Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

CHAPTER XXXIV.
CONNECTING THE ROADS.
We are now on a high plateau, surrounded by forbidding mountains-except for their greatness. A
headland rises boldly before us; it is "Promontory
Point." Engines and trains from the East and West,
with a forest of flags, stand facing each other. A
small space as yet-has no track.
The man Evans, who had furnished the Central
Company two hundred and fifty thousand ties, and
who had furnished the first tie laid, now was there
with the last, a good specimen of California laurel,
which was properly put in place, and then removed
and preserved.
At a given time, the master spirits of the two
roads met; then came workmen from the East, and
Chi.tnamen from the West, bearing the last ties and
rails. A few boards set up is the Telegraph office.
Arrangements have been made with all the Telegraph offices in the country, so as to have them coniected.
At the appointed time, the last tie is put in place,
and before the rails are laid, the telegraph sends
over the country, "Are you all ready?" Back comes
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