The Newtown bee., 1898-04-29

nacle, with seating capacity for 10000
persons, and the largest self supporting
roof in the world. No Gentle is ever
permitted TO enter the temple, but ms Y
freely mingle with the throng in the tab
ernacle and listen to the music of the
largest pipe organ in the world and the
Mormon choir of 1000 voices. 1t was
not yet dark, and we gazed in wonder
at the low houses with several front
doors, an entrance for each wife, q relic
of polygamy days.
Saturday morning, April 8. Sunrise !:
AT Grand Junction, Colorado. The
Rocky Mountains on the left. Next,
Newcastle with large iron and coal mines.
Next, GIenwo0d Springs. Stopped 30
minutes. The springs are strongly i'm
pregnated with salt and sulphur and are
enclosed in circular tank about so feet
in diameter, from which the stream is
constantly rising. They have temper
allure of l23 degrees and discharge 1000
gallons per minute. A large bathing
establishment is located here, the out
door tank having an area of one acre.
Glenwood Springs is on the Grand
river, which is spanned by massive iron
bridge, and is surrounded by high noun.
Talns which at this season are covered
with snow. (The most beautiful SPOT
we have seen since leaving California;
Next, up the canyon of the Grand river.
Next, Eagle river canyon, full of mining
camps. The snow covered with SCOT and
cinders. The Mount Of the Holy Cross
is on the right hand size and in full view
from the train. 1t Is a strange and curl
GUS sight to see the smelters and the lit
tie log cabins at the mining camps.
Next through the tunnel to the Ten
nessee pass. The highest point on the
railroad line in the Rocky Mountains,
lO,4l8 feet above tide water. u, noon
Leadville, the highest city in the world,
lO,2OO feet above the sea. Cats cannot
live In Leadville, and many of the pas
sengers suffered from the rarified air,
LeadVille has the largest smelter in the
world. Descending by a horse shoe
curve on the side OF the mountain, which
enabled us to see the track we had lust
passed over high above US, we soon came
in sight Of the College group; three
peaks, named respectively Yale, Harvard
and Princeton, every one of them higher
than Pixies Peak.
Next we enter low canyon of the Ar
kansas river. Buena Vista ia a pretty
town. The State reformatory is located
here. Next, Salida. Next, Cotopaxi. |
both very pretty towns nestled in the
mountains. Next, the Royal Gorge of
the Arkansas river. In some places the
walls of rock on the sides are from 37OOl
to 1900 feet high and occasionally seem
to overhang the river which is verv
narrow through the gorge, as in building
the railroad it was necessary to crowd |
the river to one side thus leaving iust
room for the railroad. In passing
through the royal gorge the scenery il
awe inspiring to such an extent that no
language is adequate to the description.
And as the traveller views these monu-
ments OF war between the river and the
he can scarcely help feeling
his own insignifcance in the presence of
mat Power which created the rivers and
'he mountains and shapes sall the desti-
MES of mankind.
Next the Hot Springs of the Arkansaw,
lie state penitentiary on the left, near bv
8 Canyon City, the largest fruit growing
lection in Colorado, next Florence with
Is Oil wells. A branch road rams to the
ripple Creek gold mines. Next Pueblo.
fine city. The state school of Mineral.
0gy Is located here. Next Colorado
springs with Manitou, the Garden ofsthe
4ods and Pixies Peak in full view. Next
Denver and the shades of night have
gathered around us.
sunday morning, a. M, McCook.
iere the time Ia changed one hour. On
ne plains OF Nebraska the well filed
orn cribs and stocks of cattle assured 6
e OF enterprise and thrift. Next Lin
DIN the capitol Of the state and the I
ome OF William Jennings Bryan. Cross
q the North Platte river, fine stream,
Text Omaha. The Burlington line are
uildfng fine depot here. Soon crossed :
be Missouri to Council Bluffs. Monday !
lorning, April 18th, we are running /
cross the great plains OF Northern Illi- :
oils. The prevailing winds in this Sec ?
on are from the west and northwest, al :
u the trees have an inclination towards 5
70 east. Next Chicago, which makes D