| Show A TRIP ON THE RIO GRANDE WESTERN one of the observations that travel by night over the rio grance western admitted of was the improved condition of the road bed as indicated by the of the vibration of the cars care for which superintendent welby to i entitled to praise in this respect this road will compare favorably with any west of pennsylvania A conversation with mr babcock elicits the information that the traffic on the various lines of the rio grande western to la steadily increasing although the eureka branch has only been completed a few months it is already doing two thirds of the shipping from the tintie mines the grain shipment over the sanpete branch bave jiahe been very heavy while the wool clip which is hauled to from various directions and for long distances affords a very considerable traffic cattle shipments too are now becoming an important feature ones one of the largest consignments consign ments in this line is that just arranged for by samuel IMo mcintyre Intyre of salt lake which includes head to be transported from oreen green river to Hal halleck halleak leek nov nev the first twenty oars cars of stock will leave oreen green river today the and will be unloaded at the union stock yards north of salt bait lake for rest before being re shipped to nevada after a night of repose in making the run from salt lake eastward daylight finds buds the traveler approaching the state line between utah and colorado the grass gram appears to be much moie more abundant than usual in this moet sterile part of utah and aad as colorado is entered improvement in the farms and villages is very noticeable at fruita and grand junction where the soil appears to be much like that of the inhabited portions of castle valley the crops generally and aspeci ally the fruit trees which are now g quite abundant look very april promising 1 bising there is no doubt but this W will I 1 in time become a famous fruit r reducing region we are informed elar r mr price of bf the grand junction ju notion ne e who johua the party here that the ranches along the grand still higher big herup up than grand junction are still till better adapted for the production of peaches and grapes than the main valley being better sheltered by the surrounding hills the party was also joined at grand junction by W WJ J choate superintendent of the rio grande junction road from grand junction to now new castle a distance of seventy miler mile which road la Is used jointly by the D and R G and colorado midland lines at GJ GlI enwood springs the party was wag joined by mr john M whitton of the kerald herald democrat mn david of the aspen junction faher and george P ing passenger agent of the colorado at AI t cardiff a line of coke ovens is imen een by the 6 aade fe of the track rac in number aeto w L W e kept running con stint y the out id ja balag tons tona of the very finest 4 quy of coke the T he conj for making coke V well as t that hat for domestic use in the MM tUr rounding region is brought from m w 4 w nes about eighteen miles distant in jerom park which are reached by a branch over which some pretty steep climbing is done to make the ascent of feet at aspen junction additions to the party were made in the persons of mr J M howrey of the aspen times mr E E merritt of the aspen sun and W E rohde bohde of the aspen union era alra the grade gf cf the road from aspen junction up to the summit to is three per cent or feet to the mile but good time lime is made about twenty five miles an kour including stops the scenery along aldia the road is greatly admired as it does new phases at almost every town timber in abundance and ot of one fine quality is seen lining the sides of the mountains and building stone of the very finest kinds of various colors and of easiest access is found at numerous points along the road an interesting feature of the scenery along this road is the flume system of carrying lum jum ber down from away up in the mountains where the saw mills mille are located the longest flume is ils two and a half miles in length filled to the brim with a rapidly flowing stream the boards come down it g quite interesting too are the charcoal 0 bensa long of which isreen near the track just before the noted hell gate is reached where the track makes four lap kapf in ascending the aid side e of the mountain the scene as the summit to is approached approach edwill will compare favo favorably rahly for rugged grandeur with that found on auy any line of railway in the world lake ivanhoe is in a pretty bhelt of water which however hoever is still frozen over pawed passed at an elevation ol of ft ctet st from which point the bush buah ivanhoe tunnel enters the mountain which when completed ai i event expected in about one year from now will be feet long it will shorten the road about nine mine miles and the time one hour the ride from the summit to leadville is full of interest rendered more so than it otherwise 01 ther wise would te le by the last fast time that Is ia made and the numerous detours and laps made by the road in making the descent the road parallels itself five times in one locality leadville Lie adville was reached on time is as every station on the road thus far had been it if not a little bittle ahead of f time and expressions of d delight ight only were heard from the passe passengers glita 1 in to regard gar d to the magnificence of the scenery and the treatment of the official s and employed emp loyes of the roads up to this point G C ali L LEADVILLE may 28 8 |
