News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-07-02
Aero. = ,e Continent.
KET1 Il FALLS, Wasb..l
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Editor ofNeWs and Citizen:
Thinking that letter describing n
trip across the continent from the
Empire state to the new state of
Washington would be of interest TO
my many friends i'm Lamoillecounty
and might be Of interest tothosewho
are contemplating making a home
in the far west. improve this oppor-
tunity of writing to your readers
through your columns. March Both
at4 Bop. m, n party often left Roch-
ester, n. Y, on the Lake Erie and
Western X. r., for the wild and woody
west We were armed with hugh
lunch baskets and other small arms
to ward off the dangers of the trip.
At 3 p. m, we partook of n lunch at
Buffalo. n. Y. Ii commenced TO rain
here and when we got to jamestown,
n, Y, it poured, making il very dis
agreeable under foot. Tuesday
morning at daybreak we came to a
land of mud and Republicans-Ohio.
The Republicans, long may they
reign, were few TO be seen. but the
mud was everywhere. A light clay
mud in which one would sink to the
instep. The natives said that il had
been raining for six weeks.
At 10 n. m, we reached Marion.
Here nearly all kinds offurming ma
chinery is made. Furnaces and ma
chine shops were to be seen in all di-
rections. In the western part of the
state the land is level and here and
there would be seen a log house of
two rooms ana the mistress Of the
mansion would be at the door wav-
ing her handkerchief as the train flew
by. From here to Chicago the seem
cry was about the same. We passed
all the places Of interest in the night,
but it rained all the wny md tho peo-
pie that were at the stutiCls looked
yellow and peaked, as though it al
ways had rained. We reached Chica-
go at 7:3O p. m. Tuesday. Here
we took "'bus which conveyed us
through numerous streets to the Wis
consin Central depot. This depot is
the finest in this country and next TO
/ the finest in the world. 1t ia built OF
granite and covers about three acres.
] A. YOU enter IL from the street you
! see first a grand urchwuy that re-
minds one of pictures of old Romish
temples rs you pass through this
archway on floor Of marble laid i'm
variegated colors, you see to the
right the ticket office, check rooms
and news stand. Straightahead you
see. at what looks like a mile to n
tired man, the baggage room. Far
ther to the right is the bus stand.
The building is rooted with iron and
supported by iron columns about six
feet in diameter that are finished in
Tennessee marble. The entire build
ing is finished in the same material.
Having n little time here we con-
cluded to take in little Of the city
and replenish our lunch baskets,
which we did 10y filling them with
sandwiches, boiled eggs, etc. The
places of particular interest we saw
were the Tacoma building, which is "a
plain brisk structure fifteen stories
high. and the Auditorium, the pride
of Chicago. The building is twelve
stories high and covers one-half of a
block. 1t has n tower forty feet
square and eight stories high, which
practically makes the building twen-
ty stories high. Here is the fashion
able theatre of Chicago. That part
of the building not used for this is
taken up in stores and business Off
ces.
Ny next letter will be descriptive
of the journey from Chicago to tho
state of Washington.
IL. G.. WHITNEY.