Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-11-09

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The C1un'y Conmis>iSn-rs oi Mag
county appointed lioa. \. A Drnn, ahd
C.. Cl,ner 10 survey ard lDeAt- ihc lines
Of this road. II. Il. Manchester. Esq,
took the contract to. open and build II a,
$3.50 currency per mile, ana the party
have finished their work for the season
and the road accepted. The road has been
opened beyond the summit. 1t is to De
hoped that Congress will second the enter.
prise of the citizrns of This county. The
Territorial Legislature. at its last session.
made an appropriation, contingent upon
tbs ciiizens raising nt least an equivalent
amount. This was done, and road has
been opened. 1t is not asking too much
to expect Congress to do as much as have
the Taxpayers of the Territory. And
surely our Delegate needs no hctter argu-
ment for such aid, no better illustration of
the Feasibility ofthc Pass than its adoption
by the citizens. their willingness to ex-
pend money and labor upon its develop.
ment.
The party, sent by Gen. Tilton TO run
line of levels over the Nisqually or Cow.
litz Pass, under the immediate direction OF
WIN. II. Carlton. reported such pass re-
ma,kablc favorable for railroad purposes.
Ii lies between and connects the head wa
tiers of the Nisqually and Nah chess riv-
ers. which flow in opposite directions,
from the immediate south base Of Mt. Raj
nier. The altitude will slightly exceed
5000 feet. BY line of levels run by
said party this pass can be snrmounted by
a grade Of sixty.five feet to the mile, as
cending from the west. aud q decendng
grade of forty five feet or the eastern slope.
From the character of the country. the
western ascent can be so distributed that in
fifty-six miles of road grade not to tx.
cccd City feet per mile can BE- secured
The direct line to the summit. after leaving
the head waters Of the Cowlitz river, is
but sixteen or eighteen miles.
Pnr,ips also have examined Cady's,
Skagit-river and C,dar.river Passes. the
detailed results of which will not hc ascer-
taincd until reported officially to Congress.
None Of them, however, exceed the al,i-
tude of the sn0m-linc and all are superior
to the Evans Pass Of the Sierra Nevada,
over which the Central Pacific Railroad
crosses, at an altitude Of S,240 feet. Thus
are we able to state that there are at least
six passes in this range (omi,ting the
great natural pass made by the Columbia
riv-r.) with attitudes from 5.l00 down TO
5000 feet lower than tho lowest pass in
the Sierra Nevada's of California.
A party is now in the field under the
charge of Jared S. Hurd. Esq, examining
the line of the Columbia river from Cape
Horn eastward. Their labors will CON
time for some two months. and thorough
attention will be devoted to to the qurs-
tion Of SHOWS during the coming winter
season. lii useless to anticipate the re-
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