The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-08

that the revenue from this cave alone
is $4,000 year. Your hum
bic scribe paid $500 for the pleas
ure of his party entering the cave
but We feel that we were amply re-
paid. This cave contains 16 differ
ent rooms and is lighted by electricl-
ty throughout, and the cystal forma-
ton representing all kinds Of beau
| tiful statuary, etc., which to my mind
is so beautiful that l cannot find
words to describe it. We are told
| that it took thousands of years to
form this crystallization. We are
! told by our guide that one John l..
Sullivan thought he would like to
have one of these formations and he
| proceeded to take one, which cost
him only $1,000. We did not take
any. We are now passing on to
Pueblo. We reach Pueblo about
$50 in the morning and the sun was
up. Pueblo has population of about
$4,000 inhabitants and is a pretty
city. We note that the chief farm
product in this section is alfalfa hay,
| which is grown entirely by irrigation.
see very little truck farming and
gardening and what 1 see is very
small and late. We now leave the
main line and take a narrow gauge
railroad at the little town of Salida,
and pass into the grand canyon OF
Arizona, which, to my mind, is the
most beautiful scenery I have ever
looked upon. This great canyon
that we are now travelling on a mar
row gauge railroad, winding and
twisting as the river does in this mar
row gorge or canyon is a thing of
beauty and long to be remembered
by the traveller. We do not see
any towns because there is no room
for them. Only now and then a
place dug out in the mountain for a
small home, used by the railroad
people. We came to one small town
probably a half dozen homes called
Cotopaxi. This is now 1880 a. m.
June oath, and we are standing on
the Continental Divide, 1886 feet
high, and from this point we view
Mt. Ouray, 500 feet higher than
Pixies Peak. We see it from Mar
shall Pass, and view it's snow capped
peaks which can only be reached on
the back of the small burrow. AS
we come up to Marshall Pass we note
the water running from us toward
the Atlantic along the railroad, and
as we cross over the pass only a
short distance we see the water run
ing with us along the railroad to the
Pacific. When we were passing
through the grand canyon, especi-
ally the Black Canyon of the Gunnl-
son river, we were amazed at the
overhanging rocks, which seemed to
be as a shed over the railroad, from
1000 to 1,500 feet high above US.
Some places along this canyon the
road had to put in suspension
bridges, so that the train might pass
between this narrow place and leave
room for the rushing waters beside
us. I note in some places the rocks
had deteriorated and fallen away,
and in some places had encroached
so much upon the narrow opening
made for the river that it rushed in
mad torrents over against and
through them.
We now pass on to Salt Lake City
which we reach June 25th, and stop
at one of her beautiful hotels, which
is the source of great delight to a
weary tourist, and drink of some OF
the purest water we have ever put to
our lips, which is brought to this
beautiful city miles away by pipes.
We note in Salt Lake City, in speak
ing of the water, all over the city, in
the stores, in the parks, and in every
place where a. thirsty soul might
chance to be, these beautiful founts;
I do not mean founts for decoration
and beautifying squares, hut founts
to quench the thirst of humanity,
which are the most sanitary drinking
founts 1 have ever seen. The wa
ter rises to about three inches above
the pipe, and the one wishing to drink
simply has to hold his mouth over
the fount and quench his thirst, hav-
ing never to touch the pipe or cup
or anything that would produce
germs. Salt Lake City was entered,
as you all know, by the pioneers
July oath, 1847. They came over a
long journey and through what we
can see in the distance a gap in the
mountain known as Emigration Gap,
and before they entered this beauti-