The Nevada Democrat., 1860-04-11

to the roads the Aeghanes in Pennsylvania and
virginia and some Of the mountainous ds1rcts OF new
On the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad grade Of l1o feet
to the mile for IL miles has been In use for many years
on the Genital road there are gane OF y
grade Is Fsduced at the Of 0O25 per 100 feet per de
gree Of curvature Passenger trains ascend this grade
with velocity Of "a miles per hour ana descenu =. ~
miles per hour The ascent whsn there are more than
three cars is effected by the aid Of an additional engine
s ss S SnoGsns Load add q ss eav s q t ds
Is l25 tons net about 2OS tons including lenoer ana
cars. .--
On the Massachusetts Western road there grade Of
SO feet to the mile for mile and half Engines OF ~
tons draw 100 tons this grade Passenger trains run
at about IS miles per hour without auxiliary power
These facts deduced from the actual working Of roads in
daily use on the most important lines in the United States
will show what be done with the grades adopted Tor
your road. Uss
Grades much sleeper than those cited have been sue
cessfully by locomotives several fastsp
roads, but such grades have only been resosd to or TEN
porary purposes and ought not TO be adopted part OF
permanent system We ought to reeolect that the Au
burn road may possibly become portion o tue greaI
transit route the Sierra, and its leading features
ought not 10 be such 10 unfit II for that purpose
The question as to whether the road will pay
is discussed at considerable length. and basing
his calculations upon reliable statistics, Mr..
Day shows that the road from Folsom to Au-
burn would pay over seventeen per cent per
annum on the cost OF construetioD. The esti-
mate is certainly very moderate, as any one
must admit who has taken pains to inform him
salf in regard TO the business statistics Of Ne
vada aud Placer counties asa If..
We make another extract from the conolu-
ding portion Of the report
when EXTENDED to its full length 10 Nevada, go 70 90
mles the road will penetrate one Of the mosoopulo US
and or osperous mining regions in the State and Of
the finest bodies of timber land. The character Of the
mining Is OF permanent kind consisting largely OF by
raulc and tunnel claims and quartz edges The Whole
country traversed by the road IL capable OF hgh state
of improvement in its valleys and Of prota
bio for grazing its hills. 1t Is capable OF sup
porting a dense population the extent In New
England the hilly portions u New York and Pennsy
vania II has n climate well adapted TO the peach and
the that Of northern Italy at the foot OF the Alps
The 'ndke pile and 90 h0ne class Of people last yield
ing 70 a permanent population, who have already com
enced citing up homes for life The process Of planting
has begun along the slopes rgable by the min
ing ditches Our passed through and 10 sight OF
several vineyards in process OF planting Orchards too
being extensively planted. Should the fears OF some
ers the mining bitches would be turned to cultivation
and dense and permanent population would take the
place of the transient miners.
The elevation atnued by the road at Nevada 200 et
above the is certainly third and perhaps nearly
of the entire elevation Of the passes of the Sierra
Nevada and fair chance IL presented to this road 70
compete for the Washoe trade and for connexon with
the great road the continent as to any oher ROAD
In the State For the purposes OF railroad crossing the
whole Sierra is yet an unsudsd lesson. All the surveys
the United States Government have been TO the North
the South of the central part Of the Sierra that lies OPP
pose TO the great centre Of population Tho Iuckee
and the Henness passes point towards your road ana
there Is every probability that they will be thoroughly
examined during the coming summer. Certain IS that
other passes will be- and the usual fate Of the hndmos
will remain for the laggards in the race.