New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-29

LcccttsIll S0stue iluuo'ta' " 'A'N"'r .
"Bosh r"-snd yet il would be quite possible, II Is
were undertaken as an outright Government JOB
to make il cost any ccnsceraole amount, especiAly
il We are to have three road. undertaken in order
(by spyeasiog sectional jeaousJ) to secure one.
Wboeser has even slight acquaintance with our
Federal Expenditures on Navy-YaIds aud for Mill
tary transportation, may well reco at the prospect
Of sn outright construction of Pacific Railroad
mpcb less three such-st the sole expense and
under the unchecked management Of the Federal
Executive. There are too very obvious objections
10 such an undertaking; l. TIE cost would be in
meme; 2 We should never get the Railroad.
We insist, therefore, that the Senate has done
well in deciding fret TO advertise for proposals and
to give one year for the preparation, reception and
digestion of such proposals. Thereupcn. we nay
have the work decided on by Congress next Win
ter, and pu. under contract before the session
closes. There will then be Presidential Election
lust ahead, and it will be the very time to pin
certain slippery politicians who are specifically
trendly to the road but radically hostile TO paying
FOR H. We insist therefore, thst the action OF the
Senate, however intended, is better calculated to
insure an early construction Of the needed highway
Of nations than the passage Of the Committees
original bill woud have been.
Bot, in order to secure the beDefcen. end now
fully in sight, it is essential that the advertising for
proposals Just decided on shall be of the most liberal
character We do not mean By this that this adver-
tisng shall be extensive or prOtrocfed; for reither
is isnecessary. Improperly drafted, We will undertake
TO give these proposals wider aud more effective
publicity for nothing than the Washington journals
Will for the appropriated $4,000. What is needed
is ,uch shaping Of the proposals as will allow tie
gest possible range for projects ard proportions
If d company should be made up 20 offer to con-
s.ruct the required road for strip Of the Puoic
Lands fifty miles in width on either side OF its
track-said road to belorg to and be rIn by its
builders. but TO carry Mails, Munitions and
Men for the Government at moderate designated
prices-let have that proposition duly considered,
and, if there be no better accepted. fla company
shall offer 10 make the road for ten miles wide Oa
each side of il and $4,000 per NILE in cash-the
money to be repaid in Mail Service &c, at fair
rates-,et us have the benefit Of that proier. And,
if there be an offer to complete is for five miles in
width Of the Public Domain, with SOC per
mile in cash. on condition that the Government
shall pay 30C0,0 600 per anDum for the conveyance
Of its Nails Munitions &c, by trains starting daily
each wsy from either end Of the route, let MS
have that offer fairly considered. In short, let us
have such Advert.ing for Proposals as viii invite
every sort of proposition looking to The construc-
ton of the Road, and stimulate enterprise and
genius to seek and devise the most feasible means
of binding the Atlantic and Pacific slopes of our
country in bands of iron.
We regret to perceive that Mr.. Dooittes prop
ositiOD, which has been passed by the Senate Is
substitute for the original bill, calls for proposals
for three seyeral routes, roughly designated the
Northern, Central aud Southern. This ia wrong,
and should be modified in the House. The true
way is not to inquire, nor even to know, on what
route the bidders propose to construct their line OF
railroad. We do not not need three rosds-cin-
not afford to build SO many-oughs not 70 begin
second until We shall have completed the first.
just invite proposals. for The construction wholly
through our own country of a railroad connecting
some line of rOsd already constructed which reaches
to the Mississippi with The Pacific, and let the most
favorable bid be accepted forth with. Thep, let the
successful bidders build their road just where they
shall find it most advantageous to do so-Thether
that be through the Valley Of Gla, of the Platte or
the Saskatchewan. This is right in itself, and the
only way in which sectional Jealousy can be dis
armed, end sectional rivalry put to good account,
And, whenever the bids thus invited shall have
been opened, the croakers that Pacific Railroad
must bankrupt the Treasury will be seen wearing
abashed and rueful vissges. Mark the prediction.
Thora "a a veyv rara ouot.tion from Shskaspsare