The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-28

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We are indebted 10 Mr. w, w Leland. of Ibis city. for
the copy OF The estimates publish day. Of Mr. Sep
,imus Norfs. OF Philadelphia, OF the probable cost Of
building and running the Pacific railroad. including loco
motives. care. employees. and all the ineldenls contin
gences OF the road in full operation; together with his
estimates OF The clear profits and above all regular
and contingent expenses. f1A
MIR Norris is Practical road builder, and his
pseOcs IN the construction alone OF the great road be-
tween 81 Pctessburgh and Moscow gives no ie prac-
teal value 10 bis calculations concerning the infinitely
greater enterprise from the mississippi 10 the Pacific
Ocean His estimates were made out upon The request
and tor ths information OF cetain memheIs OF the New
York Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company. recently
chartered by legislature. from which il will appear
that the company are at once proceeding TO business
According TO these estimates Of Mr.. Norris. fixing
The length Of the road At Two thousand miles. which s
the greatest length OF any calculation yst made from the
Mississippi Tiver) IL will cost oslo Is train
through carrying two hundred passengers. at twenty
miles hour, equiv alent 10 The cost Of the filth part oil
cent mil6 passenger Assuming, the other haAd
average OF four hundred passengers per day. sixty
dollars each for the through ticket clear profit over The
81 The ncodnE The interest upon one hun
dred millions Tor the construction OF the rozd) 10 made
out Of upwaTds Of two millions OF dollars The reve
nues from fresh,s. mails, gold army and navy trans
poTtahoO, incudiDg men, horses provisions and NUM-
IONS OF war, would perhaps more than double the pas
secGer receipts, including tne traffic to and from the
up slonk the whole route, gaddening the waste places
and making the desert literally TO Blossom like The rose
Perhaps The skePisal old iogy may hiok the schedule
oil four hundred passengers per day too high We think
il more likely below the mark The arrivals NJ San
francisco, iron tue actual records amount TO an
average Of very nearly thousand per day and these
do not include The arrivals pouring in by land over the
tedious ROUTE mules and horses OF the South Pass
and Humboldrs river, The San francisco arrivals are
mostly by The Panama and Nicaragua steamship lines,
the cost by either line ranging from two hundred TO
thousand fifteen hundred dollars and consuming from
twenty 1--WE TO thirty days. and sometimes more, IN run
ming The gauntlet OF The deadly levers OF Central AmeI
Now, cut down The time TO San Francisco or San
Diego to six days, the cost 10 sixty eighty dollars by
route perhaps the very heahiest region on the
face Of the EARTH and what is there to the thou
sand per day now landing The Pacific coast beng
sweled TO two or even three thousand from April TO No
vemberl
Then look at the emigration 10 Oregon, Mr.. Hugh
Dick son, OF Chlicothe, outward bound writes that the
emigration is heavier this than IL ever has been be-
fore. He let hive hundred wagons al Fort Laramie, and
estimate be passed fifty wagons day along jour-
ney of thousand miles He reports great many am-
lies the road, and goody number OF young ladies.
He made estimate Of The cattle route TO CalIfO
MIA and Oregon and that three hundIcd thousand
head would be too high Do not these endless
occupying four Ave. and sometimes SIX months in
getting through, suggest immense transportation busi-
railroad which shall carry them from the Mi-
sissppi to the Pacific in six eight ten days' We
quite agree, therefore, with MIR Norris, that The Pacific
railroad will pay quite as well as any OF the New York
roads, and great deal better, TOO
Eliminates Of Mr. Norris Of e cost of construction, loco
m&ues, cars. and pHsonna Of the road and the net pro'
thereof.
Estimate of for running passenger train from ST.
Louis TO San Francisco-say 200 passengers-dstlnce
1000 mes-the train consisting Of
One baggage $50
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