The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-10


EDITOR JOURSAL:-My last letter
published was written at Salt Lake
City. We left there at 1880 a. m,
April 28. The road ran due south
some 50 miles, stopped at Provo for
dinner, q nice little town 40 miles
south Of salt Lake City, lying Oe-
tween Utah Lake and the fOOthill 3.
Shortly after leaving Provo We en-
tered the Spanish canon. We climbed
some very heavy grades, requiring
three engines. Soldiers summit is
the highest point Of this range, the
water from one side running into
salt Lake and that on the other
south through Price river canon to
the Colorado river and tinslly into
the Gulf Of California. There il
some grand scenery i'm the Price
river canon, particularly one pass
Castle Gate. On our right was a
selid wall Of rock 800 feet high, aud
on our left about 100 feet distant was
projecting crag from . TO 40 feet
thick and a. high as the OPT Osite
wall-sOme ventursOme soul had
planted a flag on the top Of this crag.
After leaving the gate we passed
over a l. hours ride through the most
desOlate region il has ever been my
misfortune to see, but fortunately we
passed IL this time in the night.
Friday morning found US near Mon
trOse. At CimarOn we rode I'm an
observation ear for Is miles through
GunnisOn canon. Some OF the rec
ipices in the gorge are truly frightful
as seen from the open ear. Gunnisun
city seems to he a thriving town; the
railroad eating house H. a three-story
brick. We next began To climb the
Marshall pass, the highest elevation
Ou our whole trip.
II began 10 snow after we left Gun
nisOn and when we got to the SUM-
init IL was a driving snow storm With
several feet Of the beautiful snow
on the ground. We stopped at the
highest point in snow shed, L. ,s5S
feet above the sea level A good part
of the passengers were out prOmenad-
ing about and picking up souvenirs.
! received "A chip from the SNOW
shed and "A small stone. In coming
up the grade the tain of eight cars
was divided, two engines taking
five cars and one taking the other
three. At the summit our leading
engine was detached aud went for
ward To clear of the Snow. IL il
said that in looking from the top Of
this pass to the bottom, on the east
side, the track crosses tire vision
eight times. When we were about
One-half way down our engine
struck a COW, in passing herd, and
knocked her of i'm a snow bank.
After a short run from the foot Of
the pass we stopped at Salida where
we changed engines. From salt
Lake we rode i'm company with four
young English blOOds, said to be
nOblemeu, they had IN their COM
pany a rC0i live German count, they
were making trip around the
world, they were mere boys, hut |
must say they appeared 10 he geHfic-
men il they were blue-blOOded. We
were planning to test the quality
of the blue-blOOd of some Of them by
scratching him with a pin or in
some other harmless way, when one
Of them saved us the trouble 10y
bruising his hand, while at the sum
init of Marshal pass. His hand
bled freely and Of a very similar
quality To my own plebean variety.
After leaving Salida we passed
through the famous Grand Canyon
Of the Arkansas.
Most of the road to Canon City
was absolutely frightful. The noun
taius are so high and the precipices
so nearly perpendicular, and some
Of them actually hanging over the