Telegram-herald., 1888-06-17
AMONG THE ROCKIES
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rs4.izsd oar hesfts dssiIs and haFs Ea@sd /
aeoa tas lesaal xloass of Colorado. aot
npaa thsif pielared representations sith
~aish ss hxgs had 10 % satisfied lcr 80
bznx uns knosinz thst se eoald. n
fhs nailed tine a. suf aiaDoaai. yisIt cay
. psrt Il Cclorados .endsffal sesnsry. ss
chose Ens Dsnssr 4 ki0 Grads Railroad -
xisisx access - shs besI IN The state.
Leaving Beaver a. I0.so ?. ~. ss foand tns
Pullman slespsr 2ft1ebsd % tals train, al
tnoazh soms narrower Insn ths ordinary
ssspsrs. cute comfortable, aod ss arrived
o. ths 6fsna Caaon Of tae Arkansas n
nme ~ ss- Is krandsuz ~ Daylight The
fnrtasr iato ths Csaoa ~s rode tbs boidsf
grew tns sspset q tns 70 CA hizssf
aad higasr may grew NATL it vas impos-
.ible 10 see ne tops without sndanxsrinx
Cur nslka fas xf0stcs ngnt % t1s ns@
aag hFinzs Gus the ssful gfandeuf 0t those
noanl4iss 90 rock - manner Wnlca t2s
1oondsg san eou.t nsssf accomplish On
the Ieft aand . Ia river, ouoDiiag. boiling
sad tossiDz its sstefs hers AM there en-
tiseiy 10 Earnony With ths gigantic rocks
snd t0ssfiag moant4lrs aooye. On tie
risht ths raj ROCKS OF lAs eaaon fiss per
Dsadisuiar into lhs ar 8alf milo. ADOss
us snd1sstss sssn ths ROCKS sad river Les ths
road along which ss are SBirl0s As Il IA =
race sith tie waters. Between tas road
sad ths river there are only very ieN
iachoa 0f earth fof aifsclns hns
F.l.f
Which - City named ths Royal Sorge.
there . not room saoug , Tor foad and riyer,
% bridge - suspended from Ons en- 20
aaofhsr parallel siIb gae stream. The rocks
here are yearly tares thousand feet nigh
zla las road iOFms many curves weica
bring iat0 view nsw and anex pecsed ioFies
of roek ana aiounLala. Aftsr leaving tcls
canon 80 grand and gloomy 30 are carried
throoxn quiet pastoral scenes saich enable
IN 10 eaten our breath and cositats upon
ths magFeis0 0s lave seen before Ascending
TIE mountains 10 Masshal Pass. t1s highest
railroad point IA ths world but
suddenly, on rounding = curve, TIE
nOs-cspged mountains Of tAe sankre
D. Cristo range came into view tairiy scin-
tillaIinx ia their dazzling ~hltensss- We
calch ximpses q these mountains AZ IN
prsce eisntsd places al through the rest CT
cur trip.
Al sallda cur traia Is divided into three
sections containing twelve coaches In al.
The nrst section Is drawn by Two engines.
aud starts oG ahead Of Is, climbing the
mountains la fuli view, 90 We can see what
stsep grade 80 are ascending, aud now
haFd our engine 10 working I'd Ne ehmo.
and AZ sach turn rs can look back, away
down below, over the way by which We
have come. We can hardly realize Ne are
climbing until We see the euryinx line OK
railro.a o. far below. AL this tiHne q clear
mountain strssm = passing Us on our
way. singing laughing and sparkling In the
srighs saushias. Bright noseu greet Us
on every side. and Ne are enjoying tne view
Of saor-cappsd peak and green vallsy when
suddsnly ws are snveloped In gloom and
dad We are passing through . snov-sned
Which the deep SHOWS in thai high altitude
render necesssTy. Wsemerxs from one only
10 plunge INTO saother lonksr and darker
one. ths longer ones having eiadovs through
which ws catch zhmpses OF valley asd
mountain and still we krs climbing grads
OF 2ii ssst 10 the mile "a many places. Few
fossrs are IN biOssGIn as this altitude. bat
bushes and tWigs form pleasing contrasts u
color In masses As ge reach TIE sOnmtt
aud ,ook back upon the way over which
ws have cone. Ne have a certain pity for
ths iron aorss which - breathing 50 heavily
sfter his hard climb, and 90 not begrudge
him TIE rsst waich = given him. The alt-
tads Of o 81. iest has taken bis breath and
be must have q chance 10 regain Il.
We sr, surpr~ed 20 End that the air At
ths sammif IS so ruild and AZ The same tine
fresh and oracisg.
Aud nov with brakes down AID steam
shuf on we begin the descent. Here the
waters Of the mountain streams dow
to ne ssst and We 8rs Ou the Tactic Slope.
Noissles.ly We 90 down our tortaous path,
no smoke % ciudsrs. the perfection Of rail.
.av travel The dsscent is accomplished
VERY quickly aud D0~ Ne are looking for
ward very eagerly 10 tns Black Canon, ol
wnich We have hes-d 50 much. We
wondsr n it - SO very gloomy anc
swtul and Il We vii Dc afraid
Bos vhsn We enter the canon all doubts
vanish. Wbatsvsr it may De under cloudy
skv. with the sunlight as bright ss it vas
when We passed through. it wssaws-iuspir-
inx By 10 xrandeur. not oy rs gloom. II
seems almost a sacrilsxs t0 attempt 70 de
cribs IN feeble. human words this magni6-
eens work Of The King Of Kings fee
mere Ike taking OF my shoes and uncover
ibx mT had on this holy ere nd. Imsg
ins 2ooo feet of solid rock. scanned. scsrrsc
and ssrrsied in every possible direction. IN
every possibls color. hers jetting cut Over
the trark there feCsdiBg and forming q side
canon. The 6unnisou. e. We might expect
aa5hss on tumalfu0usiY. only 0ncs IN
While stopping to tsks breath. Here, as II
80 many ofaar paris of toe hockY noun
tsins. ths rocks would &c gloomy and desc
lase indeed il it sers not for tue in6nits
variety OF coiOrs which brighten thslE sur
face. Nsfurs wa no nixgsrd wher
she planned those ROCKY heights
either IN maIerisl or decoration. Sh'
ST hsr palette with AZ the colors OK th'
rsinbow. thsn scent Fears IN mixing he
tinss and 6oa.ir dashed ths eoiors GA ber
and there Nish the hand Of = master
p.intsr. Red sod yellow seem "a hsv
seen her fsvorits coiors. BAT the innnic 3
VARIETY 81 tsnes between those coiors ca
never De imagined or described Jast her
il a beautiful cascade coroing rom a heizh
of co0 feet. which - called Chippera Fails
And nov Es are sppreschiag the uonder
fsl Currscsnd Needle. ~hich = trsmeu
gisns monument ct solid Stone running al
~. poiBt Which seems % pierce the s<y
Far sixfe~a ui.i i-s Ne rel on tarouzh I'm
wonderfli canon. gazing rom side - sid
sad rezrei,iux that we csnnot see ooti
ti.f~S a. ance The Rio trra1oe Deorie hsVe
heuevsr. done fhe eezf they csn 20 ensei'
us - Sc every part ~ tnis ave lasrlrlol
spectacle 81 pauinz Observation cars apol
TIE track
As Ne rsil cut of h csnon she scrner-
becomes rsors quiet. slthossb ever nov q
We sruroacn = curve ~ sre sure tne loco
motive : xo'rx 80 dash Ifself aod us s<aI1s
a recx IAsre surety r. nov ~sg through
ever cr srrund be- srd ve Close our eTe
so ssft Cor tse shcck. Ent Ne vait
vain lsr - the trsin couseS nesrsr an
uesref fEe lnsnrraeuufso abstr1c tcn. y
80 AZ arenias in ne rprx anr We gio
thronxh - esslIv ~ if 8ut oR fhe epe'