. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . Vermont and the Grand Ti unk. From Boston there are quite a num-ber of lines. One, as ahove described, isthrough Vermont and Canada; another isby the Boston & Albany railroad lo Al-bany, where connections are made withroute 2; another is the new Hoosac Tun-nel route, through the mountain and tun-nel of that name,—2),081 feet in length,double track; cost$16,000,0n0—cutthroi gha mountain wdiich rises 1,900 feet
. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . Vermont and the Grand Ti unk. From Boston there are quite a num-ber of lines. One, as ahove described, isthrough Vermont and Canada; another isby the Boston & Albany railroad lo Al-bany, where connections are made withroute 2; another is the new Hoosac Tun-nel route, through the mountain and tun-nel of that name,—2),081 feet in length,double track; cost$16,000,0n0—cutthroi gha mountain wdiich rises 1,900 feet ab ve tlietrack. This route is a very desirable one,passes through the entire of theStale of Massachusetts, and connects w ilhroute 2, at Troy, New York. Anotherline is via Springfield, or Shore Line, toNew York city; or, you can take part•rail and the steamships on Long IslandSound, of which there are three first-classlines, comprising some of the finest boatsin the world. From New York city, passengers whodesire to visit Niagara—whose thunderingcataracts, in volume of wateis, far surpassall other waterfalls in the known w^orld—* AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE. 15. HANGING ROCX, AMERICAN FORK See Annex No. 13. may also view the great Suspension Bridgeover Niagara River, wliicli, undoubtedly, isone of the finest structures of its kind inthis country. They can have choice of twotrunk lines. Route 2.—The New York Central &Hudson River line, passes up the gloriousold Hudson, the magnificentriver upon thebosom of which Fulton launched his ex-periment, the fiist steamboat ever con-structed. This road is built almost on theriver brink, upon the eastern bank, which slopes back in irregu-lar terraces, presentingfrom the car windowone of the finest, if notthe finest, panoramicview in the the right are manysmall cities, towns andvillages, with groves,parks, gardens, orch-ards, and alternate richfields, with here andthere, peeping out frombeaeath the trees, themagnif
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