Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1889-08-08
NEW SCENIC ROUTE.

ailway situation in the Northwest and \
ublni.s the following Suggestions: lr
The convcrgeuce Of so many railroads r
1T Spokane creates the possibility for
some new and remarkable scenic routes
in the future One Of these will GER .
tauly be over the line of the Spokane ,
aud Northern to Little DAlles, thence
over Columbia river by boat to Kevel-
stroke, and thence west by way OF the
Canadian Pacific to Puget sound, where
the tourists may 50 mort to Alaska or
south to Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and
San Francisco.
Such route would have two great
feeders, the Northern Pacific and the
Union Pacific. Imagine what the
tourists would have before him as he
would take the Northern Pacific at St.
Paul. First the Yellowstone Park or
National Park, with enough Of nature.
wonders to keep him busy for solid
week or more-a p ace that every
iahabi.ant of the United States ought to
visit and would like to visit, and will
visit i! he has an opror uni'y.
The National park completed, the
tourists would come on to take look at
Helena aud the great mining city Of
Butte, and then to the splendid young
city Of Spokane, where there will, ere
long, be magnificent hotel, and from
which excursions can be made to the
scores Of beautiful lakes that are full OF
trout, aud surrounded by the most
romantic scenery in the world.
Or suppose the tourists starts from
Omaha and takes the line Of the Union
: Pacific. He can 60 to Denver, which in
itself has many attractions, aud from
, thence tuke run over the famous
f, Denver & Rio Grande, on which is thu
sublimest scenery on The continent it moi
= in the world. Next he can visit Sail
Lake City, always place Of interest
and then continue on the Union Pacifi,
to Spokane Falls, passing much t
j charm the eye and excite the imagina
y ton on the way.
J, Here the tourists from the Unio
y Pacific and the tourists from the Nortt
y ern Pacific join hands. Here they ougt
d 10 be able to come together in the sam
N metropolitan caravanssrie, aud from
is common point set out on the sam
e ueighborhood excursions.
: Continuing their journey, they coul
as take tho Spokane & Northern for Il
of North, and pass up by Loon lake in
40 th, fertile and interesting Colville vale
as iu which arc many curious relics Of Il
&C. Hudson Bay Company settlement
re many years ago, and which in SUNNI
he is blessed by continuous mouuta
cs breeses. Tho Spokane h Northe
nd could take them 70 tho Little DALI
second only 40 a strange and uarvelo
work Of nature, to The Dalles on I
lower. Columbia, where they could boa
he steamer which would take them up
.ht the limo Of the Canadian Pacific.
,ra This ride up the Columbia for nea
m. $50 miles would be startling novel
rr The river widens out into Que long, d
,.e lake, on either side Of which are rugg
to tall mountains, some Of which are cove
"a With perpetual snow. Many steam
on. have made this trip, but as yet there
s.. no regularly established limo Of tra'
o,k Those who have made the Jour
The speak rapturously Of the scenery. {
, ~ here comes into new world, much o
inc wild aud rugged, and all Of it uninhab
inn. except by a few lonely hunters
pttv prospcctors, but none tho les Interest
ted to the tourists. Here in these vii
ak. nesses bordering on the broad shes
I'd beautiful water, roam 10 almost un
,he ,urbed freedom, the elk the deer,
bear, aud all the 6ner game which y
here almost extinct in the states and territ'
him Of she Union.
ion After the Canadian Pacific i rea'
the.route West y we'll known. Son
the graudest scenery on thst road y
}. Of Ravclstokc.
that The endeavof here Il 10 poinl
aci6c briefly some ef the possibilities
land scenic route, including The Mort
east Pacifc, tho Union Pacific, The Spo
the 4 Northern aud tho Cssedian p
Iway, With Spokane Fslls y sost Of 90
pur. point There y an opeaius Aese
nsite, grcat tourists trAvsl 10 The satsss.
,,rd. railroads vill probably Do their |
,.ra toward giving u eooouIsge0ents