The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-01-02

Dut IL tnlS route between termln1" 30
much nearer to each other, aud so much
better situated with regard to the great
commercial points Of both hemispheres
than those Of any other, entirely prac.
ticable? We no longer PROFOUND the
question in doubt, nor attempt to solve
it upon imperfect data. United States
surveyors, explorers, travellers, and.
scientific men, unite. so far a. We ore
able to learn, in declaring it not only
practicable, but comparatively easy and
desirable. Leaving the shore Of Lake
Superior, it Will pass for ,010 miles, to
the eastern base Of tho Rocky Noun
tains, through fertile and beautiful
country, every square mile Of which
will sustain a dense population, produc.
ing wheat, rye, corn, barley, potatoes,
and grass, Of superior quality, and in
great abundance. Here the mountains
are crossed at an elevation $500 feet
less than on the Central. Even on
this mountainous section, there is much
fine timber and excellent wheatlands,
while the grades are not more difficult
than some Of those on the Baltimore
and Ohio. Here the mountains are so
low that the miners have actually con-
Quoted the waters Of the Missouri acFoss
the divide in little ditches, through tue
Cascade Range, just east Of the Sound,
which it was feared might prove i scri-
GUS obstacle. The recent accurate
surveys have developed three passes,
either of which is entirely feasible, and
the summit Of the middle or Snoaual:
ME Pass is but 5000 feet above the
sea. The SHOWS on these uplands, I'M 2
like those on the same range a few hun
bred miles further south, are never
more than two-and.a-hslf fact deep:
They do; not fall soft and pack hard,
but dry and light, presenting 10
difficulty to the snow-rlow. Grand
lines Of railroad are now in operation in
various parts Of the world where the
SHOWS are heavier and the climate far
more severe than upon this. From q
point on line with Fort Laramie, TO
the Pacific, nature has provided the
.tcpid winds Of the ocean, and number
less boiling springs, which make the
atmosphere milder and warmer than 1t
IS eight or ten degree, further south.
This road passes throughsno- vast sage.
plains or sandy dsserts, but through a
country everywhere propisious 4 e!erv-
where inviting to either the grainl-pfo.
Queer or: the stock.raiser, whose most
ungenial portions sustain animals in
Winter upon grass alone. It il inter:
sected by four great nasigable rivers.
1t abounds in beautiful lakes and
streams, Of pure water, teeming with
fish and wild fowl When we add to
the landscape grandeur If these bound
less and luxurisnt plains, agreeabIy d.
versi6ed with water, wood, add hill, the;
prodigar yield of food for man and
beast which is there promised to tho
settler, it would seem that in no land
ander the sun can thu Immigrant find
. more clearinghouse. -7a7or2 !.
When this road strikes the Red
River Of the North in; the neishorhood
Of Fort Aberorombie, twill receive, the
trade Of that stream, which. flows north
into Lake Winnipeg, ,, :body of water
Is large - Lake Michigan. Into the
same lake falls q the Saskatchewan, a
magnificent stream which drains the
Rritish Yo,.sfo,v; frf,sn tho7a Uoolr.s