New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-16
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have been from New Msxcc "a c. 'soTaiai aT u2 :
nsrnsy, The way guided Col Cook. the way go.
Csft SfgrrsTss. and the SAsnAs route t1c y
ronse; and Of these four the one guided ~ S
gresves q ~ informed Mr. seward the best an s'orE
estfrOm Sa1ss Re Anoqasryae; BAT place iaI
theT north and especially iron. Missouri the Co><Sf
toPe Psss beet snd shortest sad hSs moss water yss
wood. and GOOD isnd on Il and has w. bat not
enough prevent winter trxveasg; thsf waen rhsre
Z mnch snow IN the Irxl BY Abqus peopls fro Tsas
20 thaf way, - have already said Tae Sow in shas
country Is dry ana the mccceslns Ia. wear do aoc
get damp or wet
Ard sfirr ssked by Col Beuon 70 sts.s tie b,s way
from Missouri 10 CshfnrnIa answer: Sssr1 the pep
pie bow do going % New Aexieo, rom the trOater Of
he state AZ KaaIas or Independence and for
travelling 20 through she priries up oSard Bsnts Fort
sni M 10 he Huersn0 the Pass Il de CArise;
then OUf 6y tie COoehatoPe Fiss toto Sns a5TsA 20
he great Spanish trail TIE RISKY, srsve woeli be 70
start from TIE sane point but oll0w the hantS Rver
valley for the sake Of the wood, and when that gives
out ers 20 the Arkansas which Is not far OF and Level
between ana follow that up for wood. The prairie
TIE way in the ss~zy baf stst- travelling must nave
TIE proterticu Of woods sni timber ageit snow prs.
AID everything thst bel can show and would under
take to guide party safe through with NsyOns nov.
V71shiag.o- co. sfIrea l. 1855,
Following the above statement Is letter from Col
Frsmout addressed to the Paeis Railroad Convention
held Al Philadelphia in April lS0 giving description
Of the proposed Central route, and urns s peculiar
sdvAutAes This letter having been extensively pub
lshed in the newspapers Of the day will be renem-
bered BY those readers who take interest IN this
great national enterprise
Col Benton continues: These two documents-
the letter Of Col Fremont and the Settlement OF Mr.
LerOux-estahish the facts which are necessary TO
give the Central route place in the public mind, aud
70 eutfle Il TO an examination under the set Of Con-
eress aud in the meantime satisfy oil inquirers that
this great work is not only practicable but easy and on
the exsct line which every national consideration
would require be upon and with every advantage
Of fnce construction and universal use Central TO
the Union Snd embracing the business centsrs OF the
Atlantic and Pacific and the Mississippi valley States
on straight line with san Francisco and 81. Louis.
and connecting at this latter point with the concea-
tra;e steamboat navigation of the great west and with
the entire Railroad system from the Mississippi to the
Atlannc-sirsight and smOoih-aot mountain 10 be
cruted river swamp 20 be crossed bill 70 be tan-
nels-weod winter aud soil for continuous settle pens
-cos known "a be many points OF the hne-the
Whole traversahe in winter and all south OF 90 50 AMI
- degrees such the character Of the Central route,
which now claims share ot public attention AMI OF me
Congress appropriation. shall ssk Tor II that la'ace'
and that Il may be examined by some practical man
whom can commend and who will have stomach %
III work and do il without talk or delay.
Regarding t certain that the road u 10 be made,
now add observations upon ~ character and con-
struction believing that erroneous ideas prevail upon
these points, which the public good requires 10 De cor
rrcted am opposed to all schemes of making JoD ot
the Crkagnist mixing public and private inierests-
against urnhirg the means of making the ROAD To ioh-
bcrs and then letting them own IT, and charge the pso
ple double upon condition OF carrying Tor tae ederA
Governmcnt free. hold that should be made - tae
United States 50 far their territory extends, (Which
would be almost the whole distance on the Central
route leaving the ends whore would 20 hroash
States % tie operation OF state laws am ate authority
This would be from the Missouri State line AZ the mouth
of the kanzas TO point the California State lin', op
pose the end OF the Serra Nevada At WaSsrs fass-a
distance OF 2lia degrees O, longitude, eqrd % about
200 miles $50 miles to degree in that latiude) wilma
scuthern detection, Il went west OF J'e degrees
This would be the main body OF the work. leaving tue
two ends 10 roads be made under State auth ory and
which already projected, aud IN some degree cDm'
nepced both in California and Missouri la the mead
time and as permanent be and resource ut ea'h end
of the road there IL steamboat transportation OF
several hundred miles NJ each end-om Stn francisco
half way up the San Joaquin more from So Louis 10
the mouth of the ksnza and up as soon ~ the new
Territory IL esablhed) several hundred mites further
Stages sso and all the usual land conveyan would be
M each end OF the national territorial road
Nv idea s that the road should be built Dy the Jntei
sntes by the creation OF stock hypotheceted upon me
Public Lsnds and payable at liked period al the red
cra Treasury and that adequate force should be put
upou il To do the work az We think nothing oil
le,yiug &C army Of fifty hundred thousand men Tor
a war; here s an object Of more moment to Tue uhted
Sta,os ar 81 the WORLD than many wars and should
be in favor OF seeing army abOrers employed upon
IL al once aud the work done In seven years nsead OF
piddIng at 1t for a lifetime And why a1tt weem
have the money sni the men; and on line oil 4,SO0
miles there would he room for 20 900 men 10 work,
without ebOwng each other IL would only DC lO ulen
to the mile The preemPu1n system would give tne
money and the set,iers-fhe right Kind Of setlers-meu
"A no would defend themselves from Indians, AMI raise
provisions for the supply OF the road and occupy on
both sde and from end 70 the other the rst sea
son they were allowed to DO 90.
Tho Indian title should be exrn yuhed on bread'h
Of ffy 10 one hundred miles. and mile reserved Tor
the different tracks u railroads, and Tor acOnmon ra
and tor tel grsphc hBes. IL ~ WORK Tor poatefWy'
md Tor three continents; end we should elevate our.
selves 10 the grandeur OF the occasion Inc man dreet
Ina the city which Alexander lae Great iJunied % az
pcrsede Tyre ia the East India trade was ave miles
long and thousand feet wide, with coonnadsd and
covered fcotvsy Of one hundred feet on each size
There were men OF ample ideas IN those tines and
si 4 was not the sge that built the pyramids. FROM
Ie mir Al those pyramids" said the cOn4ueror Of
the Mamelukes forty centuries look down upon US
an. rue will come when forty centuries may look back
upou his road and they should not be eit 10 repne
81 the improyidence which would dwnde 70 the PeIy
cscu atons a obbers, corporatOrs, and sPecuators
| rrueat: deem all schemes Of making thus road ~
8 mixture Of public snd private means gvnS aansor
money 10 COMPANIES 70 make IL and then let them own
il conveying for the United states gratis and doubling
UPON The people 10 make up getting IN adiuon :"
heir other profits interest upon the cost o. eoastrl
ton and which cost defay ed by the nted states
ard Al this crowned with monopoly u the roai l
deem ell such schemes 10 be fundamentally un"ise un
just ~ the community, impoliuc and Vicious hcio
thar he United States should build tne road snd inc hA
inre and LEI out tue use Of iOr periods Of seven or Ten
yesrs 20 contractors who viii carry all freight Paoic
and private and all passengers Individual and govern
mental al the ratethe lowest rezpon-ble oidder
20 sk the contract and furnish his own cars and run
Them and under bid e the end OF this tune, or sa
p.r.eed the sgecessorto take all his stock daVaaion
lis az illusion and cheat 20 suppose that contra ctofs
Will carry Tor the United states gratis lney VIII gethen
nav .omsWhere aud ought, and the fair way and the
/ dpiy inteIigible way and the only way for each
psrty 20 know what they are shout - Tor me
I United States 20 pay IKE an hil'lHuai Ior an
-, !. lone Tor IL Il u the only way ~ save the
people from being oppressed and piundefed. Besides
I What l. The Goyernment-our GOyernment-out t1e
I peopioi Why rob Que pocket 10 Pot ia tAe othstt
Nby rob individuals IN detail % give % tbs community
q. Co7erurseut especially when Is very certain That
The individuals dOu6echarged vii never get back any
/ pert Of their money! The Unted Ssstes pay thsn
ocean steamers for a. they carry, and that enormously,
spd 10 the establishment 81 oppressive mon0pohes
why not pay hsir land steamers faify and eguiaoy,
isiesd Of throwing the burden upon the travelling and