Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-18

q mouth later they viii Do parchcd and
burning undcr the hot winds Of August.
Nonntriipg 90 Newton with the San
81 tcs iaM0us Ilmndefiuie the nrme ~
luxury ui travel q reached. The LONG
train is solidls fefiihuled OF a maroon
on Wine color. with giitiering gold let.
teurg. Tho chair cars aud pulmars
are richly upholstered In Invisible rroen
gr maroon brQcadcd plush. finished ia
hard wood, with French plate bcvelcd
mirrors IN the panels aud at the ends,
lamps aud all metal work w hammered
ufass. Oommodious smoking and toilet
rooms aid Ia making tho tourney not
onlg an enjoyable bat luxurious one
we leave Newton on thc jump and
nv "ivhS tne smooth steel rails, and the
wa uallasted roadbed at a speed of for-
freight trains at almost every station.
when uuests the vust volume Of trans
'umunentnl traffic flowing over this Inc
Ane broad prairies of Kansas with
uelr wonderously productive farms
euelsh away 10 pleasing undnlatous FAR
~ me eye can reach. or until prairie
"h9 shy seem blended IN the distance.
a.. ~ iarEe number Of handsome and
lurlIihE htue cities are passed. the most
considerable being Topeka. with ia
| brAu avenues, wen kcpt streets anil
handsome buildings From Tonpka tbe
line runs along the south bank Of the
Nav OF Kansas river; on the south rise
| ivteStcrcwncd hills. which occasionally
! 1.S"e qWuy, ahoMing q glimpse through
VIZ tollnsc OF well.keW farms aud mag
innocent ciops, md on the north the broad
and sluggish stream of the Kaw from
quarter 70 half q milo In width. the
! cotlonw0ods and willows dropping their
| branches into The cooling WIVES as the
| SUI avn rolls slowly toward the Nilsson.
r. while on the north side of the stream
mes tle broad and fertile valley In state
of cultivation that 10 almost perfection.
ne piue NILS beyond showing the yicin-
ity of the highlands
| 40 Argentine one gets biq first rIimpso
OF h0usds City. Here miles of siding
are crowded with freight cars and h
uolen switch engines are darling back
ana forth. From this point on fer four
miles Il Is difficult To say whese Arpeu.
tine ends and Kansas City begins. The
tiair rolls slowly into the union depot
INTO its place among a hundred others
n coming and outgoing, and one step.
itom the train into the noise and hurry
aud hustle Of the metropolis of thc
west N0u can't stop 20 look around
the crowd won't let you. Everybody 1.
IN hurry and yOu must move livcly
too, 20 keep In the push. A nights Law
over In Kansas City alordo much to la
| NeItft ana Nmuhe.
Leaving Kansas City you discover your
train Is headed west and you think yol
have made q mistake, but a valley open
INK 70 The east through the southern par
Of The city shows YOU the route. Not
wmrl past saemaphore, and Kansas
city, sitting regally upon her sever
hills Is 10 the north and left. affordnl
good view Of the new Chicago Of "a,
West. From Kansas City the line rini
between the Missouri Pacific rnuwa,
nnd the river for distance of ubou
twcnty-iour miles. AZ Sibley the line
crosse. the Missouri river. whose urhit
iood is just little too thick to swim
In and little too thin 90 walk on Thi
section Is almost entirely forest hu
little 20 he seen besides the trees an,
thc clay bluffs Of the hills At Rich
mond and Lexington junction the trah
from st. Joseph Is mot aud az Carroll
ton, about twenty miles beyond the lin
leaves the Missouri valley and runs du
northeast. as the crow llies, through th
most beautiful portion Of Missouri
Az Bucklin the line passes under th
Hannibal aud ST. Joseph railroad nu,
crosses the broad, level prairies OF Ma
con county TO La Plata, where Il crosse
I over the Wabash, through Adair AM