Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-21
RAMBLES on THE RAIL.
Salt Lake City TO the Hub.-Tht
East Seen Through Western
Speefaeles.

nal offers the highest possible source ,
1 enjoyment. To n certain extent 1t
les true that Observing travellers ar
tly much benefited 10y seeing people
The and nations other than their own
IA and nothing can take the concei
lily out Of them better than learning
,n- this one truth-that all the gooC
y, folks and the finest scenery are mo-
ne found in one place.
an The habit Of noticing peculiaritie:
Is in people, differences in methods Of
gu doing business, improvements in
ne the construction Of buildings and
u modeSof manufactures, offers limit
nj less sphere Of entertainment. Many
OF bury themselves in paper bound
oi literature, become obliyious to all
Z attractions, and are scarcely aroused
VI TO an interest in passing objects I'M
less shaken up by an accident. All
such travellers may as well stay at
home, If they intend to tell us on
Eleir return what they have seen.
u Everybody knows the way out Of
e our valley now. remember the
n time when common report made II
impossible 10 get away from Salt
Lake City without Hhaving your
e throaI CUT but railroads have
, changed all this. The United States
Z have deposited this canard in the
, chestnut rack, where many Others
will go that obtain credence on the
: outside.
| went out over the old reliable |
: Union Pacific 10 Denver. BY the |
way, this city is growing greater /
and becoming an immense railroad |
centre. | have the impression that /
il is sapping the importance Of
Omaha rs great central point
Railroad combinations are making
the city by the Missouri a way sta
ton. We begin TO speak Of San
francisco to Denver, Denver 10
| Chicago. There are three cr four
roads that reach ChicoyO finn
Denver, leaving Omaha out in the
cold.
At Denver yon say goodbye 70
mountains, canyons and the sights ,
familiar 20 n UtOnian. A billOwy /
plain is the only diversity seen; il {
matters not what road you take. /
Hears ago this country Of the plains !
was the favOrite haunt Of the hufIa- :
10, but today nearly every foot OF +
land in proximity TO the railroads is 1
taken mp. Great hreadths Of farms n
stretch east, north and south. The h
chief product is corn. which, at the !,
time | travelled over the road in the !.
western part, was worth IL cents 4
per bushel. For a change, took n
the G. II. /. & p. railway, and II \
was on this that | CLEANED the factl n
also that nearly every farm was a
mortgaged. Representative Of !,
trusts are ready to loan money AT :,
certain rates Of interest on N
improved farm property. The .,
interest II collected every fall. ~
For three years, on account Of eli
matte object Ons and grasshoppers. I
and consequent failure of crops, the n
Interest has not been paid. This in
year the corn crop is Immense. but no
here is no sale for It at paying IN
lrices. ~
From this fact, although plenty ~
hounds poverty ami the money
ender knock at the door OF every -
ranger cursed with n morteare -
have observed notices posted IN I'm -,
III own valley, such rs ssAIoney 10 g.
'an on improved farms. l hope but 10,
ew OF our farmer. have put their ~,
in organized trusts. which a
I'LL never rest until the improve an
lents are wrested from them and ".
hey are eternally in debt. III had ~;
nc power to whisper in every farm oy,
RS ear the sentiment to avoid the IA
Professional money lender as he iar
'ould the small pox, l would do 50. 49,
hear that the same calamity n a.
lets the farmers In Dakota. Better ~
D without luxuries than pay n III,
'uble price FOR them 10y borrowing hin
oney. s;n ,,r
learn that the rain belt reaches toI'I
'out fifteen miles westward every sir,
ar rs the country is opened up N
ID cultivated, thus demonstrating s,ot
at cultivation helps the rainfall as siaI,
III as tree planting. As we an tIe
zach the Missouri Eivef the size n,oy
'n 49, 20 Ss IneIesses; ana the towns app
A--NAN NAl1NAA- AAE HDgag
-. -e.l ~, llis MIrh IN Kansas very iron
81 anu WHAT the country ical
~ 1i 1teractiOhs can be wou
IDLY furnished by the facile pen the
the real estate agent. snci
The speed OF railroad trains Is Gift
owing greater every year. The that
P OF over 1000 miles from Denver d.
Chicago is made in about 80 WIZ
about u hours Of day r,,a,,
hi; the balance is night travelling. mot,
Ie train service on the Rock Is ,r6,.
I'd Is simply perfect. There is no vir,,
ance 10 get in growl at all. III ,ras,
OF the readers of this article ~
'uld like TO know how fast they 81 =
vel, they have only 10 count Sor.
number Of ''clicks' made by n
wheels In twenty seconds, and c,rt,
It will give the humber Of miles clas.
: hour. -
jhicago the great by the inland .si ~
1919, =, -, .iii. M liNe OF struggling denC
prise. Railroad and lake naviga- Jam,
has given it the proud position sam
,eing the second largest city In the w..
iteu States. 1t is. bidding for the pal
At Fair Of 1892. IL is The Gift OF w,
enteen story buildings, takes the riI;,
er OF Lake Michigan 10 drink. -, :.
empties its sewage back again In LII : ,
the same lake. 1t Is the head WI.
rters Of the anarchists; q Inns
reputation Of taking a ffo;It scat ~ ~,
it grows faster and 49,, |.
more railroads certerirts- in !, .uIt
II any other place IN the Union. 'is a,s
business men reach out into - y,
Mexico for trade, and in fact al. - ~ u
the world, although il is a 80.
lsand miles from The ocean. -
:, in my opinion. Is the only ~ ~
yhack to the Worlds Fair being ,tss'
-yfJ,;ns, -, .le reason mat street
have to be hauled 50 far by rail. 49,
erwise IL Is the most central spot tban
could be selected e eis,n
citing out OF ChicSg6 by fail Is ,i ,vts'
ething like a fly trying to free ~
from spiders web-only one =,
get out: but the number OF iron -,
ways makes the escape tedious. -.
I by the Erie road for Boston. aas
IN carries the passenger through $50 $50,
succession Of manufacturing H. !,
rs, where coal, iron and natural n Nh 81
time The co,,,', $500 ao UNI Al wave
rests of o,t, ~. w. was covered the dy
ed oa: IT, ,.a a..es ,S are oeihS The
NJ tbo $3.50, t SLii ~ upon ago Il
, will son,a L.. M rom an the ST
ibiIitv m n,.at;,,. ' an uPoh the ply v
e annears ~ In saie uetnand. these
: 70 Keen nm tha ~ JOHNSTON candle
/ timber. hi IL uPpiy o. naru- ing. {
inc ace VII, = no 49, IN TINS fact in
cent,7rv 1870 nah. - IN .he end I
OF he o6f,inoJ PtosS II tlnloer pellin,