. . . Saturday, Nov. 1, 1884 - Remained at 42 Islington getting ready. About 1 p.m. I left in a cab to go to the docks to board the vessel Arizona. At 4 p.m. President L. Smith, S. C. Lambert, C. J. Arthur, L. J. Herbert, and I left on the tender. [It] left us, and with waving hats bid us adieu. At 5:30 the vessel started, Captain J. A. [Alma] Smith called the elders together, G. [George] Goddard, J. A. Smith, J. [John] Cartwright, J. [John] A. Druce, W. [William] B. Bennett, Leo H. Clawson, A. [Angus] J. McKay, William Jack, L. [Llewelyn] J. Mantle, and A. Villett. I was appointed secretary and wrote an account of our trip thus far for the "Millennial Star." We had a good time in the steerage with the Saints. I prayed with them and sang two songs. We soon repaired to bed about 10 o'clock.

Sunday 2nd - Had a good nights rest in my berth, No. 152. Rose at 7, visited the Saints, found some sick, some in bed, &c. I felt well, all the elders & Sister Hopwood & daughter were at breakfast. Feeling well, I finished my letter to "the Star." [p. 114] Up to 10 o'clock at Queenstown. Here we took on more passengers and by 11 a.m. we were on our voyage again for New York.

I wrote a letter to Brother Johnson, 35 Brandon Street & card to Sister Ann Lizzie Harrison and Mary Chester. We were all in our seats for dinner, but the swell of the ocean increasing, sickness began to be more general. There was no chance for singing or holding meeting. I went to bed early.

Monday 3rd - Up at 7. Felt very sick, eat but little during the day. Emptied my stomach twice. All the elders & Sister Hopwood & daughter fell a prey to seasickness except Captain J. A. Smith and John Cartwright. A strong breeze & half gale with head wind all day. It was very difficult for the elders to get to the Saints in [p .115] the stern of the vessel on account of the sea submerging the deck with water and the high wind. Nearly all the Saints are sick in bed.

Tuesday 4th - Had a good nights rest. Had some breakfast. The gale continues. No chance for deck walking. I had some dinner but soon threw it up again. From leaving Queenstown, 240 miles from Liverpool at 11 a.m. on Sunday to 12 a.m. on Monday, we made 380 miles and from Monday noon to Tuesday noon we only [made] 220 miles. Heavy head winds to contend with. Steerage passengers very sick and almost everybody else. One of the crew, 19 years old, had his leg, arm & some of his ribs broken. [p. 116]

Wednesday 5 - Fine morning, moderate sea. Nearly all passengers on deck improved in health singing the songs of Zion. Most of the cabin passengers are very reserved towards the elders, two or three only incline to converse. When the Saints began to sing some of them said the cirsus [UNCLEAR, POSSIBLY circus] had begun. The vessel made 301 miles since yesterday noon. In the evening we had prayers with the Saints and had several songs. Retired to rest about 10 p.m.

Thursday 6 - Up between 7 & 8. Visited the Saints in the stern. Several were still sick, majority of them recovered. [p. 117] We made 360 miles since yesterday. Early in the afternoon a storm set in and the spray wet the decks and made the vessel roll again. It was too dark and windy for me to venture to the steerage Saints. I retired about 10 o'clock after having prayer in Brother Cartwright's berth.

Friday, Nov. 7th - Arose between 6 & 7 after good nights rest, after breakfast I visited the Saints, nearly all of them improved in health. Most of them are on deck, rough sea & very cold wind. Gave $1.00 towards the poor man with broken limbs. Visited the Saints and had singing and prayers twice. Administered to brother & sister. [p. 118]

The 57th voyage of the S. S. Arizona; Captain Brooks tons, 5.200. Purser [G. E.] Hammill; horse power 1200. Doctor Bane, 4 mates, 10 engineers, crew 150, length 450, breadth 45 feet.

Saturday 8th - Smooth sea, spread two sails. Most of the passengers on deck. Made 324 miles. Held a short meeting in the evening with the Saints and administered to Sister Hunter. We elders had a prayer in Captain Smith's room. I was mouth. This has been a very cold day. [p. 119]

Sunday, Nov. 9th - Up before 7. Strong wind, fine morning. Saints mostly well. Service held in the saloon at 10:30. At past 2 we held a meeting with the Saints, &c. and Elders McKay, Bennet, Mantle, Jex, Goddard, Smith, & Clawson spoke. We made 347 miles. The sea is calm & beautiful this afternoon. A collection was taken up this morning for the benefit of the man who broke his leg. In the evening we again visited the Saints and joined them in prayer and praise. Brother McKay & myself & 3 sisters knelt down by the bedside of Sister Hunter and prayed for her. [p. 120]

Monday, Nov. 10th Arose early & enjoyed a most delightful sight, a clear blue sky, the moon & stars, with a low stretch of dark clouds skirting along the eastern horizon, so closely resembling a land coast that most of the passengers were deceived by it. At 7 o'clock the pilot came aboard and at the same time the sun was rising, the grandeur of which must be seen to be appreciated. The wind is as calm and the sea as smooth as a parlor carpet. The pilot brought with him a batch of papers which created quite an excitement to learn who was elected president, Blaine or Cleveland, but the news could not be ascertained. Nearly all the passengers were on deck early to enjoy the lovely sight & [-] balmy air. It seemed an ample compensation for all the sickness & unpleasant sea life they had passed through. [p. 121] Between 12 & 10 o'clock the sea was almost alive with porpoises playfully jumping in & out of the water, thousands if not millions of them. We cast anchor soon after supper in sight of Staten Island, Coney Island, Sandy Hook, & about 20 miles from New York. The elders met in Captain Smith's room for prayers. Brother Smith was mouth. We then visited the Saints & the captain gave them good counsel and I offered up a prayer. We had a beautiful sunset. The passengers are looking healthy except two. We visited the Saints, had prayers with them, and gave them instructions. The elders also met in Brother Smith's room to return our thanks and express our gratitude to God, our Heavenly Father, for preserving our lives across the stormy ocean and also to ask his further protection while we pursue our [p. 122] journey across the continent per railway.

Tuesday, Nov. 11th Up at 5 a.m. and arranged my valise, &c. Had breakfast at the usual time. We were enveloped in a dense fog and waiting for the tide to rise sufficient to take us over the bar. We moved slowly until at 1/4 to 2 p.m. we reached the Guion Pier. Here we met Brother Hart and unloaded our luggage and passed the ordeal of excise, regulations, then reloaded our boxes, &c. on a barge together with the Saints and went to Castle Garden for the night, when I left for Battery Place and finished my letters for Deseret News. J. H. Smith, Mary, Sister Anne, Heber, and Brother Johnson, and I posted them. Then accompanied [p. 123] Brother Hart on the elevated roadway to New York Grand Central Hotel. Called at the Tremont Restaurant for supper and my friend, C. R. Savage, seeing me at the table came in and we enjoyed a happy greeting after which we went to Brother Hart's room & found him & his wife in comfortable quarters at the Grand Central Hotel. In a short time Brother Clawson and James Durger came in, the latter and myself were mutually pleased to greet each other over 2,000 miles from our homes.

Wednesday 12 - Paid $1.00 for a bed at the Tremont House. Had breakfast with Leo Clawson & C. R. Savage, the latter paid. Busy around Castle Garden buying lunch, &c. met Alexander Majors at the Grand Central Hotel. [p. 124] [NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE, & WESTERN IS WRITTEN AT THE TOP OF PAGE 125] We all moved from Castle Garden and our luggage on a barge to the railroad depot about past 5 and soon got safely secured in the railroad cars and on our journey from the Jersey City Depot at 8:45 and after safely traveling through the night we reached at 6o'clock.

Thursday 13, Susquehanna, I stayed an hour and passed through several small towns then reached Hollingsville. Here we bought cooked eggs, 4 for 10 cents, coffee 5 cents [a] pint. About 3 p.m. we saw hundreds of oil tanks which are [-] at a distance from Wells and 12 or 16 miles distant through pipes from Pennsylvania. We reached Salamanca at 4 p.m., 414 miles from New York. Several cars of passengers were detached from our [p .125] train here. Salamanca is about 10 years old and contains between 5 & 6,000 people. At 5:40 we arrived at Jamestown, 20,000 inhabitants. We continued our journey steadily until [UNCLEAR, WORD OR WORDS APPARENTLY MISSING]

Friday the 14th. We reached Galion, Ohio about past 5 a.m. Here we stayed about 1 hours and at past 7 we arrived at Marion and stayed an hour for breakfast, 204 miles to Chicago. At noon we reached Decatier, Indiana. From thence to Huntington. Stayed 30 minutes for dinner after which we took a steady run arriving in Chicago at 6:30 after considerable time being taken up in transferring the passengers into the Chicago and Northwestern cars. We moved out of Chicago at 8:30 [p. 126] and reached Cedar Rapids at 7 a.m. in Iowa.

Saturday 15th - [Iowa has] between 17 & 18,000 inhabitants and about 220 miles from Chicago. We crossed the River Cedar which is a wide one. A tramp boarded our train about 3 a.m. and lay down to take a nap. This was the 2nd since leaving New York. We arrived at [-] at 1/4 past 10, 270 miles from Chicago and 219 from Council Bluffs, at a 1/4 to 12. We hustled through [-] & 93 miles from Council Bluffs. We reached Boone at 2 p.m. and bought milk at 10 cents a quart. We soon passed over the Des Moines River, passed Scanton at past 4. [p. 127] We reached Bluff City by 12 o'clock, laid in provisions, transferred passengers & luggage to other cars, and left for home on the Union Pacific. A third tramp got on our train whom we ordered off. We passed through a heavy shower of rain. Captain Smith telegraphed to President Taylor from Chicago & Omaha.

Sunday 16 We left the depot at Omaha at a 1/4 to 2. Three Scotch brethren left our train intending to follow in the morning. At a 1/4 to 8 we were 923 miles from Ogden. At Clark Station 20 past 8, 919. Here we saw hundreds of bales of hay on the roadside. [p .128] We passed through Central City (2000) at 10 a.m. We arrived at Grand Island at 45 past 8 and stayed an hour for breakfast, 879 miles from Ogden. Contains about 5,000 inhabitants. At past 5 p.m. we reached North Platte of 5,000 inhabitants, 291 miles from Council Bluffs and 741 from Ogden. At past 12 p.m. we reached Sydney. A Mr. Clarkson of Omaha land agent got on the train here and at past 5 a.m. we were within 20 miles from Cheyenne and here we met with the first snow at past 6 a.m. we arrived at Cheyenne, 516 miles from Ogden, (contains 8,000 inhabitants). It is still snowing. We left Cheyenne 7:50 and at 11 a.m. We passed by the summit of the Rocky Mountains, [p. 129] 8,240 feet above sea level, a pyramid of rock 60 feet high stands on the highest point, snow 3 inches deep. At 11:15 we crossed over Dale Creek Bridge. We reached Laramie at 1/4 to 1 - 460 miles from Ogden. We left [at] 1:20.

Tuesday, Nov. 18. We arrived at Granger 155 miles from Ogden at 7 o'clock a.m. At this station one sister & 3 girls got off to go by the Oregon Short Line to Bear Lake. We left Granger at 7:10 and reached Carter at 8:20, making 128 [miles] from Ogden. We reached Evanston at 1/4 to 12 and left [at] 12:10, 75 miles from Ogden. J. A. Smith's, father & mother came [p. 130] to meet their son who had been absent on a mission 2 years.

A short time before crossing the line into Utah Territory, Brother Smith & several elders were called upon to administer to a Sister Williams from Swansea who was there in labor. I was mouth. A short time after, at 1/4 to 2 she gave birth to a son just after passing the first station in Utah in Echo Canyon. We reached Echo Station at 5 minutes to 3. Several of our passengers got off here. We also sent a telegram to R. J. Taylor of Ogden to get some comfortable place for Sister Williams. We left Echo Station at past 3 and arrived in Ogden between 6 & 7. Here I met [my] son Hyrum, his wife Mattie & their son George. I went to their house to spend the night [p. 131]

Wednesday 19 Up early & with Hyrum administered to Mattie for the tooth ache. After breakfast, went to the depot and after assorting the luggage, left for Salt Lake City at 8 a.m. and arrived about 10 a.m. Here I was met by many friends and rode home with Nellie & several children; son Briggie secured & paid for our ride. . . . [p. 132]

BIB: Goddard, George. Journal (Ms 4027), reel 2, fd. 8, vol. 15, pp. 114-132. (CHL)
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