Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-03
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Al Autumn Journey from Tue Hudson
10 tho Jordan
wan "a Visitto tho rair, aud 10 some
oTthe Charming Towns OF Utah,
nnd Ifcr Capital
Ediior Dsssrst Newa

a.'r'' aH'Nf - AfNNHH
/ write you today from my distant
eastern home according 10 my promise
which WAS made during my pleasant
call at your Office month ag0today
lNuvcmbOs PSI.
But now grave question arlscs;
How am / to write anything concern.
Ing my western trip that will NJ all
Interest the many readers Of your
paper? Itsuoms a formidable task, aud
were It not tha, regard my promises
not like piectust-made 10 be broken
should indeed give itup.
October 4Jrd uawnud dark aud rainy,
AZ looked from my window on tue
distant Ca's'ill mountains, "a iOg deep
and iuil tuyt my Razc-not very
pleasant outlook fpr tho day m which
~ start % Chicago and the WoTlliH
faiE Notwithstanding, early IN the
afternoon | was on my way passing
through TIE old Empiio state OF Now
YORK with Buffalo at tho western
nlnt where 1 Was 10 change cars for
NiaRara Falls and eupeusion bfldgc,
winch every tUurlst should stop anu
soc.
OF Niagara Falls 10 many descTip.
ti0nH have been written and rewritten
by Tar ADLER pens than niue, Aud have
BEEN read anu sung nt nearly every
hfcsidn IN tie land, that pnss II by
with Just thus thought; 10 seemed 10
the, ne / looked on the gigantic cataf.
act Of Niagara, that N 1 all my life
had been au inndel, that alone would
compel mr 10 say there ~ Cod.
Hut on W. 20, passing through the
bleak fields Of the 'squeen's do.
minion," stopping for breakfast ~
L1ndJn(not big Lond0n) then through
tue rolling hills and broad pTnirles, I'll
luslly, late In The night Of tho second
day, we roach Chicago.
Aud indeed II Ia u great city with its
lake frontage Of twenty-five miles, tty.
eight miles on the river, and the diet
Anoo between Its northern aud south.
cfn limit twouty.lUuF miles, while NJ
ilH hfOadest point II IL ten aud hall
miles wide. But Chicago has lAbofed
naTd 10 make the city what IL Il. For
many years after II had become quite
a nourishhing town, the one iuyincl.
Die, universal, inevitable thing about
the town was mud. Tho people were
IN despair since water viii only run
down hill, aud part Of the town was
below the level OF the lake.
nThe ttst effort at drainage was an
experiment; In fact, many were the
experiment., many were the failures;
the whole prairie was ut fault. At last
people RwOke 10 the fact that nothing
could be- Of any permanent good short
Of raising tbs whole town. AT once y
high grade wns established, to which
all now buildings were required TO con.
form. But tubs was not high enough;
a higher ono was ordered. Even this
was not sufficient. A third raise waB
made, 70 shat now the city stands
net rly sixteen feet above tho original
prairie. Think VI the task OF lifting "A
| cts Ike this out Of the mud aud water
| higl enough not only 10 make drain
age possible, but perfect.
And then again, less than n quarter
OF century ago Chicg1 lay "A waste OF
smouldcrinR ruins; aud only about
| three years ago Jackson park was but u
bleak swampy place. To-Day the whole
| world recognizes the transformation
| which converted the swamp into the
"White Ciiy," the city OF palaces such
Az mankind las never saUn before.
But why dwell on Chicago aud the
| great FaiIc No pom, no tongue, can
do Il Justice. might speak OF the
womnn's building, the naval exhibit,
the laguous aud gOudOlas, the Midway
! Plaisanco with It, CuTi0s and Camels,
aud the powerful electric search lighu;
but h be- understood, 10 be- appreciated,
IL ali had 10 be seen, This days passed
MI TOO quicEly aud the great EXpOsi.
ton ~ memory and We turn our
| faces westWAtd- Manu CITY, Utah,
being our destination, And while our
Journey was very pleasant with the
most ilyiul u travelling companions
/ vel we found ourselves weary ana
| Rlnd Indeed whom tho trainmen
shouted ,,"CuloTadO Springs, two hours
for fefrgshmuuls." While We had re-
ireshei ourselves frequently ~ We
came aloug, yet here was an oppor.
tuuity Tor eating, rnd talking, and
waking, ana resting aud dhnhlng, Tor
two whole hours.
Colorado Sprngs Hes Tor the most
part on wide plain, win Lowell Rlfeotsi
vet il IL only fifteen miles from the
center of the springs TO The summit VI
| Pixies PeHb, whore, enOw.ehpped, u
| ufs IT, mighty head as 70 In silent
| adorat Ion OF ITS maker But 10 II not
a curious fact that the spfings from
which this place takes IL name are
nltuatei In ManitOu, i've or six miles