. California and Alaska, and over the Canadian Pacific railway . ans ; and many others lay down to die,utterly worn out with fatigue, after their longand unsuccessful wanderincrs in search of theprecious metal. From Colorado Springs we went to that place, through the courtesy of the offi-cials of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad,an observation car was placed at our disposal,and we made a run over their line of about 28 To California and Alaska. forty-four miles to Canyon City, through theRoyal Gorge, in which the Arkansas River runs. In many places the sides of the canyonthrough wh
. California and Alaska, and over the Canadian Pacific railway . ans ; and many others lay down to die,utterly worn out with fatigue, after their longand unsuccessful wanderincrs in search of theprecious metal. From Colorado Springs we went to that place, through the courtesy of the offi-cials of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad,an observation car was placed at our disposal,and we made a run over their line of about 28 To California and Alaska. forty-four miles to Canyon City, through theRoyal Gorge, in which the Arkansas River runs. In many places the sides of the canyonthrough which this stream fiows are so closethat the only way a railroad could be builtthere was by putting rafters from one side tothe other and suspending the track from themover the surcjinsf torrent beneath. Our party enjoyed this trip very much, andreturned to Pueblo in time for dinner. , Superintendent of the Atchison, To-peka, and Santa Fe Railroad, now left us,having been in our company two days ; hehad shown us all the points of interest alongthe CHAPTER V. SANTA FE. On the morning of April 13th we left Trin-idad with one enormous consolidated loco-motive and one mogul locomotive, and startedover the Raton Ranee. The crrade at thispoint is very steep, and it took these twoheavy engines to haul our train over. A littleover thirty years ago, the Army of theWest, then under command of GeneralKearny, marched over almost the same routethe railroad takes to-day. When the soldierscrossed the Raton Mountains they were oftenobliged to drag the wagons up with ropes onone side, and let them down on the other inthe same way. At the top of the mountains we passedthrough a lono- tunnel and then commencedthe descent of the western slope. The tunnelis approached on either side by a very heavy 29 30 To California aiid Alaska. grade, and in some places shows singularseams or streaks of coal in its inner Dyer, Superintendent of the New Mex-ico division of the Santa Fe roa
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