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Identifier: californiaalaska00webbrich (find matches)
Title: California and Alaska, and over the Canadian Pacific railway
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Webb, William Seward, 1851-1926
Subjects: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company California Central Railroad Union Pacific railroad company Canadian Pacific Railway Company California -- Description and travel Pacific Coast -- Description and travel Alaska -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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stating thatevery convenience would be at our command,and adding that we should not hesitate to callupon him for any service we wanted. Anengine and crew were placed at our disposalimmediately with orders to remain with us aslong as we required their services. We left at once for Santa Monica, a charm-ing watering-place on the coast but a few milesdistant. It was here that we obtained ourfirst view of the Pacific Ocean, the sight ofwhich served to remind us more strongly thancould a glance at our itinerary of the vastamount of territory we had covered ; for itwas only nine days before this that we hadleft the Grand Central Depot in New York,and felt the warm hand-pressure of our friendswho had bade us good-bye. Considering thenumber of nights we did not travel, and thenumber of days spent in visiting differentpoints of interest, the trip had been truly re-markable. We had cause to be thankful, also,that there had been no accidents of any im-portance, and that all our party were In the
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QZ < oz z O o Pi <z w o t/2 Santa Monica. 43 enjoyment of perfect health. Every part ofour train, up to this time, stood the trip re-markably well, with the exception of the brakeshoes, the wear upon which was so severecoming over the Raton Range, that they hadto be renewed later on. On our arrival at the sea-coast the childrenexpressed their joy by scampering on thebeach, and one of our party visited the swim-ming-baths in the vicinity. The air was de-lightful, and blossoming roses and flowerscould be seen in the beautiful garden in frontof the hotel. Santa Monica, though a small town, is beau-tifully located, and has been called the LongBranch of the Pacific coast. Its population isvery largely increased during the summermonths. The hotel, a magnificent building,standing against a mountain side, is owned bythe railroad company. The upper storiesopen upon the bluff, and the lower floors uponthe beach. During our stop here our trainstood on a platform overhanging the PacificOcea

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