Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-03-20
FROM CHICAGO
TO new ORLEANS
Journey Is the Same in
Time as to New
York City.
SCENERY IS DISAPPOINTING
The Market Place, the
Monuments and the Pub
lie Buildings.
SCENERY IS DISAPPOINTING

Extracts from letters written by
Rev. q. s. Williams on his way to
New Orleans.
There is a full new schedule between
Chicago and New Orleans, entirely
different from the time table that |
secured at Baraboo so l had to change
all my plans. left Chicago at 6:35
Wednesday afternoon. We passed
through Illinois during the night,
and were in Kentucky when we
awoke. It was "on to Memphis,
Tennessee" )" where there was a short
stop. Then again, we shot along
through the state of Tennessee and
down across Mississippi, stopping for a
few minutes at Jackson. The through
trains lose very little time in making
stops.
We reached New Orleans at 10 p. m.
Thursday, in just about the same
length of time from Chicago that it
takes to go to New York City. L
found hotel in a few minutfs and
slept uncomfortably with the lightest
covering because of the heat. Early in
the morning | started out TO hunt up
the off ces of the United Fruit COM
pany, for mad become afraid that L
could not get off after all. had been
told that so great was the rush to
Panama at this season that al
places on the boats were en-
gagged months ahead. Tue Illinois
Central runs a panama special" a
new train, from Chicago to New
Orleans and all their trains are crowd
ed. The rush is tremendous. But |
was fortunate as we have ever been.
A man was just turning away from
the window as [ approached, and l
heard him say that he would have to
give up his berth as he could not go
after all. so | stepped right up and
secured it. There is to be another man
in the same staLeroom with me.
Disappointing Scenery.
The scenery on the way from Chi
cago to New Orleans is monotonous
and disappointing. In Kentucky and
Tennessee one sees mostly sand OF
clay banks, deeply furrowed by
washes. These are poorly cultivated
and generally desolate. A saving
feature is the trets These are fine
tall and straight. There are none oi
the cut-over lands crowded with
scraggly second growth, as in north
ern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Where
the trees have been cut, the land has
been cleared and where 1t is not under
cultivation the original trees stand in
stately grandeur. The last third OF
the Journey was through low, swampy
lands, which, for the most part, are
heavily wooded. SO much woo(
was surprise to me.
New Orleans is a busy place. Thou
sands of cars, hacks, drays, trucks az
autos crowd the thoroughfares. On
is impressed by the very large proper
tion of colored people. In walk o
a block one sees almost five black tt
one white. Both races are thin an'
sharp featured like the hot countr,
people of Columbia. Their languag
is strange but not more so than Johl
Bull English is to American ears
The color line is everywhere apparent
in railways, hotels, barber shops
everywhere it is. drawn tightly.
Low Wooden Buildings in NeN
Orleans.
New Orleans is badly constructed
1t has not the up to-date, finished loo
of New York City. It is built largel
of wood, and not we'll built at tha
One is impressed by the low, woode
buildings, almost novels, foun
on some of the most important streets
The post-office is beautiful edifice, (
pure white marble. 1t covers for
blocks and tall Corinthian marb
pillars support the upper stories. Tt
courthouse 1t built in the form of
hollow square in French New Orleans
Is is about the only changeto be four
in that quarter, which is still entire
French. No other language is gspokt
there. The most beautiful monumel