The Press., 1888-11-01
{For The Press.) q. H.. T'S. Notes by tIAe WRys

I ,a s We follow the river long ways, and from here to Ogden there is little to be seen except very barren country, with few inhabitants, and their surroundings
 bear the unmistakable marks of poverty.
 As we approach the north Side of the lake the land is covered with alkali, which gives it the appearance of a heavy frost as the monday sun shines upon it with all its brilliant rays.
 Ogden is considerable city, situated on the northeast corner of the lake, but lacks thrift and enterprise. We change cars here for Denver, over the Den. t& Rio Grande narrow gauge road, the tracks be- ing only three feet apart.
 It is thirty miles from Ogden to Salt Lake City, and the road follows the lake shore the whole distance. For many miles on the east the waves wash over the shore, and spread out upon the land and form a heavy crust of salt, which in many places is shoveled up into heaps.
 I was disappointed in the general ap- pearance of Salt Lake City, as it came far short of the description written in the books The houses in the suburbs are mostly one-story, with a chimney on each end, and two outside doors, indicating two tenements in each house. The famous
 
 and looks as if it was just falling into a state of chronic dilapidation. Yet there are some fine buildings and pleasant drives upon broad and handsome streets, but I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the prophecy of Zackariah, as recorded in the eighth chapter and fifth verse, literally fulfilled, which reads thus "The streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof" for, verify, the streets had the appearance that might be expected after the dismission of forty schools. -.~e
 The distance from Salt Lake to Denver is 731 miles, and from the lake to the Rockies the country is dry, sandy, uneven, and undesirable, and sparsely settled. From the entrance of the canon on the Colorado river to the end of the black canon on the Arkansas the scenery is the grandest ever looked upon.
 We arrived at Gunnison at p. m., and stopped in the canon for the night. The conductor said it was to give the passengers a chance to see the country by daylight, but 1t is my private opinion the officials of the road had rather not run their trains over the mountain in the night. The can- on is truly marvel of nature.
 Fer more than hundred miles the road follows the bed of the Colorado river, which blows between two perpendicular walls of solid rock, ranging from fifty to hundred feet apart, and from fifty to hundred and fifty feet high. At daylight the train begins to move again, and as the sun rises we pass the needles which stand upon the walls upon either side, reaching skywa,d in their magnificent grandeur, silent, yet fitting reminders of past ages while the high walls upon either side are covered for the whole distance with lean ing towers and ragged rocks which resem- ble in tue distance the ruins of ancient cities.
 The theory is that in prehistoric times, while this vast mass of rock was in it's plastic state, the water from bursting clouds and constantly melting snows found an outlet here and formed the river, which by it's constant wear in the soft rock grad ually wore it's way down to its present po- sition.
 To give the reader some idea of the of this work of nature, let us suppose for moment that the whole dis tance from Vermont to Long Island Sound is one mass of solid rock, with uneven sur face, and that canal is dug, varying from 30 to 150 feet deep and 75 feet wide, wind ing like the natural course of river the whole distance, with loose rocks and boulders of every afzs and dgsoription, lifting their rugged heads above the walls the whole distance, and three feet of water running swiftly through the whole length of it. Then suppose the N. L.. N. R. R. is built from the bottom of this canal six feet above water, hugging the side of one of the walls from New London to Brattle- boro, and you get faint idea of this won derful canon. yet no words, pen or photo graph are adequate to convey an intelli- gent idea of it's grandeur it must be seen to be appreciated.