New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-02


,i.icn o,I be more psir Is ne pms wof.b s-iTns
hr
IB Corgr.ss f,st SD az ne siysa:sse 70 Is &C.
ryed from Psci1c R,iresd through ne Soz-n fss7
lss teen ampy Sc: fo-ta; lite, however, Las oFth
,.d Ct The .x-reue E5,ttern route beesuse ~.s -
fer TO,;b ard btca1se is Terminus so AZ ifon 50
FIsrcseo; bu, rev be .spec: of afaTs = CT ns'o'
II pubic a.e a11ocs 70 kIoF abc1t
TBE ROUTE TRoN LAKE srPERIcR 70 Tx IAsIfiO'
Tie ls.e Secretary c: War Mr.. Jefferson DAVIS
;hus sor 2 up :bs advantages of .ais rou:s:
Tfe .evsrt.re. s-e iow Frot4 IL rrs3es :, mA
tnoua: ,iIo.I.s arc ceic'l bs - 2 az = ~ 80 .,.
br e.vop % 's fa so'..t' Po..f re ga. LII
ofhs eu.e IL fs es vhes 'As ,oo1ts n -r I'd - -,
'oLe u its ,ho1t crszee teEa iAs L'gli y -. II
~ P.esc ne ve,'ein .e'minI' ttrE nsAs; 70 -
ess.in ,errIls n Lste sspeor tloro vi ccl,ial
nsyifs d ZEE srIe vts'ss e112e. = lhe A---'N O'i
aId IL Tie esE.Lce q coL CT P0se; sotrc.'
I,s direction rom St Pail .s ro'it-wett, on TIE
plateau b4. diy.5es tbs Mssoui from the waters rus
rrg roth n.o Hldsons Bay, to ihe great tsnd O.
tie Msscur where H. strikes the fivsr, for ore haa-
drec ard fry nles lesYiIg i e, Mix River, AKA MI
.irg the uorrtsiDs At Lewis srd Cla'k's Pa's df-
t.rce from ST. Paul CT sbcu. 100 nlss. To tes
place the Ioueis as eye a. the I1Iois Car'Tsl k>-
road. There grade greste. -hso tairy Zee, 70 'e
nile which, ss coresrrs rslros5s it consteref 'qu'%
,en. 70 dead level. tiea vel-wste,ed prsire, Win
fel.ile valleys ss6 groves of eo.tonsco1, sLefe 10
fnows fell. TIE grsss Z g'ean tie yesf roun1- atd
herds Of Eild hr-,ss rJsm tee p'sr, nct LEAVING =
.bICueh ,bs year. a; rU. B-Eot, ssys Gov
S.eleIss report there aJe large herds Of cstte ani
hcrses, rbieb aye 70. stabbed % the Winter, bos
" obtain Their own hvirc ard rem,r ~. Ine
valley Of NIL River is described Sc bstg ors Of ths
licfes earth. TIE temperature Ct rae region s hat
Of i ino.s TIE thermal line Ct Chicsso rgILing fT
ncrh Ito TIE Bn.ss Possessiofs.
Isere SIC nTe p:sses 5 tie heal T..ers q The Ne
soaIi, DeaTy oil practicable ioT ralfo.i. sx oi these
debcu ) into be ysley Of the B,ter Root RIVER, Of
which five sre pIsc.,csb,s fer arS.rosi. Toe h.t,e
sck:eet Psss is thus described:
"I,i,rmsiksbly sssJ. The Ita.ar M % We 'sorn rc.i
.,ibs, 40 !. fs., f.S Toe ts-e7ss:sr fave a.
u 80 ~ ~, 9:o ~ ,, ssoy De .s Wi rrossy de
eassi,I Ct ciotttIwoIf, se reaeea 70 st tA.s oN is
The eourtIy is 80 evsl tina: in March a osIrey vss
u.de with wagon rom FoIt Bertor 70 Csr.onment
S,evers OCT mes, in twelve dsys. TIE neins.ioni g
70 gradusl that tie WHEELS rot locked q t1e de-
scert The eastern approsch, s;ys tue report, i
practicable With grade Of nom ffy TO Sky feet 10
"the mie the passage Of ibe I!dee VIII atwo nile
"tUnre ard the western dsfcsn, oy grade OF tnHty
feet per mile This is unparalleled The p'sesgs Of
tie Blue Ridse on the Bsltinore s1d Onio RoEd, is
accomplished by tunnel 1900 feet in eDg.n bd- by
grade Of ll6 feet per nile f5r u mies Ga Tie Penn
sJyapa Central there gradients q % feet per mile
for e miss On the Virgins Central Rel say, trains
psss daily grade Of 275 Zee; Per mile, di:tsncs
,go miles On the Western Msssscauset.s Road are
grades of 80 feet per mile. BY adopting hesvier
grades the lergth Of the turue may bs not Only re-
duced, but may be avoided. two mile tunnel in line
stonercck small work when compared wite the ,ir-
nes Of Europe OF thst ofthe Hoossck Mountain now in
progress IL ascending .he r1ountsins into .be Bsk-
feet Valley there is no grade exceeding twenty-five
feel Per mile Thus easily the mouttsrs are crossed
and Gov. Stevevs adds:
RocIy MON tain rs1ge even b:isr thsn tho'e explored
Tny Indicated BY The general eePr."on q ihe moutan
Is with he PI,se queny of the reaching o 20
NO res, psn II The Columbia and res nee Pare S,arG
either ~ (cubs River the s1oGlsue Pass ci ne Cas-
osde Mcuhtsirs'
On the tr,ire lire from 81. Paul or Like Saps.
nor 10 PSset Sound ttre Is grade erceediAg sky
jtet 70 The maei There are expensive viaducs or
costly bridges. TIE di,tsrcs, as sulveye. from s..
Paul to tie Sound s eighteen hundred miles, in riund
1umteis which Gov. Stevens informs us can, without
doubt, be materially rtiueed.
NPlRIsoS oF EoUTrs.
ccmJ5Iison Of distances from the Lakes an, tbs
MisisspIi to the Pacific 10 round Numbers s IS fol-
lows:
From MenI 70 ssa SIS m-.
fIon koca itsnd, A!s I'D tie souta Pass D San
Frcm s. Paul 10 Sese oa Pufe. eO nj
Wet ,rd Of Lake supeIior to sese.. ss miles
It's wei known to al who have anything 70 do with
railroads that sscen;s ard descents hills and valleys,
to be avoided il possible. In This respect the
psson Of sscent' and desoerts on tie different routes
as follows;
From MerTts TO San s2 FEET
From Roci Island 70 san :. feet
From s. ps1l 70 ss''le by snoGu%me 2 feet
From 81. Pal 20 Nsucouyer-tts sd cf snip Is5 sSt,on
Ne.-htl~ iJ Zee.
lhe momta'n passes are elevated as :oll).s:
Yer II,s gol ieet
s;.Psai 70 Puget f.et
Efch route has tie following number OF miles q, al
eltysiien OF more than ooC feet above .be sea:
Sum .o1's ~ me-.
3 PArl Is nies
Niles elevated 3 0CO feet:
Memphis s.
,'Is r., ts' '''.''''''''''432:
Prseticsl rsTosl men slone know the value Of level
rostss. The sId tear and itcressed expense on
routes Of high e.evsons and saor. curvauIes are
csssiys. Therefore il economy of operation the route
from S. Pau stands fsr ahead OF al o.hefs.
OBJECTIONS.
M SecIetsiy Davis in his report erumert.es the
following objections 70 tle route from :. Paul D fl
cu construction OF tie mountain region, including the
turrel delsy construction; liability 70 ife,hete or
the branches OF the ColHubs ,evere sui long vins-s
on lie p-s1ts ess. OF the mountains; 6iss1cs Of is
wesieln terminus frou Sin Fssrcisco proximity 70
lie nol .er Of powerful soysIe.sr;y I4sss Sc 81.
the q seiiors IS 10 diifeul.s Of cor,r-caor tsse
lis own conrsrison with TIE other Lies:
mRrrrr ~ SoITH Pc az .lfs ~ - 90. 81.