The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-09-18

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hsi.ess Tires and four sboasssd people.
Heard II On my rsiurs beautiful city 81
some eveni, theusssd. With every fss-
iars Of eisgAsce and eulturs that We are
scsusssmsd TO associate with elder eiiiss
and those Of sloser growth. sn pre-
pared 10 fsi sus,ly. ssssrprisisg place
hui bad no ideA Of the grand aud sub
sisniisl character Of the bailiisgs. public
and private Miles and miles oi lscauti.
fally shaded streets. lined BY palaiiai rss.
licences. The public sroasas snseiishsd
By ersceisl s,atnsry groups and fountains
sparkling 10 ever, direction. The cen.
,rasi be,sees the Denver VI 81 asd the
Denver 81 81 ! can sse aud usdsrstand
letter than ! cas- describe. After sir days
o. Denver, |, last evening. took train on
IA. marrow gauge" for the place where
llis letter is dated
A night ia the contracted space Of .
berth 10 marrow gauge sleeping car
brought me 10 the isot hills Of the "Sss-
gre de CLristo' Range aspur Of the greas
Rock Range, asd BY sunrise our train com.
mepcsd climbing the stssp ascent Of the
"veis Pass For foar hours the labor.
ing engine dragged us up the incline till
a, 10 o'clock We stood on tho summit. at
height Of nine thsusssd three hundred
and thirty -sine feet above the level Of the
sea The air VAS brisk and keen and /
denneJ my overcoat. ~ did others Who
had taken counsel Of their prudence and
brought their ovsrcosts With them.
II had words 10 describe where sthsrs
have attempted 10 vain. would try and
tell yeur readers OF the wonders Of raj.
road trip over QUE Of the stespsst passes
that science has succeeded in Surprising.
But Que railroad 10 this country has IT.
tanned an altitude equal to that Of the
Veta Pass asd that 10 this read, the Den.
yer 4 Rio Grands, which has il smother
direction gone still near the clouds by
almost sixteen hundred feet.
To the ordinary observer view Of enc
Of these mountain passes that is 10 4 state
Of nature would seem TO sffsr insupsrable
obstacles TO the construction Of such
work AS a railroad; and 10 another age
snch work IS is performed in the construc-
ton would have been deemed impossibls,
but there seems 10 10 NO barrier that
nature has created that can daunt the i'm
petuous engineer Of this age.
monstrous riff in the mountains shows
lofty walls reaching many hundreds Of
iset towards the sky, almost vertically.
and the bottom Of the assure completely
occupied by . turbulent mountain stream
that foams and dashes its way to the val.
leys.
shelf is blasted out OF the rocky wall
part Of the way on one side and partly
on the other, up which the train crssps
and climbs, clinging for dear life to the
side Of the cliffs, except where il crosses
and recrosses the stresm or, as is some
times the case, runs bridge that is built
lsngthwise Of the torrent on iron braces
framed and mortified into the rocks on
both sides. Many of your readers have
doubtless seen all that the writer has and |
much more Of the wonderful triunPs that
have been accomplished in the construc-
tion Of this and ether railways that pene-
trats the canons and valleys Of the Rocky
Mountains. hut certainly. some have not.
and, il such faint description - this can
afford to them but small fraction Of the
delight, / have this day experienced in
contemplating this miracle Of human en-
deavor. shall feel an increased gratinea.
ton.
The road up the steep mountain side
averages for long distance, two hundred
and sixteen feet rise TO the mile, Winding
and curving with sharpness and sudden
ness that ! had not before i'm iginsd, max
ing loops and figures that are described in
the various names that the circumstances
seem to have bestowed. The cost Of
building these roads must be quite great,
one would presume. The has any doubts
As to that. when he buys his ticket the
accomp lishmsnt is suggested
TO him again in the price he is charged.
About five days and l turn my back %
the mountains with regret that cannst
now see still more OF them with jov in
The prospect Of so soon seeisg the waiting
ones at home. EQUINOX.