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The Northern Paei.is Road.
THE CLIMATE ALONG THE ROUTE.


THE CLIMATE ALONG THE ROUTE
The Pacific Tribune Of the lG.h of January,
published at Olympia, the seat Of government IN
Washington Territory, latitude A degrees
north, about the latitude of Quebec,) speaking
Of the weather in that region, says
With the exception of occasional light trosts,
we have thus far had no weather TO remind us
Of the presence Of winter. There has yet been
10 snow nor ice, and the indications are fair for
their continued absence Here in January We
are euiovinC about such weather as the people
Of the Atlantic STAT are accustomed 10 IN April
and Nav. \ friend in our office, the other day,
said he though; people here could safely begin
to make gardens in two or three weeks, and we
shall not lie surprised if his anticipations be real
ized The temperature has not yet been low
enough To destroy the insects which summer
gives birth to; an occasional fly being met with,
and, when the sun shines, swarms Of gnats be
ing visible. The lovers Of skating and sleighing
VIII have to forego those pleasures this winter,
in Washington Territory.
1t also acknowledges the receipt, by gentle
man from Port Madison, located about fifty
miles further north, Of a stalk on which were
blossoms and also pods containing peas, which he
obtained from the garden of Mr.. John Farnham,
of that place, and very justly adds " Can We
offer better proof Of the mildness of our win
tiers than the aboye2 Green peas grown in
the open air in the month Of January
As indicating not only the mildness Of the
climate, but also the activity Of the trade and
commerce, and the prosperous growth Of that
territory now rapidly filling up with an enter
prising population, We clip from the same num-
Der Of the Tribune the following notice Of the
commercial movements Of that vicinity:
On the Sd inst, the following vessels arrived
at Port Townsend, [uear the head Of the strait
ofJuan de Fuca latitude IS degrees North and
50 miles north Of Olympia, viz American ship
Revere ship Coquimbo, an salvador, ship Great
Pacific, French bark Argyle, American banks
Rival, Anglo Slxon. North West, Mary Glover,
Milan, Gold Hunter, Mary, Victor, Oak Hill,
Florence, $3.50 % tons. Here is an ar
rival ~ one day Of "A vessels, viz, ships and
Il barks, having au aggregate amount Of carry
ing capacity of nearly nine thousand tons.
The broad region beyond the Rocky Mountains
embracing Washington Territory, though COM
p4ratiyely new, is now attracting great attention
from the many advantages there presented to
to those seeking lev fields of enterprise. The
climate is far more mild and saluhriols than
many of our people Of the east had been lei 10
suppose who have simply regarded It's geogra-
/ phical position. Noticing that it lies between
F i6 9 and 50 : North latitude, the latitude
Of the Canadas the natural supp -ition would
/ be that its climate was that Of the Canalas, a
conclusion lot at all in accordance with facts
The climate Is in fact, a> the above extracts
show, much miller than that Of many regions
much farther south, owing principally, as we
learn from the report of AIr. T. F. johnson.
Chief Engineerofthe Northern Pacific RR on the
TO the comparative depression ofthe country along
the lineofthe praposelroutes (the meaueleyation
above the 0ce,r he;we D LakeSuperioraui Port
land, Oregon being bat 2,00l feet or 5000 feet
less than the mean Of -he ute olthe Union Pacific,
combined with the dryer condition of the noun
IAN air during the winter months. the entire
fan Of rain and SNOW from tie clouds fir the .
entire distance being hardly two fee, Ia depth Of .
water, while the very rapid trendi. z OF the lines .
Of equal t.mperature towards the north, in pass
ing towards 'ne fAeihe' 'eIieis the mean annual
temperature 81 Puget sound l'Ae latitude Of
Quebec the same AS that If ue.lv .re Bay Here
ia our north latitude Of a degrees we have lived
to learn by chilling experience that the earth is
'''sed up IN ifo'' ana suo' some i've months or
more OF 'ne year. ana "AeA we look one or Two
iesTees further n'iin- upon our 'anaiAa neigh
DORIS We do 1t Win % e1'-'' as We see 'len' as at
present. almost buried ia snow. Looking sui
Iurthef To inc el'-' along our own parallel Oh
attitude '' 'A' e'''i 'i 'le Ai'i-te' We hii '-'
'ese'il-e Tie A'i' list nearly a- long as mere.
Following The same parallel Of latitude 70 the
far oil West, or even as far south as 40 and A.
degrees, which leads as over the route OF the re-
gion, between the Missanri and Paa.i; blsin-
tuyersel by the Union Pacific Railroad. the
climate is much less mild and desirable than
ours the temperature Is often more severe, and
the depth Of snow SO great a- often 20 greatly
obstraet and sometimes to prevent for even
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These facts my no; assord with the views
which many la,e hitherto entertained regarding
this subject. IT, however. other evidence were
wliting, it would seem sufficient to refer to the
fact that during this winter, one of the miliest
we have had for years, the Union Pacific Rail-
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