San Juan Guide from Topeka, Kansas • 8

8 S-AIST JUAN GUIDE. OCR EASTERN CONNECTIONS. SPECIAL RATES OF FREIGHT FOR EMIGRANTS GOING TO SAN JUAN MINES, COLORADO NEW MEXICO VIA THE Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad FROM ATCHISON, KANSAS CITY, LAWRENCE, VALLEY FALLS AND TOPEKA TO HOW TO GO TO SAN JUAN. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA SANTA FE R. R.

The Shortest, Cheapest and Best Route from Kansas City And Atchison to the How to Reach Kansas City or Atchison. Everybody knows how to reach St. Louis, Quincy and Chicago. From these points the following great lines of railway connect with the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad at Kansas City or Atchison. San Juan Mines.

Less than car loads. 00 per 100 95 1.00 Las Animas, car 90 La Junta, 95 Pueblo, 100 From St. Louis take the Missouri Pacific Railroad via Franklin, Jeflerson City and Sedalia to Kunsas City, 283 miles. Address E. A.

Ford, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis. Or take the Sr. Louis, Kansas City Northern Railway via St. Charles, Mexico and Mobcrly to Kansas City, 275 miles.

Address C. K. Lord, General Pasieugcr Agent, St. Louis, Mo. From Quincy, or Hannibal, tako the Hannibal St.

Joseph Railroad via Macon, Chillicothe and Cutncron to Kansas City, or via St. Joseph to Atchison, 226 miles. Address T. Penfield, General Passenger Agent, Hannibal, Mo. From Chicago take the Chicago Alton Railroad via Bloomington, Louisiana and Mexico to Kansas City, 492 miles.

Address J. Charlton, General Ticket Agent, Chicago. Or take the Illinois Central Railroad via Effingham to St. Louis, 298 miles, and thenco by either of tho Louis lines to Kansas City. Address W.

P. Johnson, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. Or lake the Chicago, Burlington Quincy Railroad via Galesburg and Quincy, and the II. St. Jjc Railroad to Kansas City or Atchison, 489 miles, or via Burlington, Creston and St.

Joseph to Atchison, 521 miles. Address Samuel Powell, General Ticket Agent, Chicago. Or take the Chicago, RockIsland Pacific Railroad, via Rock Island, Wilton and Cameron to Atchison 538 miles. Address E. St.

John, General Ticket Agent, Chicago. Theahove named rates apply to tho personal effects of emigrants only consisting of household goods, farm implements, wagons, live stock, Mixed goods will not he curried at theso rates. Onemun Jn charge will be passed with car containing live stock, on stock contract. Following are estimate weights for live stock, when shipped in less than cur loads. One horse, mule or horned animal, 2,000 pounds.

Two horses, mules or horned animals, 3,600 pounds. Three horses, mules or horned animals, 5,000 pounds. Each additional animal 1,000 pounds. Agents of connecting lines are authorized to give through bills of lading at above named rates, und car loads can go directly through to destination without trans-shipment. Live Stock, in car loads, will he taken at the following Sfkcial Rates: From Kansas City, Atchison, Valley Falls and Lawrence to Las Animas, $95 to La Junta, $100 to Pueblo, $130 per car load.

Rates from Topeka will he $5.00 per car less than from Kansas City. On shipments of live stock one man will be entitled to half-fare both ways, with one car. One man will he passed both ways with two to three cars; two men with four to seven cars; three men with eiglt to twenty cars four men with twenty-one cars or more. All above passes given on stock contracts good going only on train with stock, but good returning on any passenger train. Good yards, at convenient distances, where stock can be unloaded and fed, if shipper desires it.

Remember this is the only Broad-Gauge railroad to Pueblo, and only line that can take freight to that point without breaking bulk. Pueblo is sixty-five miles nearer the San Juan mines than any other point reached by a broad-gauge road. At Pueblo connection is made with the Denver Rio Grande Railroad (narrow-gauge) for Canon City and Cucharas, and parties desiring it can ship direct to either of these points. Freight time, from Missouri river to Pueblo, will be about sixty hours. For further particulars relative to freight business address, at Topeka, Kansas, H.

L. SARGENT, General Freight Agent. Table of Stations, Distances, and Rates of Fare from Kansas City and Atchison to Stations. Dia. tance.

KANSAS CITY to Wilder De Soto Eudora Lawrence Lccompton Glendale Topeka The only direct railroad route into the San Juan country is by the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad. By taking this route tho distance Is shorter than any other lino by 143milos. Connections with this road are made from all points east at Kansas City or Atchison. This great lino of road commences at both of the above-named points on tho Missouri river and extends 033 miles, via Topeka, the capital of Kansas, thcnco southwest to the Arkansas river, and thence up the fertile and beautiful valley of the Arkunsus to the western terminus At Pueblo, Colorado. All passenger trains on this line are equipped with the estinghouse Air Brake, Miller Couplers and Platforms, all modern improvements, and make faster time than any rood west of the Missouri river.

From Pueblo there are two main lines of travel into the San Juan country. The first Is via the main lino of the Denver Rio Orande Railway (narrow gauge) from Pueblo to Cucharas, A distance of CO miles to the southwest, where connection is made with Barlow Sandersons now and splendidly equipped Southern Overland Mail and Express line to Del Norte and Lake City, And the famous Summit mining district, and to all intermediate points. This shortens the overland route into the San Juan country at least 50 miles to what it was last season. The wagon road from Cucharai via Del Norte to Lake City is good at all seasons of the year. It passes through the Sangre de Cristo Pass to Fort Garland, across the San Luis Valley to Del Norte, and up the valley of tho Rio Grande to Antelope Springs, and turning to the right over the divide by easy grades to Lake City, where it connects with roads and trails running into all parts of the Lake, Adams, Eureka, Uncompaligre Rnd Animas mining districts.

Another route to the western portion of the San Juan country is from Pueblo to Canon City, Thence through the Poncho Pass to Saguache, Lake City, Animas Forks, Silverton and Parrott City. Barlow Sanderson run a splendid grey horse stage line by this route from Canon City to Saguache and Del Norte, and also from Saguache west to Lake City. The road is good for all kinds of travel. There is a good road to the mines from Colorado Springs through the Ute Pass, Intersecting the route from Canon City to Del Norte through the Poncho Pass. There is still another line ot travel to tho mines through the Mosco Pass, which is In the Sangre do Cristo range, north of the line from Cucharas.

Tho Sangre de Cristo gold mines lie north of the Mosco Pass and extend about 25 miles therefrom. When the passenger reaches Tueblo he has a variety of routes and inodes of conveyance to the San Juan mines. The mines may be reached by stage coach or private conveyance from Pueblo, Cucharas or Canon City. Del Norte is on the south bank of the Rio Grande and on the western border of the San Luis Park. It is on a favorite route to the mines and is one of the largest mining towns of Southwestern Colorado.

The Summit Cold Mines Are reached by a wagon road and trail from Del Norte 25 miles to the southwest. Silverton is in Bakers Fnrk, on the Pacific Slope, and in the centre of a vast silver mining region. The most direct route from Del Norte to Silverton Is via Wagon Wheel Gap, Antelope Tark, and thence west to Jen-nisons Ranch, near tho head of the Rio Grande, at the eastern base of the main range, and about 15 miles from tho Animas mining district in New San Juan county. Freight in parcels, not exceeding 300 pounds, is taken over the main range to Ilowardsvillo and Silverton by pack animals, but heavy machinery is taken on wagons over the Summit. This route by Del Norte and Antelope Park is along the valley of tho Rio Grande, and the advantages of following main watercourses makes this a favorite route to the mines.

There is a good road from Del Norte to the Alamosa district down the west side of the San Luis Valley. The following table gives the routes of travel, distances and rates of fare by public conveyances. 17 25 82 40 50 54 66 THE BEST THING IN THE WEST I ATCHISON to Valiev Meriden No. Topeka Topeka 26 39 49 50 2,500,000 Acres Xj ja xt id I Carbondale. Burlingame.

Osage Cottonwood Peabody 08 77 85 112 132 157 108 185 SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS FOR sale on Eleven Tears Credit and Seven per cent. Interest, 195 212 Sedgwick, Sectional maps, snowing these lands on a large scale, with the sold lands colored red, will be furnished for fifty cents each, and circulars with full information will be sent free. Address A. S. JOHNSON, Acting Land Commissioner, Topeka, Kansas.

195 204 218 237 249 259 270 292 303 316 353 454 481 532 530 655 506 578 500 000 018 Halstead Burrton Hutchinson Raymond Ellinwood Gt. Bend Lamed Garfield Kinsley Dodge City Syracuse Granada Las Animas W. Las Anmas La Junta Rocky Ford Apisliapa Nepieste Chico Pueblo Distances west of Topeka are calculated from Atchison. To find distance from Kansas City, add 10 miles. FROM PUEBLO TO CHIEF POINTS IN SAN JUAN, NEW MEXICO AND CENTRAL COLORADO.

Via Denver and IUo Grande Bailroad, FROM TUEBLO TO Table of Distances. DEL NORTE TO SILVERTON. Fare. Mile. Cucharas $5 00 50 Canon Citv 4 00 40 Trinidad 9 00 90 Colorado Springs 4 00 45 Manitou (via Colorado Springs) 4 75 50 Fairplay, 13 00 125 Del Norte (via Cucharas) 23 00 175 Del Norte (via Canon City) 23 00 1S5 Rosita (via Canon City) 6 00 70 IF YOU WANT Js.

-JPA-TUK OB HOME YOU SHOULD BUY OF THE Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, For the following Reasons. First. The Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad is the newest railroad enterprise in the West, and has opened up for settlement a vast body of new country lying along the Cottonwood and Arkansas rivers, which is attracting particular attention for its fertility, healthfulness and beauty, and for the opportunities to get choice selections and profit by the rapid development of the country. Hccond. The location is central, occupying the geographical of the United States, equally distant from the Atlantic on the east and the Pacific on the west from the frozen waters of Hudsons Bay on the north and the tepid Gulf stream on the south; the golden mean between extremes, and equally adapted to corn, wheat, fruits and cotton.

Third. The healthiest country in America. With a mild climate, delightfully tempered by high altitude, 1,500 to 3,000 feet above the level of the Bea, a well drained surface, no stagnant water or overflowed land, it is particularly inviting for its healthful features. Fourth. The prices of the lands are very low, ranging from two to nine dollars an acre and the fertility of the soil is such, that with ordinary industry the purchaser can pay for his farm and improvements from the products of the land.

Filth. You are not compelled to go to a wilderness, hut into a country settling rapidly, where you will find immediately good society, good newspapers, good churches and markets, with good schools and free education for your children Sixth. Pure, sweet water is abundant everywhere, and is found in springs and running streams, and in wells at a depth of from six to forty feet. Seventh. With rich coal fields immediately on the line of the road, and reaching now at its western terminus the vast coal fields of Southern Colorado, settlers can be assured an abundant supply of cheap fuel.

Eighth. Excellent building stone is abundant. Gypsum, salt, fire-clays, pottery and porcelain clays, good brick clays, mineral paints, and many useful minerals are found along the line, providing every resource for the development of the country. Ninth. They can offer the largest body of choice valley land in the Wc'st, situated along the Cottonwood and Arkansas rivers and their tributaries, and valley land has been esteemed in all ages the most productive, durable and valuable.

Tenth. Good soil, abundance of pure water, a mild and remarkably healthy climate, cheap fuel, assured Eastern, Western and Southern markets, with low prices and eleven years credit, make up a total of inducements greater than is offered anywhere else on the continent of America. For circulars, containing full description and prices of these lands, with particulars of terms to purchasers, exploring tickets, and rebates on fare and freights, address A. S. JOHNSON, Acting Land Commissioner, Topeka, Kansas.

Via Barlow 6 Sandersons Southern Overland Mail and Express Line ANTELOPE SPRINGS TO LAKE CITY. M.lcs. Antelope Springs 0 Mirror Lake 4 Falls of Clear Creek 6 Ccvolla 6 Hay Ranch 8 Lake City .6 Total 30 SAGUACHE TO OURAY. Saguache 0 Rockcliff. 12 Camp Sanderson 38 Indian Creek 25 Ouray 55 Total 130 LAKE CITY TO SILVERTON.

Lake City 0 Animas Forks 27 Eureka 4 Ilowardsville 4 Silverton 5 Total ,40 ANIMAS FORKS TO OURAY. Animas Forks 0 Mineral City 3 Ouray 12 Total 15 SUMMIT DISTRICT TO Decatur District 6 Bitter Creek 8 Miles, Del Norte 0 South Fork, Rio Grande 17 Wagon Wheel Gap 18 Antelope Springs 20 San Juan City 5 Antelope Park 3 Jcnnisons 23 Summit 10 Ilowardsville 9 Silverton 5 Total HO DEL NORTE TO SUMMIT DISTRICT Del 0 Saw-mill 12 5 Summit District 8 Total 25 SAGUACHE TO LAKE CITY. Saguache 0 Rockcliff. 12 Camp Sanderson 38 Indian Creek 23 Lake City 25 Total 100 DEL NORTE TO Saguache 85 Conejjs 50 Alamosa District 30 Sangre de Cristo Mines 45 Pagosa Springs 70 FROM CUCHARAS TO Fare. Fort Garland $12 00 CO Del Norte 20 00 125 Wagon Wheel Gap 82 00 160 Antelope Springs 36 00 180 Lake City 30 00 210 FROM CANON CITY TO Fare.

Saguache $20 00 110 Del Norte 20 00 145 Camp Sanderson 32 00 160 Lake City 30 00 .210 Animas Forks 45 00 237 48 00 250 FROM TRINIDAD TO Fare. 00 23 00 $28 00 40 00 64 114 139 214 Cimarron Fort Union Las Vegas Santa Fe Through tickets to Iiosita, Del Norte Lake City Trinidad and Santa Fe can be procured from Kansas City and Atchison and points east. 45-Fifty pounds of baggage allowed each passenger by Southern Overland Mail and Express Company..