The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone . long, and we were toldthat he was the hermit of the Yosemite, who has lived in a log cabin for30 years or more. The mystery of this is unexplained, and while the oldman, who must be upwards of 80, is pleasant enough, yet nothing willinduce him to break away from this solitude. The driver informed us thathe had never seen a railroad, and that he had tried in vain to induce him totake a seat in the stage, when a few hours woald put him in Raymond. The Benicia Train Ferry. 123 The ODly enjoyment he permitted himself was to occasionally go to asettlement
The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone . long, and we were toldthat he was the hermit of the Yosemite, who has lived in a log cabin for30 years or more. The mystery of this is unexplained, and while the oldman, who must be upwards of 80, is pleasant enough, yet nothing willinduce him to break away from this solitude. The driver informed us thathe had never seen a railroad, and that he had tried in vain to induce him totake a seat in the stage, when a few hours woald put him in Raymond. The Benicia Train Ferry. 123 The ODly enjoyment he permitted himself was to occasionally go to asettlement and sell his produce. Having done this, and procured a jugof whisky, he would return to his cabin, and, in the drivers language, enjoy a high old lonesome. That night we were in Raymond in time forsupper, and, finding our familiar sleeping car and our own porter, we weresoon speeding for San Francisco. Nothing of special note marked the trip from Raymond, unless it wasthe transfer boat employed at the crossing of the bay near Benicia. The. Fig. 84. Youth and Age. train was run upon the deck, and the whole transported across the boat is 425 ft. long, and 84 ft. beam. There are four railroad tracksupon its deck, each capable of holding 12 freight cars, or 48 in all, andthere are two compound condensing beam engines with cylinders 65 in. indiameter, 11 ft. stroke. Each of these engines runs one paddle-wheel, thesewheels being at the side of the boat as usual, except that one is ahead of theother sufficient to allow the cranks to pass, the cylinder of one engine beingforward of the shafts, while the other is aft. The wheels are 30 ft. diameterand 17 ft. wide, each being handled independently by its engineer under 124 The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yelloiostone. direction of the pilot, steering being done by this means as well as by thesteam steering gear. It was full moon, and the crossing was a matter of great delight as ascene of beauty. But there was no time for the
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