, 1860-05-12
Another Pony Express to California
.s.A Proposed Five Day Trip TO the

---A Proposod Five Nay Trip 10 the
tFtom ths As.oud Denoc1as-l
:, We are informed that the telegraph, lines IN
will reach Fay yettsTille. Arkansas, III the course
OF thirty days: The wires are to be carried for
ward to Fort Smith as fast ns the labor Of hands
and the efficiency Of the work will permit In
formation also reaches us that the California
telegraph lines, which served the people Of tho
land Route, but which have been rendered
comparatively useless by the Pony Express, are
progressing rupidiy townrus Los Angeles: The
poles were up 10 1ejon Pass, and would proba-
is the worst portion Of the route, and the pro-
gross to Los Angeles from that point will be
Comparatively easy. These two sections of the
Southern Overland. telegraph cover five hun.
dred miles southwest from st. Louis on the At
lantic side, and four hundred aud eighty miles
south Of San Francisco On the PaciGc.,
tits understood that when the wires are CON-
pleted to Fort Smith and Los Angeles, that the
Overland Mail Compsny, operating under the
Butterfeld contract, will establish horse e1-
press, in opposition to that owned By Russell d
Co., upon the Central route. The facilities on
the Ell Paso line tor an enterprise of tha! char.
actcr are very superior; their stations ard en-
ployees at regular intervals along the road,
already afforded means Of running an express
at a triding cost, compared to the expense that
any other company would BE- subjected to-
Ihe calculation Is to 60 from Fort Smith to Los
Angeles in five days, and starting asit appcars,
there IS nothing ID the undertaking to staggera
company that has put through stage coach
from Syracuse, in this State, to San Francis
hundred miles. The space bet1een Fort
Smith and Los Angeles is about fifteen hundred
miles, and three hundred miles per day would
be the maximum speed required to overcome it
in five daJs. This is At the rate Of twelve aud
d half miles per hour, and as their stages fre-
euent1y 60 thirteen miles in single hour. it is
supposed that orer these favorable places,
horses, with relays every ten miles, could be put
through at the extraordinary speed Of twenty
miles per hour, which w3uld leave ample mar
gin for the rough places in the mountains, and
Tor stops along tue route. Even admitting that
the TRIP is capable Of being made in six days,
aud it at once takes the lead the annals of fast
could surpass the sPafG1 shown in the grand race
between the two OCEANS. The Pony Express,
BY the central route. -would, undoubtedly, con-
test the palm nob1y, and between the two, tho
speed would become positively terrific.
The American people have had no greater tri.
unphs than those developed within afew years
past, in lessening the time required for commu-
nication between ouF Atlantic aud Pacific pos
sessions. After exhaustiog. clipper ship passs-
| Ees around Cape Hnrn, and steamship voyages
| via the 1sthnns Of Panama and Of Nicaragua,
| and surprising everything in the exploits Of
fast sailing known to the world. the contest il
| now transferred to the plains. Horse flesh has
Gust the best efforts Of lire oak into the shade.
and hardly had VIC recorded reduction Of time
to ten days, ere fash Of lightning came telling
/ us Of the arrival Of another horse express at
| st. Joseph in nine days. Now re arc told that
| il is to be brought down to fire or six days.
Nothing short Of telegraph can surpass this
| remarkable time, and when that is built even
horse expresses and railroads must succumb.
Many persons have an idea that this enterprise
| will not pay, and that the Pony Expre,s already
in operation is losing gconcern. While we have
no positive means Of ascertaining the fact, the
revenue OF the proprietors for the first few trips
would seem sufficient to pay expenses, aud OF
course it must constantly increase, {tlle same Al
| the mai1s by tho Southern Overland Route, hare
increased,) as its importance is developed. The
third Pony Express brought through two hun
dred and eighty five letters, and fise telegraphlc
dispatches As the charge on each is five dol.
lars per ha!f ounce, We suppose the postage
would not be less than 81 800 for the trip, allow
ing that few letters exceeded half ounce in
weight, the next brought through about the
same number. and yielded like sum. The
amounts thus realized must certainly pay al
the expenses Of the route, and hare surplus
for profits. II a similar express is established
on the Butterield route, the rates may be re
duced and general competition between the
| two companies en8ue.
We wish them both success in their efforts Il
lessen the time. These enterprises must opel
the eTes Of the country to the importance Of {
Pacific railroad, aud attract the attention Of thf
whole world to the feasibility of the routt
across the Plains us the shortest between the
East Indies and England, mud bring to on,
doors tribute to Western energy and perse
| verance.