, 1866-04-20

mid thsm. 11 d7e hrndred miles up The TalleJ
Tho Pla,ie, tAs plow ed he .etsPes, xna ,Gy
's snsssaa H. lasa % seS z rser sa.a
10 procure tne 1ron md ~ to build i; fos nm.
dfrd miles down the Bitter C'e5k t5ne5s naa ,m5
up the 1rueke1, The krdl1E 81 the nne eaa % oo*'
With 1e1y hitle ezp4He. .
1Ak cxSTaA AID CA!oz fAe.1ls ~ ~ n,,iaa p.-
c'nc, are building The road EAet end mes~ a nv
when hey Ineet they RE to 1<eona cne Hne. "
sod hey aTe building # risht up tha sierra NeEsda
with IN energy md sactess which ats
worthy Of ill praise they had aty-et1 miles done,
ci.co in September: and fourteen more nM oa Son-
promise to be a Salt Lake In shsee Jeals md !.
" = IN 20 ehoss time, tne aiiofnans aIe 1Sst
tx aea IL "a It. Whatever The people q tho ~
co., ssa u, III sas eq
sa1or- General Dix Is Prsideuf, s1e building tho
s1.heo s1 nd .a o IT, Iii e. d ae9s
hundred. reaching TO Fort kearny, viii be COM
pfne 'hs seaa e 81 Il
ax hundred miles to the nonntaps as fa.t - tho
iron md tics can be procured to do IT, When onea
n1 q Mo ~ = sass smoanfs sns iast
= ali street will At tret look on In 1In1zeuent,
md then shout aloud for joy.
These tNo companies are simply tho agents. Of tia
American people, ior By the muuacent. I'D Com
0ress has granted them the na:ton has adopted the
ihem 10 sT,cs accountability, I'D require lhem 10
do 1t In The beat possible manner. and as fiat
men and money can do It, II In any respect thsy
out Of her hard., and give it 10 men Who properly
appreciate the .att Importance Of the trust CON-
mttted to thsiE esre- To eaeh Of these companies
Government, TO be reimbursed b5 carrying the
uss auc Other services, 70 the amount Of sixteen.
lb,rts-,wo and feltystsht thoo,snd aol!ass PEI
81 s ~ sd bs ssIysfsS !, T. IN! -!
= twenty mss a,' ansee roa :. so tSst
amounts. 10 be Lien pr honesty ~ PULL cn msse
nnss to ,no r1o,ssd 1o's y bu, ,h' IN sda
bonds N this, CONGRESS has given me companies
eIelve fhonsand eigh: hundred aerts Of Iand pes
mile 10 further aid IN tts eon.uucu9n- Itpe, ID
long sections these Iand4 must ever be worthless;
but even without them, the companies have anun-
dant means at command 10 complete and fnllJ to
il there is nv iitnchin9, ana whining iof more aid
r eomc one When completed. the men who bare
men IN Amelsea: but no one viii gEudee Them tner
good fortune ii thcY butd It zspidlY, and conduct
it enerGehcallr and iAi,y when onen 1t Is finished
ABUNDANCE OF MATERIAL
Nov, as to the material for building the road.
The public have been taught to believe thst the en-
fs soun f.. Pss ts % the
Is entirely destitute Of flnber' and IN FACT 20 up
peara 10 be. a. seen from the stasecoach IN trav-
il more sppaseni tasn resi. Far The trst 100 ,les
or more We-, OF the Missouri ties mns1 By procured
manly from the valley Of tbat dEer. ualf way up
aouIh in hich there eaid 10 be very lase anan
ttIes Of cedar suitable for t1es For eonstdeIAhle
distance lne stations q the etage company are o1t
Mountains there II m nbnndante Of t,Eaber fot all
purpotes, Il ean be thrown iuio the Platte and It's
iributntes, hoated down IN high water to where It
se "a13s @ qpgea }Dgsa da ny sud 01o sawed ~
9. portable saw ~, mlls. sad thus, Z
IL + nSsa ,5 7 Z Rf1Rsy Il ss b.n y
yeasn. For hundred miles or two west Of B1d-
gem Psps the ties would have to be procured from
s 81 bs
ed from The Wind River Mountains at the head or
that st1ean aud oated down, as in The caae Of the
nish IN abundance d taes 10 build he road east
and west Of them The Humboldt Mountains will
supply tnt fot The raliey Of that rtyer, and The ST.
Sn1d nd iu,nish f,el for the entrs road tor hun.
dred ycat to come, could i be pfopei! di,,zhotsd
along the line General Dix, the Presideut Of The
engineers bad nponed a IL better supply oi Tim
Der than 1t had been tppposed could be found. It
vii be expensive In some sections to get il where 1t
than balanced by the yezy little amount Of grading
which, for hundreds Of miles, the companies will
h4ye to do. wATSn~
Gr*s, TO water. My infornaaffon 4 that for the
entire diktsnce actoss the continent there Is IN
abundance Of this essential element within 20 Of
Vas the Chicago branch Of the Illinois Central.
snFp + ,a dSes <. e na,, sns 4Dg ds'
There Il IN abund1ucc OF fuel along The hnn to
% r. d sg r. Il T. Rss III Y ,sese psa,
bfti minous coal. Al Boulder City. Dcuver. in
Colombo. there ere t'se veins oi ezeaneni coal the
Il she crossing or the North Platte, wo tsw coal
stsa'a among The 1ocfs On the Notth stae ct .he
near b, and haif way down The Bitter Greek thers
Is also an abundance Of coal In The valley Of the
Weber. near ssn Lake, they have been working .
found In unlimited quantities In Nevada Fntthel
| explorations will undoubtedly chow that there &
plenty Of ses IN other sections e the great M oenss
and hiends OF this great national enterprise.
| AaR1CULrCnAI. RESOURCES
And now ii 10 the means oi e1sta.n1ng the ro4d-
ofefviug II business. That VAL depend. gentlemen
l upon tie agricultural resources Of the country
sources Of that country, and apon ,he ,hroash IN
! sel sno freight whish shs road VIII eersoand tscn
the commerce of Inc world. ~ 70 ~ agricaltuta
| have BEEN accustomed to believe al The censrn
portions Of The continent TO br entirely deAtsute o
timber md Of ne mesna o. susta.n'nR . Nc II ha
trees, tits true rnat for fse hundred miles up tn
*sIey Of the Platte thefe nre only few ecartezet
either s sic, and % eselywne1e, s.r % there il what
idly IN ne spring, being vatered y u
tos @ summer eeu.es It : died b! ID sun il /. &
cecdluglv munitions. becanse during the humne
no rain fa1s opqn Il. and Il "a cured by the an1,
This erart has sustained millions On millions 9
buffalo ever sincs they we're drft created By Prov
dsnee md onr Sw9 judgement IT,, y that instead
eeoclspbles irona childhood to the present houl
ieeorded n ihn - ii he graf american de- e1ese1s r.
there Is no desert there, nor anything Ike oeset
|, fhe bnfa}o can hye, wh5 cannot the OK I've she:
t1oa q e ,Se eonsiuent. nj r. Bne
ss hsrs IN fsun',ss, sst;s sn 'G tss,,
hf;n s. ,oon !. the Fa'isay .ss b epen, 9ss1 -
population can be spared to tend the docks. th
gnt heEGs Of tae scg''nent T. VII ennee95se hes
beyond The mountains l'es the country Of the Eng
byn.h Aud the bunch 9r1*s- Not assee = TO be see
vegetation there hui the sage brush and The bnne
tomesh1ng like red-top- Like buR4'o qrass, !
sn fsHS S q @ @s:hss I'll saf :. a.s
II extremely nutritons-as mn 1ltious a. oai
We're IL rot for this little modest bunch grsss ne
lher aninn net man eoa1o s9oss nc eSnunens. @ i
no ,eam e9ata osw p1sepqes pasH M snoGsa @ 10 sussa,
p1'h Us dnset 4na lleen LOT fo song ostSnc IS
The bunch 21ats !. me gre11 nuIf1lou sEent Or III
pof1ion ol me Gon.ea. - ae saen esnsa ,s y y.
p.ant WIN SUE mo ~ of taE tte oseGs -
j lorna beautisnl bead, snd has green eircu1
tpp n soioT seT5 nnen p ne @ the sa.s. Thss = :
'hr veg etA!lon 10 DC eeene In travelling oetWeent
mountains ~
sA1T LAKE cEtx.
Inc Aorfnons 9ase proven tnas Mneleser taere
Naier 10 be found IN the central portion OF the co
tinent the soil ean be made tnnmensely productiv
ln 1887 The MoEmons settled at SAT- Lake. Th
lien Knew very little q the country, 6ni haze sin
cninFd experience md there are now 100 700 peop
living n the Salt LaEe Valley. mainly hy asnst
I tnre HrlRh1m Young tod "a ne nad hatve. y
nine.I.tnses bushels ~ O. 1l wheat to ahe acre; a9d
: hat snEzotnd II. end Loot At she immense ske
= | that The MormOns ta1ee, you Will be satisfied th