New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-06-26
The Panama Railroad.


on Saturday evening BY the way Of Ne~-Ofiesn'
snd Havana. o-ou-tt IS passenger. tie hnelnrr''
who have beer eating railroad route across nc
I.thnu. Of Paiams. l. e lnier'tood, ana rs
been heretofore announced. that the res4fs A'e
veg favorable. o. Converting with one OF '"7
leading Eaginee-s vel known 10 ihi' sSor'n "
the comfy. We fnd that taking the NOS prom
work. Of ne Uaited S'a-es as siana sr1-
the GRADES are A.ht sad the c1rva'1fe easy Wy
-,,4 he'd vi -. 10 q cases. on hr1, dry sro1ha
,,et,,bo-. o. thA ext-snl.iies. are a. tnst uee'
b. desired aaa me danger % DEAN 80
The -oss has been grossly exegserstea
~ CONCENTRATION to Americans
a. ,.-,icgIar,v % the inhabitants Of tbs Oi'!'
,bs, -s,a.t, favorable are announced ana - -
..-r.., irsnossible 70 ovrrrate the importance Vi
.,.uo,k It's certain that Il VII produce III
,...sI s-r-ct OF me commerce Of the word al1 i
q, ,.,o,s,e mat the route by Cape Horn except
.., FIR certain articles q merchandise VII be
,no. sbandaned Nra- the entire passenger
.,s,sl a.weIlssa. tue mails, al AXE tns route
49, ,th tre facilities offered, the travel 81 lA-
.....- WIN We consider tie immense klfo-
Dean and American population n'" ao'u
o, the shores AID Islands 81 tie fAlNo 'oN
Or.,o, sDd Ca i1ruls down tie whole AHel'1al
c,s.t ou the one side aid from China - Alstrs4Ia
~, ,,- other AID tnsir constant communications
with their homes. ihe immense and sun incfeas'
i,z trsaic TIE Houd-ria. cevtl Pments 10 Calilor-
MA and the slmos, certain opening OF the trade Of
cti,atothe wOrd-snd then reflect on the rels-
,.,, betu cen these matters sad the opening OF
,be .-ooosed r.ute-we cannot resist the coucia-
sion MATHIS but the iorerluner Of great events
tse same 90 ea Co. q aot in degree. with the dis
cover, d. tie Good Hope Passage BY 'he Por'a-
guese.
II j. almost impossible 70 overstste the proba-
bic revenue Of such work. IL g 80 inexpensive
considering the end which II to s1bserve, tnat
a. estimate Of the probable receipts seems absurd
Whenever comparison Is made with cost Of con
.tructon. although it the same amounts were com
pared with the cot of a work, extending thou
sands OF niles across the continent they would not
seem disproportouate lit were estimated thar
A work like the grand Oregon road, costing say
hundred millions should yield revenue OF ten
millions. no person would express astonshment
lei, one half the same business be sent over a
route costing bat three millions, and people VII.
say. "Ihs - cent per cent It must be exag
gerstcd
II is estimsted tha, at least fifty Thousand pee.
pie have # the United States by all routes for
California during tine last six months 1t isthousht
that the whole world going aud returning not to
California only buttothe u hole Pacific will give a
hundred thousand passengers annually TINS at
ten dollars for about one. IN OF the cost TO which
the en- grants OF tins season have been subjected
would one give a million. If hundred thousand
TONS Of III -rohaudize be transported ACROSS ont OF
the many hundred ID 1usalds which are now taken
around the Cape 10 supply millions OF people with
out manufactures. this at sl0 the ton would give
another milion-the trans poristion ofspecie, Gov
ernmeut property and the mails for tie United
states. England aud all other nations, may reach
another million. The revenue derived from other
certain sources has not been stated nor has aIlu-
sion been made t. the certain increase which fol-
lows always the opening OF improved means OF
communication.
Less directly than the interest on the invest
ment bat equally certain. viii be the benefit to
the United States and To the City Of New York.
The mere saving of distance ensures this, and other
causes unnecessary 10 state TO commercial men
will operate to make New York the center of the
financial world The project, considered IN all us
lights furnishes a subject for reflection OF wonder
tai interest 70 the statesman and the patriot. To
the mere capitalist the prospect Of large returns
for his investment - of more Consequence, and this
be- assures himself Of when he considers the extra
Ordinary hberality of the Charter giving the whole
route with the right TO change any portion, IN
GLIDING the termiui at discretlon-siving a'so' as
tree GIT oil or nearly al, the public lands OF the
lsihnus. including the mines hich may be found
thereon giving also sbso.u g control overthe har-
hurs at the extremities but, above all. because
the busine. belonging to a way over continent
is here forced through mere gate, Of which the
Company has the entire control