The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-13
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Railroads.

Railroads. @N
THE SAVANNAH AND PENSACOLA RAILROAD
We are indebted to DR.. J. P. Screven for the fol-
lowing extracts Of a letter addressed to him by #
P. Holcomb, esq, chief engineer, from which the
reader will learn something of the progress of the
survey now going on, on this contemplated line Of
Improvement, as well us something Of the nature
and advantages of the country through which the
road will pass. Under date of August LIST, inst.
Mr.. Holcomb says: sts ta& g. - Eail
II address you from the encampment on the
Withlacooche river, south ofthe Ocean Pond, and
near where you may see on Bonner's large map
the letter E in the word Wthlacoociiee. The
survey will cross the river short distance below
this point, which it will reach to-day. The line
of Florida it is expected will be reached to-mor-
row. The line from the Alataniaha to the line Of
Florida will, think ! may say, prove quite as ia
vorable as was expected. From the Alatanlaha to
tho Alapaha the route for the greater part Of the
distance is highly favorable. After crossing the
latter river the country is slightly more undu-
lating, but not much SO as to require any de-
Walton from the straight line which has been
brought from the Alatamaha. Wa hsf
"The distance from Savannah to the line of
Florida by this survey will prove to be about one
hundred and seventy-six miles. 1t will be novel
and interesting feature in this part of the world
line Of this extent with only about three degrees
Of curvature and this at point near the Alata-
,maha. I m btf
ssEvery thing, SO far as this line is concerned,
has 4 favorable look. ''-Sauanhah (Ga.) paper.
The ALvARADo RouTE.-Captain Jonas P. Le-
IVY, who has a grant to open a communication
across Mexico through the Alvarado river to the
Pacific, has arrived in the city with his engineers,
intending to proceed Immediately to Vera Cruz to
enter upon the execution of his project. This
route starts at Vera Cruz, runs thence to Alvara-
do, and up the river of that name as far as navi-
gable, and thence it is contemplated to construct
a railroad to port on the Pacific, midway be-
tween Acapulco and Tehuantepec, which is pro-
nounced one of the finest harbors on the whole
coast. igfls M T7 #. i.s ~ 60.
Captain Levy enters upon this grand design en-
tirely on his own responsibility, and appears to be
sanguine Of success. BisF foils a25g
q Last year he offered to contract to take the mail
to San Francisco from New Orleans in twelve
failure of Ramsey's contract, which demanded
$4O0, 1000 for a like service. We hope Captain
Levy may succeed in his design. The more routes
we have the better for the country; and the near
er they are totVera Cruz the better for the COM
merce and prospects of New Orleans. \, *
n. $500 +. - [.Ne,o Orleans Picay,lne.
The CAIRo AND FULTON RAlLRoAD.-This road
daily assumes greater Importance as the prospects
increase Of its being built and Of its western ter
liz
only the great Pacific railroad will start, but where
80 many roads from Texas, Louisiana, Missouri,
Mississippi, &c., will connect with it and each
other. ~,
The President Of the United States has ordered
a reservation of the lands along the line of the
road until the 9th October next. A letter from
the Commissioner Of the General Land Office to
Roswell Beebe, president of the company, states
that a tract of land, fifteen miles wide on each
side Of the route surveyed by Captain Barney,
from Chalk Bluff to Fulton, has been withdrawn
from sale or entry; also tract, thirty miles wide,
from Chalk Bluff to the Mississippi river, opposite
the mouth of the Ohio, in Missouri; and further
more two tracts for the branches of the road from
the Mississippi river through Little Rock to Fort
Smith.
A recent Little Rock paper speaks in the most
encouraging manner of the prospects of the road
in Arkansas. Though long inert, from sluggish
ness, poverty, prejudice, they are at length arous-
ed to the necessity Of improving the old and open
ing the new resources Of their State by railroads,
and this particular road appears to have central
lied and united their efforts, at least so far us we
can learn. ~ "a u y at gs N EIasetser n
b The counties, it is believed, without an excep-
ton, where application has been made, are sub
scribing for its stock to the amount OF the internal
Improvement fund which each possesses. Clarke
county has subscribed for over $40 900, and its in
ternal improvement commissioner has been order
ed to hand over to the company the sum in his
hands, $500. Pulaski county has subscribed for
Is, 900 worth of stock, and paid down the sum Of
AS, 800. White county will follow this example;
Pike county has subscribed $4,000, and ordered
it's commissioner to pay over the whole amount of
internal improvement funds to which the county
is entitled; johnson county has subscribed 1000,
and given the sum on hand to the commissioner.
The subscriptions were intended to pay the ex-
penses of having the line of the road and its
branches surveyed and marked out. The pros
r. II Al. Al, rl>r ol
their president to procure engineers and set them
to work Immediately on the surveys, and they are
in the hope to be able to lay full and correct maps
and accurate information before the Legislature
1t its next session, concerning the value of the
grant of lands by Congress, their quantity, and
and the probable cost of the constitute
ton of the road and its branches.-.N. 0. Delta.