The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-29
THE UNIeS PACIFIC GAILROAD-55o
uiLEs COMPLETED.

i'"i'ou" 10 ocihS pusitu iorWuru tiiis
year more rapidly than ever. A much
larger force will'be employed upon it
during 1868 than ever before. Rock
csttings have.bcen continued in the
Laramie Mountains during the entire
winter, and there has been much less
snow there than =in the latitude If
New York city. Not less than 5000
additional laborers will be in the field
this season, besides 1900 mechanics,
bridge builders, iron workers, g..
There will also be 1000 teams, with
the necessary horses and mules for the
plows and scrapcrs, and not less than
1900 wagons and carts. Much Of the
lumber iorbridgcs, tics, &r.,i already
cut, and saw-milIs and shops are busy
in turning out The mechanlcalappliances
for the great work. Iron sufficient to
lay 200 miles of additional track has
already been delivered on the ground,
and there is every prospect that not less
than 800 miles more roal will be fin
ished during the present year,
We learn that $50 miles west from
Onnlo are now completed, AMI that
the locomotive, followed by its long
train If cars, is Getualy running orer
the highest point Of the Rocly Mountains
that wW be t'arrFacd by cline. This
achievements something to be proud
Of, AMI gives good promise that eight
tonine hundred miles of the eastern
end Of the lnewill be in running order
during this year. The western enl,
beginning at Sacramento; California, is
being pushed forward with similar
vigor, and we learn that 400 miles of
it is expected to be finished this season.
The distance from Omaha to Sacramcn.
TO is l12l miles, AMI it is now bclicv-
ell that 1t least 1900 miles Of the
whole line will he finished before 1869.
This will leave only between 500 and
GOO miles 10 be completed hereafter,
and it would not hersurprising if the
grand celebration Of the completion of
the Pacific Railroad would take place
a twelve month earlier than the om-
panics now promise. Genius, Pluck,
and Money will then have accomplish,
cd one Of the greatest ana most useful
works in the world, 1t was indis-
pcnsablc to the political as well asphy-
seal welfare Of the country. 1t will
bind the great extremes of the nation
together, stop our Indian wars, ,dcvclop
our mineral resources, and add greatly
to the wealth and prosperity ofthe ma
ton.
1t can hardly be doubted that this
the onlyiailroad between the Allan
tic and Pacific Statcs-will be very
profitable as we'll as 4 very valuable
work. Tht~"gpnt tide Of travel be-
tween the two occans must flow over
/, and the merely l64hHIsincss which
spring. up alonl;thic linc, as it is open
cd, and wifi the atncnht mines, not
only pays the interest on all tie boalel
debt of the Company, but a handsome
profit besides. Nhenet elrning- Of the
Union Pacific on 3SG miles of road |
from May to JaniiarTIA@t, are officially |.
at over million dollars, AMI
Congress already threatens to interfere
to reduce rates and compel the Com
I'any to stop maxim, somuch profit.
As the Government advances about
Dne-third of the cost of the road, and !
appoints five of the directors, it will
have an active voice in the matter
whenever it is necessary to exercise it.
The Company's First Mortsa se
Bon Is, bearing SIX. per cent, gold
Interest, have made n ready sale, and
Il limited amount arc. Row, offered at
nr. We can see no reason why they
ire not II perfectly sltc as well as a
very profitable security. Suhscrip-
lions are received by various BAN s
md Bankers advertised as agents, who
nave a valuable pamphlet for gra;ui
ous distribution to parties interested,
which will furnish full information.
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THE Republican County Convcn-
ion for nominating a ticket for the
'nsuiug election in Lawrence county
'ocS not meet till June lst, proy.
Beaver and " as',ington have ncl yet
named II time for like. action. This,
with the fact that the meeting of con-
erccs will be yet later, will give our
friends in this county plenty of time
% have call issuel for nominating
convention in Il manner that will
give universal satisflcti,,n. Under the
'xlstlng circumstances we would urge
lpon the Chairman Of our County
Committee, the Importance of this, he
laving repeatedly stated that '4he call
or the Convention held was ,corded uih