The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-04-19
beginning at the western extremity of Lake
Superior. between the 47th and 49th paral-

country adapted TO the cereals anc esculents
of the Middle States, and as level as the
prairies of illinois. Says Gov. Stephens in
his report: "This route is not INSTRUCTED by
deep snow; nor is the temperature as low
as has generally been imagined 1t is
strange that sectional feelings will prevent
men from awarding to the North her pre-
eminent fitness for the construction of n
road to the Pacific While Congress is dis
cussing the purchase of Cuba, the increase
of postage, and the style and manner of the
seats in the new Houses, upon which they
are to rest their honorable bodies, the Eng
lish government is connecting the shores Of
the Atlantic with Vancouvers Island.
While men are frittering away the public
money in Congress, and the newspapers are
discussing the minutie of a hasoE and muir
der in sight of the Presidents house, hun
dreds Of laborers are casting up highway
to the Pacific, and line of steamers are be-
ing constructed in the heart Of the wilder
ness to form links-across navigable lakes
and by deep rivers-in the chain to the
Rocky Mountains. Fortunately for Eng
land, she has way of talking and doing
which her young Nephew has not yet ac-
quired. You can turn over your files and
within the last six months you can find the
prospectus of the Company, or synopsis of
it, as it appeared in your columns. With
the opening of navigation, three iron steam
ers will be placed on the route from Colling-
wood to Fort Williams, from thence by
road, now under construction, TO q line of
steamers on the chain of lakes, beginning
with Rainy Lake, to the head waters of the
Saskatchewan, down that stream TO the
mountains, and across the mountains to
Frazer river beyond. Of course, it will take
some time to perfect this arrangement, but
all that. English money and English skill
can do, will be done, to hurry the enterprise
through. The iron track aud the locomo-
tive will supercede the coach and steamer
at an early day. Goods can be shipped
from England to the head waters of this
lake without breaking bulk, and thence,
even this summer, by the route have spo-
ken OF, be transported to the Pacific. An
English Engineer, in the employ of the
Company, who has traverSed the whole dis
| lance, told me, in a recent conversation, that
| uhan tho nrocant orronnarnanto mara nor
fected, it would become, at once, a thor
oughfare for the trade between England
and her possessions on the Pacific, and they
were now making the estimate for the pro-
posed railroad. We can scarcely form an
adequate opinion of the value of this route
to the British, and it is expected that our
own States bordering on the English line,
will share largely in the increased prosperi-
ty which will follow the consummation oil
by stating that the testimony of the engi
neers and explorers, who have passed over the
route, establishes the fact, that wheat, oats
potatoes and barley can be, and now are
raised in abundance throughout the Valley:
of the Red river and Saskatchewan. Who
can estimate the agricultural resources of 4
country, so vast in extent, whea it shall be
come settled, or calculate the wealth OF the
minerals between this point and Puge
Sound
Unfounded statements in regard To tn.
climate of the Lake Superior region, hav,
been circulated throughout the South ant
East, and emigrants hither have prepared
themselves for Arctic winters. The expert
ence of all who have lived here prove tina
the climate, above every thing else, is tn,
main attraction, and invalids now resor
hither TO escape the damp and penetratin:
winters of the middle States. The atmos
phere is pure, dry, bracing and salubrious
enabling the inhabitants to withstand
without inconvenience, "a far greater degre
of cold, than in more Southern climate
The land living Immediately on the Lake, i
OF unsurpassed fertility and produces vege
tables, worthy of a premium at any OF tn
State Fairs below. Potatoes average fou
hundred bushels To the acre, and forty bush
els OF wheat have been raised per acre, OF
many "claims near Superior. The oat
raised in this region are excellent in quality
aud average fifty bushels to the acre. 1t
found that every variety of grain and yege
tables will grow here more luxuriantly thai
E in the Middle or Southern States and find
ready market at the mines.
= 1t would be impossible within the limit
{ of single paper, TO speak Of all the rt
] sources of the Lake Superior region. A
5 another time will give you other items {
e interest touching this subject. Every ma
e who watches the growth of this countr,
i and is interested in tie rapid developmer
a Of the resources Of the United States, cal
q not fail to see that the North West is 500
Y to rival the East in the wealth of its PR
p auctions. In the meantime, there is opene
i up for individual enterprise, new field
activity where certain financial independent