The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-11-26

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has not been cleared of small growth of
a sage brush species. We see many hay
stacks and hundreds of cattle. Most Of
the level valley is lava stone. We see
some small hay fields, some snow noun
tains not far away and high conical
butte. We pass Edgewood, and Weed
is quite town, close to snow-clad
mountain peak. We pass Black Butte
and Mt. Shasta. Black Butte looks as
though its top was at one time gigan-
tic crater and later eruptions nearly fill
ed the crater with huge cone leav-
ing portion of the crater untitled
around the edge of the cone. Around
the edges are some scattering evergreen.
Mt. Shasta is we'll covered with snow.
The valley is white, dry, stony soil,
partially covered with laurel and ever
green. We pass Sisson and Shasta
Springs at dark. The next morning we
were ferried across the river and see on
the opposite side few fine buildings
and some very tall poles on the barren
bluffs. We see two large steamers and
one sail vessel near Richmond. There
are few trees and they are in rows,
showing that they were planted there.
We pass Berkeley and Santa Fe Ferry
and see long bridge extending out into
the bay, out of sight. At Oakland,
having several hours to wait for our
train, we were allowed to go to San
Francisco and return on the ferry, free,
by simply showing our ticket.
Such is the accommodation of western
companies, while in the east they not
only object to a man leaving the station
on through ticket, but keep police
man to see that he does not get asleep In
the station. From Chicago west lnever
saw man disturbed for sleeping in
station. Indeed, the travelling public is
afforded every possible facility for eat
ing and sleeping. So far as know,
man can get pail Of coffee in any din
ing car in the West for fair price and
he can get bread and butter free with
Is or 40 cent order. So the Iaboring man
can live as cheap on the train as he can
in the average city. The New York.
New Haven & Hartford runs the only
dining car | ever met where the laborng
man was not allowed to eat. And their
present standing before the world Illus
trates the destiny of a political and IL
nancial crook, who regards neither law
nor ethics.
While speaking of railroads it may be
as we'll to speak of public necessity
which has never thus far been mention
ed. Between New York and some neigh
boring cities they are forbidden by law
to unlock the water closets. In this the
people of the locality are acting wholly
within their right, as this is means OF
scattering disease. The time will come
within the next century when every car
will be provided with a septic tank-a
physician says within decade. am told
by physician that the real cause Of the
war on public drinking cups is not made
public. The public drinking cup is one
of the most general means of scattering
vererial diseases. These diseases orlgl-
nate through immortality and are scatter
ed among innocent victims through the
ordinary processes of life. A health off
Ger will tell his audience that venerial
diseases are on the increase despite all
the efforts to eradicate them, but fails to
tell them that sore lips, or what they
might consider canker on the tongue,
may be the first stages of disease
which is incurable unless taken by a
skillful physician in its first stages.
Crossing on the ferry from Oakland to
San Francisco, we see the buildings of
the U. S. Naval Training Station on Goat
Island, which is quite high mound con-
sisting of several hundred acres. The
Oakland wharf is more than half way
over to Goat Island and is connected with
the mainland by pier or bridge. We
see a large sail vessel, steamer, just
moving out, and ferries crossing all the
time. Angel Island is small island
with nothing but lighthouse on it. We
cannot see San Francisco for the build
ings. The land on which it is built is
mostly level There is an elevation at
the right next to Angel island. The
Panama Exposition buildings are said to
be on the farther side Of this elevation.
Goat Island is rather barren except for
the few trees which have evidently been
planted there, as they are in rows. There
are few groups of fine buildings ano
tall masts in two sections on the top OF
the island. The buildings of Oakland
are scattered on the dry barren ridge
back of the city. The few trees are
planted in rows and make slow growth.
Near Richmond is about dozen huge
oil reservoirs. The oil comes in pipes
from Bakersfield, $50 miles away. After
passing Port Costa we see high, dry
barren bank on our right and branch
of the bay on our left. At Lake Point is
a fertilizer plant, and near by is large
area of bog and numerous oil reservoirs
We pass the Associated Oil Co. refinery
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