The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-07-07
THURSDAY,JULI 7, 1892.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.
Scraps from Our Notebook Made
on a Six Weeks Jaunt Across
the Continent, on the Pa
cific Coast, and in the
G. eat Northwest.

Thi. is q great country we live in
great in ar, =. great i'll population, i'll
natural resources, in diversity of soil
and climar i'll beauty Of landscape
and pictur, lue mountain scenery
great in cv. clement that constitutes
greatness. have known this all
along, but .,o fact has been impressed
more forcib upon my mind by actual
observation and experience than all
the books nj papers previously read
had served to do. From this source a
mere Outlil . had been obtained, but
Il perfect understanding only comes
by trayclin and seeing for ones self.
IAnd wlthOG t meaning to speak boast
n@ly i'll IT, least, this, under the
peculiar cir iimstanccs surrounding me,
| have ha' the extreme good fortune
to do, and those circums lance were
certainly I'll most favorable that fall
to the lot o. the average mortal but
once in Ii 9 time.
with the C predatory remarks | now
set myself + the task Of writing about
our trip an' speaking of the country
and people s they impressed me. 1t
will be ne .cssarv to continue these
articles thr, ugh succeeding issues of
the paper a do not wish to intrudG
too much at one time, but | hope to
make them interesting enough to our
readers for he space not to be cOnsld
cred as wasted when they shall have
been finished. Under the natuAe of
the case it will be necessary for the
personal pronOun to be often used, but
this will be done with no desire to
give promin ance to the personality of
the writer.
In my tirst letter, written from At
lanta, May 18th, the day after leaving
home, | spoke of the Seaboard Air
Line, its excellent road-bed and splen-
did equipmtl 1t i'll the way of rolling
stock. and tie fast time made by its
through pa enger trains; giving at
the same time my impressions of the
country along the line-from Henderson
to Raleigh, II miles, over the Raleigh
" CASTOR railroad; to Hamlet over
the Raleigh Il Augusta Airline, 81
miles; over the Carolina Central Rail
road to Monroe, So miles; thence on
through South Carolina over the new
Georgia, Carolina & Northern Rilway,
to Atlanta, Ga, 2G6 miles In the
three essentials above mentioned, this
road will compare tavorably with any
travelled OH in the West. and certainly
no like corporation can boast of better
management or more gentlemanly and
accommOda tin. officials and employees.
Halt day was spent very pleasantly
in the ''Gate City" of the South, and
my previously formed good opinion
OF the BUSH ess and beauty of the town
was fully confirmed and strengthened.
Atlanta Is ute a manufacturing cen
tire and is l thorough going city in
every way. There are many places
and object of interest but the one
which caused me greatest admiration
and sadnes, at the same time was the
monument I'd statue of the lamented
Henry W. 'rady. journalist. orator
and patriot As | stood there with
uncovered ,4d in the shadow of the
heroic bron:o figure of this truly gifted
man. the pride Of Georgia and of the
South, and cad the inscription carved
on the graz tie pedestal. his life aud
laDors seemed to pass in review before
me and L ought how inscrutable are
the ways Of providence and how strange
that he she Id have been claimed by
the hand OF ,eath when his life appeared
to be so full of honor and usctulne>.
and his bro Il and patriotic services 50
fruitful of Ood to his fellow man.
Peachtree treet, the fashionable resi-
dence part the town. is a yeritable
picture OF wealth and beauty. | have
seen nothlr to surpasS it anywhere
In my traye | think. Well shaded.
lined on cit! CT side by elegant man
slons of ma bic. brownstone. granite
and brick. c assy lawns and beautiful
flower gard rs, it is the pride of At
lanta folks. nd ones visit is Lot COM
plete until lie has seen Peachtree
street.
Leaving atlanta at 7:45 p. M. we
took thrc ugh sleeper for st. Loui.
gong as tar as Chattanooga. Tenn.
l3o miles, via Western & Atlantic
Railroad. As this part of the country
was trareled through in the night time
we could net get view Of it. At
Chattanoog? our car was hitched on
to the Nashville, Chattanooga 4 st.
Louis train. md Nashville. Isl miles
distant. was reached in time for early
breakfast. Iere again we changed
trains and roads, still keeping to our
sleeper. which was taken in charge