. 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 .. . ile shaking hands, as illustrated. To say that wine flowed freely wouldconvey but a faint idea of the good feelingmanifested and the provision made by eachcompany for the entertainment of theirguests, and the celebration of the event. Immediately on the completion of thework, a charge was made on the lust tie(not the silver-plated, gold-spiked laurel,for that had been removed and a pine tiesubstituted) by rel
. 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 .. . ile shaking hands, as illustrated. To say that wine flowed freely wouldconvey but a faint idea of the good feelingmanifested and the provision made by eachcompany for the entertainment of theirguests, and the celebration of the event. Immediately on the completion of thework, a charge was made on the lust tie(not the silver-plated, gold-spiked laurel,for that had been removed and a pine tiesubstituted) by relic hunters, and soon itwas cut and hacked to pieces, and thefragments carried away as trophies or me-mentoes of the great event. Even one of thelast rails laid in place was cut and batteredso badly that it was removed and anothersubstituted. Weeks after the event wepassed the place again, and found an enthu-siastic person cutFing a piece out of thelast tie laid. He was proud of his treasure— that little chip of pine—for it was a jjieceof the last tie. We did not tell him thatthree or four ties liad been placed theresince the first was cut in pieces. 120 CKOFUTT S NEW PACIFIC COAST GUIDK. 121 In the cars belonging to each line, asumptuous repast was served up to the in-vited guests. Then, as the sun sank low-to the western summit of Promontory-Point, the trains moved away withparting salutes from locomotives,andthe celebration was ended,the i)artici-pants speeding away to their far dis-tant homes, and so closed the eventfulday on Promontory Point. For Sketch of Great Salt Lake, seeAnxex No. 21. For Iludauts Survey of route to Oregon,see Aknex No. 28. We now resume our westward journeyfrom Promontory. Four miles west (neara gravel track on the north side) can beseen close to the road, on the south side, asign-board, which reads, TEN MILES OF TRACK IN ONE DVT. Agaiu, on the same side, ten miles fur-ther west, another widi the same inscrip-tion will appear. These boa
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