, 1858-09-10
PUGET SOUND HERALD
iSFEEAOO0N, W.T., FRIDAY SEPT. 10, lSiS.


lno pcopic Ot 0iuncsOto, ~ "ouAu sCSii's
are fully awake to the Importance Of cstab-
fishing an euhgsant route from St. Paul to
Frazer River and Puget Sound. Several
meetings had been held relative to the matter,
al Of which were largely attended, and man.
ifested an increasing interest. At meet.
ing held on the lst Of July, in St. Paul, a
committee was appointed to gather informa-
ton and report as early as possible on the
practicability Of an overland route from that
city 10 Puget Sound. The committee made
an elaborate report on the sth July, in
which they state the distance (via Pembina
and the Saskatchewan and Columbia rivers)
as le25 miles, which party Of young and
energetic men, by travelling at the rate Of
thirty miles per day, might accomplish in
q little over two months, provided they
DO not travel on the Sabbath. A cor
respondent Of the Philadelphia Pres, writ
ing Iron St. Paul on the OH, says "a You
need not be surprised to hear of several par.
ties starting out about the first Of August.
This viii be about the cheapest route tha:
emigranis bound for he Ell Dorado can
take, Is two hundred and fifty dollars will
cover all expenses from the sea-board
sia,ear 6 s7s haar r7y 'sel @"
Il isPrssumed that the prime object Of
The chief movers in the matter was not sim
ply 70 ind thefeadiest access to the mines,
bui, By taking advantage Of the emigration
thereto, 70 establish permanent communi-
cation with the magnificent valleys that lie
on the route between St. Paul and Puget
Soupd- With regard 70 the country in ques-
ton. sha COMMITTEES give great deal of in
erssiiug information ~ 's.
Ihsagrieultural and commercial resources
which would be brought % light and devel
opmeni BY the cpenipgof this route-espe-
elally II i were traversed BY . railroad, as
no doubt Il ultimately will be-may be
judged Of BY the following statements;
An overland route from St. Paul, on
American srritory. % Puget Sornd, or
through ihs sustlichewm basin to Frazer
River and ysnoouvsr Island, Is central to an
''H',n-' ana fertile area, which ct no distant
Day must connect with the channels Of the
N|It.is.ipni and ne ST Lawrence within the
l. ~, n IT II 80 . -
y. ttv'e '-.''ees' WY
IuuI 70 uIIY- Y-IuuIa ana Irom longitude ninety
we % one puno1eo ana .~e'Ee 'ses' 'oI
e1,1nrieh) or between Lakes Superior and I
Wlunepsg on The eAs,, and the Rocky MOun.
tnns. mere Is comprised an area Of ooisooo
square miles Extend these sl'H INES OF latitude
% hs k'eih' IN Longitude one hundred an and
sesn.ll'opf' ana ana We % have = further area O
3i9 go square niles or ap aggregate q
.ops' '9og square mlle'-eapAl N extent .
flane'. Germany Prussia Austria. and that
portion Of Russia which lies south Of ST
Petersburg and west q Moscow. A district
Zen d,grle, Of latitude vide By thirty-twe
q Longitude in length would comprise
twenty Jour etaies q the sue q Ohio
4nose az d''ir'e.. 2 q British Pc America west o
tne LAKE,, Lakes which pY so'l ana climate aF'
suitable 'of sP'nemen'' may Pe' mus emu
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