, 1889-03-31
ON THE BURLINGTON.
A Delightful Trip Over a SpIendidIy
Equipped Line.
Fine Eastern Territory Which is
Tributary to Cheyenne.
Hundreds of Farmers Will Come
Here for Supplies.

Iowa, March 27.-There is such a
lack of incident and SO absolute a dearth
of accident in a trip East that it will be
hard to fill up any of your space with
anything of interest.
Sailing along the Burlington from
Cheyenne one cannot help, however, but
notice the fact that starting the first mile
out of Cheyenne the entire length of the
new road has all the characteristics of the
main line. Everything on the road il
complete. The depots are finished with
as much attention to detail as. are.those of
Iowa or Illinois. Whenever water
courses run near the road the embark
ments are protected by stone walls. The
trains do not poke along in the usual
style of a branch road but do their forty
miles an hour in a business like way de-
lightful to the traveller. There is a free
dom from care when you enter the vesti-
bule sleeper at Cheyenne and know that
you don't have to bother with changing
cars, making connections or securing
places on other roads which adds much to
the comfort Of the travelling.
A feature which proves attractive to a
Cheyenneite is the noticeable develop
ment of Eastern Colorado and Western
Nebraska a region which will be tributary
to Cheyenne in a very short time. The
towns of Grover, Keota, Arcola, Ramer,
Haxtrun and even Holyoke and Hol-
drge will contribute much to Cheyenne's
future prosperity as Cheyenne is at pres
ent and will continue to be the nearest
large town to.all of these places. The
hardy homesteaders, whose sod houses mo-
destly mark the march OF improvement,
are settling in in every desirable quarter
section between the places | mentioned.
Although they don't spend much money
at the present time yet when they have
passed beyond the usual h%ardships of the
pioneer they will be a well TODD farming
class whose trips to town will be to Chey-
enne and their trade will be a material
benefit.
The process of growth from the humble
beginning of the homesteader to the opu.
lence OF the wealthy farmer can be traced
with accuracy on the line of the Burling-
ton. First there are long stretches of un-
cultivated acres with an occasional ranch
and the never ending wire fence as the
only improvements. Next come the dug
puts and sod houses with a twenty or forty
acre patch under cultivation. Further on
are frame houses with the ruins of the sod
house near by. There are cornields and
long corncribs well filled. At the railway
stations are little settlements with black
smith shop, post office, palace hotels and
tow lots for sale. Further east are COM
Portable farm houses, big barns. orchards,
larger towns, until finally you are in the
heart of the richest farming region of the
West, with busting cities like Hastings
and Lincoln supported by its trade. The
rapidity with which this agricultural
growth is extending towards Wyoming,
and the certainty which the Burlington
gives Cheyenne OF being the main trading
town for a vast amount of territory which
will soon be as rich as any part of Ne
braska, adds much to the qualification
of the C~heyenneite who wants to
see all roads lead to his W city.
Through Iowa the train fills up with
passengers who are bound for Washing
ton. An acquaintanship with some Of
them develops the fact that they are
nearly all interested in Wyoming, and
have many questions to ask about the
probable vacancies in ~governorships, sec
retaryships and other offices. We may
vet become better acquainted with some
of them later on. DUKE.
From the North