New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-04

r,,lsnS hss profitable Railroads 20 day Counting
,ba, so.usl. no. their pOmina cos'.) snd msas
- - b,S = thousand niles Of such instead Of
hundred.
Tsp. gruSsingy admit, thH RA!rced' may
,,o6,,br ha run through champaign eoan'ries.
We think he viii hardly Insist that the crossing"
the Alechsnies Is traversiDg champaign county
vet the PENNSYLVANIA Central Il dong 'Ni V"'
ness. though the State works, the hs''uHio'c "~u
Ohio. and our own great Canal and Railroads aTe
formidable competitors. We viii Iot eo''FSe On
this point.
is P.',ss.umption that tie Pacific RsLfoad
VII never pay running expenses, because Il t1aVe'se'
an Unsettled reg:op IS sadly at variance WIKI us
facts that the lesst productive of cur AmetcM
Roads traverse our mos. densely peopled aad
wealthy States. while those Which carry their pcpu
latou slorg with them are decidedly the most pro
stsble and promising. These facts preseo' no ah-
6culty 70 our mil d. railroad -un through al 10
Inhabited region is not diverted from ts true course
either TO favor this village spare that great man
mansion; il takes timber. stone, earth, &c, wher-
ever thty are easiest to be had paying nothing 70
nobody; whereas. in denssly PEI pied region every
body within miles of It's route clies, stand and
de iyer." Items Hhich make up two-thrds OF the
eos, # an Fpclisb. and more than one-thrd oil TIE
cost Of cur Middle state roads would coS nothing
AZ Al 70 the Pacific Road if promptly constructed.
JsP.w would. after al, be willing to giTe alter
nate sections of the Public Lands for an unlimited
bresd,h to secure the build pg OF the racine h's''
But Why alternate Wha. reason can there oe
h.
for giving one. half the sections trs7erSed oy ns
road which would not be as good reason for giving
The other half The reasons for giving alternate
sections 10 Railroads in She Land States seem to US
inapp icable here. Those gr,nts proceed upon the
assumption that the Public Lands IN those STATES
are worth ten York shilling, per acre-that carry
inc Railroads through them at Least doubles this
value for given distance on each slce oil every
Road-and that it is but fair to divide the oenehted
lands with those who thus enhance their vaue'
New will J. s. P contend that the lands to De trav-
er.,d by the Pacific Road are, In the absence oil
such Road, worth ten, or even iye, shulings per
scre1 On the contrary, does he not habtusly rep
rs,snt them A. in the main worthless Suppose
the Pacific Road gyes these lands positive, nne-
oiste value, Why should the Government recAH
taf Of that value Suppose, for Instance, tha me
Pacific Ros should make plot of and about some
choice hsrbor on Pugets Sound worth i've mlIon
dolsrs, whereas il is now worth but i've thousand
wtu,d it be Just for the Goyerment to take hall
that enhanced value 10 itsef
We are not quite reconcled to the policy oil
building such great aid necessary Public Works
with Public Lands at al. We should prefer TO cede
narrow strip on each side of the route, with the
privilege of taking materials at liberty from the
whole Public Domsin aud beyond this we would
prefer 70 give the desired National aid in the form
of money rather than land. If the Government
will prefer strip two miles wide, with the prvil-
,pe aforesaid and Fifty Millions IN cash, to be paid
as divisions of the work shs be ccmPeted-al that
is done TO be National property unless the work
shall be competed within specified time-we
OF, mise that either the work shall be Undertaken
by competent ard responsible parties, or we will
hold our peace respectirg Pacific Railroad ever
moTe.
Bat, .upposing the Government 70 be willing to
give Lsrd but rot money TO aid this great work, we
will suggest mode that seems to US preferable TO
]. S F's. Let the Government offer TO whoever
WI uD1elIdAe tLe WCIh, unscI ptofct BuatuhNo'
for responsibility ard integrity, these terms;
/. A free grant Of two miles two Surveyed Soc
tion,) il width along the Whole lice Of the road;
.. TIE right 20 take timber and othec materials
from ibe Whole Public Domain as aforeeaid
3 The ii. ht TO take the Public Lads for fifty
miles Oh each sds Of said line, East and so far
they msy zee III to pay for them 1.-THE rate Of fifty
cents per scrs-which price shall be carried 10 the
crsdi. Of the Government and paid in the transpor-
aton at fair prices of mails, troops sud munitions
whenever required.
The Pacific Road is National need We're Is
built 10 Jay, il would no mere be allowed to stand
IDLE than Is the Illinois Central Or Panama Road.
IL would nave al the busines. il could do within
fye years, and enough local .rSfic to fully employ
d, lble track within ten years. We cannot much
hasten, nor J. 5. 2. but little rttasd, consunm.-
ton for which the world has already waited too
long We ayow 81 earnest desire that il should be
uuler'oken at once aud completed within our lie
time, should that be prolonged TO the year 1865.
We ,houd be ashamed 70 leaVs, without 40 earnes!
+ foit to complete i now, this great and benefcent
enterprise 10 those y no are 70 cone sf,er Us. Bat
Whether completed sooner or later, posterty will
honor those who, in defiance Of hair splitting con-
struction.ts, csYi'ers AID croakers, did their NJ.
most TO initiate, sustain a-i PEE, forward the
Pacific Rai't3J.
The telegraph yesterday brougi. Us The inteli.
gence TIA! ne BUCCANEERS Cf tie Indiana Leg ,a.