Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-11-29

to take water passage by the lsthmus Of pana.
ma, or to traverse the whole continent over
wide extended plains and rugged mountains,
by means Of slow niue or * traips, occupying
from three to five months. TO carry on com.
mCrce with the East Indies our vessels had to
double Cape Horn, or the Cape Of Good llopc.
All these considerations were brought 20 bear
with such force and power upon tho suoec.
that in short time the people considered the
construction Of the road asa work of political
and commercial necessity, Through tn. agency
Of the government Of the United States the
surveys of several routes commencing at diAp.
rent latitudes were made across the continent,
and each route slowed that it was practicable.
The highest estimate Of the cost of the cons.
traction OF tho road along any of the surveyed
routes amOantel to ono honirel and seventy
millions Of dollars, while the lowest estimate
amounted 10 aboG. seventy. The highest esti.
wais OF distances was two thousand six hun.
dred and lhhty.two mne3 far III, or,o., ron,o,
anl sixteen brrlred and ei,bteor mia. fan III.
shortest In this way about the years 1855 and
1856 the people hal laid bciora tbom ,bs wbol.
subject IN an intGlligiblc anl tangible form. II
now became an estabIi,bel fac, MT III, ro,1
could and ls9nig be bnilt. gut hv ,,bo,n J.,
tn, government or Ay pryete entprh,i.r2 Tb,.
Question ag;latrd tn, public mind and was
discussed in Congre,, AMI th, cuhl,, n.o,.es
Those wh, insi.toi ,,oo III, ,,v,.n,,.n, o
dertokinr il, c,r.,r0,,ioD con,,ol,,
crn,t not;or, rooJ noo..,. ,,,.,.
noytot,oD or .lo mon.,a,,.
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,onrre nf ,mm"m.a .aram" o' ~ T""u % ''"',''u'a
the tariff md making til. burden, Of govern.
ment light upon the people. Those who orpo.
sel' contended that i would be creating rto.
peDlon' government monopoly. creating .ys.
TEN OF dependencies upon it by yirtuc of the
immense patronage that it would weld, that in
the course OF time woul swallow up the rights
W '"' 0'''cS "ho 'ho iipel'ies Ot the people.
N'' sue" monOpo''eS were Inconsistent with
~ e"'"' " V"' i''e institutions ami At war
"''" '"' ''''''''u''ou' lA'' greater length
VI '''roaus hau already been constructed in
' "'''N ''''V' N''"ou' 'ne an of govern
'"'". '"'" '"c contemplated road across the
''""' "Y''' oe' NAV private enterprise
4, 7 y 0''V'''" was 'n'lS "''qnNlc to the
90 y 40 '0"'''oV''o"' o"op'n me govern
~ "',S" W 00''o '" II *'u'd be retarded
non,I .., L.,,'s.. 49, ,''',''''''' 'o'' 'c'0h'
;,, '"' pu'po'o' VI gam
81, HILL, wy ' Wy '"''V"' '''Ooo'
~ ''" "v"'' "'''. 'S'ee % 'a' location
'N' ''''''e' "ha u''u
W f''P''' VI O'''F'"s loor or I'VE presl'
''"''' e'c'''on'' lne'e aol many more argN.
"'''' "''e "'Eed oh oo.h s'deS, and the public
F'''S" Jo'"'u IN WIN the one or the other par.
H|u'' 20 '"e, s'uee "'h them In the midat
VI '"' 'N'''eo u'scuss'on small rhamplet was
Poo''sueu, whi'h proposed the most feasible
p''" VI Ou"ulhs Tue road hSet ont by show
i"S '"'' "ceoraog 10 the estimated cost Of the
construction o' inc Atlantic anu Pacific Rail.
road, 'hat iye times as much capital had Mt
'A'' time bean invested in railroads Nlrcady
compIted' as would be required to build the
''n'''"p'"'tu f""' III propose that each r0i,
''"N ''''p"'' throughout 'Oe country should
'-F0"s" tHS'r s'ocN hoIierN eice:'or choose one
Or TWO delegates to general railroad c9nron.
ton which should meet Mt some designated time
una P"ce' empowering snrh delegates to pledge
o'Aypu'hec8'e thelF respective railroads for the
pu'pOSc'o' f"''logA loan Of money sufficient to
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