Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-11
SALT LANE TO NEW YORK.
Interesting Details Of a Trip by
Land and Water.
FIRST PAPER.

1
Sept. 2ith, at twenty minutes after
eleven In tAe morning. Accom-
! pauied by Mr.. L. /. Rich, Of Paris,
Idaho, your writer left Salt Lake
City, the great international center
OF the Rockies, for an eastern edu-
cational institution situated at the
city OF Ithaca, and known as the
University OF Cornell. We took the
Rio Grand Western, and it was not
long before We were flying at light
ming speed tow ards Provo, and then
up Spanish Fork Canyon. where
/ lofty hills were cOi0red with the
yellow OF the quaking asp AMI the
cottonwood, the rel Of the maple
and the gum Of the pine intermixei
with tine tinge Of gold as the sun
shown down from the heights
above 1t was not long
before we were over Soldiers sum
NIT anu travelling nj full speed down
White and then Price River, until
Castle Gate was reached, who's
walls weretowering heaveIiwari 10
the hs.g ht OF i21 feet with a small
pine stick on its bigbes. aud most
conspicuous looking peak. Down
these rivers, through Castle Valley
and across the desert Of eastern
Utah and western Colora.io. there
are many things which would
amuse a person Of an Observing
character, all Of which / shall not
have time to describe.
There Is n rock 81 Z soausud
color found just wet Of Price which
Is somewhat curious. IL is OF such
a tough character that il eau hardly
be blasted, but when and Just - soon
as exposed TO the air il crumbles %
dust-one sees whole and large hills
Of this character that are being thus
brought to dust. Castle Valley is
the most unbroken-and for ether
than q curiosity-the least attractive
region l have seen in thousands Of
miles. WhenI looked out and as
Tar as tue eye would reach 1 saw
nothing but a broken, barren and
dreary wilderness, thought That IN
the beginning when the rains de-
srsuded and the foods came all cen
tered in Castle Valley. At 100
We arrived at Green River for sup
per, and by 10 O'Clock were going |
ieEn Grant River, ani grand IL |
was with its cliffs towering upward /
and high, the river flowing and !
roaring in the valley beneath I
Is. By ll;3J rs tbe Noon shone
beautifully, and the grasses ro1d-d
70 the breezss, vc iJilej into Gnlnd
Junction, the seat Of Mesa County.
and situated at the Junction OF the
Jrand and Gunnison rivers-hence
its name. Grand Junction seems to
ne naturally destined to be the
thickest settled OF all the vallies Of
western Colorado ffoni the fact that
il has very rich and productive soil,
low altitude, ami an abundance Of
water for irrigation. The finest Of
fruits and cereals sre grown, This
ssssou two crops Of strawbsrriess
we're RAISED - apples, pears and
peaches | never saw theif equal.
know but littia a.ter we passed
Grand Junction until the next day
save that We chaagel from the
wite-gusge X. G. w. to the narrow
guage d. & r. &. and shortly after
we we're moving quite fast doEn I
the Black Canyon % the Guunison
with it, walls which stand sheer
two thousand feet high AMI 50 clos
together that most OF the time even
IN broad daylight, only a spark Il ;
sky, spanglei with stars, Is seen IN
the bright blue canopy abavc.
The waters beneath are uf Q
delicate emerald green. The morn-l
4ug OF SGT. 18th found Gs at Gunui- 4
sou City fo- breakfast, and rs miles
from home ard friends. This place
has a population OF about $500; ele-
Walton T5S0, Is the seat Of Gulnison
County, has two banks, an Orera
house. a fair COG-t hy;ise, several
churches, three schools. ssw and
planning miiis, lcIn l-i-is and ma
chine shees, smelling AMI ors
slnpiiRg works. les: les hotels and
ncwspapsrs-the Reris,c-Ifess and
the .Nelcs DemOcrat. Leaving
Gunnison and Gunnisrn Valley we
Travelled slowly but surely up Tc-
michi Greek 10 SIrgeT:t-s Station,
where our tram was cat into two
sections. The mail and baggage cars /
were taken on lead by one engine,
the remainder OF the tain 1
Sas haIlei by three en- gines !
70 the top x Manshail Pass.
There was Ecse engine /
between the Two sections for /
a feeleT and q safety, OF. in other 1
wofIis, 1t is run between the tao 4
sections for the purpose Of prtserv-
ing the rear train from any aszidlnt
IL the foremost train should break
loose, snd also 10 feel al3ng the line
If the road is safe since the last
train passed over it-this il done
with every train that passes over
this part Of the road. The route
from Slrgent's 10 the top OF Mar
shall Pass Il n continuous curving
and climbing = grade for fifteen
miles OF about 2Ol feet 10 the mile.
uBtil the top OF the Pass is reached.
an altitude Of l0,s5S feet. and some
3S1S fee higher than Salida, twenty
six miles on g. the east. The
ascent affords a most charming I
and extensive view, the air
becomes p=rceptibly cooler. the
tracks run IL all directions and
through some twenty-0ne snow
sheds, which vary In lenCth from
three 70 twelve hundred feet. The
sen-ati0n experienced. the grand
and in1escribabie mount ain views,
The rapid and astonishing changes
1t every turn Of the gigantic wheels,
-ygether with the nrvclty Of the
tide, are most marvellous, beautiful,
and sublime.
DYoLL.
LAUNCHED on THE OCEAN, Sept.
18th, 1899.
Returned Elder. Il
Elder lens Jensen If This CITY /