, 1865-08-24

We have learned the more intcll1gible to the
readers Of the TRIBUNE, It may be as veil TO
follow. thc order in which each tiay was
uassea. istatc hv wcv of introdnct,os t,,at
there are two strong rival railway interests
here Ia the line eastward oyes the Sierra Ne
rada Mountains. The Pioneer STAGE runs
oyer ihe+ ptncerr;,,c rontc and connoote =.
c,s,,,,sa er,:1s1 - ..s,.s,- - n,.H,,, n a.
oP.se, VIC u1,se p.p" taees N!ue'
"aa 9he sacramento valley railroad BY this
i ionm VIC w. came 10 camofna, ana Y a former
tnat the builtilnr at The roaa over the NOM.
ta,ns wonld 1,c fonn5 c.s,or 49, r.s,.,aoa
taus tu "oa'u ~ .ya1a ~. . ane, llahlns an
auo"a anee LOT ine nshef pf1co OF 1ood nnd
labor antal1oruaa. cheaper than was TINT Of
IN equal selected distnnee Of the Pennsylva-
mia Central, or the Eric RAILWAYS. l will add
th,t ar trcafm,nt orer tb3s ,,na xa. annerh n ,'
ano We naSe ,tne eess ol reasons 70 eeAcFc
that the company have the energy and The
means to accomplish what they undertake:
lhe RIVAL interest abofe reterred 10 IS the
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY, and accepting ap Invitation Ia
70 over the mouutnfns on The line Of this
road, as sort Of episode in our Overland
iour1,ey to Orccou and Washinrton Terrjtnrirs
our paftv left San FToucisco on MONDAY afler.
noon by the steamer Ch1ysopolis, Capt.. Fos-
ter, to 1uli|l our promise. We Ind Tic com
pany Of His Excelleucy Gov. Lowe and fam-
ily On the steamer, and had capital time
generally Gu arriving nt Sacramento early
Gov. Lc,and Stanford, President Of tho Cen
tru1 Pacific Railroad Company, Judge E. B.
Croclcr, attorney, md chas. Cioeker, Esq,
general contractor, and few other gentle
mcn, and, soon "aboard, y We were OF for
the mountains The road Is now finished and
IN operation fortythIec miles, to Clipper
Gap, and therefore the company has lust re-
ceiyed from the Government In bonds $4S, 600
per mile Tor forty miles {S1, ,9n, ,o0oA as pro-
vidcd by act OF Congress. This, with bonds
rrautcl by the State, nnd the city Of San
Fraucisco. Inns placed available means nov in
the hands Of the company to the amount Of
Il, 225D, 900, with which they are pushing for
ward their great enterprise as fast as the
labor can be had to do it. From Clipper Gap
our party rode oyer the line twelve miles 10
colfax, a new station namcd in honor Of our
distinguished fellow-trayellcr about mic
cast 81 N.inolstown. We found twenty-five
hundred men, mostly Chinese, three hundred
horses mud earts, and ffly teams, vigorously
al work md the contractors arc TO have Il
Though much remains 10 be done, we ses no
reason Why this may not 70 accomplished
The next fourteen mjlna to Dutch Fiat Is To ba
opened by tue II Nj Nav. 1854. This mint
reached. after nassinr over the eummjt 10
ThWner I,akc- Nc arG ss....:94..:a thaf tlount
bnt half Of tie elevation viii have been It.
te:5ea. tl,c worst pa5t OF the work oycr the
Sierra Nevada Mountains win have hecn &c.
co,.,,s;sSas Patner INT oh E1at tNe 3;ee has
~ ~ cnrr;nt1 ~ an rirrcr,,ior cronle5 ri1Tc
aJno1, III faot bi1s. wt,erc drcn cnfs thrnnSs
~ r5st-r ~ s1,nns nnd hrayr fItl;nn thrnnEh
.he rori1,cs a-a almost rnnsi,nt ana NE infor
and M c1pensc e Of making tic @ road @ On sucl M 10 10.
ercat. 4horc nntch Fiat tie rosd IL n nm
sion. 4,,a e;i'c ~ tbr maintains ~ wherc few ~
nf ti III d5cui,os s canst ant1r aernr,;n. ieoW
" W,,i ~ ~ .,1nt ~ T1nn-n~ ~
ms q: Il the l 1oad M III e1e,ation aIove The ssa i
!,.e2, 81 ColiaH as, nactn fiat aia ss4v'' Ia ana
INC DoHnel LIKE SUNNI ~! y l,oio ieet1; tne
grace aiter leaving Tue saciaiaento falns,
~nelI !. toeaLna loF sooss ssts; ~ r. 4s ~ not
i, ce y e. " - III %n1 iaa 49, ~ ~. ~, seet pSr
n!le. " = ~ ~ tect asoa IA'oa LIZ h'sAA4'
Our r1de by staee will SIX nne horses, oyer
one et no Nsl loa9s upo1 lhs conlnenl,
lorty-eleht mics nom !itlnolstoMn 10 DoWnsT
Lake was very Tasnlncent- lMs eeanll4l
lake, hrc miles lctg By one 70 TWO Midc, IS
three miles east OF and 1,loo teet below tce
summit. Ihs hoisf a. ths head read q ths as lake,
'.pcn ono OF The most dcleshtial and romantic
spots upon The continent. II Will be place
Of great summer fcsort from Doth TIC Atlan-
lie and Facif!e consts as soon as me railway
can be competed. M1cn can Lnls oe oonS
Gov stanford aulnof1ses Us 70 please snls ms
,n;i..s e.st os fhe o,,iinrn5a stat line a.
al salt LAKE. II tne Eastc1n company 4oes
not bulld WcsI 81 tnal CITY oy tue tst o. JSn'
nary, lsbo' Inns Is larse promise, pat Win
tie means now IN Inc hanus O. ny company
ana tne G0vefnmsnt oonasl ss,''VW per inne nna.
miles orer INC mountains are passea,
We see no reason 70 donnt, ]! tne rcqnlsne "a
@ 9or Gan 4 - Anu, me nblltE OF tne somPany 10
lulni! ~ tney PsoHse- 4o Eet tuat inpor A.
te1sonGolc taecs ,,li ls enc eat ptpu'sm. ~ ~
!his siac, tne en1ncse lu1nisu, " VI, tne
!a'gest numpt. lnc.u qsos., soy tta a n1ausay3
~ y m euec.naI eoI1oeu'e 10 ~ 1omay ana
Striking p!openshlcs q We iish. lhe COZ.
tractors teu Inc iateF Il tney gel nP any Oh
tileif "str1kes' every one oi tncm VIII ec as.
charged and Chinese substituted, anu OF
course Patrick, rs general rn!e. minds ~ his
The Nages now paid IN gold are, 70 the Chi
nese, Ssl PER month"; they boarding them
sclyes1 to Other foreizncts and Americans.
tS5 with board. The Chinese are not quite 30
steady as othera, Dull aceofoins to tncls We,
tLey accomplish ra.lef more, any taihge'
la4a .1en ase'agc plopGisl2mn t. mo 2! ~o'S; s,,,,
luz 1ese ~ st Gt. ~ ~ % uo"Ie H.. tla..a.,
49, ~ 49,, t1,.t et."n,. =" a nn;nt .asna
twelve miles from yireiuia city. and thence 10
tlc valley OF the Hwuboldt. up which and
Eastward ttc rooil can mn without tho slight
cst diilculty, five hundred miles, presents no
unusual eur,nccriug difficulties. For a mile
and a talf aflcr leayin. the summit, the road
wM 1un around a beetlInE granite cllg, where
II WIll be necessary 10 coTer the road with d
Substantial timbef footlu.. on Tie same slope
With tie mountain, to avoid the danger. or
eiiLW elIdas In w1utq; but no obstacle eny-
thing Ike insmmountable lies in the xay Of
The speedy completion Of this great ard india.
DtlIsiblr national enterprise. And now that
there be no more delay ut the East, hut let ali
connected with il 90 at ii with MI tbs energy
OF the American character, aud, making all
allowances for contingencies, N 1s70, The ~,