New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-08

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euproscg success, the very thing desired for it
y ii be seen by The bill, and Your committee have
b. fore shown, that no compensation conld ever
be realized, except as consequence OF the lliht-
menf of al the conditions Of thc bill, and With
s.fyD7Qs created by the work itself Bnt suppose
a Fl ear fortune should be acquired VINO Is wrong,
ed Nv il And are not tue nation and the world
benefited Or. Mr. Whitney may come out mttEs:
Who will Indemnify him Heatleast runs risk;
snd ms our Committee believe, the risk b all on
his side The more he makes, the better FOR 1t
is creation ofcapital, by the Application OF labor.
now unemployed and useless, 10 vast wilderness
and X in add so much to the wealth OF the nation.
Fvar Drivate fortune thus made Is a part OF
the public fortune, aud soon VIII be merged IN H.
no longer to be seen as private
R1t again: should Mr. Whitney make fortune,
will he not have done - from his own Efforts and
with his own means! And should ne stop the
vo,k after five hundred or eight hundred miles
are completed the Committee think the road with
IFS machinery, would be worth 10 the nation
double what the lands which he may have taken
and sold can now or ever be sold for by the Gov
eminent He viii have settled the alternate hvc
miles by eixty-the hail OF the whole distance OF
road conpleted-with an industrious, producing
and consuming population, ana Will nave given 70
Il EN-. to the nation, and 10 the world cheap and
sure means Of transport at all seasons to mar
ket. Your Committee think tbs would be worth
alone far more than all the lands, and be sure
source Of power and wealth TO the nation and
beside these altelnates, the other hall OF the
lands reserved would, as your Committee DeheVe,
be immensely increased in value by the operation
of the road through their centre IS also from the
settlement Of the first half And all this Wonid
be effected BY his own efforts and means.
SirtAlV. After deciding upon the necessity Tor
this great work, which, as has been before SHOWN,
has already been determined on by the people
throughout the whole Union, the t7ea3ES, as yonf
Committee believe, is the first and all important
| ant question connected with the whole SUBJECT,
and with the means is connected the route Tor the
road Any one may say that Railroad to the
Pacific can and ought to be built, and that this,
that or the other is the best route but no one as
your Committee think Will pretend that n work
of such magnitude can be accomplished without
mCanS and means certain and available TO an IN
mense amount.
Should the work be undertaken from any plan
Of means directly or indirectly dependant on the
public trcasury-which your committee would
deprecate-thcn the location of route wouh natu-
rally he subject to the action of Congress and,
with so many local and sectional interests as
would be involved it would become subject OF
excitement and controversy throughout the coun
try, and would probably end in defeat. But the
bill proposed obvatcs all these difficulties. Itpro-
poses direct sale OF lands and neither your com
mittec nor Congress can decide upon route lor
Mr.. Whitney. He himself must decide, first,
WDttlcf llt anus on ttt iuc u piOpJsti' ipAbS
can be made available for means next whether
they will furnish Inatcrial-tiInber, stone, &c-tor
the work. and for progressive settlement, Is the
work advances to where such materials do not OK
ist and whether facilities for the commencement
Of such work, with cheap and CERTAIN means OF
support, can be had and do exist at his starting
point Then having ascertained that ms route Is
feasible, his way is clear and, MS your committee
believe, hs progress certain But OF this he must
decide for himself the risk and rcspons Utility
are all his own. An attempt to decide amy OF
! tlesc points by YOUR Committee or by Congress
might and probably would render the whole plan
impractcablc.
No plan or route for Railroad to the Pa3ifc, IN
the opinion Of your Committee, is feasible unless
they together furnish an adequate and obtainable
amount of capital or means, and sutiiclelency OF
rude rnateria on ut the commencement OF lhe
route for the road, for settlements for towns, VII
lagos &c and fuel &c. These Us your Commit
tee believe ere absolutely necessary not only Tor
the road itself, but as the only means, with the
road. OF rendering the lands available Tor settle
rent for the great distance where tnosG matt
rinls do not exist. Your Committee believe, as
Informed by Mr. Whitney, that avalnble lands,
with timber, other material and with facilities Tor
tie work, do not exist and cannot be had on any
othcr route, so as to Justify the commencement OF
tie work with any possible hope OF success, and
that he would not attempt it ON any other route
There is no plan before Your Committee IN com
petition or conflicting with Mr.. Whitneys that
does not depend, either directly or indirectly on
the public treasury, or on Government credit, Tor
means
Moreover. Your Committee believe it will be
found, by actual measurement, that the route pro.
posed by Mr.. Whitney is the most direct and
shorter for commerce from all our Atlantic cities
TO the Pacific, by the South Pass, lprobably the
only feasible route,l and around the gobe-whlch
is Il g great end in view. 1t is shorter for exam
ple from Baltimore to the great South Pass by
thor, r,l1s .hun hyyI nj ST I,OuIQ