The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-20

aad large bed OF ssmi coal twetve miles from
Iaais on the icAd fhere is bur iue this route
danns me winter Ia 1862 do think Il exceeded ak
~ehss, while iory miles the north OF Fort Defiance IL
Wa a,af o. i've feet deep
= Isese . much broken and hiy ground between Zunt
aed Ao4a bat Il Is not 10 any respect formidable the
aa oss, which the Pennsy road OF Pitts
gns Water abundant Ia places, bat intervals OF ten.
nissa, % tseuy miles at times
know nohinx OF tho o)o del oso except from the Ia,
,eueanded W timber Msjor Kendriek, United States
90 Hs~ 9 se0sl 2 0sn pen I SaSon a road F om a. ,as
ssss ~a shorten tho road about forty miles, by esti-
NY lmPres.ion Is. that very formidable obstacles
slisasl win be oaad between the Rio Grande and Le
eotsdo west Of Moqai Tue route 10 well worth minute
sAshnsuop and Ia my opinion presents fewer obstacles
f.e1, As Luls colotado river Walker. Pass, in the
sista Nevada ~ whai called Walkers route. expo
esaesr amer whom thsse several places Vs been nausd
Lsss.aS ne L'ts Colorado SOME thirty miles below the
CAsest~ end suisag cut nearly due wct to the Yampais
tieek owins 40 is me.th. which Is nearly opposite
hA ~ NE no ftlsen, and Just below ha teimnaton OF
e s Nase of he Colorado, crossing This river and fol-
ss,ss ~ iae ssoa % The Muddy which Il tnn becomes
csfs ifosn ih usi, iile iartsr south, level plain
ttnds 90 tho sra Nevada opposing other obstacles
% rapd tliaa tbs scatel.y OF wood and water.
ffom 100 same polnt the Lilte Colorado. Bill VIII
sna loo xsa anu an opportunity Is offered Of reaching
hp bs Colorado, near The nosth o the Mohaye, itom
hrh poia no sefoas obstacles are met with to Walkers
wsker Ia, travelled the named aier him several
Mfucs considered best
raeugsbl, always hadins pleny Of woos grass and wa
et ~ has gons W his roais from he paeb de los An.
days cod Ne rsianed California by the srme route,
lsSi y thltywo days e said the most difficult pait o.
he wgs rosd was a. he mountains talfeady men,ioneD
bsiWssn zaal aud TIE Rio GTande.
The sestoiy ui wosd and water 90 The route have
saaa siIs roaes " lie saS Lake. Or south Of tie Rio
o,a ~Ou .ae uppsr n,nie IRON Paot psdt to Humboldt
moan airs. rising sandy plains, aftoding but itle
wooi, ,gsss water Along Humboldt river the country
abundance Salt his stream bu large timber is Scarce and
tha only cottonwood From the sink OF Humboldt river
.allc ridges mountains This southern detcur from
Humbo.d river seems nnasoidabe, as there are no passes
practicable lor railroad north Of that which enters the
head ol the joaquin valley by Kern river in support
q ths. extract the following iom letter from Mr. b. M
kern Who was assistant 20 Colonel Fremont in 1875
The snIsace into the main mountain in isia was SO
gradual thai was handy peTeeptibe-we had nothing
through which Il sniers ths valley this migh be made
good road u go, would form excelen, pass into the
tue opens into large plain, broken ony by
casiona sandy OF bssaiuc ridge la first ascent we
Moaa,e rser aud there be no difficulty in crossing
1 the Mohsyc % THIS point except the scarcity OF wood
lno the valley wa. broken aud roag6 though not dfncnr
Tue iereraare At the head OF Kern river, from De-
deg, saBsst 81 deg The about two and half
est deep tbs hshes, peaks the aosh OF January
s tho Only pass thtoagh the mountains south OF the
present emgoan road, which is certainly not made for
side OF thc Sierra from the above pom. Kern river
There may ,. way through by o~en. IVe,but pct Tor
tremon ued pass from the valley up the San Joaqon,
bat faded
a, regards Walkers route. which follows up Pas.
creek. know but lnlle Walker informed IL could be
made good road ns e mountains give nearly out al this
point 10 - useless TO Imagine thai pass be found
moth Of Kern fver Tor railroad. into either The San Joa-
quin or saefamehio valleys"
The pnacipai objections 10 the northern route the
obsaeu caused by the heavy fall Of snow on soms paris
OF it-s passage tor eighteen hundred miles through
1egfli. al
obo Ie san Caros. Hasersbbe and the Mormon settle.
meat nesr the Great salt Lakehe first Two of but tring
Consequence the mpossDsy Of It's passage through the
Sierra Nesadt. where Il 4. proposed 10 ske IT, invovlng
hundred niles 20 reach the only practicable passes through
range, and he almost purely local ohsacer requiring
long branches TO reach u from toe southern portions of the
States,
The route by n Paso and the Gs hs, the objsc-
which Ties Ia Texas is destitute OF timber, aud
docs present orher facilities OF construction that
PROPOSED oy the Sansd,an ysI trom 81 paso. perhaps
the RI0 DO San Pedro follow II the Gls and
nothing From the Big Colorado 10 Cango creek, an In
hospnaole sandy dese about hand ed miles width,
quite no Segesloa 6e.ids. .oa. shrubs. aud bnah, and
5wer peculiar 70 such an arid snd barren spot Be-
ing SAND present. iofIdabs obsaee Tue pas. throogh
the coast angr, IN prschcabiy, bears no comparison 70
saa Diego With i. small harbor sparse populson aud
rugged back county, presents bat few usumen ~ iay9r
OF w being the western terminus la concpsion the toll
Gated / offered.
fts csaa position the eonnerlon. from point, either
side being nearly eqpidsantI s dlrectnrss s prscuca
passage thr0ngh tho different mountain. 10 be encoup
"a it lfeeaou II m obsnoion by Snow par Of It's To-
caton region OF counify already ssitvd oh IN mineral
wealth aud sgdcuWufs resources and capable OF supry
ing labor and Material fr the construction OF
section the kUosedse Of the greater part OF the whoe
distance, requlnng bat snaA amount OF ekPofsuon 20
determine it, proper locality the shotpess Of the
intervals Between civilized population t leysl character,
into and passage through one of largest
and most ieriie valleys IN Cali ofns
Tuer, q Ia
be overoonehe scarcity OF timber and ss'sT being tbe
principal Let the rnaie pass where " VII, an inhe.pH.
BILE sna nninhsbsbs region Of country between the Rocky
mountains and Sierra Nessds be uayersed, sud THIS
appears 70 BE- the most faeil- by tho fone advance;
An piofstion between The Liite Colorado ssd Walk
efs Pass returning by The Old Spanish trs would eoyet
the only portion Of the not thoroughly known and
feel positive confirm the truth Of what have advanced
Most the foregoing the result ~ osn prsous OBJ
setvaon, during residence Of some three year 90 New
Mexico the rect > from the reiiabir sources
Hoping It wi meet your views and ave rae 70 ns'd
aad impartial inqnify, am, very rspectiniY,
Your pb-dieni serNaat . -
Hon wnLIas GwIS, United States senate.
Mr. MANGUM have listened. sir. TO the honorable
and with great deal OF pleasure Ay own impression -
ha, the manner in which he suggests that we should
take up the whole qoes,os and sei upon u The only
practicable 10 bring To- any resaii IN reasonable
time II the members al the Senate will turn Their At
tenton 10 this sublect-lf they will look al all he-s
plans and mature the bill under consideration. make
Il perfect possible and then 90 on and perfect any
bill which may be offered amendment 70 ~, snd
OF a third proposition. may come 10 some practical
result IN hve six, seven dsys But II We lake sr
the bill in this sort OF helterskeisr way, and continue
- bafl IN