Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-07
The Pacific Telegraph and Railroad.

! Let us explain that by the phrase Far
| West we mean that territory between the
settled portion of Kansas and California.
War has not suspended all Improvements
making in that quarter. On the contrary,
we learn from the California papers that the
work of laying the overland telegraph is pro-
gressing rapidly. A letter from the superin-
tendent of the Eastern DIVISION states that it
will be completed from Fort Kearney tO
Julesburg by the middle of October, making
three hundred aud fifty miles from Fort
Kearney and one thousand and fifty miles
from ST. Louis. Another party expect to have
the section between Juesburg and Salt Lake
City in operation by the first Of December
A separate interest-the State Telegraph
! Company-ls meantime at work on the West
| ern division. MIR. Street has charge of the
! line extending west from Sat Lake City.
| Brigham Young has shown his goodwill TO
this enterprise, by encouraging his people ID
assist in hauling out aud planting poles, &c,
though it was in the middle of their harvest
season. Owing TO the secession troubles, the
company could not get their wires sent for
ward in season from Missouri, and two hum
dred miles of them had to come by way OF
! California.
| From Fort Churchill, in the territory of
! Nevada, 10 which the lines already extend
| from the Pacific coast, the gap toward Salt
Lake City is rapidly closing. Eighteen of
the hundred and thirty miles were to be
opened in August, and IL is believed that the
Western section will be mpleted as soon as
its Eastern Deighbor Allowing for delays
and accidents, 1t is likely that by the begin
ming of 1862 the cities OF New York, ST. Louis
and San Francisco, which are already, or
will yet become, the great foci of their re-
spective divisions Of the continent, will be
placed in telegraphc communication with
each other. All along the route the Indians
are represented as being favorable TO the
project.
From the same source we receive intelli-
gence of an expedition recently undertaken
TO explore a new route for the overland mail
road between Denver and Salt Lake Cities.
| 1t was conducted by Mr.. Berthoud, well
! known as Western explorer, and Mr. Vale,
an Indian agent. Mr.. Russell aud Major
| Brdger also accompanied it. The whole
number consisted Of nine persons, who left
Denver City ON the 9th of July last. Their
course lay up the Vasquez, tributary of the
Platte flowing from the South Park, through
New or Gore Pass into Middle Park thence
by Bear and White Rivers TO Green r yeL
thence by the valleys of Uinta River anC
Duchesne fork to the Wahsatch noun tains
crossing these at point west OF Lake Fork
and thence by one Of the branches of tht
Timpanognas TO Provo and Salt Lake City
The project was eminently successful; tht
trip was accomplished in twenty.siX DAYS
and a route discovered shorter by two hun
dred miles than any previously known be
tween the termini.
The feasibility of building railroad alon
it was never lost sight of; and on this poin
the party appear TO he well satisfied. Th
route and passes found are described as ex
cellent; though some allowance ought prob
ably be made for coloring. At all events
appears that grass, wood and water abound
ed along the lice, and these are matters q
as to the altitude of the principal passesi bu
take it for granted that none were found at
lower elevation than ten thousand feet.
appears that the great backbone ridge ca
be passed by means of a tunnel only tw
miles long, which is less than half th
length of that now being opened throug