New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-03
PUGETs SOUND RAILROAD SURVEY.
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.
ST. PAUL. Mum Gotta.

Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune
ST PAUL MLnsso Wednesday May IS 1858.
As things look at st Paul. Gov Stevens is jut tho
man to lead the expedition which Government has given
90 bis charge large part of the corps already
the ground and busy. +. w. Lander, A. w. Lenkham,
with Mr. Adams assistant all civil engineers, find
plenty Of work anticipating the arrival OF the Governor
exploring the country from che upper Mississippi to Lake
Superior Mr. Lander the chief civil engineer, reports
no difficulty in finding good crossing of the Mississippi
short distance above Sank Rapids, not 100 miles north
OF It Paul
One thing certain that advantage can never be taken
of the naveabe waters Of the St Louis river which
emptles into Lake Superior at western end. Last
year on the 18th of June the Algonquin, small sail
vessel made effort from theLake 10 reach the SETTLE
melt which is about 20 miles up the river and was pre-
vented by the ice. Now the Lake itself opens In tho
early part of May If not the last Of April therefore Il
would be gr, mistake think of making the Falls Of
the ST Louis the initial point, long the Road can bo
carried to the Lake without any impeachment
This will be one of the most glorious schemes ever
opened up in America The fact ID settled that the
Road will meet distractions from Lake Superior TO
the COteau DIES Proires 200 miles. This plateau once
reached the Open smooth prairie for hundreds
OF miles toward the base the Rocky Mountains
The glory of the scheme certainly is but little or not
fairly understood by the great world abroad water
navigation extends from the outlet Of Lake Erie till
within one hundred miles OF where l write-oyer
800 mies-fOr the largest steamers.
AT the foot of Lake Superior the Puget Sound Rail-
road may ill., bearing 20 the East Ito Neg-Yofk)
the teas and coee and ks VI China and the Islands
branch Road of 96 miles will connect the Great
Lake with the gable waters Of the Mississippi 900
miles above it's mouth Take these items into consider
alton and no American but must rejoice that the Gov.
eminent has taken active steps 10 test the feasibility Of
constructing Road In connection with this immense
water communication, 20 link together the two great
oceans by tbOrogbfare across the Continent.
Some very learned men will doubtless discourse pro-
foundy about the stery OF the country 80 far north
and that the Road will not change the climate nor make
the land productive Tell such that they known nothing
whatever of the country or of its isothermal lines God
never made more fruitful and delicious land than those
portions of Minnesota through which the line must run
in New York State
Gov Stevens is said TO be regular goahead man. and
so far the work shows for itself His men, baggage and
about $50 mules have already arrived, and work has
been going for a week. How he has managed 80
to expedite his affairs is problem 81
The shipments of merchandise and emigration to St
Paul this spring have been enornOus that many of
our merchants who purchased even in the winter have
not yet received their supplies. The Governor has
crowded them Of and hurried bis effects along II Is not
easy to define how much the people Of the West admire
such character Ten years Is lifetime here, and
twenty, time out OF memory.
The organization Of the expedition Ia as follows:
Gov commands. Capt GARDNER heads the Mount
The .clenn6c corps il thus cOmpoed.
". finIha@i S'',:.sa.- Adams. rYs,spss.J L.mSsti
-JeLeiarulsy Ayriss- = Stanley, = suobeL
have already Of the Artists work, and can
promise the public when Gov Steyenss Report is msdo
up ard given TO the world there will be something
pleasing 20 the eye as 10 the mind