over into the yauning gulf below in eith[er] case
we would have been dashed to atoms my hare
rose on my head, but having got all things
ready we proceded on to plane No 4, 3/4 of a
mile long & assended 265 feet we rose this in 3 min
but it looked awful to be thus suspended almost
in the air with such a wait lives and freight
depending upon an [k]not, a twine, a rope a pin an
engine, care of a man either of which should
give way all would be dashed to atoms unless
saved by miracle. We next continued onto
plain No 5, 3/4 of a mile long 280 feet rise we
were carried up this also in 3 minutes, which
brought us on to the summit of the Allegany
mountains

The whole 5 incline plains
on our assending the mountain are four miles
in length which raises us perpendicular 1,170
feet & I felt thankful to God that I was on the
top of the mountain alive but we had got to
desend in the same way that we assended, we
run on the top of the mountain about 5 miles &
then began to desend we found snow on the
top of the mountain & it was exeeding cold
we had 6 incline planes to desend to get to the
bottom of the mountain, the whole of which
was attended with equal danger and car[e]lessness
as we came upon the brink of one of them the
cars being drawn by horses, the men had left the
breakers the conductor seeing the cars coming
& about to run onto the Horses He hollowed [hallooed] for
the men to break but finding no one at the break
ers & the cars approaching the incline plain the team-
ster liberated his horses as soon as possible & they
Just escaped being run over & the conductor
sprung to the breaker himself & with great

over into the yauning gulf below in either case we would have been dashed to atoms my hare rose on my head, but having got all things ready we proceded on to plane No 4. 3/4 of a mile long & assended 265 feet we rose this in 3 min but it looked awful to be thus suspended almost in the air with such a wait lives and freight depending upon an not, a twine, a rope a pin an engine, care of a man either of which should give way all would be dashed to atoms unless saved by miracle. we next continued onto plain No 5. 3/4 of a mile long 280 feet rise we were carried up this also in 3 minutes, which brought us on to the summit of the Allegany mountains. The whole 5 incline plains on our assending the mountain are four miles in length which raises us perpendicular 1,170 feet & I felt thankful to God that I was on the top of the mountain alive but we had got to desend in the same way that we assended, we run on the top of the mountain about 5 miles & then began to desend we found snow on the top of the mountain & it was exeeding cold we had 6 incline planes to desend to get to the bottom of the mountain, the whole of which was attended with equal danger and carelessness as we came upon the brink of one of them the Cars being drawn by horses, the men had left the breakers the conductor seeing the cars coming & about to run onto the Horses He hallooed for the men to break but finding no one at the break ers & the cars approaching the incline plain the teamster liberated his horses as soon as possible & they Just escaped being run over & the conductor sprung to the breaker himself & with great