The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-06-27
From the New York Tribune, June 4th.
THE CIFIC RAILROAD.

more stFgkIngly illustrated than the progress
of the great continental work known as the
Pacific Railroad. a project which was un-
able to make any advance during the long
interval of peace since its first introduction |
to the public, has, since the commencement
of the rebellion, become one of the accom-
plished facts of the age. Although not
mile OF the line is completed, yet it has Sc
cured to itself al the conditions of certain |
success; so that the question is no longer |
whether il can be built, but simply one of
the necessary time for engineers to select the
best route; for laborers to grade the track, |
cut the ties, and put down the rails, and for
manufacturers to construct the rolling stock
for lis ea4ration.
The credit of this great success must, in
justice, be divided between the Federal Gov
eminent, the new States of California and
Kansas, and the city of New York. A law
granting national aid to the main line
through the Territories, to the California
Central Railroad and to certain branches
from the eastern terminus connecting it with
the States Of Kansas, Missouri and Iowa, was
passed during the first session of the last
Congress. This action was mainly due to
the efforts of the Kansas and California COM
panies, and furnished the first practical ba-
sis for the action of parties willing to invest
money in the work. 1t was not however,
till the present year, that capitalists could
be found bold enough and strong enough to
accept the liberal endowments offered, and
to resolve on the investment of the capital
and credit necessary to the work.
That they are now found, is due chiefly
to the enterprise and courage of two of our
is widely known as an eminent explorer of
the region to be traversed by this road,
while he has achieved fame superior even
| to the great wealth which he is understood
to have acquired by his operations in the
! gold fields of California; the other. Samuel
! Hallett, is widely known in moneyed circles
as man of large financial experience, COM
bined with an energy and indomitable will
to which all obstacles are made to succumO.
To such men as these, to resolve is to &C
complish; and those who know them will
not be surprised to learn that they have al
ready made connections which secure all
the money needed for the work and are now
perfecting their arrangements for its rapid
prosecution. -
!! Only the Eastern Division of the road
has yet received location. This will be
built through the State of Kansas, mainly
in the valley of the Kansas river, and so
branching near its eastern terminus as to
connect, by way of the Hannibal and St.
Joseph Railroad" at Chicago, with the great
railroad lines of New York and Pennsylva-
mia; and, by the Pacific Railroad of Mis-
souri, at St. Louis, with the "Ohio anC
Mississippi Railroad" and its southern trib
utares. The corporate franchise and Gov.
+ eminent aid for this division have beer
+ secured by the purchase of the ''Leaven
worth, Pawnee and Western Railroad" one
of the branches favored by Congress in the
act before mentioned, and which previously
possessed princely endowment of lands
acquired by treaty with different tribes o
! Indians inhabiting the choicest section o
the State of Kansas. Following this pur
chase, comes the change of its name to th,
Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
q the choice of new Directory: and, with
fitness which seems almost Providential
the election of Gen. Fremont as Presden
of the company.
q This line alone covers nearly four hun
dred miles of the whole distance between
the Missouri river and California; and is
at the present time, under contract to b
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. meridian, the law of Congress gives tn
Q same company the right, in connection wit
a the Central Railroad of California, t
: complete the entire line.
= To the prosecution of this work, Genera
;. Fremont deyotes his energies and his for
tune; and it is,understood that Mr.. Hallett'
European correspondents are willing to fur
lie nish any amount of capital that may b
Ell :. r Il.
o Those who are familiar with the history {
4 the "Atlantic and Great Western Railway,
al we'll know that its success was due to til
ofl arrangements of Mr.. Hallett with these sam
n European parties, and will easily appreciat
is the great advantage in this respect whic
lie this new and vastly more important entel
Of prise enjoys. ,-se4
1T Of the magnitude ofthe undertaking, {
1T of its value to the country, nothing need
r, said. Irrespective of the influence it WI
/ exert in stimulating emigration and deve
ID oping the inexbaustible resources Of our ne
of mineral and pastoral States and Territori'
u in the West-an influence in itself equal
e the acquisition of an empire-it has N
in tional importance that cannot be everest
1t mated In the thorough and facile eonnecuo
5, it effects between our Atlantic aud Pacif
y possessions. In the event Of a foreign wa
be with the Isthmian routes of travel closed
ID us by hostile fleess. We shall, after the con
d, pletion of this thoroughfare, still be able
he move our armies from the one to the 9th
ocean, with speed that may defy the mo
vigorous efforts of European belligerent
q In this view alone. those who shall be instr
u mental in securing its speedy complete
It, will earn, audthey viii receive, the gratitut
of the nations and may Justly challenge Il
Id admiration of the world.
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