Show TUB the trip from liverpool to salt lake city at 5 friday afternoon the company of saints which left liverpool in the steamship wisconsin of the guion line on the alt arrived in salt lake city all in good health they were in charge of elder john W F volker of ogden who returned home from his second mission to holland tho ocean voyage was greatly enjoyed by the immigrants the weather was extremely favorable throughout the trip and comparatively little sea sickness prevailed the journey occupied rather longer than had been anticipated however in consequence of one or two un forseen circumstances owing to the strike which recently occurred at liverpool among the employees of the steamship companies a scratch crew had to be obtained for this particular ariu of the wisconsin but all went well and the passengers were treated with characteristic kindness by the guion officials the steamer reached new york on the afternoon of july ard 3rd just one hour too late for the passengers to get through castle gardens and inasmuch as the fourth was a holiday the immigrants were obliged to remain in tho dock during the whole of of the following day and night they were met upon arrival at new york by mr gibson of the guion lino by whom all the necessary arrangements range ments for transferring the company westward were made on friday the ath the saints proceeded on their journey taking the old dominion steamer to Norfolk Va at which placa they boarded the cars of the tennessee virgina georgia railway system thus they traveled as far as kansas city and thence over the aock island route to pueblo the remainder of the journey to salt lake city being accomplished via the T E G the engine was unfortunately broken down fifty miles this side of norfolk and occasioned the saints a delay of twenty four hours in leaching their destination are from knoxville to memphis tenn on the east tennessee virginia georgia bail way the company did not meet with that consideration which might have been expected in addition to tha inconvenience of their cars being attached to a freight train they wore without ice and water for a considerable time and when the conductor was appealed to the only response to the complaint was that he had nothing to dp with passengers only with the freight portion of the train during the balance of the long railroad journey the immigrants were treated well by the companies officials fici als cases of measles broke out among children two on the vessel and two on the railroad but leitho r was of a serious character nine missionaries on their return to utah were among the company |