GO Isso
OF our train passed my window " ling
q horseshoe curve, and u We eMeeas vs
were ascending another mouusaio 03ge'
II Immediately occurred to me tees sef-
ward instead of rear car wouto -
location in case our uain ren
ltsfn I'D toTh9,ng t,n,.i, un ' .n ~
.ia.,, .u.', Su ,a..,,i,. On. i,rn,onristS ~ I'm.
,nS;n. d",ins an s,csnsIonl and vss 10 sal
LJ Loo'ns wv ~ 80 c,o..,ns ths Eeryo
..n". an on,Iv,rg .nuy NJ ths Rockies. mar.
,K.,, - =" 80, ,,ss. and no,c1 Soe
i,s ..'y 80 % ,s;.,n. fsciIitis, The sbscnos Of
,,s.s sGor,Iiny mo., enchanting yisws Of
Ss.n paDv"'', md Iomv nesIs robrd In
s,c.p anj herd, Of sheen md cattle rosa.
in. smong a thousand hiila.
'"s a'"o"s '''""
Black Cssyss.
Reaching the eastern bare We brsskfastsd
st a place called Cimmaron, st the mouth
al the BLACK canyon OF the Gunnlsoa."
" hile at breakfast an observation car vss
attached to our train 10 give th0's pssson.
gers who bad the nerve 10 look up at the
'efhunR rocks 0ppoi'unny W
9Hnt gorge IN az Nu Iusseh gran" "
i"tniy m'huts lher 400 We M1 49,.
ID w" "o'io' 'ne panse -
VII htv'r We ,oIsosWu IhS IT, ..,,.,, ~
"i!denns beauty nsaiy ps,ns Sppus
'e' The senses I'D snn'n. one w 10 "''
~" uiifui sishts In this canyon ~
'i!e waterfall from blgn cpn !syos N
white sPrsys INTO ths nsptn,s p, % sSr Sr
I"'shune no. 0
The bright Aonlisn.
sssse S
com n.ne.d the the ssosui Of - - Sss.
OF the Rockies-ths great sCpo41Dtai
Divide"-snd - We cro.ssd - 0evy
range through "Msrshsll poV - ehs
'timbs. line" whore ysgststsoa eoe9 -
view across the tops of snow-caDpe1 -
ta,us and down immense csnyoSe - -
ply sublime. At the summit Of.
iour E lines Of railroad tlssis, one sipN
n,L., ,b.t "a trsysprad In ouR
Havips crossed the divide and
BY double curves S 70 'nS -. 20 ..G,oa o.
trn slope. se entstea us s.t
o. the h1k .cn
OF ne srnen ~, IT., a. W ~ {, Snn., y.
came 10 'HA' ~"". yav y "".-.- - ~