Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-03-16
RArReAD ROUTES " TE2 PACIFIC.
CONTINUALLY

anu hefI'e oouiAfy teas proposed territory Of
I'd NshfaSks1J aldist9hes Of six or seven hupdteg
.'a miles, which country would b. supoiied with
-'1a IL principal want coal Tor fuel, By the road
from the extensive beds observed by Stan,burvi
- at many points on the side Of Salt Lake. On
II. the contrary. great part Of the country tra-
,as yer.ed for like distance by the Southern lino
nd Is sandy and sterile. If the southern route has
ei lhePscutar advantages Of opening ths res6drees
~ q NSw Mskico ana supplying hfs wants, the
FfNOrthern dOei the same for the settlements IN
h'A ths'sSlt Lake vallies, which, ii rapid dsyelop,
- ment and increase Of population, Is not the least
al. wonder q wonderful age, and which promises
9a ina very short time, q commercial demand and
iRtercOsrFe, only to be satisfedIbya railroad!
gan, This people, with civilized wants fat BEYOND
on those Of the pressnt New NIeFicSrs, must NOT
i9FOnly require a vast fofeiSt supply, but mist
7JprOducs and manufacture largely for esxcpC;rrt
n1' for they hays evidently the restless and 'proI
ddstive snergy Of their race. ~ The production
atj q salt alone would supply, an extensive trade
"a, Beyond this settlement the northern road would
d. branch BY the Humboldt 10 seek a passage as
81 direct through the Great Bay, our western COM
dlmercial centre, as possible, and by the general
''Gcourse Of the Snake river and the Columbia, To-
o'odr Northwestern coast To the Sierra on ei-
Their Of these lines, the route for road will be
= found more favorable than on the Southern line,
al west of the Del Norte. The character Of the
a country on which the Northern lines would RUIZ.
is too well known from the reports Of emierants
to require any remarks. While the Oregon
&route would-sOOn devclopa fertile interior couu-
try, makingit one Of pecuniary value to the
a. Government and building up western proto-
% type 10 hardy, enterprising Yankee land, the
Do Humboldt route would furnish both an eastern
and western outlet to the fertile valleys now 81
little known, but probably Astounding in the
richest minerals that ls at the eastern base Of
the Sierra Nevada. ..r..h.r.q II
from the Del Norte westward by the line Of
Dr. .GWin to the Colorado, the country is, I be.
a. lieye but little known In the summer Of 1870
s'I'was in Santa Fe and its neiehborhood for
some weeks, en- route for California. Tbers1
were then vast numbers q California-bOuud
emigrants, all eagerly seeking to learn the best
route to that golden land, and every guide Of
any note was consulted, to obtain a Knowledge
ofthat desideratum. Wefound difficulties form.
adable, and opinions various, arising from the
nature Of the country to be traversed, not from
hostile Indians for thirst of gold-the force Of
= the different trains Obviated all fear. The re.
suit OF much inquiry and deliberation was that
many, including all with wagons, preferred
Cookies route, some few Kearney'S, while the
pack tram, consisting Of 100 men, with which II
was associated, went 10 Utah lake, under the
care oetwOg guides, and then struck for the Span
lsh trail ntersecting 1t at Little Salt Lake, and
entered California by Williams' rancho. in The
ne|gh6Orh9ad Of Los Angeles, On our passage
over tho Sierra Mpdre, we passed near On = 'of
the camps Of Fremont, made on his ,,nfoyt,r.ts
adventure a Few months hefpra, and some Of our /
hunters brought into camp some papers svb;oh 7,
haa belonged 10 him, ana which they had found :
scattered in the rayine, l. myself, coniulted
with LerouI Mitchell and others The mott cels- 4
another Important advantage, peculiar 70 tba :
SoutleTn routeF The advantages peculiar IA 4 :
Southern route, are thenS think suffcieht,tol :
induce It's immediate CONSTRUCTION, not upoo !
Geiwin,s plan, and as the only line, embracing !.
AL lts connections, but as D. main stem from hi
Memphis, or some southern point, TO San nj :;
ego leaving the wants Of the future to deter =,
mine its Eastern and Western Extepsion. \; =
1.-The objections to Gwin's~ plan Of one 3pn,ai;S
southern stem, for the use Of the whole u nionl I
apd Is preferable 30 route via tie Salt Ia a
Twill now briefly detail. s. ",uoi19diE GiuU'ih,
brAted guides, and whose opinions have beeI :,
quoted IN favor of the southern route hafars, III