, 1866-04-20
THE PACIFIC RAILWAY,


lQ6 IOuoWl1&s bpEeNu VI 14tukcunut Nuftf"
Tor Broes, Of Illinois, has been Published In
pamphlet form By the New York Chamber Of
commerce, before whom II Has delivered on
he e5th Of January last:
ADpREas or IIEUr. cor. kRoss.
Me-, Purs1uxxr AND GExTlkuEN: Now that tho
va d over, i. IL The duty Is teens to cf the
American people 10 inquire bow they can noet
1pfdly develop tho resources Of ther nat county:
8 aI eIare @ Of lie Republic 4 tnowledse oi he e.
lent Of that country, Of its climate snd Topography,
uf liz mineral end agricultural E3ehsE1s easennsl
W "a % q development, upon Which, It i, believed,
Lhe Union Il now entering. II ts With ,he hope
Int can contribute tonetprng 70 th,t knowledge
that i have *entured to apPeaF @ before yoa todaT'
IT Is already Known to all OF 5ou, bythe intro.
ductiou Of your President, that, during the Last
enu,sass. tae Aen: ssaa3.ss coLn3; ; spsaxT 1s ..
long entertained to nat the Pac1hc coast. He had
for many year, occupied q Rfnportsnt and leading
eSsnan % q }Se Pa, Once oi ,he boass
Il iaDd d' bdl5 Man" snd s:P.eiac Telegraph" ollls.
eta 1sc ps1a hs wane 70 sse
fhcr legislation w1s necessary to develop the Pa
ei1c States Of the Republic, and. With this viev, be
t. sas @a1.s sons + MTSen tns II
Rer+skiern, (Nho has written I most interesting
aecount Of cur travels, in which ali particniass
q Ee M say h ess 4
ION. OF tic New York 1ri6tu.t snd your speaker
10 be The companions ol his journey.
II ia 10 euch facts and observations as Ea5 Able
10 make % that journey Of thirteen ihousznd niles
particularly thosa which rtfate 10 the Pacinc Rail-
Nay, 1t1 location and The Ineans ot sustaining SO
The great belt OF valley Hnd nountain, divided
into otnet md Territories, stretching from III, Al
ianiIc to the Pacifc COAST, which forus onr com.
Hsees the very best portions oi tne Moth Amercsn
cpn.tnent. A R1auCe, therefore, It the topography
of the country Will enao1e us the better to under
etar1 The great tuture which, 1t Is believed. P--~
1et'' A-s - S y nouxrArx- Ane1ies. t1s e same ne
Ana 6tet rs to its nn1s through North Anes1ca,
southern eItretpkup into the regions Of eternal
Grand r1c-ls' in Ill respects rhe most remarkable
Ye're OF mountains upon the globe. Whether the
theory Of elevation Or sn6sidenee be adopted, these
eIcai can.cs. operating lar back IN tho his1ary Of
y Aaa pa1 nov ust a.k you, Mr. Chairman, and the
chamber, 70 o1cpsa any er1o1s Of laszatge may
commit tn The cxtemposaneons eIpFo.sfon Of ss
many lc1a Is ean express within the lmita Of an
bour. g The manuscript which have complied on
The 4ph1ect would require nearly two houTa TO de-
liver 1ahall 20 directly 10 the msp, ard pofnt out
he rople we took ACROSS The continent and the
& ,bmS Win be moet interesting ii relstsoa TO TIL
great pational enterprise l prefer to do this IN
our plain Western, ityle, giving you The facts.
nnstd ssest lae 70 sas ~ peey 81
thy Gentlemen here have not more than an hour to
spsre. and in that hons wunt to gitr yon Ill thu
tnforuatjop can.
bes 10 al your attention 10 the map What Is
really The extension OF The Andes from south Amer
,ca, this mountain rauGe, t1us west and northwcst
forntDe the ls,hmu. o. p p.'ien, ; thE9uSh Central
Here It disider. The western range trends little
we-t Of north. near The Pae1te coast. and whether
called the Cordialezss II Mexico, tie Sleta Men
the tame grand chain Of mountains, losing Itself
far to the nor.h In The Kusstan Territory. Starring
AZ hs cur q rshnantspe a % .ns oss, tsl.on
western boundary OF the valeye Of the Mississippi
and Nj Kennels E4Eer. while II. northern peaks
brood over the Afctlc Ocean. It - commonly call
ed shs Rocky Mountains.
The third chslp Of morutatDs within the limits
ofihe United StAes Is the Allegheny Eauge. 1t
con umences near The month of the st. Lawrence,
trends 10 the southwest, and passlng within from
one 10 three hundred miles Of The Atlantic COAST,
through New Englana and the Middie States; .hs
tincnt, and fron them, Of courre with few e1eep-
tloDe. The 1ve,s hnd stets Way 10 the oceaA. Tho
;ss s,,ss spa 'es eD t9nGsdns xe 's Rsot
, ,nst = mere -re,e1enee 10 them Is al thsi i
necessary. III bhou1d call the r4vera, the Hndson.
,e DslsSsfs sn.9nshanaa ro9as 9.1s nd the st
The Allegheny Houutains, .hontd scarcely mis-
name Them, compared With the st. Lawrence, the
Miesisrippt ard the Columbia: lhs three great
:psek d Spsn s r. nsp Il Europe. ~ aaeasss "a
these nsrTow valleys Of The Anant,c Eeabosrd give
iinent.
Ih,s broad belt Of country, some twenty-five
ihe1e TWO rods, fpisc,nr 1besn upon The msp,5 one
Ese cha r. eqss i sss .as
ali the ya1eys 81 the Atlantic ttope do NOT amount
to much Ii IL the largest. and in all respects tbt
nehest valley upon a. glooe. and . 9ery lew d
RsenSe + se% Yolf dsw o.
eoanslse whieh II! msss: hs, 1hs largest snd III
r1,. n, III. ..vea aI e3e,t ralI sae,, formed bv tn
Rosk ;ed re e Il ans n 1s
toe r. v.1IeS of ibr Rn dsi Snr tRe AMI
[str ,b,t IN s,e.Hs ;bpour tbn Kocf1 1ountsias i;
snc ~ ~ ~ 10 .sest ~ H. nnr.q sq 10,
1en,nIsi nn1no.es srd they ~ .iso rprernr
sa re- .,,v n ., ,he oofsdo n ,br West nroha5
IL ie,sf ysfuahe Of iii. 4he Coloraae il the 0nl
nSer hat hrraEs throurh The cTaud Facidc 1ans
,SS 9TH H. ?, 7,e1 f 1rs s.,
,o9t da she t.ns nf oth11 .,ItE 1.lIes %
~s.t * II fren ,rh3rh hc Tiyrr. h1ye m, rnt7r;
rs .es.N an ne W.,rr ,h.t i,ils nnon H. mnnT
!ae oeeani - sus Me- "n.ss ua ~ at ~
|
rte, eaheT ttnks awaJ II she tsnd or u ey3poIate
ana carried M OF ~ tne "lnas o. sa ueaWh None
S4N Lake Hes The valley OF The Coi1hoA. sexL l
Flee snd impos a1ce 10 teat oi me At'ss.ipnl 1hl
meeeiueeet rsst 9seaxs teIouEn lne eaaesa ~ y.
MOUNTAINS na sa.stuus hM oras s1"s " IL 10
most oeanti!nl ana sennne sSeuxaJ Jp upeu tns co1
t1ren'. esioe II ,iomn;ns n1hsemsats p. "a5a, NJ,
many o. thSm t.io ~ PC lSot .1ons.u4 ~. hiet
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