The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-08

renad that il seems bordering upon |
drumming tn 60 over the line again. |
In he HERALD, | cannot, however,
refrain from mentioning here and |
there astriklng or Impressive object. !
For seventy miles out of Salt Lake
there is upgrade, the latter part of |
the distance being so steep that two |
locomotives are required to draw
the train, and they both puff and |
pant and blow and grunt as If they
might be pleading with their
m 4sters to tighten the l0aG, or give
them more power to do the work.
The toll seems so severe that
one cannot help a feeling of
symosthy for the noble things of
strength which perform their task
with such trustworthine3 and
faithfuineSs. Soldier Summit is
the pass uf the Wa5atch Mountains
and the highest point ON th3 road in
Utah. From this the water runs
eastwari INTO the Green River. and
west into Utah Lake, aad finally
boast of The wonderful engineering
on The first trinsContinental rail
road, and commend it 10 the admiTa
ton of the world; but as compared
with the Gltlicul IFS that had to be
encountered and overcome on the
new line, the engineers on the Union
Petite enjoyed IA thousand mile pic
nic. feeding on nothing more unpal-
at1h'e than pie, while their later
brethren Of the rod, compass, chain
aud thendOliJe were confronted.
hampered. crossed and perplexed by
a constant Succe SSiOn of obstacles
that must have discouraged less
bod anu competent engineers. We
| have fOTela Ste of these barriers
and diff :ult.es as we wind down the
Price River toward Castle Valley !;
and entering Prco EiNer Canyon
proper, wonder is excited by
the daring OF men who
would attempt the location
ant construction of q railroad
through This Wild gorge that for
&c turtles has o zen the training
ground of the Wild g 'at and r )cky
! Mountain sheep Fortunately the
Denver and RIO GGande is narrow
! gudge, a" We fear 1t would have
found itself headed and effectualiy
\ barred up mere III the mountains.
fhe three feel gudge seem DIES gned
for our western world or mountain,
gpiCh, gorge and canyon. The track
for mIe fer mile is Il successor of
! sharp curves and short Semi.clTcleS.
i the train actually moving in three
directions at once. Where noun
tans or juJtlng rocks do not Inler-
Vene one may sit by window of
: the rear car, and without putting
his head out see the locomotive and
i. the entire tram III front. thus
watching thu Serpentine move
: ments OF the train, the cOwcaLcher
and heaul' ght suddenly hove in full
., view and l lnStincoiVely started and
: asked the conductor if there was
= danger Of the engine running INTO
| sleeping coach. at times you feel
: as though you We're sailing through
the air, the car projected and half.
, suspended over some protruding
j. ledge; again you dash between juG.
! ting cragS that have been cat out
just wide enough to admit the car
, Ana so we 60 the locomotive scraem
: ling and screechlng, the heels
, thumming and the train rafting, as
= if all were mady bent On fright
; full destruction. 1t is doubtless jusl
. as safe TO run thirty miles an houl
over this road as to go five miles il
: the same tim :, but unless fellOH
n is skilled in the science of engineer
r ing, he sometimes lacks that degree
\ of confidence necessary to perlec
= cOmpOsure of body and mind
: Every schnolboy understands tina
in the sport of -the-whin, al
+ the fun for the crowd is concen
. tratel into the unhappy lad VIII
serves as tail or snapper, and tn
r mora energy the toys who take tn
t part OF stock put into the game, tn
more real fun do they Whirl int
q the tail urchin. Upon the sam
n principle. why does not the end ca
8 fly from the rails at the point of til
Il sharp curve, turn sOmersaults, rol
# into ball, bound along the grounl
n and finally haul up a demOralized
misshapen mass, announcing tina
n it has had enough of crsck-ths
: Whip2
Il SuddeRly the train wheels roun
d a sharp point and stops, an
h Castle Gate looms up befor
D, us huge unshape'y monster G
a chalk-cOlOred sandstone. The s'gate
d is gone, having disappeared by az
If ti0n of centuries of wind and raj
1t aud running rivers; but on eithe
u side of the narrow canyon stand;
is bolt upright, 500 feet, the massiv
,e abutmenls. at one of the earth
ID connections or upheavals a broa
s. ledge of sandstone has been made
)f cut the country transverSely; cer
y turtles and may be millions ago, til
e wind and water found a soft plaC
in this immense dyke, and ever sine
le has been cutting, wearing away an
a. reducing the dam, every day az
y, every hour little, until we find tn
It opening to-day, grand, wonderfu
IN and awe-inspiring. The base of tt
n. ledge is bit a few feet wide, tf
lie hinge wall swelling and narrowiu
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