, 1865-12-16
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD,
'Inc Resources and Needs Of tho We,
LectMro by Lieut.. l.ar Rer..

Lecture by Lieut.. Gov. Aroes.
"A lecture IVES delivered last evening betorr ,h,
Young Mems Association In Smith 4 Nlron,6 u,ti
By Lieut.. Gov bross, on the subject Of hi, rocen.
tonr ACROSS the continent and the Pacidc Railroad
k,mSsf t. ZEE s,5 sssenelsa aeogs
took 1be chair. and introduced the lectnTrr taoon'
MI. Dross opened his lecture by saginr th,t ,ba
Maf BEING 39w over u seemed to him he rrc,i
sex shea os. sp as ste9s1
sources Of this ya.t continent. snd nrolnaia -.
" weitas ~ q .hs pe2ple To This end Enowjedre
eoss ), e. oss
nfoaa PEI ol territory which stretches rom he Al
iantie foEt thonssnd miles to the westward snd en-
esneed 1t ed d. police 81 the go5s n den
@ ut pGn2's!9 M ehsns the alley md rvefs o1es ,ee
some length upon he San LakS Wiz %s,tS :.
1oins part oI The Grcat American Dese md Ga IL
one OF ne rteheat territories on the consinent +
hes5sT hegs ,rs Ie1's md Hett paradise Of
Railroad established between Chfcaco xnd Ssl, -
dafs r.. Valley would be Of ncaleuabie impostsnce
Ihe lecturer then rrGsTcd to hs Moruons. and
eass 1oae - 1ntesettns sketches Of the mannara and
nqaphei q Hon.n, 1a5 sRGnar psps and Of tbe
p1sed one 91 the best governed Communities 10 r.
lnet"1tb, "as as quiet md well ordered a. chi.
ettot anu tae!e "ds LAT less stealing H mot
essesyNhere With sharp, .hzewd business men. Who
IL, n many respects would compare aTorably
T1to VI ,say,,n. sny Of our Chicago neschant:.
8 Mormon woman, there was an inezprcasibie IA.
ness u her facc, which told him tbat tI,err u.s
wrong The great trouhIe OF Nnr,n1.
ls1n was that woman, instead of being thr aon.i
md the glory OF her husband, wss q slave 4na
!hts "ouid ultimately causs tho downfall OF te ~.
TEN. Va ot' sJs-
". Brosa then spoke Of the Pacific railroad III
! ~ thcfe were I3o miles TO build from the Des
atones river to the Missouri that ought to ba hntIf
u one year, and II Chicago capital would taSe XIII
81 II, II could be DONE Starting It Omahs fhaHrst
hundred miles was prer the hills to the PIstta VI
ley, and from that the route Was nstnrsi n+sda
requiring but little labor to build. Eot a sin1ie
mountain Was there between Chicaco md the -.
s,nc Vccan, With The exception OF ri4e in fbe
ltocs5 Mountains The CaliIosnian., be remarked.
seis Nen., hniiding rs9ht up the sierra Ne1ads
ept1ng theT would have their section Of tbe mad
completed. The lecturer again referred IN the
resources. both agricultural and mtnrrsI
Thieh y would be developed By the OPENING of tnc
.adEc Aal.r0ad. 11stancane the Salt iake Fnlisv |
nc valley OF the Platte. tie pountatns al fsoin,
;do, and Montana which three years AGO wera IN. 4
haoa!ed ~ beafs, and are now producing cold con-
peg And lead In wonderful q1antlttes. Not onfv
were 1hese resources ready to BE- developed but he
Europe and Asia would t}oF into The Pacidc Inc
nd enrich the dtiea Of the West. The cit1fens al
hicago bad eTt&J fndncenent to carry fhronrh
ne undertaking. The reasous Tor It miehf Ia ~.
ateed on 1os hours and not exhausted. II pns !
no1ect which every cne o1Eht eatne@tiy to think /
y The lecturer concluded with few words or nd.
ne G 10 ne young men 81 the present sse, md