The daily union., 1852-05-13


now in operation, and the remaining
two hundred and forty miles rapidly
constructing
From Vcksbug 10 San Diego, via
Shreveport and Ell Paso del Eoris, is l.6a5 miles.
From Wa,ervle, in Maine, TO San
Diego, California 1896 miles:
leaving 1925 miles TO be constructed west OF the Misss-
sIppi With the wonderful facilities afforded by the per-
peiua mdness OF the climate, The uniform and firm sur
face OF the earth, the fertility OF the SOIL its numerous
valuable productions and its capacity 10 furnish mme-
date support 10 dense population. together with the
abundance OF the best building material everywhere al
hand warranted in saying that most OF the road may
be bull, al an average COST OF $4,000 per mile which
would make aggregate OF 7 900 TO build the road
from VicksbuIg to San Diego
PROBABLE PROFITS THE ROAD.
Having shown the feasibility of this route, and its prob
able cost let look at the profits that would proba-
bly, arise from il.
All the internal commerce OF the United States flows
from the Rocky mountains and intermediate country TO
ibe Atlantic coast and Gulf Of Mexico, while all our
external commerce flows from the Atlantic and the Pa
cfc the points, and thence TO the interior OF the
Union.
peration in the United Staies and about Is 900 miles
projected, with reasonable prospect OF completion All
Of these roads, with their freight and passengers, have
the Atlantic coast and Gulf OF Mexico for their final des
tination to and fro. and would therefore be lateral rail-
ways to the great trunk OF the Southern Pacific Road.
The is the fact with regard 10 the rivers east oi
to and from the Atlantic and The Gulf Of Mexico, and
with their freight and passengers, would ntersect and
TALL into this line Of communication;
The inland steam marine OF the United States consist,
OF 767 steamers with tonnage OF 204,72 tons, and
carrying 5,S60950 passengers per annum.
Our sIfsrNni steam marine consists OF 625 steamers
with a tonnage Of 2io,500 tons, and annually carrying
80 ,342, ,s46 passengers.
The immense losses which annually occur in steamboat
navigation afford powerful smuants to the construction
Of railways, which freight is lost and very few
lives
The shpwrecks in the United States, on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts and Gulf OF Mexico during the year
ending July 1884, fifty ships bngs, one
hundred and ninety schooncrs nine soops, and twenty
seames total three hundred and twenty of which two
hundred and seventy EIGHT by tempest, fourteen by
FIRE. fifteen by collisions nineteen by snags, and two by
explosions The number OF lives lost three hun
dred and eighteen None OF these causes of loss exist
upon railway
The steamboat disasters the mississippi and tribu
tares since the introduction Of steam s4s are by col
lrson forty FIVE; he. hundred and -four snags -four
hundred and sixty. nine TOTAL six hundred and
The original cost OF the boas was S43 9350t0 o6 Ths
loss in s4o ga 900 900 and hundred and twenty
eight iuss In fact, almost every mail bears the fright
ful intelligence Of the explosion OF steamboat and
great destruction OF human life
The sea voyage from New Orleans TO New York i
one OF great peril to fe and property, and the completion
OF The railways now in progress from New Orleans Il
Jackson Mississippi, and thence 10 Montgomery, Ala
bana would complete the railway connexion from New
Orleans to New York, and diver, al the pae-enger and
large portion Of the carrying trade from New Orlean
and the intermediate POINTS to the northern Atlanta
cities