and leaving the hotel proce^e^ded up Broadway to Union Square where I
secured a cab and which drove me
rapidly to the Grand Central Depot on
42nd street, arriving there 430 minutes
before train time. These 30 minutes
I paced impatiently up & down the
waiting room anxious for 5 oclock
to come, as the air was very keen,
the thermometer rangeing somewhere
below zero. Finaly the welcome sound
rings out "all aboard for New Haven
and Hartford". As the train procedes
up the banks of East River a beau-
tiful panoramic view of changeing varrying
hues of lights presents itself, presently
the Harlem is croseed and we are
speeding along the shore of Long Island
Sound toards New Haven, where I leave
the Boston Express and board a train
bound for Northampton. Numerous
towns & hamlets are passed as we
move northward, over the rolling
and leaving the hotel proceeded up
Broadway to Union Square where I
secured a cab which drove me
rapidly to the Grand Central Depot on
42nd street, arriving there30 minutes
before train time. These 30 minutes
I paced impatiently up & down the
waiting room anxious for 5 oclock
to come, as the air was very keen,
the thermometer rangeing somewhere
below zero. Finaly the welcome sound
rings out "all aboard for New Haven
and Hartford". As the train procedes
up the banks of East River a beautiful panoramic view of changeing varrying
hues of lights presents itself, presently
the Harlem is croseed and we are
speeding along the shore of Long Island
Sound toards New Haven, where I leave
the Boston Express and board a train
bound for Northampton. Numerous
towns & hamlets are passed as we
move northward, over the rolling
"Letter from Asahel Hart Woodruff, 17 January 1893," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/62zN