Show OVER THE SANTA FE hotel tactics afraid of the mor mons ahe upping tipping system new mexican mud huts tle the land grant murderers suitor alitar deseret news an episode long to be remembered of my visit to colorado was the run dows down the line of the atchison topeka and santa fe into new mexico through the courtesy of mr P PJ J flynn that p mace of passenger agen agents and his no less genial associate mr otto eaas with the uniform good treatment experienced all ail along the I 1 line i n el t this his excursion was made one of t the h e de recollections of my trip the santa fe 11 as it is dubbed dabbed tor for short is one of the best equipped standard guage gaage roads in america from pueblo in central colorado where junction is made v with Q ta tad hd lines of the 1 D 1 H judit Q aruns runs in a southeasterly v at ai direction Irea tion 8 some 0 me mj y or sixty t y M 61 aj I 1 0 a to la junta jata where tn til myo ma lines d diverge i v erge one going aaa eat through vie the state of kansas aud the other southward through ug h new mexico near albuquerque in central new mexico the santa fe effects a unction junction with the atlantic and pacific railway allway from alie abe west and at doming deming ng farther down with the southern pacific at rincon above doming deming the lines linea of the santa ve fe again diverge one running to deming the southwestern terminus and the other do down he or charming cb armine mes mesilla ie lav vall ika s tot so te as tae apor aboe de of t the 8 road etli thus be recognized at a glai glance kop while its general excelle excellence ice is only a appreciable preci prec able lable from the luxury of a rip ride de rails theres no accounting tor for difference in tastes has long been a proverb theres no accounting lor for difference in timetables time tables bids fair to become one through the efforts of some of the hotels one now new and then stops at we have arrived at pueblo puebla in the afternoon ot of abot and dusty dayl day on our way to lounta LT LV unta two hours ride tarther on where we change cars for the south the ticket agent at the station courteously informs us as that not nothing hing is to be gained by going on that tha t nigh tand advises us to put up it at a hotel and take the 4 train next morning accepting this as the law and the G gospel p el of railway guidance which inte indeed ed it proved to be we seek out the best beat hotel in the neighborhood some distance from the depot and are there told after registering and settling tor for the night that there is no 4 a in train no 4 a m train we aickin ask in amazement I 1 I 1 no 4 a in train repeats the cl lerk clerk with aside a side wink at ane porter who of course agrees with him bim wito all ail the unction imaginable his bis tone implying that he be never heard beard of such a thing as a 4 a m train la in all his bis life well what is the next train to la junta then we ask with au ab inward malediction on the head ot of the ticket seller who we begin to think has led usi astray tomorrow afternoon says the urbane clerk with another wink at the porter who takes his big cue and echoes the words accordingly q we become thoughtful and muse on this wise now of what possible interest is it to that ticket agent to have a couple of strangers take ther the 4 a m W train tomorrow in lieu odthe of the evening train today none whatever we answer for him and the next moment the light breaks in and the mystery is dispelled of what whai interest is it to these hotel people to delay our departure until after breakfast break fast and dinnertime tomorrow why dash it I 1 see it all 11 aloud look here young fellow none of your funny busi 1 ness I 1 want to catch that 4 train tomorrow morning without fail and I 1 cant afford to lose it either at the station that there was a train at 4 a in and the train I 1 want to take do you understand he understands and so does the porter his bis sable sabe accomplice for quickly changing his ma manner innar he says oh I 1 see you mean the through train 1 I dont care what you yoa call it it leaves here at 4 a m and the hour bour I 1 bid adieu to pueblo having thus cut the gordian knot of hotel avarice I 1 have nothing further to complain of and after a good supper and and a comfortable nights rest I 1 catch my train and am whirling on to meet the rising sun fa on the opposite side of the car two or three seats in the rear sits woman of middle age conversing wit frone of her own sex across the stale aisle on tb the prospects of a journey to california which it seems she has just begun began were it not ungallant I 1 would say she was one of the ugliest women I 1 ever met in the baue haue caus 0 me life A complexion like a withered orange or ancient piece of parchment squint eyed wrinkled and red haired altogether a most uncanny creature I 1 merely refer 0 o this for the sake of what followed hearing the words utah and mormons cormons Mor mons from her berllus lips I 1 turn partly around to learn what she is saying of my home and people you see my husband has gone on to california and im going to join him lie he went over thed the D B R G 1 I 1 well wha you go over the 8 same r route I 1 asks her friend briend youre r out of your way now over the santa badts A and southern pacific oh I 1 bear the thought of going through utah she replies with a real shudder gir im M afraid of 0 the mormons cormons Mor mons and this in solemn earnest we could not but laugh at the poor creatures simplicity and my wile wife with another look at her fearfully and wonderfully made countenance remarked that she e thought utah was to be congratulated for the chances were that the mormons cormons would have been worse scared than the poor woman had bad she concluded to come that way at la junta after a sumptuous breakfast and plenty of time to do it justice ju 9 tice we change cars and are soon a qed ingon our way southward one of the fine features of this popular route is the superior line of eating houses fostered though not owned by the A T 8 F company they have long been known as among the best it if not the very best beat apri ca seventy five cents to ip taft k price per meal but the mea worth voth it AV and you do not ftfe feela aa etl in some places a after ron er FUM gg tie the alne sum that you yon nave have I 1 Eteen the victim of hi highway hway robbery robber y tile the railway as said toes does not own the eating houses bouses that is it does not conduct them it owns the buildings which are rented to ur mr fred harvey arvey a noted hotel man of kansas city who eaters most admirably to the public taste and necessity his name is on every P plate late fork and spoon from colci A to mexico he pays rent re 1114 kUay I 1 am told by turn eshu me Ws ta its employed emp loyes at aki ft 0 v ape cents A further 0 of 1 bis i Is e u tenure to ie that abe bg iset for the traveling public be supplied libil as they undoubtedly are with the best the market affords the officers and employed emp loyes of this road aria are exceptionally courteous a fair spoken from general agent flynn down to the colored porter ion on the pullman who brushes you down sah or anything else sah that you happen to need sah 11 your correspondent met with nothing but kind and amiable treatment woe one of the prime luxuries of railway travel for which no substitute has yet been or ever will be found of course bourse you yon are expected to toi tip the porter for his extra little services and it is both refreshing ref reshina and amusing to see the exhilarating sparkling champagne effect it has upon him A cannon shot off it in the immediate proximity of his tympanum would not rouse him more effectually from lethargy to life and action than the gleam of a four bit piece am smothered 0 th ered in the tunnel like recesses of his sable and capacious palm I 1 was much surprised surprise h however 0 wever to hear bear a porter on one ot of tl the ie sleepers say that it would be better for him and his class generally it if the at tipping I 1 custom custo in were abolished he explained that as it is now the company in fixing their washes reduces them in anticipation of the tees fees received from travelers and con consequently when tourists are inclined to be closefisted close fisted or travel is dull the porters very often get left he therefore was an advocate of higher and regular wages mages from the company and the total abolition of the tipping dippini custom As we speed along alona over the hot arid and plains the home of toe the prairie dog and the lizard at which some of our passengers amuse themselves by tiring firing with ft 4 derringer from the platform with most unerring lack of execution the weather grows perceptibly warmer by the time we reach trinidad and before leaving colorado mexicans begin to ap appear ear and low squatty y mud huts buts vhf which h if I 1 in utah would be pointed out as a unmistakable evidences of the degrading effects of mormonism aad polygamy are seen on every hand these multiply as we move southward south ward and all down through new mexico they are the common style of residence in use no matter how smiling g the field or luxuriant the orchard for the land becomes very fertile and productive as we proceed there is almost sure to be right in the midst of it like a huge adobe dropped accidentally from the clouds one of these unsightly structures a simple cube of mud saus sans gable sans chimney sans everything of an inviting or pleasing aspect a mere kennel in fact with a hole to crawl in at and macool a cool ground floor the only redeeming quality to lie down upon 0 kate field thou daraban of fairness and impartiality why you visit this region before be striding your mormon monster to let fly your lance at the fair fame ot of deseret and tell us as only kate field can what monogamy in mud huts has done for new mexico but only kate field the rev kev jos JOB cook or some one of the coterie of philosophers they represent could recognize any possible relation between mud huts buts and marriage monog mono amic or otherwise polygamy in a palace is a sight which history has seen perhaps quite as often as m monogamy ono amy in a mud but nor is there anything necessarily peculiar peculiars peculia rn in either relation except to one who with a beam in ter her own eye is blind to all but the mote in her neighbors neighbor ls a mote which she magnifies and misnames a monster I 1 will here state that the land grants 11 not monogamy are responsible for the backward condition con diton of affairs in new mexico no settler would build substantially on land be longing to another from which he was liable to be ousted 11 at t any ti time e hence the unsightly mud t a product of 01 old d mexico wit with t the advent of the railway wa a and ad t the he straightening out of the lan land yd gri grants in te at washington a better state of things already begins to prevail five cents tor for a cup of milk a whole cup lull full three beautiful pears ears for a dime five peaches and tour ur plums for a nickel such are the flowery and fruitful phrased phrase sJ we now hear bear at the stations as we continue to move southward towards the land of montezuma we are now ascending the mountains but with no intention as at marshall pass of crossing their summits the santa fe bores through its mountains they are not worth climbing through the tunnel ten minutes more or less in the traia transit ot and on the farther side our train stops to replace a inch pan lost here we meet a train from the south among are nine line apache murderers in charge ol 01 0 a ta 1 8 9 marshal on their way to the penitentiary at columbus ohio the they aar 41 concerned in the killing of a U US offic ome erlat phoenix nix arizona some time ago A number of the murderers were duag and the remainder have bave been sentenced to penal gervit servitude ade toe for life at san marcial we stop atop for dinner and then speed oa ca to rincon where cars are changed lor for and el paso at ti 0 io place our ex excursion curIon endA Landwe and we set out on the return washouts Was Wa bouts shouts to right of us washouts wa shouts to left of us wash outs onto in front of us and behind us and yet such is our good fortune that we lose neither time nor train and in due season having done colorado and aad new mexico mexico thour to our hearts bearta are again at our hotel in adey dee ep making ready for the retura home Q L DRIVER belveg denver acet a 1888 |