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It
was
in
1862
that
,
in
spite
of
the
Southern
Members
of
Congress
,
who
wished
a
more
southerly
route
,
it
was
decided
to
lay
the
road
between
the
forty-first
and
forty-second
parallels
.
President
Lincoln
himself
fixed
the
end
of
the
line
at
Omaha
,
in
Nebraska
.
The
work
was
at
once
commenced
,
and
pursued
with
true
American
energy
;
nor
did
the
rapidity
with
which
it
went
on
injuriously
affect
its
good
execution
.
The
road
grew
,
on
the
prairies
,
a
mile
and
a
half
a
day
.
A
locomotive
,
running
on
the
rails
laid
down
the
evening
before
,
brought
the
rails
to
be
laid
on
the
morrow
,
and
advanced
upon
them
as
fast
as
they
were
put
in
position
.
The
Pacific
Railroad
is
joined
by
several
branches
in
Iowa
,
Kansas
,
Colorado
,
and
Oregon
.
On
leaving
Omaha
,
it
passes
along
the
left
bank
of
the
Platte
River
as
far
as
the
junction
of
its
northern
branch
,
follows
its
southern
branch
,
crosses
the
Laramie
territory
and
the
Wahsatch
Mountains
,
turns
the
Great
Salt
Lake
,
and
reaches
Salt
Lake
City
,
the
Mormon
capital
,
plunges
into
the
Tuilla
Valley
,
across
the
American
Desert
,
Cedar
and
Humboldt
Mountains
,
the
Sierra
Nevada
,
and
descends
,
via
Sacramento
,
to
the
Pacific
--
its
grade
,
even
on
the
Rocky
Mountains
,
never
exceeding
one
hundred
and
twelve
feet
to
the
mile
.
Such
was
the
road
to
be
traversed
in
seven
days
,
which
would
enable
Phileas
Fogg
--
at
least
,
so
he
hoped
--
to
take
the
Atlantic
steamer
at
New
York
on
the
11th
for
Liverpool
.
The
car
which
he
occupied
was
a
sort
of
long
omnibus
on
eight
wheels
,
and
with
no
compartments
in
the
interior
.
It
was
supplied
with
two
rows
of
seats
,
perpendicular
to
the
direction
of
the
train
on
either
side
of
an
aisle
which
conducted
to
the
front
and
rear
platforms
.
These
platforms
were
found
throughout
the
train
,
and
the
passengers
were
able
to
pass
from
one
end
of
the
train
to
the
other
.
It
was
supplied
with
saloon
cars
,
balcony
cars
,
restaurants
,
and
smoking-cars
;
theatre
cars
alone
were
wanting
,
and
they
will
have
these
some
day
.
Book
and
news
dealers
,
sellers
of
edibles
,
drinkables
,
and
cigars
,
who
seemed
to
have
plenty
of
customers
,
were
continually
circulating
in
the
aisles
.
The
train
left
Oakland
station
at
six
o'clock
.
It
was
already
night
,
cold
and
cheerless
,
the
heavens
being
overcast
with
clouds
which
seemed
to
threaten
snow
.
The
train
did
not
proceed
rapidly
;
counting
the
stoppages
,
it
did
not
run
more
than
twenty
miles
an
hour
,
which
was
a
sufficient
speed
,
however
,
to
enable
it
to
reach
Omaha
within
its
designated
time
.
There
was
but
little
conversation
in
the
car
,
and
soon
many
of
the
passengers
were
overcome
with
sleep
.
Passepartout
found
himself
beside
the
detective
;
but
he
did
not
talk
to
him
.
After
recent
events
,
their
relations
with
each
other
had
grown
somewhat
cold
;
there
could
no
longer
be
mutual
sympathy
or
intimacy
between
them
.
Fix
's
manner
had
not
changed
;
but
Passepartout
was
very
reserved
,
and
ready
to
strangle
his
former
friend
on
the
slightest
provocation
.
Snow
began
to
fall
an
hour
after
they
started
,
a
fine
snow
,
however
,
which
happily
could
not
obstruct
the
train
;
nothing
could
be
seen
from
the
windows
but
a
vast
,
white
sheet
,
against
which
the
smoke
of
the
locomotive
had
a
greyish
aspect
.
At
eight
o'clock
a
steward
entered
the
car
and
announced
that
the
time
for
going
to
bed
had
arrived
;
and
in
a
few
minutes
the
car
was
transformed
into
a
dormitory
.
The
backs
of
the
seats
were
thrown
back
,
bedsteads
carefully
packed
were
rolled
out
by
an
ingenious
system
,
berths
were
suddenly
improvised
,
and
each
traveller
had
soon
at
his
disposition
a
comfortable
bed
,
protected
from
curious
eyes
by
thick
curtains
.
The
sheets
were
clean
and
the
pillows
soft
.
It
only
remained
to
go
to
bed
and
sleep
which
everybody
did
--
while
the
train
sped
on
across
the
State
of
California
.
