| Show RAILROAD SCENERY A round trip ramble to denver via the D argand U P rys Ns editor deseret news Pos possibly siby no railroad has been better writt written lan up more moje e elaborately described or p pen en pictured than loan has bas the little slant giant of the the D it G j As a matter of course parties who are paid to work up the points of interest are nt not guilty of underestimating all that is wonderful one often looks for the rocks and f frightful lightf ul chasms that flowery writers weave into their descriptions after the style of 0 a view of cape horn on the central pacific that can be seen today where the railroad winds around a mountain of height and when la in reality 1409 1400 feet is tue the total height trem from the valley to the road beu f r the lack of truth spoils all our calculations when we seek to find and the pictured marvels seen on the usual advertising bisin boards eng enough 0 ugh can be said of the pleasures of travel over the lines just passed over to make such an outing truly enjoyable joy able and always tell the truth there is beauty an all around when we seek lorit lor it this and lightning express trains are not the true methods of seeking health pleasure and an intelligent change if f you have no means of bf getting a a pass buy a ticket and make up A SMALL SOCIAL PARTY of congenial spirits brov provide ide a such uc h I 1 luxuries ux as you wish or if you do not want to be annoyed with a provision chest take chances at the eating aw am lions which are all good take as little baggage as possible provide yourself with fishing rods and necessary baits for trout fishing and take your ticket first over the D R G returning via the U P scene 1 salt lake and utah valleys buy some fruit at provo or springville Spring ville encourage home enterprise scene ad spanish fork carion canon red ked rocks steep grades bea beautiful u ticul vistas of cablon bafton and river cha charf coal kilas coal trains soldier summit so C called a 11 ed tor for t the h e reason that johnsons army passed point wh when en they returned cast good antin hunting on oa the mountains good fishing in pleasant valley cool atmosphere in summer sta stay off a day or oi so and look ut at the coumides coU coalmines coal mines at scofield iSco neld reached by a branch road scene 3 enter price canon cabon A roaring river of ithe tae same name to is on V your our right pine trees and deep gullies wonderful obder ful rock quarries all aft around you enough to build THE FUTURE PALACES for boomers all of the most acceptable cep cepi table quality the canon cadion deepens tile the waters roar the shrill whistle of the engineer is shouting clear the track as we wind around the rocky points with halt half of the train out of sight at times the front cars are hanging over the river while the rear ones are leaning towards the bank scene 4 we are approaching catl castle gate noted for its abrupt rocky almost perpendicular cliffs the highest 1 feet AS we are whirled along the effects are kaleidoscopic and all beautiful atif ul this may be said to be the first farsi real object of scenic curiosity on the west end of the D da R G western east of this point and out on to the plains is a continuation of abrupt I 1 rocks towering up to dizzy dizz heights coal abounds in this ream region the th rocks are old and time worn with a plentiful supply of timber to hide up their nakedness scene nefi 5 we have have passed through the mountains price a thriving awn is reached farms are seen along tile the river the patient granger is wresting a living from a country that looks i as s poor as a crew canals are being built A townsite is laid out ont and many of the hardy pioneers from dixie are giving life to a region that looks sterile ater lle but gentle reader that kind of settlers never fail unless the surface soil is only three inches deep ON ON TO GREEN RIVER track nearly straight mountains in the distance gullies guilles queer shaped rocks grassless plains baked by the torrid sun a few trees along the river bottom we seem to fly over the desola ton little stations with pretty name washes where the cloud bursts play havoc with the roads in summer times a flood one minute a drouth the next green areen river is reached stop off here overnight over and go on the next day splendid hotel kept by a master hand band witha with a helpmate leaves nothing undone to make her guests comfortable scene 6 green river passed a faithful copy of the scenery on the west bank is reproduced on the east as tar far as grand junction you are now in colorado aud aad are now out of the linita limits where akere the united states has exclusive jurisdiction the elevation Is id about the same as that of salt lake C city y the region promises well for the 11 agriculturist ril u at g it is located on the grand gran river ver near the mouth of the gunnison everything IN THE LINN OF FRUITS and vegetables that can ue be raised ip in utah and salt lake valleys can tie be raised here at least i the real estate agents say so and that on ought 11 lit to be satisfactory scene 7 the read follows the gunnison river alkali soil lucern patches land under cultivation farn farm houses small towns montrose the lar largest eat branch road from here to lOuray ang tell aride mountains in the distance snow capped and imps imposing lug steep climb to jerro cerro summit often covered with clouds a very avery winding track hard work to climb beau beautiful cifu I 1 road bed sate sale and well ballasted ballested bal lasted down down to cimarron arroa on the river 0 of f same name fine place to stay fay off a few days best hunting and fishing ashing on the road plenty of hill bill climbing road passes through very steep and rocky denies defiles to te its j junction auction with the gunnison fine rambles on toot hotel here good place to stay have tried it and paid my bill this is a ID D H 11 notice scenes scene 8 black canon of the gun bison aison ludi indescribable ascribable by night almost so by day must be seen to be appreciated precia recia ted as the showman says one hardly knows which to admire most the energy and pluck of the builders of a railroad through such a place I 1 or the scenery itself I 1 have been in it when FALLING ROCKS on every hand made it uncomfortable tor for pedestrians and at another time when the surging river overflowed the track but the train always got through I 1 hear bear of hairbreadth escapes by those who had bad to be suspended in air while the rocks were being blasted to make a road bed and of perilous escapes from drowning by those who had to keep the track from belag being washed away by floods safe bridges of costly build now span the river the road is watched by day and night accidents de in 8 uch such a loca locality Ity would be bad but the more dangerous the harbors the more skilled the pilots talk about sailors on OB the broad ocean breasting the dangers of the deep this is but a circum circumstance stand to the risks taken by the engineer and fireman of a train who in the face of a howling storm plunge into the deep recesses ip in the dark howling bowling night in a canon like the one under consideration I 1 regard such men as the embodiment of pluck they go with their lives in their hands every time they start out DETAILS of height of rocks are often lacor the black canon is high enough for scenic purposes Curre cantis needle is a pointed rock about 1000 feet high one thousand dollars is offered to the man wao will put the american flag on the summit I 1 shall not get that money rocks rivers and frees line our track to gunnison a city feet above sea level full of bright prospects and empty houes I 1 do not wonder that people want to leqve leave it and come to salt lake it has the reputation of being the coldest city in colorado the tourist would do well to stay over night in the elegant hotel so as to boover the marshall pass by d daylight light scene ene 9 route follows the Tou richt river as we cumb to towards wards the pus the objects of interest are few and far between but bev the climb is steady and never seems to grow less tortuous twisting winding are terms that can be a applied lied to the ascent from the w west t but ame the road bed is of the best tile the mountains have been heavily dug away so as to render the track we sale from land and snow slides snow sheds are erected near the summit which has an elevation of feet above sea level THE AM AIB 18 19 LIGHT tor for weak lungs foot racing will never bo be popular here in company with ith m my traveling companion N NA A empey ey I 1 I 1 stopped off near the summit tor arp r ahe he night everybody had gone to bed in the section but urged bythe by the conductor we knocked at the tae door and lound found a pleasant welcome from the hostess with apologies tar for not being well prepared we were made ve very ry comfortable enjoyed the sunrise effect in the morning and watched the cloud fOr tonna MAtous yona as they were evolved b by y the rising sun shu this is the place for sudden storms borms high winds and weather lift phenomena the forests of pines have been burnt which tabs robs the mountains of their beauty beauty mount ouray looms up on the east of the pass and the sangre de cristo range rang covered with snow to is seen away to the southwest east of the pass other ranges outline the horizon down down we go the pilot engine in front WHIRLING AROUND ABOUND rocky diving into valleys and zigzagging zigzag ing from pol point at to point until salida calida is reached on OB th the e arkansas river dinner here good place to stop at j unction junction of the leadville line quite a town retty pretty location land looks poor hills well wooded the road follows the left bank ol of the arkansas river it has a rocky bed and cliffs on each side the tree cactus found in southern utah grows grow luxuriantly uri antly here the general appearance of the unfavorable to successful cultivation of large crops at barkdale parkdale Park dale we take lake the observation car for the crowning object of wonder so well advertised by the D R G the grand gand cation canon of the arkansas the cars are crowded full fall of expectant sightseers from all parts part of the globe the speed of the train seems greater than aban ever we aid are plunging tato into the gloomy recesses ol of towering v walls of porphyry that grow higher and higher as we are rushing along THE ROAD BED is close to the river the wall rocks are almost within reach on the left side aide the river is roaring its best I 1 try trying lug to rhyme with the 4 hissing steam valve of the engine presently we reach the hol hanging nging bridge we are at the royal gorge the columnar rocks are said to be nearly 2000 feet high and alve almost perpendicular if could have my way the traio would stop here a few minutes so that travelers could get the impressions a of I 1 grandeur that fill the mind in on such h r S a of gigantic I 1 natural carving ing tt 1 the h e mig mighty at rocks no railroad I 1 r I 1 ca can boast of another such a scene as can be enjoyed in this wonderful canon the writer will be pardoned for naming a fact in connect connection ibn with the present name of this place the royal gorge e As early as 1871 he visited ug C canon ig om city the terminus of the D R G gi and and ascending the mountain with with a mule team to the edge of the precipice being moge alone and awe stricken he be involuntarily exclaimed this is indeed indeed a royal gorge I 1 having secured views from the edges ot of the eliff ellofs g copies were sent on sale to cadlo cablon n city and THE NAME that now clings to it was given to the photo this was before the ente enterprise prise of the railroad company made the road through tile the canon when you leave the mountains the broad plains appear the first objects being the colorado state state prison and canon city A run ran of forty miles past groves of cottonwoods cotton woods oil wells and cultivated fields bring you to pueblo from here you can go south east or north as numerous railroads converge eon verge here A few houses yet remain of the former inhabitants tants of the place thle the mexicans are seen seem but like the buffalo and indians indiana all are last fast disappearing before that mighty host of conglomerate humin humanity ity that are crowding crowden in and filling up the available and ha habitable spots all over the west we leave the arkansas river and commence climbing north the rocky mountains are on the left the limitless plains lain 0 on our right the land and ad cattle cattle both look poor in places patches has of aried lucern relieve the du dull I 1 look of the dried up vegi tation reminding one of the couplet east or west home la is best very little of interest to strangers ex capt the distant view of pikes peak is seen until colorado springs is reached A few days should be spent here cheyenne canon manitou Man itou the h N garden of the gods bida glen eyrie and monument onu spots to visit whilo while pikes peak foak crowns all toe the objects with its overpowering grandeur I 1 will not attempt descriptions of towns bricks and and mortar are alike everywhere suffice it if to say bay that this is an axce exceptional boona tonal from whisky saloons and beer shops possibly old topers copers may be frightened off but the death rate is less hero her than ethan other places so they can como come with impunity and getaway with less risk not withstanding notwithstanding the SELF DENIAL the inhabitants are required ired to practice therall they all look well and happy the streets are clean and free from rocks shade trees line the sidewalks quiet comfortable homes are spread out oat somewhat after the style of salt lake city the squares left lor for breathing spots are neatly laid out my companion and self thought it would mour do our good to bring them down here and let them take notes so that our squares may be converted into resting places and made pleasant to the eye instead of being rookeries rook eries for the amusement of ch children iloan I 1 aw am a taxpayer and have a fight to suggest it if I 1 remember rightly taht ogden aden h has zone e ahead of the metropolis lester rr park k being what it ought to be e and ahead of our city mr editor please do not cut this out it has I 1 GROWN fashionable to peck at our city offie officials Ws sod and I 1 do not want to be behind in any good work there to is very little of unusual inter est eat on the read rad from colorado springs aprin go to denver palm lake is a beaucl beautiful sheet of water the tae most moat attractive and houm honest lunch rb room on the road to is located here the approach to denver deaver is soon seon realized by seeing huge workshops factories foundries railroad reAl road shops and other evidences of enterprise on every hand band newspaper saen gien claim a population of people evidences lot vim and ness mesa are apparent on all ali sides the real estate racket is worked to perfection here A location Is fixed upon a ganses retty name given to it a few good oases are built a street car car line run to it it to is chopped up into lots lets everybody is invited to buy bay great promises of f future value are attached to every lot and investors are invited to come and see the grand opportunities they are brought on free herded feted ama aad then they CATCH ON oar and go home to their eastern menos prospective millionaires we are too slow in zion we are not progressive this new industry iadus try of booming is in able hands in denver and they work it right possibly I 1 may a r be talking too toe fast and have failed tailed to fo see the alkali flats over jordan and north of the city represented on paper as the garden of eden of the west if 19 so this is the fhe alpha of our booming enterprise to me denver looks like chicago it is the most cosmopolitan city in the west everybody likes it the 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