Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-27
A UTONIAN on THE WING.
A Trip from Salt Lake TO New
York by Land aud Water.
SECOND rAPER.l

SECOND PAPER.
special Correspondence Of the DESERT
NEWS.
At the close Of my first paper
had lust finished a description Of
Marshall Pass with all its grand
eur. Now let us move on down
the mountain, across the valley TO
beautiful spot on the banks Of the
Arkansas River, knowh rs Salids.
On quitting this little town Of three
thousand We travelled south down
the Arkansas River, leaving the
snow-capped "ChristO Msuntains"
far and high in the distant west.
Passing swiftly along, we soon
find ourselves In the Grand Canyon,
and enter the "ROyal Gorge"
the magnificence Of which al
most battles description. Down
the gorge rushes the waters
which for centuries have continued
% wash away much loose material
In its path and leaving behind rocks
Of every imaginable shape and di-
mansions, some Of them tweniy-siA
hundred feet high, with projecting
spurs. At this point the canyon be,
comes so narrow that the road-bed
has had TO be suspended over the
river, which r0ars about fifty feet
below.
After hating for ten minutes on
the wonderful Changing bridge"
and inspecting the gorge and its
surroundings, we proceeded down
the canyon into an open prairie.
/ The first place reached after
leaving the mountains was Can
Won city, which boasts OF some
Charming by varied scenery. The
business blocks and private residen-
ces are built Of stone or brick.
( Here Is the State penitentiary, n
large and well constructed stone
structure, In which, II seems, up
ward of two hundred prisoners are,
/ on an average, incarcerated az n
time. Between Canyon City and
| Pueblo there are mammoth deposits
of building stone both red and
white, ranging from one inch TO
several feet in thickness. The quar-
ries are numerous. Along the line
east Of Canyon City there are
many villages, though none OF
much importance. Among them u
Florence, whose principal industry
appears 10 be that Of oil. Just how
many wells there are | could not
learn, though / myself counted up
ward Of thirty, with two refineries.
| The oil is Of a fabricated nature, and
il said to be quite valuable. The
yield must be several hundred
barrels per day.
From Florence to Pueblo the route
lies East, following down the Arkan-
sas river even until Pueblo : reached.
The first impression one forms on
entering Pueblo Is that il l. rail
road town, for about six different
roads run into il. Having some
thing like four hours TO wait before
the AtchisJn. Topeka x Santa Fe
train, by which we proposed TO
travel to Kansas City, would pull
out, we went through the town for
stroll. IL has a population Of
nearly $1,000, Is els miles from Salt
Lake City, and stands on both sides
of the Arkansas River. 1t Is the
seat OF Pueblo County, and is the
com mercial and manufacturing CEN
ter OF Southern Colorado. In the
vicinity are located the great Bes.
semer steel works and also some OF
the largest ore stamping, smelt-
ing and refininery establish
ments in the State. Strong
bridges cross the river on every
street and are conspicuous
feature, all Of iron and steel.
The street car system is not Of the
best. and there is Tut one line in the
town. While on the subject OF street
cars. | may here say that, executing
the system in New York City, |
have seen none TO compare with
those in salt Lake.
We left Pueblo at 10 pm. for Kan
sas City, a distance OF about 6S5
miles. When We awOSe next morn
ing we found ourselves in western
Kansas, which is by no means at
tractive. There is nothing 10 be seen
but vast prairies, some cattle, and a
poor house occasionally. Windmills
are numerous, being found along
the entire route. One can travel
scores Of miles without SEEING
any fences, save those on either
side of the railroad track, ex-
tending along its entire length.
Even in central Kansas the
houses are Of a poor description.
Business is slow here, but on ap-
preaching the eastern part Of Kan
sas things seem to open up; the
farms are better, the towns are
larger, and business men display
more activity.
We arrived at Kansas City Mt 8
p. m, Sept. Is, and after supper
took ride over the town on the
cable cars aud elevated tracks. In
the course Of this journey we passed
through a tunnel $50 feet in length,
took the cable again and went down
the incline, % feet to the 100. At
9:l5 we LEFT for Memphis.
DYOLL,
NEW YORK, Oct. Is, 1899.