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

erwise arise that tie road would redeem all the
outstanding indebtedness, incurred in lie cone.
truction eyOn before it would fall dae. Ths,
holders Of the bonds even after they fell due
would DO 10th to have taen paid and cancelled
nasmuch as they could not make so good and
cecure an investment Of their capital in snyo
,her WY. On the frst day Of May 1857, ge.
neral railroad convention assembled in the city
of Baltimore, in watch nearly every railroad
cimpany in the United States was reprssent.d
by delegates fully authorised and empowered to
pledge tho railroad property Of their respective
companies and to perform all other acts usces.
sary 10 the undertaking aud building the gres,
Atlantic and Pacific railroad. In pursuance Of
the views Of the pamphlet all the railroad pro-
rerty represented in the convention was plsdg.
ed to raise The loan required to build the road.
"a president and twenty directors were cho-
sen to negotiate sthu bonds, and superiutend
the selection OF the most practical route, and
to provide for the construction Of the road. Ip
less than three months ono hundred millions Of
dollars was procured, and by the beginning Of
the year 1898, the route had been selected and
one thousand miles Of tho road had been pu.
under contract, for grading, to two hundred
contractors, Of FIVE miles each. The work was
pushed forward, with great energy aad in the
course OF ons year each contractor had compls.
'ed his hve miles contract which made one
thousand miles q the road ready for the rails.
AT tho beginning Of the year 1860 it wa. e.ti-
mated that tho portion Of ths road competed
was worth three times the amount Of none,
expended IN its construction. So the balance
ye! 20 be cOnstructs became matter Of ,a,y
accomplishment. lu two years more the great
work was completed. The two oceans were u.
nI'ed IN commercial weilock by bars Of iron.
HE three continents, Europe, Asia and Ameri.
ca, were brought into commercial proximity.
ihe whole world was aroused. Agriculture,
cOnmecce. and the mechanical arts receieed a
new impulse. Tho vast pralrics aud tho noun.
tain vale es that had hitherto been deserts.
were filled with lnhabitaots, and the precious
and osOia mc.als were sdAl FROM the bowel, Of
The mountains; cities, towns and villages spranp
up as by magic, and all elasses Of mankind felt
the amehoatng nlueuces which the opening
'p OF IDls iron highway from ocean to ocean
through the very heart Of great continent. A.
bounding In millions of square miles ,f rich
and IcitlIe land, capable of clothing aud feed.
Ins 1he whole hOuan race, had produced" As
Tue treatise closed, our cavalier exclaimed, IL
indeed this be the year 1870, and il this treu.
Use be true how wonderful have been the dis.
coveres and what vast strides the world hs.
made IN mproyCme'ts, sHcc tho year 1921
mat heated vsgor shonli constitute the
great motive power by which the wheels Of com.
mcrce are pushed over vast, unboundei plains
and into tho very heart of he mountain region,
AIIS the mind with admiration and sstonish.
mGnt
How strange, how marvellous, and how mi
roeulOus are the workings Of the star of nv
destiny, TO cast me over the long gap Of years
forever gone iro'ua past age into the full Llsso
oi the present century,! 49,
How but here our cayali,,,.
voice was drowned by the unearlhly sound Of
that Chinese barJ.rity--tho gong--sar, Din
nor will soon be ready, dat. de fuse g.ug, said
The same African servant who had made hks
announcement in the morning. Aud so va will
leave. our cavalier to prepare for dinner, and
'D''oauco him again in tho succeeding chapter.
(Contaued nezi wsek.) ..t
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