Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-12-27
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
30 Miles east Of Sidney.
Dee. II. ) .. IN.

DEAR TELLER Tho motion Of III,
cars has hitherto prevented my writin.
until now; We are now running alon.
quite smoothly. My journey SO far ha.
been quite rapid have stopped no plac,
only long enough to take our meals Tn,
stop was % minutes at Pocotcllo. One
could hardly have imagined that he could
cross the Rocky mountain range from
Garrison down to Pocotello. thence cas-,
over the height of s235 feet and not en-
counter. more than eight inches of snow
in the middle of December; more than
fourth-ffths of the route this side OF
Garrison We have found the ground bar.
OF snow altogether; the stock everywhere
are grazing on the hills the mornings
have been cold and frosty, but midday
the sun has shone bright and warm.
The highest point reached on the Utah
Northern was GS35 feet above sea level
We started at Garrison 1900 feet above.
had the porter wake me at the highest
point and took the record, and kept no
record after that until we reached POGO
tello, where our barometer registered
1900 feet. The highest point On the
o. S. L. was at the divide, where they
arc constructing tunnel, which regis
tered 7l75. The tunnel viii reduce this
nearly 200 feet The Utah Northern
traverses high range, but mostly over
smooth railroad ground and could not
have been very expensive to grade. The
night was moonlight and | watched for a
point where a railroad might divcrge to
the west and emerge into the head of
the Bitter Root valley 1t appeared
that the divergence might be made at
the forks Of the Beaver cayon not far
from Rock station, south of Dillon.
There was no apparent obstruction, a
passenger said wagon road passed to
the Big Hole via this fork. The eleva-
ton at this point of divergence is 5000
r., which is 1000 feet above the Beall
pass of the Bitter Root mountain. There
was no passengers aboard who seemed to
know definitely about the route from the
forks Of the Beaver canyon to the upper
part Of the Bitter Root valley.
OMAHA, Dec. Is,
We arrived here at % minutes past
Z this morning, 2 hrs. and 50 min. less
than 4 dys from Wallula, and 6 dys. and
2 hours and % minutes from Lewiston,
about as quick trip as has been made
from Lewiston to Omaha. We encoun-
tered no snow to speak of after We left
Garrison, a very little on the highest
points. The weather was exceedingly
fne all the way; nights were chilly and
frosty. Have taken temporary quarters
at the Paxton House. Have vet met
no old acquaintance. Have not yet
made any movement about the city.
Formed two or three acquaintance en-
route, who stop here, and may be of ser
vice to me in my main business. Oma-
Ia has grown largely since here in 1876,
and so have many of the towns along the
Union Pacific this side of Granger
They have erected large stone monu-
ment on the summit near the road at
Sherman, with half bust of Oakes
Ames near the top. 1t is an imposing
structure and fifty memories the con
strucaon of the Union Pacific railroad
l was surprised to see so many apparent
y thrifty towns, of SO high attitudes,
along the line; many of which seem to
thrive from the business of the road, and
from stock raising at the high attitudes.
STOCK was grazing all along the line.
A. the valley Of rftats. fork, and all
along Green river, stock was plentfnfS'l.
and looked fat and sleek. saw but lit.
tie cultivated land until after we reached
the summit No large grain fields and
comparatively little fencing, and the
grasses looked healthy and strong. The
route ! came is much better than that
described to HE east from Garrison along
the Northern Pacific. We experienced
no wind storms and no severe degree of
cold, and the passenger car accommoda
tions were excellent. The road is well
ballastcd and the shepers are well pro-
vided with everything comfortable. No
dining car was attached to the train, but
the eating stations are generally well kept
two or three exceptions. Several trav-
elled with their lunch baskets as in for
mer days, and seemed to fare well, and
probably lived for less price than at
the stations. More in day or two.
4.
OMAHA, Dec 16, 1883.
DEAR TELLER;-The wind raised and