The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-18
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BRAlSgnD, Chow Vino 90. MINI, April
A-Un Wednesday afternoon Of lac. week
lott Wheeling via. the B. & o. road on u
tour Of The much talked OF "New North.
vest The run from Wheeling to Chicago
is familiar to most Wheeling people; con-
stquenlly l will pass over that part Of my
trip with u simple a!lusion to the pleasant
travelling companions had on route, viz j,
Raw W. @. snodgrass and family, who
were on their way to their new home in
Kansas.
| Loft Chicago on Thursday morning a.
II o'clork for St. Paul, MINI, blythe
famous albert Lea R3ute," which has
but recently been opened to the public by
the Chicago, Rp,k Island & Pacific Kali.
way Company. Passing the south suburbs
Of the "Ga.uen City," pas. p3ndsrous
elevators, canal termini and the smoke.
lalcn shops OF Of the O., Il. l. 4 2. road,
tho train runs out OH the flat prairie to the
suburban town Of Englewood, thence the
line turns westward with broad views on
both sides and in forty miles enters Joliet.
The fruitful prairies whose products find
market here, supply upwards Of {, 100000
bushels OF grain Annually, but the Illinois
State pententiary has done most for the
city, whose indus'ries are stimulated by
the prison factories, in which the conyic,
labor Of mere than 900 inmates is EN-.
ployed.
THE ILLISol5 VALLEY.
Leaving Joliet we crossed tho Des
Plainee rlver, and thence followed the rich,
al!uviul Illinois valley. The picturesque
Illinois river Is seen across the Illinois ind
Michigan canal-.he highway for millions
OF bushels Of grain from the rural towns
to tho great lakes; coal aud Ice from La
Sale and flour from st. Louis, shipped BY
barge on the Misslsgippi, Onio and illinois
rivera 10 tho head OF navigation at l.,
Sale, and thence by canal, The truin
follows its course with the broadening river
hey ond Tor forty miles through one Ct the
brightest Of the Illinois valleys. The Fox
river is crossed at Ottawa, the shipping
poir' Of 1900 Geo bush.ls OF corn an.
nually. The landscape becomes rugged,
and woods are more frequently seen as the
hlhs'eslppi Ia Approached. Passing Utica
Station view is had ward the rive. Of
the rocky ennencs bsaripg the ruins OF
OLD Fort La Sale, where party OF hostile
lnd'ahs were beslesed during the Mohawk
War and starved to death uadsr the ewes
and guns oil the enemy.
.s A PRAIRIE PROSPECT.
Beyond Is Sale tho route trayerses rich.
ly developed farms, and in q couple Of
hours teaches the Mississippi at Rock
lslaEd. Hsre the delighted passengers en-.
Joy the very attractive views OF the level
prairie which is now creased. Tne train
lraverses the Green and Rsck river valleys,
crossing the latter stream amid pc:uresqle
sctnery near IT'D mouth. The hlississjppi
ripp!ts and edd!ps around tine great bend
at Moline, with its largs mills and factories.
and It's left bank iG followed to Rock Island
the seat OF toe large United States arsenal.
formerly at Harpet's Ferry, aud removed
thltLer after the civil war. Davenport. on
the Ohio side Of the river, here crossed by
Il long railway and Government bridge. Ia
The ttrord city in the State
at West Liberty, torty.onc miles west Of
Eock Island, the through trains for Mime
apolls aud st. Paul leave the main liue
and go north over the albert l. ~ Route"
The road ior its entire distance runs
Though the fa.st agricultural region in
the Safe, the loud teiDya rolling prairie.
with grov,s Of cak and walnut sufficiently
large and close 10 each other to furnish
abundant and cheap iael. As the Mime.
sofa line ID approached. the traveller will
notice the rapid recurrence Of gems OF
Lake., whose wooded banks seem to beg
the angler 10 rtst in the shade and catch
the funny beau;ies that inhabis The water
vt his feet. The towh OF Albert Lsa il sit.
nated between two Of these beautiful lakes
and is noted as ona OF the finest hunting
aad fishing points in the State.
PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPE.
At apuiat Just beyond Miriam Junction
the road follows the ridge overlooking tue
Minnesota valley, allording one Of the fin.
est landscape views TO be found in the Uni.
ted Sta,ee. Below. embowe,ed in trees,
lies the old Indian town OF Shakopse, ihs
oldest Of Minnesota towns, looking 80 calm
and peaceful one almost wonders If lille
really exists within ils borders, or whether