The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-09-22

or the possibility Of the line suitable ttase ior
railroad, extending from The eastern base ui Budasr
Pass. IN the Rocky mountains. 10 The shi bank Of TIM
psnogos river at the southern extremity OF Camas Dfs
e, Captain Sansbury. who tfayers ed and caIefay eY
smned this section Of the trace. speaks with entire con6
dence. A-tNH 81 efE
He did moi descend the Timpanosos river to Utah ,t
but was assured by mountain men, Intimately aeQusnls
with The river from its mouth TO its that n, in
pedinen for the OF abroad existed from Can,
prairie, on the line OF the nver. To Utah lake. '
We deem II unnecessary 10 say anything In reference
10 the Typographical features o that portion OF ,fa fonts
wing between the Mtsoari river and the bas4
Of The Rocky mountains on the l,"s o. r'a'te valley
is we believe. universally conceded that railroads with
extremely moderate grades. may be carried across he
great plains any line between the 3oth and Ash par
alicia OF nor,h latitude. Ea, rt
low ardly course along The western base
the Wabssch chain, cutting The several Mormon setr
menis las Vegas dc Sasla Clara hat 37t long. III
west beyond which point the JacS would maintain Ne
course reyiously mentioned until il reached lat IS De-
80 min. when II would turn due west, and cro-s The
lower section OF the basin Walkers Pass in The Sierra
Nevada, lat 35A, long lisa west thence through Tie
pass Distance OF ten miles tho head of Tulsre VALLEY
and thence north wardy. down the Tulae ami San Jo
qan valleys, 10 San francesca, n ~
II northern route should be ado'ed ia constructing
an iron highway iron The Mississippi valley 10 the Pa
chc ocean the trace we have described lathe line in
Dictated hy Na,ures civil engineers as
We Tel an abiding confidence. also. ~ me Feasibility
Of The entire iracr Abrupt cn,v@s, high GRADES. or ia
clined planes, would mol, in our judgment. . found
necessary on any portion .! the lac.
Bni If the national islaue shal, after mature delhi.
Grafton, lepuaiae any northern line tor the contemplate
great igh wsy TO the Pacific, would then urge Tie
abortion Of The route recommended by the Hon. Thomas
n Benton OF the feasibility Of constructing railroad
from the mouth OF Kansas river TO CALIFORNIA;, the
line advocated by the distinguished ex-senator named
we are fully satisfied. A
With regard to the remaining route, via Alhuqnerque,
Accona. Zpn, and the valley Of the Little Colorado.
crossing Great Colorado nj the Ford OF The Fsben
about lat 33 deg. 30 Min norlh. and themes westwad
the ba.in 10 Walkers Tess in the Sierra Neyads
will! in judgment prove available, 80 far te
structure OF The county is involved. ~ ~
Entertaining the opnions previously rsciteds we bavs
hesancy in asserting bS, either the Platte valley
route the Kansas route, or The southern route advo
Gated hy Senator Gwin, will be tOuhd intellectually
preferable for the OF the proposed great highway
The Pacific, than the Siberian trail now being surveyed
by Gov. Stevens I xS $500
ANY attempt to trace feasible route Tor Railroad
from he falls of HE Missssii pi river to The Pacific ocean,
north OF Sweetwaier pass will assuredl fail. unless the
structure Of the country embraced between ,he Rocky
and Cascade mountains shall undergo radical fevolu
ton.
The region mentioned. owing TO lie high Horthern sl
lnds fgdy and great altitude above the Pacific
ocean, together with btoken and rugged surface us
lies US in predicting hal The effort being made 10 To-
cate the trace o! a railroad from the valley of the Ass
spp liver to the western ocean, on line north oil The
South Pass lat AZ deg 80 min, will prove fruitess sni
impractcablc T.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept 10, 1858.