The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-09
Trip TO CALIFORNIA.

From the Republican.
ED. REPUBLICAN:-A correspondent
writing for an eastern exchange from
this point in regard to trip made to
Southern California does not seem
to be favorably impressed with the
future prospects of the golden west or
the sO-called gorgeous mountainscenery
that is advertised to be on exhibition
along the route of the great Santa Fe,
or banana line, as it is some times
called. He says the road-bed and rails
of the Santa Fe road from the Missouri
leo, IS IN fair condition and aside from
| the annoyances OF the inexperienced
kids styled collectors the part of the
overland trip as far as Albuquerque
may be considered reasonably safe
and comfortable. The company, he
says somehow came to the
conclusion that young and inexperi-
enced lads were more honest and re-
liable than their old and well trained
| employees, the conductors. Hence
people who are travelling with what is
called a Photographic or descriptive
| ticket giving their age, color OF their
eyes, hair and style of their whiskers,
| complain of the impudence Of the green
| gudgeons who sWagger through the
trains with enormous meat hooks pro-
truding from their fronts and staring
the passengers in the face and COM
pelling them to turn their heads from
right to left to learn the color OF their
eyes and guess at their age, etc. A
conflict of opinion betwixt these youths
and the agents who sold the tickets
is always liable to lead te
an eiectment. The Atlantic S
Pacific portion of the road beyond
Albuquerque, especially that portion
OF it between the Needles aud Bar
stow, is certainly not inviting and very
few would care to risk 3 second TIL
over it, unless they were reckless tx
danger or travelling with suicidal in
tent. The man that wrote the yellow
covered advertising literature in praise
of the beautiful scenery and speed
and safety of the Atlantic & Paeif
road, would do well to keep his iden
tity a secret as he will stand a fai
chance of meeting his just deserts a
the hand OF an Infatuated train load o
passengers some of these fine days
The Santa Fe railroad manipulation
are accused of scheming to depresS tn
stock of this road. At any rate, who
ever is responsible for the condition O
; things as they now exist, ought to
forced to make at least one excursion
up ard down these dangerou
mountain defiles with but tw
Streaks of rust and a sparse amour
1 of loose sand ballast and rotten ties, a
the only hope of safety between tn
, topmost jagged mountain peaks and tn
lowest depths of the yawning chasm
beneath. Talking about smashups O
3 railroads, the whole line of the road
literally streWn with the broken fras
ments of the cars and the only safet
for passengers lies in the praisewOrth
care taken by the engineers and trai
B, men who generally consume tin
enough between Albuquerque an
BarstOw to increase the through tri
about two days beyond the advertise
D time. There will be some consolidate
Z, if the railroads would stop lying abol
!, California and not for the sake of 8
= curing passage money to induce Il
poor people to lease their homes
the east for dry, arid, worthle
waste of land on the Pacific slope.
+ A VICTIN