The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-20


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e,s.so Erect this railroad and the commsros OF tnc
Paaao bs diverted to the great AK ous .hsrs
Of the spois Of ASIA Australasia the rA''a' A"u
In dian ISLANDS .uho...s
"a swarth OF territory niles vide along the hne
of the from Lake Michigan to the raciuc ocean
the land to be surrendered 60 him a. the road Ia com
pletsd This point upon which the whole enter
pse hinges Satisfy this point ana We go ior
the case From Lake Michigan. westward, for about
eight hundred miles this sixty miles breadth OF terri
tory will embrace swarth Of good soil as any In the
Union ssnd is to be given up as the
so that when the road shall have been constructed for
eight hundred miles all the lands granted to this extent
will have been surrendered to MIR Whitney Now we
get the merits Of the subject We touch here upon
the borders OF the great American desert and for 24oo
miles to the borders of the pacihc by either route
posed the strip Of land sixty miles wide along tns
line not worth, aud will not be worth, when the ro.u
shall have been finished the value OF
per The route is through wilderness, unlnn.
ted and uniuhabitsble save by rowing Indians snn
BEASTS it 10 u wilderness FIRST OF sandy plains tsins
without svsn srss and 40 oa to the Pscdo We believe
establish the fact that In tnis at Furnish
aoUS miles OF the rouss a. miles suon timber for
the foundation OF one solitary mile 0' fAi'''N
Mo-. them We finish the first eight hundred miles OF
this rosd Ths Lands are given up The desert ID NOT
worth having; and all that we wan. 70 W. Wh;tnsx
bv what sort of progress are TO compei VIZ
~ on on With the work if it should 80 turn out that at
the eud of eight hundred miles with an ms JANUS us
osd of anus far should by stress OF weather. II you
please be induced stop short OF AID wind up the en-
tsrprise We doubt not the public would like TO nave
this point in the business, which the
scnsme depends satisfactorily explained and provided
Nov Won see we could save these 800 miles Of good
lands for xty miles, If the railroad were the only OBJ
ject We might begin the road at the head OF steam
boat of the Missouri and thus only
the good lands referred to but it would the neces
sty altogether of the fret Thousand miles Of the road
or third of the whole distance.
tlt,t Araf ana than
interest of Mr. Whitney, would suggest
That the sixty miles breadth Of land be given to
Mr. VIII ney from Lake Michigan to the racinc, along
That he shall begin the railroad at the head of
ward and that for every three miles Of railroad
finished, hs shall be entitled to the land for
sixty miles wide thus far along the finished road, and
to mile OF the same breadth Of territory beginning
at Lake Michigan and coming westward, so that when
road flashed to the Pacific from the head Of steam
navigation the Missouri, Mr. Whitney will be entitled
to whols OF his demand from Lake Michigan to the
Pscic and will be saved thousand miles Of railroad
building
Provided, always, that Mr. whitney shall bs fairly
stsd but that greater sum than ten millions
OF dosrs shall in ANY event b. paid TO Mr. Whitney to
make up deficiency Of his receipt in said lands to
accomplish the work. .
Provided, further that after having finished the rail
the Uppsr Missouri to the Pacific the said
Whitney shall begi. at Lake Michigan aud shall push
his railroad thence westward to junction with the line
from the Missouri and that the United States shall
hold sufhcency Of the tract of sixty miles under mort
gage, to guarantee the fuhlment Of the contract.
In round numbers, what Will this road cost you; TAX
ing the distance from Lake Michigan the Pacific at
three thousand miles!
The first 900 miles at $40, 900 per mile,
would be. $2O0Oo,O 900
The second thousand miles, including trans
portStiou of all the materials and provi-
sions At s5oyoOo per mile. 5O,oO0,OOo
The last thousand through the volcanic
gorges Of the Rocky Mountains, including
transportation At the same cost. go. 5o00O.00O
Total. .............. $i2O,eOO,OOO
And II the road be finished for less than that
should like to know how it il be done We prefer
look great project boldly in face before undertake
Ing it upoa minimum estimate We should like hear
again from Mr.. Pratt Mr. Whitney this subject.