The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-06-23

tial passenger boat carrying abou
a thousand people, and carrying
you across the bay to land you Oh
] some point where a railroad trail
: awaits you. In this case yo
land at Sausalito and you ar
taken to the mouth Of the canyon
by rail and transferred to the ca
that takes you to the summit
This part of the road is s l.;
, miles long and makes an sscen
of $500 feet. There are 26l cur
yes in the track, and if they wer
put together they would make 4:
complete circles. The longes
. piece of track is 413 feet. and il
one place it lies in the form Of .,
double bow knot.
This winding in and out gives
fine views of everything below
At first the cars are hidden in the
pines and verdure, but keep ris,
ing as thev pass in and out If the
ravines till they scale all the look
out points on the several sides OF
the spur. For a while the differ.
ent arms Of the bay keep spreading
out longer and wider, the Sacra-
mento valley and the San Joaquin
come into view, taking on greater
and greater proportions, and the
trains and steamers coming and
going give an idea of the daily
travel and commerce. Some of
the notable features of the harbor
are the military prison and the
training station on islands in the
bay, battleships and merchantmen
lying at anchor, and the ferries
moving back and forth on their
four and seven mile runs carrying
the loads of humanity that stream
across the bay and the continent.
Finally the train cuts across the
top of a ridge and the Pacific
ocean comes into view half a mile
below. A short run brings you
to the hotel at the summit where
the stars and stripes on a fagpoIe
salute the approaching train.
Talk about ''ships that pass in the
night" it's the ships that pass in
the daylight that interested me.
when once you see the traffic that
comes and goes IN sight of this
high lookout, and remember that
the climate is always the same, it
gives you good idea of the trade
that is always coming and gong
at the big harbor on the west.
Some people stay over night to
zee the sunset and sunrise, but
our party saw something grander.
tleecy clouds developed and
moved in from the ocean; driving
trough the Golden Gate; rolling
md building on a giant plan till
hey covered part of the harbor
nd the city, and filling up the
'pening into the inland valley till
he clouds were level with the /
otel. and the high peaks on the s
outh side of the city, some sixty
niles away, where the Lick TeIe-
cope is .ocated,. This great plain
f "Dreamland' clinched with O
le mountains and lay in snowy r
bitterness, shutting us out from. {
le world and it's strife, With /.
carer skys above and nothing q
Glow. But dreams don't last +
ways, and when the train pulled 7
ut, it famed a hole down through n
he veil and in an hour we were I
own in the windy harbor among
'e ships, whose names and flags I
III of many nations. | noticed =
at whenever we passed vessel p
hose name ended in "vich" or a
sky the passengers passed it u
} with a smile.
| guess l'll bring this letter to "
close and let this be the last one "
write to you-you want to come " u
d see for yourself, anyhow, and, Y,
sides, I've worn my pencil out. ~
Don. - i,
7. ST just want to add NJ
nd to square myself about m
eatres. You know l have gener- re-
y considered it a waste of time h,
d money to 60 to them, and g,
1t ministers are abont half right
trying to keep peop!e away bl
IN such expensive entertain NJ