, 1883-08-04

S-Csas;iy Msmeltes Of the Csnsaruc-
een Arny-Thc Piasfna Asssaise--
ssbiime Grandear sf Srenery--Tke
Great Rridge over harens's calch.
MISscuLa. Al. T., July 23 IS.
la, "a little over "a horrs after leaving
Walia Walla arrived in Missoula, which ID
most undoubtedly destined to be Oae Of the
future great cities Of the Rocky Mountains.
Bal, p my friend, the Apostle Pau says.
"sh 1es mus. be done decent'y and in order,
l Va g,re the detsils Of my trip from the
tim4 o'clock A. NJ, when the very intelli'
senS colored man on the Pnllman sleeper
axsikned me from dreams of purple dyed
sa' Anisy, in order 70 enquire where /
"a 81 to get Of Now. ~ | had paid my
"a 6 -s.ne evening fserices .h.enea Is siis.
SOFIA, hardly cared to be called at Cheney;
but sr.h was the case. and finding it impos.
sibl2 to obtain any more sleep. ! made the
best Of 1t and got up, but with the deter
minatiou OF making that color-d individual
miserable for the remainder OF the journey.
As We passed different towns l vas surprised
at the grow sh during the past twelve months
this more particularly applies TO Spokane
Falls, which is about the only place on the
Northern Pacific. from which perfect view
tbarriry the falls) can be obtained from the
cars; tAe growth is wondefui. but as in
tend, before return, OF staying there Tor a
little time. will defer exhaustive details
until write seaIn.
| hsve not yet found an satiag place Oh
tie road. except at Rathdrum, that ! can
speak = favorable word ioT. II you eat ut
one Place you have The exact style of COOK
ing China, st every other, and travellers
pray Tor the day VIXEN a;nin. csrs viii be
the rule
At Sand Pom. hsi Tie pleasure tt meet
iug one who takes pride in being s Walia
Wailaisn-this is Dave Small. who has done
so much toward bGi.ii.g this great North
er,i Psciic road, ana te has made success
vhefe many others faiie,i. When the road
was started he, wits another mar. ssorid-
cred their blankets Gud grab snd started
ont o. sno7.-.'sscs cy-r three feet Of sEow.
in the mouth Of March. through tie Pend
d'Oreille country in order to gain some idea
of the work thst would have to be done to
clear the road for the graders. They found
taat the work wGG.d be immeIse-at least
100 miles OF some OF the heaviest tiIdber on
tie continent woGld have to be cleared 100
feet wide. Hs undertook the Contract and
gave the greatest satisfaction. He has no~
FIVE steam saw-rniIis IN operation, and last
year employed COO men; this year he has
about 200, and has furnished n! the timber,
ties and building material for the eonpanys
use from SpragUe to the second crossing Of
Clsrk's Fork, distance of about go miles
Ills success mag attributed 10 the fact that
he pays his men 90, d wages and knows how
to handle them, and understands and man
ages his business himself instead Of leaving it
70 irresponsible agents.
As we whirled along We passed many
memories ui the pas. great work III the form
of ald deserted camps with their skeleton
frames oi the shaaties. stables. etc, locking
ioIlorn aui desolste. To make these scenes
more melancholy there wers always some
graves aiJa,ent. II the tales CT crimes,
murders, bloodshed and robbery are ever
written that have been committed while this
road was being built the world would be
horIified 1t is the opinion OF many that
not one in fifty OF the murders committed
were eyer brought to ,ht- 4, one place there
Is a little cluster vt grases, and on one OF
them are two cruiches, sua thereby hangs
a tale" They are over the grave or one 81
the two men who we're hanged by the viGi-
lan.es .or attempting TO rob the express car;
during the fight that ensued one OF the rob-
bers was shot through the foot, and these
cru.ches uere given him 70 snoblo him to
walk, ard after hrs death, with grim irony.
they we're planted over his grave with the
idea that II his disembodied spirit wished to
visit the scene of ms earthly crimes the
crutches would be useful He partner in
the crime had hetn night Watchman-a
trusted man-plaeed around the camps 10
keep guard. and this man Was such diabol,
zeal wretch that he made it business TO cut
the throats and rob the bodies Of the men
hs:.i he vas placed to protect He was
finally caught at IL, aud long rope and
sho,t strift nd the world OF monster.
IS the aft.snoon wore on the mos sIuitoes
became Troublesome, but as l had not been
6irios. tor several yel's they were quite
treat We passed through sotne o. tae
u.os: sub'lmcly terrific sceusry On tie Pacific
coast The mountains srose precipi,ately
iron, the river several thcusands Of feet, and
were ase inspiring in their grandeur. HE
trip embraces some of the most varied and
pic.ur. sque scenery. and is equal 10 that oi
re reg ;ed portion Of the NA,,onal Park.
The great engineering feat Of the line If
:he biy trestle, sGd As have not been able
70 -zthsr alI the facts sad details | sppen'i
tire fcl!osins account. written BY Mr..
George Il. Penrose for the Butte Inter N0sn-
saiz, Hh,ch Is al once graphic ard interest
ing:
ai1ssoULA Jnne l..-By 9 o'c'ock this
norning the road betx-ea ''Garent's Galch
and this p'ace VIZ. liued with carriages and
ho.senen, beat o. seeing the first train pass
oyer tire largest wooden bridge in the world,
and W people no. having seen this immense
piece ri engineering skill. can fully apPre'
cate Il. The bridge is built on b=nts 2ii
feet high, resting on cold rock set into the
ground ten feet. Then comes the Howe
T.ug=-" which is twelve feet high, making
tie bridge two hundred and t~enty-siI feet
from the base to top cf trustle. The ben.s
or towers are placed fifty fee. apart shd
they are nine IN number.
There are but two bridges in the world
which are any higher than this.
All cf the engineers On the Aissouia d.
vision, beaded BY Division Eugineer Weeks