The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-02-10
THE SUNNY SOUTH.
AS 1T APPEARED TO Il. l.. BEN
EDICT.
Scenes on the Route.-GalvestOn, Tex,
Her Natural Advantages
and Prospects.


MIR. EDIToR:-In compliance with your
request, will endeavor to give your read
ers some few notes or "reminiscences OF
our recent trip through the south 10 Gal
weston, Tex.
From Cincinnati we took the Queen q
Crescent route to New Orleans, This IL
one of the roughest, yet one of the best
equipped lines in the country, running, as
it does, solid vestibuled trains with com.
partmeut, sleeping and buffet cars. The
scenery through Kentucky and Tennessee
is very beautiful and In some places very
wild and rocky Here we crossed. the
highest bridge in the country and found
ourselves pretty well shaken up, as we
dashed around mountains and through
twentyseven tunnels and over innumera.
BILE bridges From the cars and during
cur short stay in Chattanooga we had a
fine view of Lookout mountain.
Through Georgia and Alabama we saw
many coke and iron furnaces in operation.
The coal and iron ore can many times be
obtained from the same mountain, and
thus the cost Of transportation greatly re-
duced.
Our way through Mississippi and Louis
lana led us across some very fat low,
marshy and uninterestlng country. Just
before reaching New Orleans the train
somes upon trestle which is twentysix
miles long and goes directly across Lake
Pontchai train distance of twelve miles.
The sunsets and sun-rises from the train
on this lake are gorgeous beyond descrip-
ton.
We were in the Crescent city two days
aud found many things to interest q
northerner. The people seemed very
courteous and hospitable. The climate
was warm and pleasant. Roses and fow-
ers we're in full bloom in the yards and
presented most lovely and rare appear
ance.. The principal residences are on
Carrolton avenue. They are Of an old
style Of architecture, and aside from their
beautiful flower gardens, very ordinary
looking The business buildings, also, are
inferior TO those of our northern cities.
The streets are narrow and poorly paved,
while the cutters make person wonder
that they don't have more yellow fever
here than they do.
There are several beautiful drives here
On the she'll road, which makes pave
ment as level as the floor. The cemeter
I"s are numerous but all in the same 10.
'4lity. By far the most beautiful one Is
that in which the confederate generals are
buried. The burials are made entirely
above ground for the reason that the wat
er lies so near the surface. A gentleman
said to US, "If you dig hole three feet
deep, in twentyfour hours 1t will be en-.
tirely filed with water and the next
morning you may be fortunate enough to
find fish in it," The vaults are made most.
ly OF pure white stone or marble, very
much resembling small gothic houses.
The cheapest in the Confederate cemetery
rs valued at $1,000. The walks and drives
are made entirely Of white shells; the
grass is green and closely shorn. These,
together with the green trees laden with
ripe oranges make picture not soon for.
gotten.
On inquirlng the way to the mint, we
were fortunate enough to ask the superin.
tendent himself, who took us In and, op |
finding we were from Ohio, requested the
foreman TO show us through carefully and |
explain every particular: this he did,
omittlng nothing They have scales here
so delicate that they will weigh a pencil
mark on piece Of paper They were
coming quarters that day, one of which
the superintendent gave US to bring home
az a relic
New Orleans is an old old.fashioned
city, about fifty years behind the times,
yet c mighty" busy city, to use a south.
ern expression, There isn't cable car in
tho city, not even horse car, nothing but
mules, mules mules II an old colored
teamster gets on the street car track with
a load Of cotton bales there Is nothing a
man can do but wait patiently for him to
get of, no matter il he Is trying to make
/ train. The French market is another
point Of interest to the traveller. Here a
person could spend several hours and still
iot see all. Vegetables, fruit, fish, meats
n all kinds, live crabs, scrimp, etc.
At New Orleans we take the ferry
,cross the Mississippi river into Alglers
where we get the Southern Pacific train
hat carries us to Houston, Tex, ana from
iere We 90 via Cult, Colorado g. Santa
Fe 10 Galveston.
This city is called the "oleander" city,
md is most beautiful place both in sum.
ner and winter II is situated on the east
md Of Galveston island, which is about
'wentyeight miles long by three wide.
rhe island is about two miles from the
main land and surrounded bv the salt
water from the Gulf OF Mexico. Here is
he finest beach in the world-twentyeiVht
miles long and from fifty to seveutyfve
'eet wide, and as level as floor. The rise
II the tide here is only about thirteen
pches and by this the soil is kept moist
md packed all the time, so that the heavi.
~ loo ded wagon makes no track. Here