The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-26
JOHN GILMAN'S TRIP,
He Will Go From
Worcester to the
Pacific Coast.
A -FOUR MONTHS JOURNEY.
Mining Camps and Rail-
roads viii Be In
spected.
A FOUR MONTHS JOURNEY.


start Sept. for trip through the west,
and will visit many of the mines and
railroads in which he has an interest.
| He will so from Worcester to Fitch
burg, thence to Saratoga Springs. La
ter he will stop at Rochester, n. Y, and
| Cleveland, to complete arrangements
for the shipment of a carload of agri-
cultural produce to the west, from the
farms he has been land agent for for
several years.
He Will go to Buffalo and Chicago,
where he will remain a few days, and
| then will take trip over the Chicago
and Northwestern road and that por-
ton of the country in which be has
sold farms during the past few years.
lie Will also visit the copper and iron
mines in northern Michigan, where he
will remain for a few days. Then he
will leave for Duluth and the western
point OF Lake Superior His trip will
| De continued through large wheat fields
| Of Pope and Marshall counties and also
through the farms of South Dakota and
to ST. Paul where he will visit none
than ITO hotels. 40
| Afterwards he will go to Omaha and
| later to Idaho where he is interested in
a new railroad. From there he goes
TO Wichita county, Kan, to Hamilton
and Garden City, and then to some of
the most prosperous farming districts
OF the country at Pueblo, Col Then
ne will visit the greatest mineral mu-
scum III the world, which cost over
$50O,O0O, which is at Denver Here he
VIII remain for several days, and then
goes to Manitou, Pixies Peak, Cripple
creek where is located one of the lar
gest mining camps in the world.
AT the latter place he will make a
City and visit the largest apple or
chard in the west. owned by James
Rockefeller. At this orchard ii 900
Dalfels of apples were picked last year.
From here he goes to Grand River
junction, where he will pass through
one of the largest fruit orchards in the
country. Then he goes to Fruita, Salt
Lake city, Ogden, the Indian reserva-
ton and the Sboshone Falls From
there he takes the Wood river and will
make arrangements for building a rail-
road from Shoshone Falls to Shoshone
Junction. He will remain there about
= week. He then passes on through
the canon where, in some places, the
rocks are 5000 feet above the track
This year some changes will be made
IN the railroad surveys to accommodate
the mining camps, and a road so miles
in length will be built to the head of
the Boise river where the government
forests are: In this territory, during
the past few years, rich gold mines have
| been found
He then takes the Union Pacific rail-
| road down the Boise river to Nampa,
| which is one of the largest cities in the
Snake river valley. This valley is from
20 to 100 miles wide and is 600 miles
long, and produces annually several
| million bushels of wheat He then
| passes on for 500 miles for the purpose
Of determining the exact route for a
| new railroad to the Pacific coast. and
Will also go to Ashland which is one
OF the leading fruit sections of the
country
He will next go through the Villa
mette valley to Portland, where he will
visit friends and then continue on to
Puget sound, and from there he will 20
to Seattle. From Seattle he will take
the Central Pacific railroad through the
sacramento valley to Snake Butte. the
largest copper mining camp in the
MorIa, ana then will proceed to Helene,
rich gold camp.
he will then return to Salt Lake CITY
by the Union Pacific and Santa Fe
road, and then will go to New Mexico
70 look after some of his railroad in
terests. He will then go to New Orleans
oy the way of the Southern Pacific
road, stopping at Jennings, one Of the
largest pear growing sections in the
state. He win then visit the sugar
plantations and make short stop with
Governor Foster, with whom he has
made arrangements to meet.
From here he goes to the Mississippi
ana the Yazoo valley, which is the larg-
est sugar country in the world. From
here he returns to Pittsburg, Pa, where
he will make slow journey through to
Poughkeepsie, and then follow the
Hudson the greater part of the way.
From there he will go to Hartford.
where he will look, over the electric line
which ne surveyed eight years ago.
From there he will return to Worces-
ter, arriving home by Jan 1.