Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-07
ACROSS The CONTINENT
What Ashlanders Have Seen and
Heard-The Great Northwest
and Wonderful Detroit.
(By Henry G. Gilmore.)

w meme SI ne ldheS ulS WdlhS
abroad it behooves the traveller, if he
would be intelligently informed of
all that comes within the scope of
his vision, to employ his optics in
such a fashion that he personally
appropriates all that comes within
sight of him and so profit by the per-
formance. In our trip from Ashland
to this Hub of the Universe (in
which terms good old Boston is al
ways endearingly spoken of we
have had ample opportunity of "siz-
ing up" many of the paramount fea-
lures that constitute the magnifi-
Cence of our great and glorious
country. After a four days visit in
Seattle with its towering skyscraper
of AZ stories and boulevard that
presents, probably, the most pictur-
esque sketches of auto travelling to
be found anywhere, we committed
ourselves to the safe keeping and
splendid service of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & Puget Sound Railroad,
which landed us in Chicago after
a three days trip, safe and sound,
and keyed up" with a keen desire
to enjoy everything to the end of
a chapter fraught with the pleasant
est anticipations.
Beyond the wonderful engineering
skill displayed by the c. M. & P. S.
r. r. in fighting its way through the
8iddy heights of the mountain
ranges, momentarily in evidence in
Idaho and western Montana, there
is little to interest the traveller until
he reaches the Missouri river, at
which point-commencing on it's
eastern banks presented immense
stretches of finely cultivated lands
leading to the twin Scandinavian
made cities of Minneapolis and st.
Paul. 1t should be noted that with
in the short distance of Is miles
NhS - h. " T. .. II. II. passes
through, in Idaho and Montana, no
fewer than 22 tunnels, two of which
are a mile or more long, while the
bridge crossing the muddy Missouri
cost the company no less than two
million dollars! The world at large
knows and appreciates the progress
siVe spirit manifested by both Min
neapolis and St Paul in building up
the interests Of the great northwest.
Journeying thitherward in the di-
reetion Of Chicago, we strike the
Mississippi river by fine bridge at
La Crosse, and the entire trip from
st. Paul to the Windy City is brim-
ful OF pastoral scenes, backed by
beautiful undulating lands, with
every evidence OF up-to-date farm
ing.
Passengers cross Chicago by the
eVer-reliable Parmelee bus, which in
short order and at small cost makes
the necessary depot connections. The
TACT should also be stated that the
service rendered the travelling public
by the c. NJ & p. S. r. r. Is admira-
BILE and that the serving of a
O'Clock tea accentuates the desire OF
the company to cultivate amicable
relations with the dear travelling
public"
There is Gcus 10 erD9g6ze ia the
eouduct 81 Fie Ncaagan Central
Railroad betvee1t GH,aasg ana De-
csoit' c0ntseasesl with rtsaa Vf the
O. W 4 p ; q q Nflit rhe lanSs
sslone lin yOnee aee d,et1her 80 saeh
Iie's IS 'stail euisigasel ~ -5i,oae ip the
S'Hsesay,siife n0gthyssst
haiiat ,AstSOit ssantss EVs.
b>etoit Is gam 81 ths m0st pro
ROnReep ssite heg popliaeipi. al0N
over 900 ,GGO las sseu doubled ia 4
tiesaae tisr auto intareste a.one afs
simply immeitse and ate bsst illvs.
tsated by the tact tha' the Ford au.
Packard COMPANIES employ 40 lsss
an afmy 81 workers rnaus ip fhs
Ford institution 1gG0D lal0reu
fmOstiy Hfliiitrd nands) and ~ tht
Packard oyer 10000. The F0rd pay.
roll amounts 90 ;S5 900 daily. snt
the cashier Of leading Detro1t bsnl
eredibly informed the writer that b
had that very day provided coin Il
the extent Of s75e,999 20 meet sin
ply the company's current exDenses