New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-18
parably the finest scenery in the world between The
Great River and the Great Ocean.
KANSAS FORKS or UNION PACIFIC.

l. UNION Pacific WNANporTE DIVISION.
ONyandotc. Kansas. Via Lawrcnce, Tolrk'' M,uhnt,
miles. CAN now running from Wyandotte westward 10
Junction cry, KJufas, $50 miles; al-o rumint over
dent II tne Company John ID Perry Aans-'r aL' ION
This road is direct continuation westward ui ti'
Pacific Railway of Missouri. which rms from -.
Lous Ma Jefferson 10 kausJ. City 1hcre The ears
cross the Kansas River 10y q bridge, and thc lu'"u
Pacific Road begins. 10 receives The same 'hdoW-
ncnt from CopWo,, IA real estate and money a. ihc
Nebraska line. Il, lund' are the richest and most
eligible ever presented 10y the United states to 'uE
company. The road was originally designed 20 Turn
NorthWard from Font Riley and strike the nebraska
Union Pacific near Fort koarnoy But last Winter
" obtained % change 0i charter Dom Congress Hlt-
thoriIne II ~ 20 directly west To Denver Colorado.
with tbc pr0yieo that u should receive mo- more Gov
ernmcut endowment than II the original route lhd
been followed. Tin Will leave the 80 mules nearest
Denver without ANY subsidy nom The juied state.
The charter now requires the road &" JON ne
Omaha Limo within ~ miles of Denver: bat ~ that
line docs moi approach within 100 miles 81 Denver
the company VIII hardly comply.
The cnot advantage OF continuing due West
j. the rich trade of Ncw-MoXco for which branch
10 Santa ~ is contemplated. Probably ga attempt
Will also he made 10 continue The huc directly wet
from Denver toward the Pacfic; but Congress IS
hardly likely 10 aid u Ito building of two parallel
roads 50 ucar each Other. through the Rocky Noun
tains AZ the ppeout rate the viii reach Denver
IN two or three years. The route mp the Kansas al
The road already in operation does lucrative hus-
ness, charging ''tcH 10 nine to|s PEI mtt ioi pa'-
scngcrN
II. ATCIusoN AND PItE'> PEAK ROAD.
From Atr-ni westward 100 miles M'-tst1 terminus
vet 10 be determined. Cans now running ont from, A
Gibson about - mc-. Contractor atd -urctntc udcn
William Osborn. AtciNou. kutasJ
This road receives lOm Government tIc same on
dOWncn M lands and bonds the Union Pacific 10
point 100 miles west OF Atrhlson There 10 was on
ginaliy designed 10 cunuect with the NyaudOur
Union Pacific, on IFS way nouhwam t0 join the
/ Nebraska line. But The continuance ur The Wyau-
dOtte road directly west jud 10 Denver. leaves the
AtchisOu and Pixies Peak Railway " ont Iu the cold
It develops the resources OF Northern Kansas, but IL
never WAS the continuation Oi any Trunk line toward
The Pacific. Possibly its assistance from Govern
Iucnt j. explained by the fact that Mr. :. &. Ponsroy
IT, :. Senator from Kansas. il resident of the city "t
Atchison. The road viii probably ash further en-
dowmcnt from Congress ~ u likely 10 bc completed
100 miles during 1857.
III. ST. JOSEPH (uO) AND PIKE'> PEAk ROAD.
This il a continuation westward OF the Hannibal
and St Joseph Railway OF Missouri. The ears viii
soon be running frOu ElwOOd opposite st, Joseph To
Troy i'm DOniphan County III miles The road, rs pro-
iectcd. crosses Northern Kansas within few miles OF
the Atchison aud Pixies Peak line. II receives q
liberal land grant, but no GON crpment bonds.
GENERAL PROGEEss OF TIE GREAT NATION NJ
WORK.
II is gratifying to see the TrnsC Continental Rail
way and its various branches going forward 81 rapid
~. Upon ihc Trunk Line alone Nebraska and Cali
formal $500 men are employed; and making due
allowance for the Ovcl-sanguucucss of the Cumpa
MES the cars are likely to from O ocean
within three on four years at iurthrSt Then New
York Will he the metropolis Of the world. and San
Francisco tie second city upon the American cohii
nent. 49, -.