, 1858-11-12
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
STEILACOOH, ". r, FRIDAY, nov II, ISiS.
PACIFIC RAILROAD.

On the third page Of this issue will b
found the proceedings of Railroad Meeting
held in sawamish County, W.T.. This is th'
second meeting on this subject that has beer
held in our Territory, and it is interesting a
showing an increasing solicitude in regard Il
this all-important work. Our people arr
aNsking to realizing sense Of its Importance
and resolved that it shall not fail through
nertiou on their part.
California is now in communication with
the Atlantic States by two overland routes
travelled by stage-eOaches. Over one Of
these routes weekly mail is carried; e
the other the Postmaster General has refused
10 o@trust mil. Our neighbors icing vel
cared for, the General Government, in ar
impartial bestowal Of its favOrs, cannot well
overlook the demand from this quarter fol
increased facilities for communication with the
East, and we have therefore good reason tc
hope for the favorable action of Government
the suing winter.
: n this connection we cannot do better thar
give place to the annexed statement from the
Philadelphia Inquirer, BY which it appears
that the Nor hern has every advantage over
al other routes, in regard to both distance
and The nature Of the country:
In eonsidsring the important subject Of Rail
Sosd from the older States 70 the newly settlet
Ssgions, s.ys The Philadelphia Inquirer, th,
nSml.iA passss are very important points
Formerly these "gates" were regarded as al
but insdrmountable, but now Il appears thi
several are very easy to traverse, and that ths
gradients Of railroads over them will be ever
mufs glnils than on The Pennsylvania Centra
Rod acIoss he AIlsghanies
The country Is 80 level that in March journey
Uli mnds with wagon from Fort Benton Il
OAnioumsnt Stevens, 900 miles, in twelve days
Ths inclination Is 20 gradual that the wheels wer
~ i6lhsd IN ths descent We now proceed tC
quse aooupurslive view Of several routes:
Milss
Erum Memphis 10 San Francisco 2,s2C
Rock Island, Ark, and the South Pass,
70 San Francisco 2050
ST. Paul 70 Seattle, on Puget Sound, 1900
West cnd q Lake Superior 70 Seattle, 1878
n b wSll known 70 an who have anything To
a viii railroads that ascents and descsnts, hills
Ihd Valleys are % Be avoided. Il possible. In
thls Isspect fhs comparison Of ascents and de-
Ds1ns o. The diIsrsntrOutes are as follows:
Essk
lIon Memphis to San Ffaneisco 4s.5qI
n Rock Island % San Francisco 20,12O
VI SlRanl % Seattle, BY Snoqualmie
s. Psulso Vancouver, head Of ship -1'A''
navigation, Columbia River, 1905
n. mountain passes are elevated As follows
Memphis foois 500
s. Paul % Puget Sound 6,Oil
Hach route hn1 Tho following number Of mile
sfs1 dsV.iion q more than 1000 feet above III
-
Nampbis ~;
65dlh pan i.22s
= r1nI ~
.rIils thus sen that IN every aspect 81 Pau
I'D Pugui Sound have the advantage as tho ter
nlhio Pucl0c Railroad ~ ~ ~
Practical railroad men alone know he value Z
MlsIna,ll Ths wear and tear and increase
expense On routes Of high elevation and shor
eusniuill afl excessive In economy Of oper
tiionl. ths Fouts rom St Paul stands iar ahea,
oga8slhnrn.
IN lo5e, De eoentIy put nearly 8 3,6o0 mile
Nhs oxlrnt of railroad built in that year) in op
siaiion, lheIe ned 10 no hesitnncy in regard /
Or ablly % construed. during ihs next two Q
thrus years. 1000 milas, even though II b
thfs1gh lHunssitIsd country, portion Of III
NJ. especially when more than half Of the diu
hncr b - lily q esnsHurtsn as roads in m
non and Wisconsin, We learn from the author
ilyve have quoted that the route from 81. Pal
3 aIrc.dy under constructiol. A company
chartered and IN operation, aided By land grant
b coirlfncta rad ltom St Paul to The junctio
q Bois Dc Sioux with he Red River Of d
B0Fih, distance towards The Pacific Of Is
ir,a, having les than l, 600 miles TO Be paovide
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CAunr rol PUoEs soUsD.--Major P. Mel
co'''ns' a.5s au Eastern exchange, recently le