Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-05-07
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Northern PssiAs 1ailrssd.
That the uscsasink asvslopAbut q our.
great West already calls for iev .linS of
communication with the Pacific u ffutk
80 evident - to require NO dspopetration,
Few Year, win elapss bSfofs I % ldaifoie{
roads, At least, win b eohplessd, ods Ia
the north and the other 10 ths south ef ~
existing line. OF these ,the most istsrast-
ing to the country and tntAs wssla stlavus
10 that which b know - the Northsfu n;
ciic Railroad, which is to extend fIpn ~
western ext remity Of Lake SupeSyCr rs
some point on Puget Sound, in Wahise,c:
ton Territory. There are reasons tby the
rapid construction of this road becomes Of
peculiar, Of almost unexampled, interest
to the contry at the present time. In the
first place, the rush ofpopulatiop 70 Morrill,
ern Minnesota and Dakota almost, exceedsr
everything of the kind in our past history
1t is estimated on the most reliable author
ity that there will be half q million Of pop-.
ulation in the valley Of the Red River,
of the North within the next decade. Ar
in the case Of the Union Pacific railway:
the progress ofpopulation' will kesp pace
with the constructor Of the road villages,
towns and cities will spring up as II By.
magic, and within few years the, entire
line will be fankcd by comparatively
dense agricultural population. ee -
The new route has an advantage over
the Union Pacific line, in the fact that Il.
has "n no great American Desert" to trav:
erse; that the entire route lies through
territory rivaling in fruitfalness and adsp. 4
tation to agriculture with any of the States
Of the North west, and that to the uortk,
in the British Possessions, lie otiaer terri. /,
tories equally fertile and habitable, large =
enough for ten average American States.
Owing to the spherical con6guration Of the,
earth, the distance between Lake SUPERIOR !,
and the Pacific by this ronte 10 several hdu-; q
dred miles shorter than It sppears 70 be-
upon tho ordinary maps, which are drawn
upon Mercator's projection. This will ul-
timately be found not only t6e shortest but
most available routs fot thsg gpeet jatst.
contin entail Asiatic trade. Il viii be the
high way from New York, Philadelphia:
and Chicago ia the osiSnsaa wofld:. Duluth;
the eastern terminus, % lake Superior, Is.
in reality, several hnsdred miles nearer
the Pacific than Chicago, and, strange ,sit
may seem, ii Is also as near Is CHICAGO to
Montreal and Quebec by tie line Of water
communication. ItnxiA be remembered I
that vessels leaving Chicago for the Altar.
tic coast have to ascend the whole. h.~th,
Of Lake Michigan to the Straits Of Mack.
inaw where they turn isouthward into Lake
Huron. Duluth is to Lake Superior what
Chicago is to Lake .Michigan.l Vesssls
leaving these two ports at the same t;mx =
would therefore arrived at Mackinax ne.r- i.
ly together; but with this further ady,n.
tagc to Duluth, that Lake Superior, beiiv1r
much deeper than Lake Michigan, i ~
obstructed in the winter by ice. IS a,y6s f
1t is curious to glance at q man of .ths.
regions to which this railway win min;ster.
and to correct the erroneous ideas vh;ch
have obtained universal currency = Is oa
their comparative 6tness for the hsbitae;eabl
Of man. Who would imagine, until itvere !,
proved BY the map, that st. Paul. Minpe-
sofa, Is nearly adesree 10 the soxi Of Ven.
ice Would one person in thousand
believe, without examisatiou, that the Z
parallel of 40 degrees which sepsr,tss ther
United States from British Amer:ca. q =
almost the latitude Of Paris! win Il not
create universal surprise to be told that the
Southern extremity of Hudsen's Bay &
somewhat to the south of London, asd thsk
the parallel Of Edinburg strikes our Pae;fn e
coast in the neighborhood Of Sitkai. Yet
such Is the case. The influence ofi,other-
NAL lines is only beginning to be understood
IN American geography, aaa it viii doubt 2
less be strange news to the great ras;uwitv
Of American citizens that . linz M. n.
drawn frsss Cincinnati strsieM .ortI ,oe.t,
for 1000 ssiles to AtAa5asca Lax. and
that upon this whole line the aver.se son.
mer apd winter heat will vary but |. ~
degrees. Such is nevertheless the, oasss
This region b the great grain gardens of
Ameriea-a region Of which not more than
one fourth is as yet open to settlement.
With these facts before No We arrive at
the deep political Significance Of the Nmths. {
ern Pacific railway It the present. y. monassst.
II solves N oa. fasov tie pvs6aes sf fBr;kiaf
Americaa aanesasion. That imu.suee r.
gion lying to the northof Miaaseeta, Dsko-
ia, Montana, Idaho, and Wsshiastea
Territory is portion Of the garden Il fths
world. 1t will yet BE- Gllsa " seciss u
million of prosperous farnisisy vhoS rsats
thither will be by the Northeru sRaci1s
railroad.-Ec. - $50,
u II is asserted By the xecksniT;s
Magaz;se that enc hour aftw H. - ~
London is lighted the air i &sszi1is6arnss
much as if 5000. 900 peeph - hssa
added tothe population. lnriag he Co.,
bustion Of oil, tallow, gss, ste., veisr 4,
produced - veil = cAstssis s5i1S - sssA
weather We seeik kAtn1snaa - - iuia-
dows. By the hursiss @sas t.s.tyiar;
hours in London, moro water. = = -
tirated, is prodsesd thsa todld sI9I =
emigrant ship u M toJass ful n ~ !,