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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1899)
JU110 IS. OMAHA vn\ : \ ) Opening Y. M. C. A. Athletic Park , Omaha , June 10 , 1899. I TIIIWINN1NC VAULT The Established TransContinental - Continental Route. The story of "The Overland Route , " the Union Pacific has been told In prose and poem by thofco who have a right to claim the beat knowledge of it ; those who tolled 'ever the plains driving oxen In spans , which pulled great caravans of freight ; those who hopelessly bore the heat and burden of the day , buoyed up and encouraged by the hope of an El Dorado in the mountains of the West great , noble-hearted men who sought In the glorious West the reward which seemed never to come near their doors in * the populous East. The > weie brave and kind-hearted , bold and gentle , and writers TUB OM1BST INHABITANT L on the line of the Union Pacific , love to dwell on their adventures and depict their hair-breadth escapes , and toll of their hopes and their disappointments. In one sense theirs is the story of the lives of many who read , and a chord of sympathy U fuelled by the skillful telling of the story. Everyone who has read these tales of the West lias felt an Instinctive desire to see the spots hallowed at least in memory of some story ; which has served to pass an hour away ; and each one has lenged for an op- . . I MOV PACIFIC IIIUIHJIS. This famous bridge provides for the great transcontinental tralllc from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast. It Is the only double- track steel bridge across the Missouri River portunlty. Those of the present day can now make the trip In comfort , free from peril , and surrounded by all the luxuries in- i , < ) < m-Mii-i : Tinai : , ON TIIK UNION PACIKIC. An object that is Invariably looked for with Interest Is the lone 1,000-Mlle Tree , which , by a singular chance , marks the one-thousandth mile from Omaha. The tree stands on the south side of the tracks , and n sign-board , swinging from one of the lower limbs , tells Its legend to all passers- by. cldent to modern travel. Instead of tolling over the calcined tract of those who preceded STAHT IN 100 Y Mil ) 1MSII THE .MILE NOVICE them , the traveler of the day simply selects "Tho Overland Hoiitc , " ( the Union Pacific ) and , as much at homo .as though in a quiet of some New England village , glides swiftly over a splendid roadbed , and allows his eyes to feast on the magnificent scenery .ilforded. Leaving Council Uulffs via the Nebraska main line of the Union Pacific and Kansas City via the Kansas main line , the two lines join at Cheyenne. The Kansas main line runs to Denver ; and the trip from Denver to Cheyenne , along the foothills of the Hocky Mountains , affords the tourist a kaleidoscopic panorama of hills , fields , riv ers , running brooks , and lofty mountains. Leaving Cheyenne the summit of the Rockies Is passed at Sherman , elevation 8,247 feet , the highest point on the transcontinental ride between the Missouri Iliver and the Pacific Coast. Ames' Monument and Hip popotamus Hock , Just beyond Sherman , can bo seen from tlio windows of the car. Next , Dale Creek Hrldgo , a wonderful structure over Dale Creek , is passed. Then comes Hawllns , Hock Springs , Green Uiver and ( ranger Is reached , thirty miles west of Oreon River , which is the junction point of the Union Pacific with the Oregon Short Line for Portland. From Green River the trip across the con tinent to Ogden is continued. Hetwten these points Echo and Weber Canons are passed. To these who have not yet made the notable tour , who have yet to learn from actual sight the peculiarities and grandeur of Western saenery , the name will servo to put their expectation on tiptoe , for i f all the canons , Echo and Weber Canons passed through by the Union Pacific be tween the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean , these have earned the reputation of CIVON. "Echo Canon , " through which the Union pacific wlndH Its way between Wasatch and Kcho stations. containing the most wonderful scenes , the strangest sights some that will bo long remembered for their wlldness nnd grandeur alone ; and others , because they are most striking examples of some of the distinctive features In Western scenery. Carpenter's Letter. ( Continued from Sixth Page. ) It Is a thousand miles Inland In the very heart of tbo great Amazon forest. There are woods about It BO dense that monkeys could travel a thousand miles through them , jumping from branch to branch and novel once touching the ground. They are so dense that you could not possibly go from one place to another except by the streams. It would take you a day with an ax to START IN HALF MILE 11ICYCLE RACE niako live miles The country about hero Is very wild. It Is In fact one of the least known parts of the world , and Manaos is the metropolis , being the chief city of n region hundreds of thousands of suuare miles In extent. Manaos is on the Hlo Negro , about ten miles from where It Hews Into the Amazon. In coming up the Amazon as wo approached the Ulo Negro. I could see where the latter river joined It without lifting my eyes from the waters. The Hlo Negro Is as black as your hat. The Amazon Is as yellow as pea soup. For about two miles below the mouth of the Ulo Negro the waters of the Hio Negro and the Amazon flow sldo by side without mixing. Our steamer for .1 tlmo cut the joining of the waters so that on one side of the ship the stream was as yellow as a lion's mane , while on the other it had the panther black of the Uio Negro. A little below this the two colors disap peared , the waters of the Hlo Negro having been swallowed up In the mighty flood of the Amazon. \s we steamed on we passed out of the Amazon and Into the wide mouth of the Ulo Negro. Wo were now sailing through a jet black stream. Our steamer churned the water into foam and It looked like boiling black molasses. A sailor dropped a bucket over the sldo and oaught up a gallon for me to examine. In the bucket it looked Irown , but when I took It up In a glass It fiopiipil almost clear. The Hlo Negro Is an immense stream. H Is very wldo at the mouth , and at first sight It seems almost as largo as the Amazon it self. It drains a vast region and Is BO con- ii"cted with the Orinoco by the Casslqularo river that you can enter the Orinoco at Its mouth and sail down through to the Ulo Negro and the Amazon. As It near * the Amazon the Hio Negro Increases In size. A largo part of Its lower fourso is formed of a succession of lakes , poino of which are from twenty to thirty 'iilles wide. Its flow Is not very rapid , and Its ordinary depth Is from 100 lo IfiO feet. It has numerous sand bars , which hinder navigation at very low water , but during the rainy season It rises from thirty to forty fret and floods a largo part of Its brutln. At Us mouth there are high bluffs lining the banks. These are spotted with cacao plan tations , back of which Is a dense forest TIMAIj POLKl I.I' There are numerous palm trees , and Aiming tlii'in , now anil then , a. thatched hut upon lilies. A little fnrthpr up on Uio iiorlli bank upon a hill Is the city of Manam Tlio town slopes from the rlvor , covering the hllla nl tlio hack. It looks llko a largo town from the steamer. At first you see only a miuo of white-colored ono and two-story build ings roofcil with loil brick tiles. AH you como iicnior the houses near the whams grow under your eyes until you realize that they are largo business estab lishments. You eo numerous line build ings , and out of the mass notice a structure somewhat llko the poiiHlon building at Washington , which Is topped with a great dome , covered with porcelain tiles. That Is tlio theater of Mnnaos. It will seat " ,000 pcoplo , and it is liner than many fro-called good theaters of the United States. Tin- theater is partially supported by the gov ernment , and troupes are brought hero from Para and other Drazlllan ports. It In not n one-night stand , for It takes 2,000 miles to got to and from It , so that the troupes usually stay a. week or fro. With im caim an American circus , which Is to get a big gauranteo from the government for showing a month in Manaos. Maniaos is an ocean port 1,000 miles Inland from the Atluaillc. Suppose Ilio big Atlantic llneiH could salr right aeio.ss the United Slates to Chicago , and you haic about the situation of Manaos in respect lethe the boa. My steamer drew sixteen feet It was an English thl ) | ) , which hail come from New York to I'ara , and theneo to ManauH It \\as of about 1 ! 000 tons , and Its tlmo from New York to .Manaos was about two weeks I asked as to the fare , ami was told that II was $ ! IO in gold. .Manans has about DO,000 people. It has wldo streets paved with cobblestones , many ofblcb were brought up the river from I'ara. It has many houses faced with tiles Impoited from Europe and It has sovoial line government strucluies , mich as the treasury , the palace and the cathedral I call the cathedral a goveinment Hlrui lure , for It is largely supported by the gov eminent. Tlio bishop of the province of Aimmmas presides over It nnd It Is the rentral point for the religion of tills pai-i of the world The government has a largt Ono of the popular Hall Hearing I'nounmtlc Hike Wagons , owncxl by Mr. J. II. Evans , president of the National Dank of Commerce , furnished by the. 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