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Raflrond-Wortlliess Character Of
the Neasi-Proacetea isallrona from
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Correspondence Of tie Chicago Trlbune.l
WrAsDor1 Kansas, Aug. fe, 1855.
It was exceedingly fortunate for the con-
tnctors of ,f,c 1rn;nn Pacific Railroad, Eastern
n.N,', -. ~.
n'se'o1' taA1 ''e ,''lu WIS eAsi'l'neu py .ne
government commissioners nt the time It was,
for they Ind hardly passed over II, before the
road, which had been carefully dressed up for
iprncc,;on ,,o5 hco,n /, o3vo rov c.usInr =
u g." s'e
sesles o. ai1'leulttes 70 heep " III sunn1as
order rarely experienced In rntlroading.
As you are doubtless swarc, the track runs
o,oro. I'm Kapsoe r;rcr and in many .,,accs IL
"'ons -. lNss-s '"ss' ana ..,.a,1s ~, ,,.., n
sohear 'he suo'e % 10 ~ eAti'e's supiuesa
whCn that stream is as high rs 1t tfeauentiy
is. Il crosses many important streams as
ttcy cmpty into tho Kansas river. on nearly
III - ,rhic., tha 1,,so,a ho,.o f,as,, ~ o-r;es,
away. INC pf1aso over tnc STRANGER efeeK,
about one hnnl!red and fifty feet long, built
On niles, wps CARRIED away over mouth ago.
and a tcnnororv l,;aoc nrcr the sama s,resm
49, s,ro, ~ ~ r,;o,, a,r.r Tbo sn,,o n,ar.
,'as snee ~ slsu VA ,'.s. w o....s -,
w ~" ~ " 49, 1 SNr
! well as nearly MI the streams on the entire
road, The Kansas river Is narisable
strco,, ho.+s hnrinr sscc,1ea n In Fort
s', s..A1n' Do"ts ,
hney, ois,ahce % oses t"o nuha,eo mhss,
ye. thc nfidge Mh'en CROSSES II az Ms mouln:
VS. ha On pe eonfy ona 10 ea. anS en"
o. gooo cnsets nnu tnG I1. 1esr!s nas e,i oefn
ttlat iaf:e past OF IL Is no" df'1tmE to"afus
ths tiuN OF Mexico;
Inc PASSENGER n41nse acs oss thc saine stream
~ i.a"Isnce, puiiL Y ns ci.hens oh st9as
pets, WA s.9tle auI..na, Nli,t y W asn S9o.IH
as on Inc Gay Il was pnlit' anu is IN enautaE
monmnena o. the eneigJ eaa1 enasaeterlzes
NO tloiNs arc no" running on the road, ana
arc not likely 70 run again Tor several weeks.
1t Is doubtful TINS ROAD ean be shccesslnly
operated, ccrtaanly NOT on1n Inc company arg
compelled 70 make II Whaa Tue eoSefnment
antie'ra.so ~ Moaia be maae-a Mfss CASE Psi
roud: The engineer who surveyed the first
line Tor road, under the act OF ConSress, en-
flowing the Kansas btancli, decided That,
this route was much Inc eneapesl 10 pull1,
but bnt being haplc 70 ovef1oN, iecqmmend'
60 n.tidsns tne sos4 sia he.tsys t SathSSsson'
Mhhn zen miics OIL Leasen"oftu, out oaMi-
Fallets, the former contractor, haytns bis
eye upon Inc I'ch Goseinfnent su9sldles, aau
no. tlonblmg hls anaMy 10 inuuee nose1nment
officials 70 accept me foaa nna route, however
poor MiEht ne, a"opteA ~, tnss souN, ana tAe
result Is now apparent; Inc people o. Lsav.
cnworth arc now making prodlgious cliort
to build road to ILLS place, to connect with
The Missouri faea'ic, Thus making eoatnn-
ons road to ST. Louis, On me south SIDE of the
Missouri Iivcf. l understand TINT sufficient
STOCK has been subscflbed 10 insure US CON
etruction., Tie enganeers arc already locating
the route II Is highly important for Chicago
TO ses that the trnde OF thai aourlshing place.
and the immense trnae Of the plain. = mo-
diverted from "hesc IT icsg1timatety belongs.
By building road from some point on tho