The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-06


pie OF all nations and any assault upon our
Government, openly or insidiously, must reoo |
upon the assailants; for the people everywhere
are our friends, II the crowned heads and priyi-
legged classes are not.
The Pacific Railroad = Political and Ma
terial Development OF the West.
From the World
The marvellous mineral wealth Of the Rocky
Mountains, especially In the two precious metals |
which have always been the darling objects of |
human cupidlty, renders the speedy completion
of the Pacific Railroad an enterprise OF the first
magnitude.
The through traffic on so long line as that
between the Pacific and the Mississippi could
never pay the expenses of the road. But the
mining industry of the mountain regions will
Immediately furnish a vast amount OF way busi.
ness; and the rapid development of the mines
consequent on the completion OF che road will
stimulate agriculture all along the route by
furnishing market for its products. Colorado
is richer in the precious metals than California;
and the only reason why it has not filled up as
rapidly with inhabitants as California did in
lSlS is because it is not so easily access
sible. The close of the war, and the re-
lease OF so many young men who have en-
laTged their horizon of thought by traversing
immense distances, and whose military lite
has filled them with the spirit OF adventure, will
cause the tide OF emigration to set powerfully
TOWARDS those tempting regions. 1t is fortunate
for the country that, at tEe close OF so great a
war, this magnificent field of enterprise is newly
opened, to drain OF the restless spirits who
might otherwise disturb the p ace of society.
Injured to hardship, adventure, and locomotion,
to inhale the open air, and gaze at wide pros
poets, they will lind their old occupations iu-
sufeIably tame and irksome, and will naturally
swarm to the mineral regions of the West. They
will there find scope for the courage, well as
the hardness of soldiers. The remnants of the
Indian tribes are scattered through these
VN,avn ode sl,r,A.
ing against them, both East and West, they Will
be likely to make desperate effort to save their
race from extinction.
So great are the attractions of that part OF
the country, that, in spite of long and lonely
wagon roads, the traffic thither is already
amazing. The following interesting statements
are taken from the recent message OF Governor
Cummings, OF Colorado -
Probably no data could be col ected which would
show accurately the immense amount OF traffic oa-
tween the Esst and the Wet, but present here
few facts winch VIII suggest the extent and import
1 am informed that the keeper of toll-bridge on
the Santa Fe road, which traYerses Southern Coo
RADIO for distance of about 200 mi kept register
the numEer of men, wagons, and aulmals engaged
IN the transportation OF ireight on the road or the
SIX months ending November 90 1865, and reports as
tolows:-
Number ber Of OF 1M animals employed 45s5o
From the single house OF the Overland Despatch
Company alone shipped from Atchison to
| Denver CITY, during the seven months ending De-
cember J. 1895, 0760 % pounds, and througn Coo
IadO to SAT- Lake the additional amount OF S7l coo
pounds Besides this very large euount of freight
has been ehpped by other forwarding houses, from
SUsepf st anS Gy nansn Les
denco so thct it IS estimated with railroad transuor
tatlon it would Ic4ire forty caj day TO move the
amount OF freight that would be rcqu red to supply
| the resent demcnd,
! But what is much more remarkable than ell this
! is the statement 10 be found In the report otJ. l.
HeIrck, the eDglnCor appointed survey the route
for railroad from Go oen CITY, at the enttance to
the noun, aims, to Black Hawk the centIo OF one OF
the mlnDg districts, distcnco OF less than twenty
five mi cs. lie sia,eS that upon inquiry or the mer-
| chants OF Central Nevada, and Black Hawk cities,
| he asceIiarned that the amount paid by them for
freight duiug the last year. principally IN the sum
mer and autumn Tor supplies taken over this shoff
| distance, as over six hundred and fifty thousand
dollers and this sum docs not include ANYTHING paid
for machinery supp ies forwarded directly to the
| mining companleJ which would probably be not
| less than two hundred thousand dollars in addition
to the former sum- If these facts not verified,
| they would appear incredible.
| By comparing the number of men with the
number of ANIMALS, it viii be seen that each
man must drive either two teams OF from four
| TO six mules each, or single teams OF eight or
ten. By comparing the men with the freight,
we find that the average is 5000 pounds, or two
and halt tons, to each driver OF these teams
thus loaded, making allowance for night stop
pages and detentions By stormy weather, there
must have been something like three Tor II
each driver had two, six teams an hour paHs
Ing the toll-bridge which would keep the
whole route dotted with teams at distances o
less than mile apart. And this on one only oi
the two great routes.
1t is obvious, from these statements, that the
Pacific Railroad will do large business from
the moment Of It's completion, and that the
rapid development Of the country caused by il
will, in a few years, overwhelm il with an
unmanageable traffic.
The speedy settlement of that vast region, en-
bracng ten Territories, soon to become States
will have great influence on the distribution o
political power in this country. Owing to the
peculIarity OF our Federal Institutions, the
transfer of political influence Will very much
outrun the Western flow of population. Most ol
those Territories Will be admitted into the Union
as States before they have as many inhabitant,
as entitle one OF the older States TO an additional
representative. But from the moment any one
OF them becomes a State its weight IN the
higher branch OF Congress is equal 10 that o
the most populous member OF the Union. Those
| ten new States Will add twenty members to the
Senate before they have population enough tC
make any perceptible difference in the House o
Representatives. They will probably hold the
balance OF power IN the Senate before the pas
sions which now agitate the country have spent
their force. In what direction their influence
will be eXerted is question OF great interest.
10 estimate the political tendencies OF tina
great region, we must take into account botl
the probable character OF ITS settlers and the
local influences by which they Will be sur
rounded. The best part of its early settlers viii
be furnished by the disbanded armies of the two
hostile sections. Those who enlisted, on elthe
side, embraced all the young men OF enterprise
! all that class TO whom the ordinary routine o
tranquil pursuits seemed tame; all who Wer
| full OF energetic impulse, restless ambition, ant
| the love Of excitement, hazard, and adventure
Their military experience has increased thel
down with content in the dull round OF their oil
pursuits, especially when such tempting hel'
| ls opened before them as is presented in thos
z magnificent mountain States, aboundlng In sui