The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-23
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1858.
IN CONTINUATION.
SENATE.
TO THE PACIFIC.


The Senate as IN committee of the whole, resumed
The co onsideraton OF the special order-beng Senate bill
No $780, "aulhorzing the construction OF railroad and
branches for establishing certain postal communication
the shores of the Pacific and the Atlantic within
the United States for the protection and facilities OF
rave and commerce. and for the necessary deences OF
The PRESIDENT. The pending question is on the
amendment offered by the senator from Ohio, INF
Mr. ADAMS. desire to correct a msreport OF some
remarks which made yesterday am reported as having
said:
would be willing, however, and even glad, to see al
tenate sections of land by which you win improve the
value of the the United States equal 10
the @ given the States of Arkansas Missouri Louis
ana, and California, for the purpose Of bnidns railroads
aud Pacific by railroad communication.
stated that willing TO grant TO those States al
sections for reasonable distance on each sde
with the view oi building roads, having reference to
the object contemplated by this bill. My remarks were
inexperienced by the Reporter.
Mr. CHASE. Upon consultation with several sena-
tors who desire sige road, find impossible to agree
precisely the terms in which the amendment should
be worded have, therefore, prepared an amendment
which expresses my own view upon this subject II is
in some degree modification OF the one which have
already submitted propose to substitute for thai amend
menl the following To strike all OF the first section
after the word railroad" and insert in lieu thereof the
words
"From San Francisco, In California, by the most direct
and feasible route to some point on the Nj ssour river
below Independence in Missouri nor above hanesvie, In
Iowa
The PRESIDENT II there be no objection, the sen
ator from Ohio will have leave TO withdraw the amend
men, which he first offered and this will be received.
There no objection.
Mr. CHASE. II is apparent that there are very di'er
ent opinions in this chamber in regard to the ermin OF
this road There is probably but point upon which
majority, at the present moment, are agreed and that Is,
that there shall be road There is another point upon
which perhaps there may be approximation 10 an
and that is ha, the road should be construct
ed from the Pacific ocean to some point upon the frontier
| II 2,ataa purh min
accommodate the largest amouWt OF commerce and the
arges, number Of people As to the precise location OF
the route. there differences OF opinion. My amend
ment designed TO ascertain the of the Senate as
TO one OF The routes There be doubt, from the
surveys which have been made OF the countysome ten
or twelve different explorations by different ndiyduas
that there several practicable routes We are mol
tied up by the formation OF the country TO any particular
location We may take the extreme southern route or
the extreme northern route or we may ake ,ne m,e
route between the two, proceeding westward lnIoueo
what are commonly known as I" The Parks, crSssine
the interval between the Rocky mountains ana me S,e1a
Nevada, and finding some suitable pass tnrougn tue oe
| Nevada to San Francisco.
has been said that there is practicable pass through
this range north of Walkers Pass. cannot speak con
6dentlv as 10 that but if rightly informed by gen
temen who are thoroughly conversan with that section
of ,he country il is by means yet settled question
whether such pass exists or not and Jndgng from he
general character OF the mountain range seems TO me
9u,e probable that practicable route will be found
through that range II seems quite likely that the Sierra
Nevada will yet be pierced by railroads various points.
as the Aeghanes already are. AT all events. my amend.
men proposes to settle but thing II proposes TO fix
San Francisco,he great centre Of commerce upon the
Pacific at this momentas the terminus upon the Pacific;
and proposes TO take the point at the eastern end Of The
road where the largest system OF railroads 10 at present
concentrating II has the advantage to which referred
yesterday tha, the State OF Missouri has already provided
for the construction Of railroad from ST Louis to lnde
pendence The necessary to the completion OF
The work have been supplied partly by The liberaliy o.
Congress- and partly by the wisdom and i,beray o. lne
| State of Missouri This amendment proposes that we
shall avail ourselves OF that road and proceed west fro"