The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-01-29
From California.
Santa Cruz Cal, Dec 80, 1897.
H. NJ Hooke, Dear SIR

puI we were lOuS Ilne SeuWnR
here. We left Maryville Sept. lst,
went 10 johnson City staid with
them few days the Coomers)
then to Washington, looked the city
over, TO Baltimore, Philadelphia,
and New York where we saw the
Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge,
Central Park, Wall 81. Stock Ex
change, Trinity ChGcch, Broadway,
Fifth Avenue, took steamer went
around Staten Island into the
Ocean, returning took a boat for
Albany, saw the State Capitol
building, then to Niagara Fails,
looked that over, then crossed into
Canada, went to Hamilton and Port.
Denver, from there. to Port Hudson
and Detroit, then to Adrain Mich.
We visited in Southern Mich. until
Nov, l4th. We here b jught tick
cts for San Francisco and Sun,
morn Nov, II at s a. m. we went to
Chicago, looked that city partly
ovei and Tues. night left for st.
Paul where we arrived We'd. morn
at 745> left at 800 and the next
morn at 8, we were at Moose Jan in
Assinaboia in the British Possess
ions on the main line of the Canad-
IAN Pacific Railway, saw many
droves of antelope, coyotes, foxes
and one wolf, we now run over
praries until we get near the Rocky
Mts. where an immense iron bridge
has gone down with freight train
on it, here we are obliged to walk
on planks and in inches of snow
for so rods to the opposite bank of
the BorO River where the Western
train is waiting for us. 1t took 6
hours to transfer and after we had
gone one mile our engine ran off the
track. Having got that on we
started for the Rockies hours late.
We now bear to the North of West
and pass through the Rockies, hav-
ing seen part of them by day light
Sat. morning we were called out by
the Conductor as the train stopped,
to see the Great Glacier of the Sci
kinks, we being in tae Selkirk Mts.
This Glacier is a mass of ice 50 feet
thick z miles wide and 40 miles
long and we were at the North end
of it. Within 80 #. of the track was
a lump Of ice, clear as crystal and
large as the little mill you were in
caused by q small stream of water
falling there, this ice stays here all
the year. That and the Glacier
were a beautiful sight--but oh! so
cold. Passed down the Western
slope of the Mts. crossed the head
waters of the Columbia flowing to
the North, in about 100 miles
crossed it again on an iron bridge
p mile long this time flowing
South. Here we passed into the
Gold Range of MIS-, where we saw
many places that had been worked
for gold. Here the Fraser River
comes down from the North and
we enter the Frazer River Canon,
run some 30 miles and at Sat.
night the Conductor says we can &c
no farther until Sun, morn as a
bridge is washed out. BY request
of the passengers the cars are
locked and we retire to our berths
for good nights sleep. Sun. morr
at we run down to the bridge
Passengers and baggage are agair
transferred with a walk of 60 .rods
or more to another train waiting fol-
us and at II we left here q hours
late. We are now nearing the
: coast and ticket eAchanger takes
our tickets, gives us new ones ex
tending eur time, giving us days
more to get to San Francisco, as al
roads are washed out South of us
We run to the Gulf Of Georgia, ar
rive there at 6, get on steamer rur
down to Puget Sound and at day
light are in Seattle. 1t is now morr
the road being all right we agar
: took the cars for Tacoma and Port
land. At the latter place saw the
finest depot on our trip. Tues. morr
we started up the Siskigon Mts
with two powerful engines and Il
heavily loaded coaches, was hour,
going so miles on a steady climl
, and was only 8 miles from where
we started up and in plain sight bu
1900 feet above. We now ran dowl
, the South side and at p. m. cross
, ed the foot OF Mt. Shasta 14440 fee
, high. We saw Mt. Baker and Ra
| nier In Washington, and at Tues
{ night we were at Lower Sod
t Springs in CAL, stopped here TEL
3 minutes for drinks which were fire.,
, and wn oil drank If taStod lilo N,