New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-05

svson crossed bv the eastern section Of the lre-beng
In ne narrow pass bssseee ue ArSADsas sna D~ ~ :,
Zero mid day The weather IN these hSh uooaslns
and deep vses Is Of character sdap.sd 70 suen oo@s
extremely cod mountains while temperate N ihc
valleys have il stormng for days iogetoef % me
mountains IN way be destructive 10 81 @ninsI NC *
posed IL while 10 The valley tbere would De- pe-sspt su
shine the animals feeding nutritious grass oeJVu1
ibs Rocky Mountains ne rod u ess and nc SLOWS %
cone & iess ard more transient oostafle s fl,
Thee ~ views ola route for the road Or Iose'
common one fret wanted from he Mssssppl 70 ne
Pscifc hf16s IN ny opinion al The conditions ora 'oae
F,,s. LIE direct The oosrse almost srsigh, Inc
from end end. 81 Loais is between 49, ssa
cisco IL about he sane The route u ySs~een Ns
els or nearly between them, the Whole VI ..-,
Seeond ltis central 10 ,erriiory Is ero.su Is
tora center west o. the At.isrippL arc -
y, me Atlantic ocean would he csnir 20 me STATES "a d
hal river Il il cleo central u business sna p'pu.on
sn6 u.es the grestes; commercial point 10 ne sNty
H. Mis.ssipp with The greatest commercial POM OF Ae
T5,,S n combines the s1vsnisges for making and pre-
.s,v he road wood water and s1 for inhAb;iaou and
$50 n isa healthy route No disease OF sny kid
,on n and the vse'udinarsn night travel 70 10 he
1ehcs on horse or foot fof the mere restoration
Of bes lh ard recovery Of sprs
II uot only fufs all the conditions of nauonh route
mi IL preferable any other II IL prefersoa 70 the SCUM
Pas from beng near FOUR degrees further south more rec
nom open pains ard free from The nsng Of great rivers
s CONNIE paras with the there beng bat ore
me Upper Colorado directly crossing its inc There ere
north Of hem be, equal 20 this by the no osi Norie
There norm Of Il thai is comparable 70 ~ be
ieyo here is ho practicable 'oIis Sostn Ol !" "'1 "7
The d,aster which turned south fcn he bead Of ne
De- NOts An1 seut down ne valley OF maj rVef 900 20
.ho rosins - me Upper Gs enabled ne 70 ssnsy ny
seif On hat point | went middle roui,-e heN ~,
b.rueen ne Gs River ard he wagon road through ne
Mexican Province VI Sonora and esn satisfied a o. iO'
ff road csn bad that line, except gong uos.h
Mexico hen crossing re great COLORADO Of ne ', -, a
n. month 10 cross the desert arrive al san Diego here
there 10 no business ard still he six hundred miles by and
ard three or four hundred by water from De Bay Of sa
fsncisco. which now is and forever mus De- he gal
c-ner Of commerce. wealth aud power on TOE American
COST ofine Pacific Ocean .
In conclusion have FAY thu; believe ~ The praeca-
biy OF mis- worn sno every national consideration
requires dOns and to be done 81 once sto as "a
tionsl work by the Unlted sies - ,,,,-,
Your obliged fellow ciizen, L FkhhONl
After the reading Of the 'ietter, Asa WhIney
was invited % address the Convention, but instead
Of speech a letter was reed from him stating That HE
project vas nc, formally LeoTe he Convention though
had been misunderstood IN discOssion.
Moved by d. Johu 4. ElsirgioD.
Reoifsd That the inanks Of his ConvenJcn ae snlne,
IL due and hereby rendered 90 Asa Wht'rey &c or
s early emf ur-rg efforts IN directing public etiri 70 10
II policy, propre'y and placrcsoiy Of grssi rS-ios2
from Tie a .nuc 20 the Pacific Ocesns
b. Rob.ason q Indiana spoke viii great ability ia ioT
o. ss Nh;aey's project IL -as Opposed - msAng
r,1r' scheme and sad ns he hsd reported bill
fay.r Of Mr. WhIIreys prulec' IN Congress
Jadgo joel b Sutherland made a very soquen.
speech advocating ire Prosecution o. ss facnc H4o1'
NJ Morrison OF Pa spoke a. some leng.a against &c
resolutions u he Comm.o. lie cvoreo zoe pen 81 mr.
enrct 5ny capitalists viii al.fsyor Mr Whtneys plan
Interested the working cassea
kr Bicd.e of Mich advocated he resolutions
Sir Curus of lows spoke vysrmly ia favor ot te res1
tons and gave niofesus account u The bfs 1cas ac
h. ar Curl. prosed NJ plan 4 IL Whitney tie was
favorable 10 national road ald hoped hat us immediate
construction would te urged upon CongTesa snd 2s GOV
Mr. whitney Cd uoi claim TO have originated de srss
dee q road lie continent but ony thai as "S'
o. lie question being pu'shs me resolutions Of he
Committed pass tneJ were adopted Almost IMAM nous y.
Wh.n The motion 10 adjourn had been msde, Mr Dyi -l.
PresiJcD, q lie Couysnhon rose and delivered a. ae.
dress which WA listened with great ir!eTesL He
practical ran horn on the Nonter-he had Learn, by
2erience that hinge which a. FIRST sight seom difficult ;o
accomplish were 81 length carried INTO effect ana WIN
comparative Aud The Pacific Railroad, he hsd
douht ouc be- accomplished, aud really BE- fosrd less
ssh than at one time appeared NE rtolo and cana! 10
york
When the New.York improvements were fr,t mention.
"a 30 Mr CiutJn-thr Cansin lsl5he admired re plan
hut said hat IL projectors were ono haIcred years IN
ADVANCE"
Wei in 1875 il was ocupleted-iq 1885 il paid ,hsn
- cos-.pa now il IS enlarged, ami si'sfc aid prod.s
Immense Such doubtless would he the s'oy Of he
Pacific Rstr1ed
Cont-ehshould he be blessed with ,ociably long lie
perhaps two or iree Rsiroeds We hear ,hstno timber
could be found portion Of the route vet 30 the F
ciy Of the Mississippi River there plenty Of ties
sad all the wood wsusd chi.hy Yves for ues ava
lee could be delivered rom - Louis AL a0ng Ne Mfsis
sppi and s tributaries, aud ali along The Missouri AZ from
% to p cents eaciegen mp he Pa,e River Tor only h
lie more Bat suppose they cost 81 each, here aye,
most 1880 ia MILE and that would be only from Hl5o o.
3 500 mile extra A. much iron ~ could be wsaee
m git re had from ST Louis for So tgn ssy ~ great
d. ance oh, o0Gn per milo for iron.
Then there tie great broad plain Of he Platte will
rise q. only s1 fee. 10 mio-a very feasible grsde
There only udee between that ana the bead
q ih- Columbia River The grading ana The hrtRng
tho Isiu VI ne Platte River vii be done f1r Sl1
a mile
Thus. lie would calculate Tor wood iro. labor &c $3.50
miiebi he would also give marein-ssy . 80 nile
for coming encesand then the resu; would b. Ony $4,000
per milo Tor the Pacific Railroad. As whole, he woac
csoulae for 600 miles which would The utmost
irt ater survey. about forty millions OF dOarsaboh.
hglf he est Of The Mclean pIr
Tho Convention returned thanks TO its President for The
able address Of which have given above only
points and COPY requested for publication aud then
be body adjourned sise dc.