New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-18


ney does not By It become the Possessor OF single
acre Of and, and gains no speculstng adVaHiaSes'
The oIsn ia this The land is set apart sixty niles
I IN width Mr Whitney begins the road and as
soon IA 10 miles are completed the commissioner
Of the Land Office sells half the ians-that H. Of
the 10 miles he sells : 10 part OF It becomes Mf.
Whtney's property unless be buys It Ike any
other citizen be having 10 puOr night Of purchase
or any other superiority over others. The Re-
served miles is not 10 be sod until the mad has
reached the desert plains Of the remoter west
where the lands are valueess Cor cultivation snd
cannot bring enough 70 defray the cost Of the work
Opposed Is we are from principle 10 trafhc IN
aud and earnestly as We contend for the Freedom
Of the Public Domain, We see no sufficient reason
for refusing 70 devote THIS tract Of sixty miles WIDE
70 this use In the first place 1t offers the easiest
and surest means Of achieving work whose I'm
portance 10 this country and the whole word can
not be over estimated Then 1t IS pam ma ''i'
| value winch the lands bordering on the roao VIII
| have after ia completion viii be almost eA'ie!
he creation If the work Their products VIII be
vorth double what they would be without II II Is
,,l, fair therefore that they should be made 70
bear the expense Of the enterprise JUST Is ''e
'ands along q street pay Tor grading and paving IT,
The only thing in this connection that We should
insist ON in framing the Bill which makes the grant
mr. the road would be proviso that no man should
become the owner OF more than one iot Of ana oi
a specified size, and that no man Owning any other
and could become the owner Of any Of tins Ill
such proviso. there could be 10 danger OF land
speculation
Such r provision, We think could be only favor
able 10 the execution Of the WORK It's progress
must de pend on the progress 0: population along IL
me and whatever tends 10 encourage an aihuenrr
Z actual permanent settlers, industrious farmers
and mechanics, to the territory through which It
passes accelerates it's completion. II vii be IN
hct vast colony constantly extending its borders
md pushing its outposts further and further across
The continent The hardy laborers who build It
vill III great part wish to take their pay IN farms
md the greater the number OF such farmers the
more iscile will be the process OF construction
turing the critical years intervening between its
announcement md completion The interest OF
he Manager Of the work Will be that there shsl
ne 40 speculation IN the land. but thst II shall
sllh all possible rapidly become thickly dotted
with tho homes OF actual settlers His utmost
,llori- must be steadily directed to this end
# is also said that by this scheme the road viii
never be completed. That we suppose depends
"a the practical means, the capital, and the mum
Der OF hands employed and the skill and energy
aith which they are directed. As ioT capital there
not likely 10 be any difficulty arrangements can
easily be made to obtain all that Is wanted a; the
owes. rates as for hands Europe has them ia
.uperahundance 10 furnish. Last year 10000
migrants entered this country b. the port oi New
ork alone aud Il is not too much to say that
mere were 100 600 IN ali the number vii be larger
his wear Indeed there is scarcely any limitation
Q, the swar,ns that might be supplied Il there
yere any special demand Tor their labor BEGIN
ms road aud there certainly Will be no trouble IA
bringing on 100000 every year 70 work on
the road AID then settle as farmers, gardeners
and mechanics beside it With such force
he undertaking may be finished Ia n'teen
Years from ITS beginning And ior skill and
mercy toy a no; be lacking so general is tie
ouiidence ia NJ Whitney u these respects i5s'
many who propose 10 build the road On other plans
still fix on him as suitable man 10 esd m us
direction. As Tor the work being delayed by tins
.,lsn more than any other we cannot see what sui
icen, reason there is 10 anticipate it.
The only other objection which We have heard ol
possessing any force is, that MIR Whitney may
1uild the road through the good lands, or part OF
hem. pocket the proceeds Of their sales and then
stop building, and leave the work unfinished lhe
answer to this is tina, AS much as lac does build
viii be there, well built and approved by the Gov
,rnment Supervisors la a running condition and
worth the money 1t has cost halt the land VIII re
main unsold, though greatly increased Ia value 10y
the existence of the road which will connect It
with Eastern markets, aud nobody VIII have iost
ANYTHING 10y the operation People reason as II
the scheme put something into Mr. mtney'
hands which he could realize without fulfilling
his part Of the bargain, whereas II gives him moth
,nc until he mlflls his part. and only so fast and
50 far as he tuldlls il The country nsks nothing
by making him the grant. II 10 also often taken
Tor granted that great power put into his hands
We do not see how he has any power TO do ms
chief He can only accomplish the great under'Ak-
ng to which he has devoted many years and winch
ne evidently labors in from the ambition OF broad
| elevated and active mind, by doing good to thou
sands of his fellow men, by setting them to work
and then settling them in the vicinity OF the w Ord S
| Highway. That We thisk would be found any
! thing but an evil
| Moreover when the road is completed on tins
plan the lands having paid for its construction and
there being no interest or dividends 10 pay j, Col
ows that it can run at rates cslcua,ed 10 pay ex-
penses and repairs merely. NJ Whitney also pno-
poses the Northern, o. shortest practicable route
which, as we have seen are the Two indispensable
conditions OF success
For these reasons prefer tins scheme TO
either OF the others though stl We say, al any
rate let us have the rosd G D.
! Strange Bedfellews.
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