Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-07-06
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
IN TIE RTITJJ EST
FuRT BENTON. MONTANA,
June, -, 1889.

put your passenger down safely on ITS
Chicago platform after a twenty-hour
run averaging 33 miles per hour.
Here we met A. +. Hitchins, in
whose charming society were spent
the hours until $50 p. M. Mr.. H.,
taking the lead, many places of pub
lie interest were visited, including
Lincoln park. The latter, just put
ting on its wealth of June foliage and
flowers, is a vast bower of beauty, and
as the days grow warmer is becoming
the resort of increasing thousands.
An interesting point on the way to
the park is the cable-road tunnel of
the Chicago river, several hundred
feet in length. The swift ears from
either side dive under the rivers shore
and speed down and across and up
and out from beneath the bed of the
stream with no quiver of fear felt by
crew or passengers. The entire tun-
mel is strongly arched, the structure
under the rivers bed being supple
mented by huge pillars at short in
tervals. The only evidence of water
apparent is seen in the reflected electric
light from the sweating walls.
Perhaps the most commodious rail
way station in the world is under
course of construction in Chicago.
The huge iron skeleton indicating its
strength and dimensions Is 4 monster
in embryo, and when completed will
accommodate at least three great
lines, two of which are the Northern
Pacific, and Chicago, st. Paul and
Kansas City roads.
With w. h. Busenbark, a promi-
nent official of the latter road, we en-
joyed brief but pleasant talk. We
found him reading and studying a
mass of correspondence. and con
science smote the Journal for its ad-
dition to the misery of the situation.
Quickly as possible the interview end
ed, Mr.. Busenbark smiled at our con
sid"rate departure and amably bade
adieu. All of which relieved the in
ward editorial monitor very much.
At - o'clock the JOURNAL left on
the Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas
City railway for Minneapolis, Mimi,
and at $40 next morning Cruesday)
arrived in that city. Here we sought
and found A. }. Nash, trusted cler-
zeal employee of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul railroad com
pany. He was ''busy as IA bee" when
found, but stands SO high in the esteem
of his company that he can stop when
ever his old home friendships make
claim upon his time and courtesy.
He threw care and work to the winds
and dedicated the day to the JOURNAL.
From the railroad the view of St.
Paul is not fairly representative of
the dimensions, activity or beauty Of
the place. One must explore the town
to see that ii is typically western in
enterprise and movement. Not many
wears ago 1t was a mere village; now
it is IA thrifty city. Moreover, its
rapid and substantial growth has been
duplicated, if not oyermatched, by its
''twin city" supplement on the other
side of the Mississippi-Minne
1t is difficult to decide between the
merits, or claims of each to supremacy
in popular notice, but the stranger,
with no taste for the office of umpire,
must be impartial. st. Paul has been
briefly described, and III that meagre
photograph the JOURNALS readers
may see much Of Minneapolis.
Greatly to the JoURSAL'S regret its
prime object in stopping in St. Paul
was miscarried by failure to see +. |.
Whitney, the gentlemanly agent of
the st. Paul, Minneapolis and Mani
toba railway company. He was rep
resented, however, by a courteous
gentleman whose name is forgotten.
AT $40 p. M, the Pacific express
on the road named was taken and we
began again to climb the degrees of
northern latitude.
Minnesota is Minnesota--north as
well as south of the twin cities" 1t
is State of rich prairie land, easily
cultivable. With some surprise, how
ever, we noted but little growing
wheat, and, i'll spite of season of
generous rain, Il gleat deal of back
ward corn.
All day Wednesday the train sped
through Dakotah. the land of the in
terminable prairie. During the after.
noon ranges of hills began to appear,
each growing more prominent. The
atmosphere, dry and transparent, fur
nshes the inexperienced eye with
varying illusions. Now the range is
''robed i'll its azure hue" and in few
minutes the train is skirting the base
of bare and barren walls of argyll
laceous earth. A black speck looms
in the western horizon. The swift train
approaches it slowly. Indeed, now
and then the dark object appears to
recede from view. At last, coming
within the nearer radius we perceive
Il pole-bedded cart drawn by a broken
down horse, the vehicle filled by a fam
lily of Indians.
At prominent points on the road
Indian women and children gather ''to
see the train go by" pick up the
nickels thrown them by passengers
and such morsels as may fall from the
hdbitueS of the dining car. But one
camp of tepeeS was seen-a collection
of tents each stretched upon poles tied
at the top, with II vent for smoke.
From these early Thursday morning
two OF three Montana braves, clad in
dirty blankets emerged TO make wild
gestures at the flying train.
From the DakOtah ranges of hills to
and along the bluffy surface of Mon
tana the aspects of formation gradual