New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-21
The Pacific Rai!road.

A corresp on1ent e toe Cleres11d % Demo
Graf woo urte. ron Sail Lake c:ty. gives to-.
o-owlng is-t. winch VII DC .o1ad interesting II
connection vita the Tacifc Rnlroad Toe sis's
meat. q ihis write witboat h1y pea-a1ce q
Intention % as part 20 strongly 70 favor the scheme
q VI Whitley
Ths Rc2y Mountains e. sn1 nes- tht S'.Hl
Pass .oss a. tne.r charm al romance ippl V't
> 50, rl-ir s.-.-Yds = undoubtedly great -
calculation hss ce11llstrsiet. D1t Toe ascent -
oysfs.l I'd TIE s1rr0gncI5 mountains 0eF1l1 o.
crers. ard smooth I'D sppeolsncs As-e1clLz tl-
Ciy.c.r re C.. ile 51Gtn pass Fnff re pr 81 %"
or -ses ~ instance. q sro.t -. sam. 80 c-Fil-
.-,-, FIi.isrd & Esyes p toe ~ ol1ci. House. ia
Cleve.and Il BE- true that Fremont 3 and s1-
round ar peaks lu the y I'D R.ver chain. push
her De. leads iaso ,hs reel10 d C.olds bf
Their G.sts1ce ,,ola dc Toal d,prrcs 'aeu %, that
,,~.19eIr is the ege 4 the tsaseier thst cra-Ey
s5-.sc- Or overussziI.g precpce present
THE character %. ;de ccln'r. along th.s great
thor0usiiare - Vel "a tac e-oozics Drmston o
tte E.-eA' plrf.Hu2 NJ tile lac are gwen D. r.
Yaout AID Other scientific writers 70 whose work.
yolr readers are referred for more sd better o.
'crulst.Oa taal have tine or soiAt. % give.
The pr1p,siii0-. 90 connect the Mississippi ~.
.ev aad the Pacific c0ss, With p continuous Inc e"
..8sv. wiI lead - q mo-c Through expiration &"
b. country lying between those points ~ ~
j.
be- established between the states az i"f" va
terrf0ra e-rrnrs west ri fhs Rock No'1' ans Is
altogether unnecessary and suPefn' ''' '-' ~.
what roaaus and ~ what manner ms commune
ton saoad boz opened and kept Do operation s,'
,in,s that NAV acl De m,o'ed a.i 1n1 le'' 'iabt
yin receive some attention l' 'ol- '' -
ses.0i.
,- t, ,,Giv,6lsls II should be adequate 70 The
wants ~ the vast amount OF emigration ana rave
tina, VIII fir,ng this rDD'c \ railroad ~ oncf auc
telegraph as soon az }oss'bIc' - "nst me iH'er
ests ~ fho coIutry demand
As ~ the feasibility Of constructln- suoA "a
road there car bc ~ n1estipn Difficulties I'D doubt
WI preae.f thcm.olves. bur thcy can be- met aAd
,,,.rr,l1e ia tins case As vel ~ 10 others. Lri
Congress once send firth the ctict int such r'ao
sh0V be- h8lf aud mpeimenfr t1a' before secilfi
tY block tue wov viii q ss0.vc IKE frost "nrS be-
Meath the ravs 0i "a tropical sun. The most oun.da
be obstruction That presents Itself 70 my mind. is
,hc almost entire absence ~ timber ~ all suitable
f.r road From Grand Island. goo miles above
'L4 confluence ot the Platte Hitb the Missouri :.
This place fhc on'y timber oi any magnitude o''.
s,sf4 NJ cottonwood willow. quaaug aspen and p
few scattering pines ~ sn Interior quality a'd 10 we
cupons of the 1mpsna@0s Mountains. t.e cNa-Y
b,rieriuy the Great BASIN ON Tie east DalSii' w
Bot the difficulty could be- Obvlnirh Dt CONNIE H.t.
the road ~ - eastern exiTemtieS. ADD ri. .inf Tic
timber ~ fsr as Fort Laramie md IRON That Poin'
tho track might be made of stone au abundance H
which can be- had all along tue il". If t Should
be continued Ep the Platte - the month nj Tie
sweet Water. or near 70. The road -ht he snp
Piled Tor ages with anthracite coal iound along thc
lrppcr Platte and some q rs tributaries. II u i)l
la,vs mp The Laramie Fork aid strikes across
thence 70 the Sweet Mater which is represented
~ he the best route,. la all probability coal could
bee found n tho Black Hills through which It would
pass. Ia quantities Sufficient 20 supply the road
several beds 81 anthracite coal have already been
discovered IN the lllfs end mountains bordering
UPON the Tppor Platte Ou- party found bed o
6 ,tfracite coal ult ueutoued by explorers aac
travellers fo whose works have had access, ard
from the f.ct hat u lex sosnc distance from tie
Ordinary route Of travel. mosshkely II has remained
l. IS on the left bank NJ rho Platte d.
ne southern course. about eighty miles above Fo1
Laramie. nd nom appearance j. almost lneXha1st
.bs Ia fact all these Western mo1utains sccm
.o c,aian more ar Joss Of coal ond iron, a. vel as
,iher minerals In reference ~ grading there err
many places 40 the Black tE.'s, well ss the
Mountains inclOs ug the Great BASIN. where insp
1crabs obstacles will seem D. present thoIsclces
but suffice it 10 say thoi II ayta. al Yankee co
rrpsise can Ie.c. down the ga. q hills OF New
England, pus.! through The Blue R.i,c Of Maryland
lnd the iron sides # Pennsylvania the kGny0H of
tho Rocky Mountains can be widcacd aud The
-rogs &C the Sierra Nevada removed, IN order O.
clear tie track before tho iron horse "a no speeds
as way to the Pacific