Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-01-11
lEnruificrnt sci,nu,n

Wln0oys scheme Ol a Railroad from Lake NIrb.g,r IN
ihc Pacific Ocean, seems 10 be attracting great deal of
attention lie asks OF ConEssss grant co. thirty miles m
land each side Of the road, mlkiag altogether br, ad
OF sixty miles Tor s whole e1grl wi, tho condition that
tn land shall be disposed OF ony ta road Drozr..s,s
The aiduOna. vlIle impaired 90 tho public lands in d..
vicinity, d - Thought will quite reimburse ts Governments
30 that, o. the Baltimore American remark ~ "A recipf,
city OF acu1n the road will sell the lands and the lands
wall build the road. The American farther says:
THE road not to be built to accommodate a trade
-pnngng ~ along o. route. but connect two nmcuse
volumes o trade already existing yet reed into ccut.
currents for the want oi the proposed connection Tho
clements 81 thc vast commerce which roll along tins
ron avenue are TIC 500 plus pfoluci vi tao hemisphere
-h' Atlantic On ie ""o side, anl Too Pacific the other
to be ~ basins.
Tho Importance, then, of such D. llway Of traffic be-
not thing dependent 0u iuufc cpuuug.urr.uY ~ thing
VIII Oh 'hc oca. wants o tac is--Ippi and tho Ofrgon
yalo- may hec1'r require for tpr own particular 5ad
spcca' convenience. Such work would nos hngc been
premature DO point OF time 90 bad been mode upon hr
bret discovery of H' Nouh American c,atuout-prJ,il,I
the uso 0i si-1m aud other facilities OF corui,lnr,,o
| now oSisung bad been then in familiar use
II the rood BE- constructed proposed by Mr. Whitney
DO Will be-, when completed. the property Of the Govern.
menL Could the required portion Of ihc public lands be-
disposed Of 70 better uogHuagcl Nay. tho whole pub
lc domain were exchanged Tor magnificent WORK like
ths U would be- better tor tc country than f haze tb,
lands nterei away, year after year, with productive r.
cults 10 squauoH mainly
A. consequence OF the enufc possession Of tho work by
thc Government frcfc would be- DO need OF F.tI,,g 49,
demand pr profile The charge 'or travel aid ,r,p,,
auon, tbcfo"f' would BE- HJ higher taH would Boz r,gu..
red Co Keep the rood repair and pay che expense t
s oprraupn7 l1 ts vcw will be seen that prrat aci-
iue7 mu'' be- presented Tor trade. By toe u.o oil .f.e,.
on the Pacific top rom New Y.fk Co Canton r,.f BE-
done, coy, In forty Days Wblti contrast q, tie Iu y,
ages round he Cape of Good Hope. Fnropc ne vel. ..
America, would carry on her commerce with Cbi1s orI
the East Indies across One territory us Uatod s,ses
st is pfcaum,d that Mr. Wbrney's undertaking Will
receive the delutc consideration Of Conrrc.s 81 be- pr,
sent session ID postponed, iho Iald tales Of tto f1t
lands az Green Boy msy take from tie Government ola,
power OF Offering continuous line Westward through bod
own domain. Ihc PROJECT practicable Will not Ion.
remain fo, n thc present occasion b. letslu Wine, r.
public lands iof any distance he proposed route s,
have passed into private hand. the work which rgbt .e
be carried on BY the proceeds u public land sales sst
Ne route, without csusing or loss 10 hny one ust hi
let to the future and distant Of private enterys
and private capital