New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-01

4
| his yisiap lie booked 10 the shore a. ',.s e.,
| ar Cathsy be tnonsht be had r,ashei 'n I'D
I.d,ar Eupire by sailrg u the West. d. -.
| a,v,sst n, C.1 ret, Io- that the stes n'os p'o's
! ~ o.sa,s v,H bcry Coins nearer - Ear'ps 90
.rs,ica wss ia TIE days Of Coamoas, alu o ~
| FDrope and Asis may meet ID toeh p Ii' ~
L.ar- .f our Continent, in ss ne tosn o,' rp II,
.. - f,r,rIs h, conve, I'd to lis center HVu ''
80 sea .hotes Iii nov perceived tna' tas ~
Ger i, ,uperced water csrIisge 70 eIs.' "a III ~
i,s rapidly A. d s.cnri ID conseSn uI ,nmsr. Of
/ Tv,on. thar 7 oy rolls IN ter g0Of part on year,
cIchTs the h.uispbe'es, viii be contfot 10 continue
hi. lao, il delay, rather tha' 10 r-ocn lru
! fevuottbr by q quick fran-it Aeross on b,uN'so1
m ,io,s n .ek.n-s by the electric spark OF modern
d;.cox.,y ftd the Old World delay betEeen tnongot
srd copsummstion too .es, and noE, after centuries
of oorsid,IaioD Europe Is resolved saldeny % tAe
shcr,.cut 10 Iud,a by The Istbmds of Sls1 ADeriei
NAV ou,..r Europe this the riches Of the
Eastern CuIt and the slabds OF tie Eastern sfa'
fight ncross To the Pacific on the wings OF etc Sun
y i'll attain the prize sooDe't.
TT. suggestion If the impossblity Of this achieve
meut is worldly of those ssges who, sfer seeicg the
stesm5oa stem our rapid and crooked rivers, and ply
sloI the aT"utd its chores, ~hef. II Is mort
Dangerous held back for years It's adventure across
the A,lsniic by the din Of mpossibliy! s. nO~ tho
in ssibity Cf making railroad over toe smolta
! plains ard lorg slopiog nountaps over which the
wagons # the euigrsDI, loaded with women aud ca
tred have been noviI buffalo T, ais, n saicn
nothing b.. done 10y science end art is urged -
bar the application of tcose facilities snlca nave
climbed sleeps of the Alleg nan'es ~ich winding
grades, spd bored through tneH lnaccsss'oe hls"'s
IN tutres Col Frem nt's last scientific survey 81
the route from the MIsuu 20 the Ptcin' 10 ~ucu no
trayersed all its mountain passes, diVued nl'o
tions giving the grade Of each rifn ehi ue'',o
m,rt rroyes co clusivey its practlcaouly. h's
measpr,ueIts taken sth perfect IDS RI eats 10 tne
HANDS Of an expert disclose 10 us that for the urss
$50 miles Oh the X spsss River, the trs,s s'cshps =
FEET 10 the mle. At al eev alton OF l,oop iee' 49,
The g. the route left tue Kansas t, cross the prae
uplal ds between it ard the Afksn' az IL renensd
the Ark ,nsas st tie distance OF loo mue', the
elevation being 2,676 feet above the sea, anu t1e
rise being 9 feet to the mile for the whole
distance III 10 cros the uplands varying from "
I, 40 feet. Up the Ak~sas 10 rue moath OF the
Ho.rfsIo the distance ia $50 miles the .ssent-7 feet
10 Il mile for the first liO mdes, and thence TO the
mouth of the >. rapo 10 feet tie mile Tos point
is 315 feet above TIE At the head OF the liner-
faro in the 9e' mountains it is OOO From the mouth
Of tie rver TO OF its springs at the foot Of the
Utah Pass in the We Mountains the distance is Ia
miles the average grade being 80 feet 10 the mile.
From the Utah Pes to hat of the Cochtope Is little
over 100 miles Following the mountain foot, around
10 rhe head Of the San Luis VALLEY at an OF
$50 feet makes tue approach to the Cochnops Pass
iu the main Rocky MOuctBin rarge, through the
S.hDs eli X yer Valley. From toe San Ions ' .uey
b. the Co, hetope Psss at an elevation OF 9s ieet
u distance 40 ne., ard the average grade % teet
A. the Utah Pass tuDcel OF 700 yards TOR )ug1 the
crest OF the ridge lie required and at the Cocbetope
Pass when thu crest attoed bya grade OF ~ feet TO
the lie tnppe If 600 yircs will be required, which
would carry the lire to q correspon tng elevation
On the western ride Of the mountain $50 feet,
below the sumo,it. Here ia tue develop sment of al
tie difficulties which railroad would have T. sur
mount in the passsge OF the Rocky Mountains, the
whole way between the Ssh and 39tn parallels Of
latitude wooded and wstered with the excepuou OF
the tbyit preiie line between the Kansas and the
Arkansas rivers aud frcm end to end, the soil rich 10
grasses capable OF settlement. Fren Ut has taken
Ias not only 70 the route and preveat every
d ficury but in his forthcoming publication he vii
TOT no pf the reader feature OF the
d.fles taken by daguereotype so tnat an engineer In
bis closet ay the impe1ineLts in tue same day
light in which Fremont saw them lie wlu give Ills
measurements and the whole aspect OF the mountala
country TO the verify Of the statement OF his letter
to NE and wbch had the House of Represe natives,
with his pledge to make good that the lice IS d.
erect and the iDcinetons easy; the heavier grates
together and continuous none heavy enough to make
the sIOv inpediDent upon the rails thaI there
care but two grest DISTINCTIONS easily over.
come BY moderate uni cling, and lesser grades
" than are now in use in EegIand, over shcn
"is passing TIE largest traffic in the world
Compore this with the grades over the Ailegnany
Mountains, penetrated and passed over by 30 many
T4i Oa0s Dealing ina eIs cams OF bnruen rs seu IS
p,ss Dger cara. The railroad from P1iladsphia to
Pittsburgh passes with ,rsde of 81 feet to the mile
tor eleven iles ard with $40 feet 81 tunnel Ice
Baltimore AID Ohio Railroad ascenjs the AIleghary
from Piecmont TO AltaUont on grace OF more than
100 feet to the lie FOR IL niles aud through several
tunIels ut other places In the mountaGs III tklns
distance underground Of more than mile, and GA the
rar0sd from Boston to Troy, to get md OF circait
aud heavy grade. the Hoossc tnnrel miles in length,
is il progress. The Sierra ada, which is tie only
obs sce yobd the Great Basin h,s been found prac
ticabe. Mr. j. Lewis engineer Of great emncoce,
who surveyed the for road from Charleston -
CinciLpeti, and recently from Saa FRANCISCO to San
joe, gives information that SheImao Day has made
the location ol wegOn rad from tue vicinity of
Placerv,le to Cary's Mil, in Cstson Valley, crossing
the Sierra ct Johlsons Pas. NJ pant Ut tlis ROAD
hes On sscsnt five degrees. The eCgGeer traces
il at every step up the South Fora Of tie AGerlcs4
River to slippery Fond, which is only four miles fro
Lake Valley ana tunnel ot four miles from this point,
be positively asserts, Is the only Serious difficulty
the construction Of the railroad. lie states tue 200
feet use 10 the 9Th Of the tunnel OF foue miles 30
feet 10 the mile stains the Lake Valley and tha. the
scen. from the Lske Valley entirely ritain the
limits Of railroad gradients tlst he entrta doubt
Of practicable route
Here we FER, from he reports Of practical railroad
eBgieers aud actua travel over the routes that the
great basin Is accessble from the east through tue
Cochecpe Pass IN the Rocky Mountains, and from the
wet through the Sierra Nevada by way OF Sherman
Days Pass g. Lake Valley AID that both OF these
passes lie eetSten the 3Sth ard 39h parallels OF lati
iute, and thus direct Ioule through the center Of
the oo..ain Of the Republic is presented.
Successful ant alw sys pursues na.ure IN the sempt
TO accomplish similar designs. When we look on the
m.p and see the central rivers OF the continent
rrg from Forth to south in the midst of ts great val
ley end lis thousand trbutanes spreading out set
sid west, ard when VS. see art with inDuneraoe
coItriv aIces distributing the products of the soil to
ard from the central channel, the reasoning mind
il eIs that wise Providence arranged the era ID
it,t,unentsites of nasUe that the sag.city and in.
dusty Of man might apply them benefgially, we
see them emp loyed II, then, We wooi convert other
great agencies VI nature 10 the similar design VI max
ipg channe Of Communication from o~an 70 cceaa--
sle Am river The cOptnen. TO direct and eoee
cor necton between the eastern and western waters Of
the world, with view to make latera distribution Of
the Of life through the booy OF our country.