Evening star., 1869-08-12
A STEP TO rHE PACIFIC.

The agents Of the Kansas Paclnc Rail lvay
present. 10 another column, an enterprise pos
sessing features which seem 10 merit special
comment. Having built their road from Ken
sas City 10 Sheridan, and foand IL O probable
and promising investment, the managers now
open mp the trade OF the Rocky Mountains
That much, IL Is hoped, will be completed by
June next: and its agents, Messrs. Dabney,
Morgan Co, and M: X. Jesup & 90, Bank
ers and Merchants of high reputation, now
tender through our columns, loan OF q, So. .O00
Tor This purpose.
These grntI- men state with clearness the
lean their Endorsement The Kansas Pacific
Railway now runs through the centre OF Kan
sas, and is in successful and profitable opera
ton for over four hundred miles. We reuaem
Der the country through which il passes as a
vice, open plain, apparently as boundless ana
rolling es the sea, known only TO q few tribes
OF Wild, rowing Indians, and occasionally to a
ventpressme squad Of stage guards and herds
men, who ministerea q primitive hos pitaIity
every nfteen or twenty miles. Topeka SaIina
and Manhattan were little more than the geo.
TO be. Hays, Ellsworth, Sheridan and
,he twenty stopping places now upon
rs timetable, did not exist, even in
a mere cluster OF mining cabins and Ind,sn
nuts. The Cheyennes and Arrapaeoes held
solemn council or high revelry in Its ways
There was no law, but great deal of rude,
summary justice, which grieved sober believers
in hoteds corpus and trial by jury. Now Dem
yer Is as neat, well built, and comfortable as
Hartfoi d, with schools and churches, rows of
orick stores, hotels, and tasteful dwellings
which recall the luxury and comfort of the
East. Nature las trimmed and friaeed il with
the noble Rocky Mountains. whose hills
elisten IN snow, while their sides are clothed
win deep and rich midsummer greenery
1t Is nov proposed to unite this city with the
east by an extension OF the Kansas Pacific
kaiway TO do this 1t will be necessary TO
build 220 miles OF road. The managers are
wise not 10 defer II, in the vain hope OF being
able 70 induce Congress TO vote them large sub
sldies The Government has built one road TO
zens are quite ready and willing 70 build an.
other, especially when those who ask their aid
can snew as good balance sheet as the Kan
route from New YORK 10 the Rocky Mounts,ns
ano San frtn ncisco. II is the metropolis of the
mighty Valley OF the MissI ssippi; and the ex.
.ension OF ths road IS new and important
step in the great highway between 81. Lours
and San Francisco. The Union Pacific
(Omahs) Road has a. much business as IL can
manage; and we have grave doubts whether il
Will De aole 10 keep open a through route amid
the midwinter snow and ice of the Sierra
Nevaoas. through road must fiualIv tray-
erse the warm countries Of New Mexico and
arizona, along the thirty NTH parallel or be-
low IL. General Pslmer has surveyed a route
where snow rarely fslls-eyery mile of which
opers rich mining deposits. Ii embraces the
Oldest towns on the continent The country
demands such a road, and this extension ia =
step towars completing il.
II is interesting to note the progress OF a rail-
way which draws its business from a country
aborIgines. In April, the Kansas road earned,
In gross income S2l7,9 ,9Ii 40, OF which sa3 2gI 81
Were balanced by expenses, leaving net profit
OF SI2.622ss In May, the earnings were
prof: OF SIli 1860. Two months aggregate
e,7Se.57. There are few roads in our older
ana rlper States that woul not be content with
as good result. But the truth is these new
countries have much growth in them. We
nave but TO touch our Western pralries and
mills with the iron wand, and cities spring up,
towns cluster along the streams aud highways,
and broad plains blossom with wheat, corn and
barley; school houses and churches take tha
plsce OF the block house and fort, and the great
rivers are disturbed by steam and ter.wneel
80 our CIVILIZATION has marched over the
prairles, Is advancing over the plains ana in
few months we shall have the vast treasures of
So,oisoo s ana tne gold countries under contrI-
ouuon; The President, in his last inaugural
Pointed to these hills the ..strong boy
W. wnose treas ures would pay the Nations al debt
tnrn MS , rslroaa Is tne key to en- IT, We there
Vate citizens TO carry another road to the Pa
clhc. We must have at least three railways
seIoSs tne eontlnent We must enable the
specuVely TO reach the furthest west by the
most convenient way. We look upon the State
OF hant as with an interest not far re.
moved from affection. This child OF tears
and blood and agony now marches to
tbe dignity and grandeur OF an en-
piIe, and well deserves the proud, fond
name Of = the Massachusetts, of the West',
To this rosd she owes much of her prosneritv.
ana now, that its owners propose to carry IN 10
Denver, and wed the Rocky Mountains 10 the
Valley, we hail them as men doing
great naflonal service, and earnestly hope thew
Will receive from our people prompt and ear
nest support The loan they offer Is certainly
COED one. II yields high interest in gold,
mas many years to run, Is secured by large
grants Of land and a profitable railway. and
Is endorsed by men whose word gives IL the
force Of an irrefragable guarantee.-NeU York
Tribune.