New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-18

York to st. Lons. yia the Ere. Atlantic ana Great
Western. and Ohio aud Mississippi Prom 81 Louis
to Wyandoltc aud Lcavcnworth, the Missouri Pacific
!. five feot aud a-half West OF Wyandotto and
Ieaycnworih the Union Pacific OF Kansas Is four
feet eight inches and a-halL
/. FUTURE RAILWAY SYSTEM or KANSAS.
kansas rich and developing with great rpidlty, -
forc-ordaiucd 10 be- gridirnned with railways. The
Missouri road fr"u 81 Joseph down the east bank oil
the river to q point opposite l"avcnworth - pr1c-
ticay Kansas line; hut the Wvand"ttc and Lcayen-
worth IVad VIII, ere long, hc Conlihu'a up tue
western hauk OF hc river to The Nebraska boundary.
Tho Hannibal and 81 o.eph Company OF Missouri
contemplate branch from Cameron Ia Ieavenworth
or Kansas CITY n they bridge the Missouri al either
al these points, Chicago always ahead oi her INalS
b. railway enterprises. VIII dlNld" VIII 81 Louis and
Cincinnati the heavy Interior trade oi Kansas, the
Indian Territory, NeW-M'NloO, and ultimately Of
Texas.
Companies Tor building ihc following road are OF.
gained and some have have received hrayN land
grant, from The General Government ana have begun
work:
l. kpusa. and Nco,ho Valley; from Wyandotte
oI Kansas City South through the richest section OF
the state Via Olathc, Spring I'LL and Fort scott 70
The N,osio River. Chief Engineer, j. \. Chapman.
Wyandoitc; Superintendent OF Construction. {. q.
IL Nco,Go Valley: t,om l'ort Riley via Nco,ho aud
Arkansas Valley aud Font Gibson To Fort smith Ar
knusas.
Ill frayenwouh. Lawrence and Fort Gibson.
/ from Law renee snuthNIId.
". L"aycnwoitl, Ilvrncc, and Galveston Ran
! WAY nom awrrnCc due south
IA. uearret outlc' al Kansas to tho scab0asd = To
Galveston. Texas. which can be reached ~ 80 mtcs
Through his channel Ultimately ihe exports ct the
Young prairie State must iiud their WAY to the sea
Other roads beside the ahoN u-ugn!rd are IN con
temptation: but their routes and construction are ~
! set uncertain. Indeed some oi these enumerated
RAIw,Y rRIrcEs.
The chief large railway bridge IN The country
d Gloss The Hudson ~ Troy aud Albany ihe Susque-
hanna ~ ila'Ir de TRACE; The Magma al >uspch-
sion Bridge the Ohio at ~toubruyille and tmcu-
matt aud the Mississippi az Rock Island and Iuliou
Another is about tu cross Che Mississippi al DunlcIh
. nd A tstt, al
COMPANY is bridging the N,soWi 1T ST. Charles
Within few years the same stream viii doubtless
be briigrd t the point 40 Kansas. aud also az
Omaha. The highest coariN baye practically decided
tlwt the steamboat i ~uhorduatr to the locomotive
-ihui wherever railway travel and transportation
require DO streams MAY H. bridgcd, though 90 somo
. Inconvenience iona'igHtiou.
LAYING TEAtk ~ MACHINERY.
Recent California papers chronicle she invention.
IN that state. ol mnchiue Tor Jay ing railway iron
They claim hat u smooth, tho ground after The
lnnd-uadnp, drops The ties IA their places stamps
them tiunl, INTO the ground, 10y weight like pile
driver cuts their surfaces 10 the required level drops
the rail. drives it back against the preceding rail.
belts from the carwhcel and is said 10 build road Ht
the rate Of Z quarter Of mile per hour Railway
. mon Who haye-f seen II have little faith in its
ptacticability though il does not improba
je than some other mechanical appliances now in
successful u-c. II any such machine be possible,
40 portion of the Union is more likely To produce
! than California Nevada where some of the most
+ wonderful nyentions OF the axe here appeared IN
sQyTlEGS rAC1fIC ROAD. ..t'
c. Gen lan P 70 Sd IA } & @ s2 u r. lo TGs
Nod. On he iSSS &S fSScad f SS d not s9e%a
SAL, oT designer, f to f a sSS9T SSF T Of
V s,Ss fR IKE Rio SGade & t6 SS SSw &
roma. between Prescott and La Pa AMI California,
Ma Los Angeles, 20 San Francisco. The company
have o land grant. bnt no money endowment from
Congress. They claim that the road IL easy Of
empire, aud through thinly settled Country. The
neg lead region Of s9ulhwcsf Missouri, however,
will supply heavy bdsRfss for The first road tap
ping Il. ~.S
NORTHERN Pacific RoA6.
THIS company also receives rich land endowment,
but no United States bonds. Il is controlled chiefly
by Boston capitalists. Last Winter II made an nm
successful effort 10 obtain a~siaanre from Congress
ia the form OF Government guarantee 10 pay tho
bonds of the company at maturity.
Az the route ~ not yet fully determined N is not
shown ON the map. Bat II ia designed Ia nln from
~. Paul. Minucs0ia, IA Fort Mandan. Northern Mon
tuna. near Helena. Pen NOreille Lake, Idaho and
Washington Territories 10 Puget Sound.
northern tlans-coutincnial road il fixed fact in
the future. HE vast grain growing regions of the
Northwest the b0undlcss mineral resources of Mon
tana. Idaho, Oregon and Washington. aud the heavy
ioniu interests feuuilng direct railway communion
ton with both oceans. And two lines across the con
tinent viii act ~ checks upon each Their and pre-
vent an oppressive monopoly.
Int these great railway franchises involve the ak
pendituTe OF 50 much Government money that they
under rigorous restrictions 10 men who will build
tho roads honestly and eNpcditiOusy aud show nc
least "a uuch desire 10 secure the public interest
" accumulate enormous personal fortunes,