Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-07

water continuously; the elevation ct this
point is 1888 feet.
We arrived at Pueblo one hour and
three quarters behind time, and stopped
there for dinner. 1t IL very nice city
with two fine iron bridges. The Arkan-
sas river runs through 1t, and 1t IL quite
. manufacturing place; the centre Of
the oity 10 built up with handsome
houses, but in the suburbs there are .
great many caves dug in the sides Of the
hills, something which is done all over
this part of the country.
/ met Com rade MoNair here, and
found that he had come In on the same
train.
There are some oil wells here, aud
they seemed to be doing good business.
The next place we stopped at was Canon
City, which. is situated at an elevation
of 5,344 feet. At this place there were
q number Of fakirs selling bottled min
eral water from the springs, which are
noted for their medicinal qualities.
The State Penitentiary Is located
here and 10 fine building. A part of
1t had recently been on fire and was
still smoking as We passed through.
There was an old miner in the same
car with me, and he showed us some
very fine specimens OF gold, just as 1t
comes from the mines, some of which
WAS very rich At Canon City another
engine was put on to assist US to mount
the Rockies still higher, and we soon
got to the Graud Canon, (this word Ia
pronounced cAnyon) where we enjoyed
u delightful ride for miles, passing
through the backbone of the American
continent. The scenery here cannot be
surpassed by any in the world; on each
side Of the road are immense mountains,
towering thousands of feet heavenward,
while in other places the Arkansas river
flows on one side, There are rocks oi
all colors, sizes and shapes, and they
seem TO have been thrown together by
some great convulsion OF nature
Among these mighty works OF nature
are the Girard Gorge. and Echo rocks
both of which are truly grand. After
passing for hours through these wild
scenes we arrived at Salida, whert
we took two fresh engines in exchange
for the ones whicn had brought us ovel
so many miles. In o short time we
again started and were soon making
| ou: way over one of the greatest pieces
/ of railroad engineering in the world.
Talk about the Horseshoe curve II
1 L cuhby why AZ 10 t1aAS eAo 49,
significant In comparison, and In fac
there is no comparlson between them
We started from Salida at an elevation
of 7,O50 feet, and we kept winding and
Twisting first one way and then another
up one mouatain then acress to another
then down that, and in O few minutes
lclimbing the steep sides of one ahead
and 30 on for miles and miles. al
most broke my neck trying to look Il
tine tops of the mountains, aud theI
having to bend my back to look down
lOh, ! tell you this 10 q great country o
Iours, and l feel proud when l thin1
that IL was my privilege to be one Of itl
defenders In Its hour OF need. IL Is
grand thought that this army of oil
veterans, who are now on the way b
the Golden State, have this opportunit,
of seeing what they have saved, AM
which properly belongs to them. Blu
am getting off the track, and beliey
this pure air and many grand sight
have pretty nearly upset me. L starte
out to tell you my ride up and over tn
Rockies, but scarcely know how to bt
a gin as l am almost spell bound with II
grandeur; but we started to 90 up an
, Iup we went, passing over five immenf
) horseshoes, very long ones, but in som
! places you could throw stone from th
) last car and strike the engine.
ii Sometimes one part of the train woul
a be going east and the other west, an
. again part would be heading nor.
= while the remainder would be goir
y south. There were nine cars In oil
= train, and when we began the accent
n was cut in two. and we used three q
igines, and as we were going one wa
. we could see our other part going al
10 other. At first we thought 1t was ts
% roads, and that we were meeting ira
going back TO Denver; 1t was turn fiji
r one way and then another; sonetim
a ldown grade and then up, but we st
10 kept ascending until we reached &
10 G reat Marshal Pass and were at an @
Ly walton OF 10, 852 feet, or over two mil
IN above the level ground. We then RI
ir through two great snow sheds over
Y, mile in length, and passed the Gre
or Continental Divide, where the water
ne gins to run both ways from the SUNNI
at of the Rockies, and at which point y
ly large rivers have their source. L
ifl train stopped under the sheds, and
he number O! us got off SO that we wou
RI be able to say that ws had walked
re the top of the divide. Some idea C
va be formed of the ascent to this pls
ad when the fact is known that in Sol
ne. Iplaces the grade Is 2l6 feet to the mi
lotl There were several of the passeDg
ne who would have liked to remain h'
I'm for q few hours, and 1 heard one 10
ed offer the conductor 5000 II he would
,e- tain the train until daylight, and WI
he be found that he could not prevail
de him, he made the same offer to the
lc- gineer but it amounted to nothing, Q
ito we soon started on our way. l '
oss wishing that the engine would br'
es, ldown so that we would be
Ich tanned at this place all mig
ich as it WAS beginning 10 get d.
Id. when we reached the sheds, VIII
m. prevented us obtaining view OF
He country. When we at last emer
but from the sheds 1t was dark, and
as icommenced the descent OF the mo-
uld tains going down the same as we
ade come up, but on the other side OF tn
ed until we arrived at Gunnison, where
his elevation is $50 feet. Of course
Iem could not see as much as II 1t had Q
nth daylight, still 1t was grand pey
to conception. We passed tnrou2n
to- Black Canon during the nlght, co
ink quently cannot describe IL, wnle
The ing. the 2s.h, we reached the great 8
fter desert OF America, which exte
and nearly 200 miles. 1t is situated
,ood tween great mountains that are
: his tinually crumbling down. Il
cut, mountains are known out here as y
to raj formations, but a person WI
.e aIsuppose from their appearance
ung they had been built by the han
ing, man.
,ued There are tiers upon tiers, of unil
re- thickness, of smoott-face rock,