New-York tribune., 1868-09-15

panv are identical the sale of every additional acre
by either tending 10 enhance the 'aluo u III 'no
have spoEen of the fertility for two hundred
miles west from the Missouri. AS you go west be-
yOnd that point you mss tho iuAuianVo % 3 mido mas ao
been yOur wonder and admiration, Dut you see none
of the sterility which yOu have been led to expect
in the American Desert" There IS natural grade
Of this valley from east TO west OF ABOUT Ten leet 10
the mile At two hundred miles ont yOu are 1890
feet above the sea; at Cheyenne, 5l7 miles from
Omaha YOU are 505 feet higher than the latter city
This ascent is mperceptible to the eve as you run
rapidy along: but YOU see the change IN the veg
citation You still see black soil, but il has not the
depth of that upon the lower levels. Here IS as ne
a grazing country you will ind In the world; Inc
grass is abundant and nutritious. Cattle ana horses
fatten upon 1t, and as it dries upon the ground III
the Fall IT. makes natural hay, when retains I.s
flavor through the Winter season. Nothing mere iS
wanted to insure satisfactory crops except such
hgent irrigation as has made the valley OF oai1
Lake to hurst with fatness and generous CROWN
OF the cities of the railroad line NEED say DuV
little. They have been often descIlpeu ny L
writer's that there are few newspaper Ie'TsdS To
do not know that North Platte, Juesburg; Cheyehne
and Laramie have sucGesslvely heIl.eH tro o
title of He'll on Wheels, which has Deeh apJS aP-
nlied 10 them during their stage or fulnanlSm
Wherever the nominal end OF tho track may De--Ihao
u.s. where regular trains stop ana gooaS are tro
ferred TO wagons for further transportatlOn-there
the thieves, gamblers and prostitutes swarm M hpI
their prev There attempt to conceai wee; th9
faro table is as public as the wOrkmans DencD' anu
more frequently seen, and the current saying lnat
there is not virtuOus woman west OF cheyenne Is
fearfully near the truth the few noble exceptions
who have left all the luXuleS ana privileges 0l
civilization behind them that they may be WIN
their husbands and brothers who are subdulng the
wilderness and building the railroad. proving iho
rule Law in these new towns Is represented ny llo
Vigilance Committee; and If any man DOUBTS the
necessity and effectiveness of tins style OF eNccuNe
a weeks stay at Benton at the present time VIII
eieCtually convert him into an earnest oi
The "second growth" of these towns is far more
pleasant than the first. Certain OF them nave SUNK
! fhaIr
which class Julcsburg is an example. one year ago
no place in the land was so often quoted as me syn
onym of all that was evil as thS, put Weu'A @ Ino
passenger secs only hamlet of scarcely hat dozeh
houses as the conductor calls its name. Others nave
promise of a healthy and vigorous growth Az Nolth
Platte the railroad company have eNceHehI repair
shops round houses etc, and really superior h0tel
gives the traveller the best meal TO be had between
Chicago and the END of the track" brsk ana
thriving village has grown mp here which mas an ar
of stability and hOmeness about 1t. At Cheyenne
there is the foundation OF large town ana extensive
trade. There are many sound merchants IheIe WIN
large stocks of excellent goods: the branch railroad
10 Denver will probably have the main line here the
railroad company have extensive shops at thS east
ern terminus of the mountain DIVISION ava fOrI II;
A. Russell the largest OF the frontier posts is located
but three miles away and Will make ms the polht
for transhipment Of IFS large supplies Ol 6OVerhmeht
freight. Society here contains many Eastern i Iai
lies the Western Reserve having contributed largely
TO the educated and intelligent population Chey-
enne has three daily papers, ana the man VINO puts
info some one of them a dash of metropolitan energy
and vim will have made farstart toward an exceed
lugly prosperous business Another fact haylngan I'M
p0rant bearing upon the future of cheyenne IS that
it will undoubtedly be the capital OF the new IeTIl
tory of Wyoming. look upon Cheyenne as one Oh
( he most promising points III the west lor young
men of brains and nerve. =,
Laramie s. miles west of Cheyenne, and on the
other side of the summit Is 2G2 feet above tide water
and the highest railroad pass IN the world) Is tne
western end of the mountain DIVISION ana has, III
consequence car, engine, and repair shops. All wen
built of stone. 1t has also considerable trade ana
hopes for a development OF the iron mines uli9
miles TO the north, which VIII warrant extensive
manufactures here. The running OF regular ualns
has lust been extended from Laramie To Benton ~
miles west and the former Is therefore Just g9Ithg
partially purged of the danGe-houses ana RamoHuR-
tents which have made IL HFcIy lOI InIec Ilol."'
past. 3D. l.
THE CHARACTER AND FUTURE OF THE UNION
PACIFIC RAILROAD-ITs OPERATION A PUB
Lie ECONOMY.
OMAHA. Neb Aug 1851 have written of the ag-
rcultural capacity of the regions traversed by the
Union Pacific Railroad. It's mineral wealth cannot be
easily estimated simply because new deposits of gold
silver, iron, and coal being so frequently dis
covered that the calculations of to-day will not apply
10 the new facts of tomorrow. 1t is manfestly GER
tain that the $75 100000 now annually produced OF
gold and silver will be greatly augmented by the
improved facilities of transporting labor, machinery
and ores which the Pacific Railroad Will afford. 1t
is equally unquestionable that the coal veins which
Rocky Mountains, Will solve problem which threat
ened to be the most obstinate OF all the practical
questions concerning both the operations OF the rall
road and the establishment of manufactures, VIZ:
where shall fuel be obtained At Carbon station,
about ESQ miles west from Omaha, and between Lara
mie and Benton, about 100 tuns per day are now be
ing mined Of superior semi -btulnnOus coal, wllch
the engineers of the Railroad COmpanys locomotives
prefer TO that hitherto obtained at Boone, Iowa. and
thence transferred TO Omaha for railroad consump-
ton. The mouth of the Carbon mine is close TO the
railroad track. that fuel is cheap as well as good
a fact which affects all settlers throughout that re
giOn no less than the Railroad Company for timber
must be cut IN the mountains and Hoated from 10 TO
80 miles down the streams to the line OF the road.
The astonishing rapdty with which this railroad
has been built has become the subject of general
wonder throughout the country. Nothing like 1t has
been seen before. Two hundred and thirty-iye
miles built in 1864 and the track layers are to-
day than 200 miles in advance of their starting
point in April last. Can road built with such tTe-
mendOus speed, and that, too in "A district where
every tool, every laborer every appliance TO and in
the work has to be brought hundreds of miles from
the Eastern manutactory, be well built 7 This Is
vital question, and one upon which the people want
the most unequiyOcal information: l have seen and
examined more than 200 miles Of this road, and be-
leve il thoroughly built aud fully equipped For 800
miles the grades exceedingly hight, and tho dlrec-
tion an air line. There the road was easily built,
but nowhere indflerently or slOyenly. The embank-
ments are high enough to secure good drainage and
wide enough To make solid foundation 2,CjO ties
laid TO the mile the average upon Eastern roads
il ZOO the rails are joined by fshplatcs, making
continuous rail - the water courses spanned by
substantial Howe truss bridges, or by culyerts OF
timber which is to be at replaced by solid ma
sonry although the timber is good for at least ten
years wear. The road bed is being ballast
ed with broken stone and disintegrated gran
ite, which is excavated IN the passage
of the Black Hills, and which makes
as fine ballastng material there is III the world.
The road is remarkably smooth. On the return trip,
the run from Cheyenne TO Omaha at an average
rate Of - miles and fraction per hour, and
5j miles in hour In short, the road shows less
signs of newness than nine out of ten roads at
the East and is far an intelligent observer can
judge, a well-bult, well-equpped, aud well-managcd
railroad. The passage over the Rocky Mountains
qures grade exceeding 90 feet to the mile and the
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