Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-12-14


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WORK OF construction Will be commenced the
ensuing year and vigorously prosecuted.
oi the entire praciibili'v OF the Northern
Road, SO far as both construction and working
are concerned, there IS no question. The only
question heretofore has been as TO the fcasi-
bili'y OF crossing the Cascade mountains.
The recent recognzances made by Gen. Tilton
in behalf OF the company have demonstrated
that the transit OF this range, by railroad is
practicable by, at least, three OF the Passes,
besides that r'd the Columbia river. That
through either OF these passes the grade would
be much less th"n that used IN the Central
road over the Sierra Nevndas, and at a maxi
um altitude less by Jour thousand feet. BY the
Columbia river, the descent to the ocean is SO
g"aduai as to be scarcely perceptibie.
The advantages Of this, over any other pro-
posed road, may be briefly stated, Gs follows:
1t is opposed by FEWER obstacles, whether OF
climate or topography. An abundance OF the
best material for constructions, is distributed
along the entire line.
The distance across the continent from the
Pacific to the great cities of the east, or Of the
west, is less than by any other route. The
distance from either New York or Liverpool to
the principal cities of China and Japan, using
on both oceans the usual and necessary track
Of ocean travel, is less by more than one
thousand miles. II Is more directly on the
great thoroughfare of the worlds commerce, in
both hcmisphcrsc, on the Atlantic, and the
Pacific. Almost tie entire region through
which 1t will pass is well wa:eed and we'll
timbcred-as rich in mineral, and by far richer
in agricultural resources, than that travcrscd
by and other proposed road. five except one
hundred AMI fifty miles occupied by mountain
rangers, this whole bel: Of country has q cap
acity for sustaining heavy population.
Lastly, its western terminus will be on, by
far, the finest and most capacious harbor Oh
this coast.
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