. Crofutt's trans-continental tourist's guide : containing a full and authentic description of over five hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government forts and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, summer resorts; where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer, and other games; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing - where to see it - where to go - how to go - and whom to stop with while passing over the Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad of Cal., their branches and connections by s
. Crofutt's trans-continental tourist's guide : containing a full and authentic description of over five hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government forts and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, summer resorts; where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer, and other games; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing - where to see it - where to go - how to go - and whom to stop with while passing over the Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad of Cal., their branches and connections by stage and water, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Illustrated .. . t uptor tlie road, and are built of building contains twenty stalls inall, and is undf^r tlie charge of JamesMcConnell, master- mechanic of theOmaha shops. MACHINE 6H0P. This is built with very strong walls,and is 60x120 feet in size. It is fur-nished with all the new and most im-proved machinery which is necessaryfor the successful working at all thebranches of car and locomotive repairsor car construction. Among the ma-chines may Ije seen lathes for turningdriving-wheels, two boring mills forboring car-wlieels, and one hydraulicpress, used for pressing car-wheels ontheir axles. At one time this shop presented alively scene—when 850 sinewy ui^qwere busily engaged in manufacturingand repairing cars. All this body ofmen were then connected with the locomotive department, and could no morethan keep that department of the roadin repairs. No otiier shops on the linewere then in working order, exceptingthose at North Platte. Now, the fnrceisreduced, as the company are abundantly. ^mMm CROFUTT S TRANS-COXTINEKTAL TOUKIST S GUIDE. 25 euppHed wiib cars for the present trade,and the men are scattered along theline, forming the working force of othersiiopa, of wiiicli tlieie are many. Butduring this great rush, they were con-gregated here, and the machinery wasrun day and night. As many as elevenInciimoti
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