Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-03-09

over the Albuquerque route and Jio. over the Fort Fillmore or Fl Paso rorta cipal engineer in 1853, "A and '55. %f
 In relation to distances, climate, wa... and pasture lands on the respective roa department cannot but commend b;,n committee, as fully competent 10 give q. sired information. I am every day evsT' report showing the most triumphant IT the stage line now running semi.no,,t5s tween the Rio Grande by Fort Ynm..- Diego, which, as soon as received. shall before your committee
 It may be proper, before elosing,bis nicatOn to suggest that, if the estabE.l. this overland mail route is to pionea, .T of the future railroad, in my opuioDniH way desirable to pass from Fort Snhb .t5 ther south on the Preston and Fl Paso | This department has nothing tl do ,: railroad. and has never therefore felt o.r., express any opinion, for or against one. <, vain and idle to pretend not to see, tba,. effort of rival railroad interests that ara sailing the line of mail stage coaches vk department has established.
 The Postmaster General is. tbe-at. only authorized but constrained t9 co,sl subject, in some slight degree. iii the f,r pect of a future railroad. In this Eghtl' to the fact that the very shortest d.xsr.. where 10 be found between existing S.. 1 the Fl Paso route. From the western be. of Texas, on the Rio Graude, to For ', the western boundary of CAlforpia-- about 46O or 470 miles. On DO o-ba,. the distance through the United States territory, by several hundred miles. so d. Four hundfed and sixty or seventy n therefore, the whole distance that tba r States would be called on to make the outside of existing Staes.
 All who deny the power of the gepe,, ! ernment to make such a road only tbror. territories as lord proprietor ofthe soil nm. this route the decided preference. Er. so, when 1t is remembered that the yalrs lands to be improved by it. and to be s,, ated to its construction, is notoriouslv as {. not likely to be far greater than any otbs.
 The committee can ascertain the g-s. here relied on, by measuring on the ma, the western boundary of Texas tothq C, line near Fort Yuma, and also by ns.9 from the western boundary of ArkMa. Missouri, west, to tEe California lHe when Kansas is admitted into the Cr western boundary wsll exhibit vastly space than ou the southern route. Fr, eastern boundary of California, a. For ! by a straight line, it ls one hundred An miles, and by the travelled rou,e oue br and sevrutv-fve miles. to San Den - Pacific Here is d mos excellent harbr terminus of a brauch road here would | to the new State of uth California a r, cial emporium second otlv, on that coa,t city of San Francisco. The great conn conuex.ou by sea betweeu San Fralc,aoa- D.r-o, with that of the railway on laud. m4ke,he coast of 10th Ca}ior.ias tn. highly favored region on this continent
 But l must forbear This letter s rp alrealy too long. and c0rciuje it by .r ing the confident belief that, verthe ron. established, and by the contract Low mai . service required by the att of Cpu-r-,, a ! wi. be performed. Ina contractor, a. agents are now busily eu1Aged u exp.or different routes: and. ulter the ,crs powers retained by the .derar.me.f, to such modlhcau5us berwee | the main Ge, roluis d. physical obstacles may render 1ea have no doubt of clmp e-e success.
 Very respectful, your hedieat ,ervar.
 A RON Y. BR0V Hon. Mr. ESGLI~H, Ch4 rua4 of Pos
 Committee. House Of l,eIre.entatyes