Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-03-13

SACRAMENTO. CAi.., an. y.
This road was commenced in lo1j, but oppose
ton ald other drawbacks hampered its progress
greatly /. is now finished, and rlie loaom1tive is
running nincty-three miles eastward from Sacra-
meutl 20 Cisco station This is within twelve
miles of the dreaded summit of tbs Sisrras The
elevation above tle sea OF each OF the principal
stations on the route tuas Is. are b i5ilOws New
clstle, thrty-one miles from Sacramento, $50 feet
elevation; ColbN. 62 miles, 2. as feet Dutch
Fiat, 81 miles, $40 iscti Cisco Y3 miles, j,9lt
feet. The road is now graded close to the SUM
INIT which will he crossed at AN elevation of 900
feet. By far the most difficult part Of the road
has now been uIilt; thlt from the summit down
the mountains eastward will bt comparatively
easy, aud the grade light In coming up the
highest allowed grade 1 rs feet 10 the mile, is but
once reached che average ascending grade 10 the
summit is but ID feet TO tle mile. in des..n ling
the eastward side of the Sierras 30 feet will be
the greatest descending grade. and the average
only sd feet. When tha eastern base of the Sier-
ras is passed, there IS almost natural grade to
the western base of the Rocky Mountains. This
part of the road can he built ten times more rap
idly and about as much more cheaply than that
already done All the havd work came at FIRST
when the company wire struggling with not sea
only bat seas of opposition, and while the funds
in their treasury were not plenty as now.
The road viii be complete % Virginia CITY,
Nevada, 1876 miles from Sacramento in the latter
part Of 1885, TO Austin, 320 miles, by the fall of
1865; 20 salt Lake City. 80 miles from SicrA-
mento. in January, 1870 aud if not there met by
the Iroion paeif, Rrlroal. the COMPANY wifi
keen ON nusbinp eastward until tbev are ,tonnel
bv fbe Union I'm its Western prorress The road
thus. with its elnipnent thus far has cost about
9.OO0OOO and before IL IS entirely finished 10 Che
State line l56 miles from Sacramento. IL will cost
about 3 Oll.OD more. Thsse fl cures tell the
story of what dili ulties hal 20 be overcome -
Had NOT tne utmost c,refilness been observed
too. these f,nres would have been rrettly ex-
ceaJal A. frst. in.leel il was tbolgbr the cost
of l,bor would he an insnrmount,bl, obst,cla. .
and IL MIGHT have been had not the eomn,ny n-
ai,ur,ted a new industrial ,yeaoon by using Chi
na1n.n M whom tl,ev emo',v som. : O)D I'd san
Nor month f. inns beeo f,und too dasnite nr,,nh-
e.ies to nm, contr,ry. tbat NIX class Of labor Is
much more trac,abls than white almost n not
anita as sf,etnnl man for man. and abont so uer
caut cbeanar In aliition to Chinese labor.r.
tbere sr,. about D OlD whites emol,y.d An tb,l
can he obfained) 4 vino are Maid an ayer,go of : 10
per month and are also boarded. which the Chi
nesa ,r. NOT 1 31o horsas and ,nulas and ,s
,,,,. .,rts ava ,,-el ,nI g5O ts,,. oc bIo.t;o.,
,o,vler costing < / ,er lao are dali, consuned
rbese f,r,,s mn, nsel on t6s bnillin, of the road
alone ,nd ,r, ,.,,l,sive of I'M, f,re. ennlo,,l ON
H.. ,,t;,, t;,;sb.J For ,i,,o, m ,;l.. tl,s s;l.
~ ti sp,,,,it III IN, Sierr,. the road has bad IA
L .,,,, ,t,,,,.,b .l;l ,,-,,i,, J;lI;r, o,l Ll,st-
;,o tbsraf,r,. are ronst,n.lv tept nm and ali
,ln l;s ro,ts tbcre ,r tbr,.,, ,,n,,s of laborsrs
ea,b M which vyorr ei,,bt boprs the nigbt and
a.. tt-@,,o-l al ,Js se,e, J.,,s of tI, vel
irsa s,r,,''s og tbe ro,j isvo bcrn as f,lo,gs
u; Ia. T., Ni,,, AMI I,ne vyber n ,yes r,,ni,,,
A. G,f,v si,f,-tv,o miles tbe reoeints ver., s,5 ,
O1o c,. ~. frst month ana az ODD' far the lst
L., rJ AZ, st,tio, siyt,-,in,. ,nil.s ,y,s rn,,b-
aj a,d tb, roeeiots wan, Ill oo5. In Angnst the
rsesint, were sli2 O0O. in S,ptember. slllOOO /;