, 1870-02-04

fJofH Tax tUFIt1FA U5t3tH&dHJ tdA, ID.
II ali the projected ra!fuAo hues wholly or in
part for tnE Fac11c ccust tnail OF couP.eTd With.
in tho time NOW contemplated, tue peE13d Is not
ii more Surprising, Il cot IN tie unnes. Set n tbs
lecgth Of hncB aud the msZ4tucent extent of
country served, taHn nuJ Of tnn.e which traSclhe
lsnuc sopc. F'tst, u course. Is this Central au,i
Cn,on fac:hc, GOV tnc only line connecHng n
with the great Eastern sotld. bnt only the lore
narEs, eacn tie centre 81 a sss1e@ Of III OWL
the EoHhstn tsc,fe, lrnm Lake Superior to IN.
Ic. SouEd. and the southern Pacific, connecting
tue Atlantic aeah3a1d Of the s7uthen
Sta;es. with Ar1zana ALd southern
California. TWO thousand miles Of rzc!nc R4N.
Nay aie already hnil', 1hr wcs e1n cnd copnecstng
WIN hall dczrn IteIux brAbcaea OF tida lines III
California, AID with halt do-ea or mora under
The outlook, as regards OREGON and the North
esn Pacific coast nsy oa stated noout as folio -:
1be Columbia Branch OF The Gntou Pacific con-
ttDp1sfts the cooatrncNun OF nE-tly thousand
niles q road sncludlIK projeck ercsdy uooied
IN Oregon. to meet It with q 1!ne ron Forsaud*
naklrR q trunk Of such letein nrd importance IS
70 be In 1t6e1f the centre Of = esat9u, It's COM
Piston Will Lot precede by uve ye3rs sae pa:ld-
iEE Of u half dozen ttahcnes-1nsnoo'a iuto
The Hoh agricultural. ErAzlnS, pr mlntaR d!s:ncts
winch lie On ether slac. i. ,hs te!ms d lne
bill now pending before COsHre5s, granting q
land subsidy u iae culomo. Branch Road,
~ completion y axed st 1ome time pt,os 70 Juy
eeens DOW 10 he nxtd component Of the rail-
road spirit, tb constflcttoa uAJ be confidently
anticipated, within the nexx Orc tnssesd OF eight
JsArk a powerful kuluius TO tue early conpie-
tfnn VII be found in tns eork going on 10 the
e Of ~ rsea:
oaly ths Columbia EElnch but OF tho Central K
Union Pacific trunk. beHlne tsis, ltls not at al
Central Pzc1fo With either Hnutaern Oregon or
tbs upper eud Of the WAlRmet Valley ria one Of
Tie Wafamet passes OF the Ca.cauee, will be un-
Une Of tne most uoneLtous enterntt.ea nor
on foot u that Of the Northern raciHc RAtrOat
fxo1 a., L.s5 n sgresoS to Pssst s9uad, vlta is
os1oc1 70 Portland, Oregon. Bg tne reTmA OF the
ACT granting thu na;ioAal subsidy, as ameudrd bF
tne sct Of July. 1865. eork /. 10 oo commenced
u To be constructed aud 6auinptd ~ lie / b DIV
81 Jnly. 1871. The brarcn 10 Portland Ii provided
tof IN the original acs and - AZ integral paft Of
tne a3fsetn. II is to fca1e tie mH.n traak.iIre II
Eome Suitable point rut more .an s0J miles rom
toe Puets sound tetnlLus. lis construction /.
sn!Jtct 70 the same ecud.tpDs IN c7erJ respect as
foaa AID h1anna In tou.d nuneel., may be
e1ated At 2,ato m1les, with tertului upon
e1f =; sea1srs ~ q tstn9 s[nts q tne
unlke Tho Ctn'Fa1 and Southern 1s1n8-con.,uen-
eal truIks, It will raa. conun1oua,y through
wealth Ct such possibilities oI Development as
VII 3es he the Wot:-f o. half world. II N not
our Pusnose TO speak here Of the Commercial
tonheCtton which ttla trurE viii ATE bet Fetp ihe
Old World and The New, further than TO tsy ti1s,
toe western terEteus u Ill te upnn rue pest nar.
@ nor o. ~ Paslde coast, - direct line befHeen
the great centrra Of srAte AT toe Est and the
1hotcst and most ftt5uenly travelled fpores Ia
Ga!na acd 1span: And tna. tue q Of sae trunk.
bJ tnosx tnan that Of tho cenIfsi rou,e. All lcs1
sole % intertcptions Of other na,urca u sutamer
sh4n either OF the other routes
Then VIC hats IN prospect I grand coastvts.
trut k.ltne from Puget Sound 10 SIN Freuc:snn a
PERI o. which u already Quit. We have ,nfnrna,
Gstea. 10 u conasrp1oa pnss b. salro3a mea q
and OrvRon coDpapjes IN 1ae eY,e1x.nf1
Of NJ. trunk from San Ffane'aco 70 SIN Dirso'
part Of this ty>tem IL s'feady builk Or nnner r.1
IRON san Fisuc'kco stutha1sa Tbs satue ,non.
e,Sf 81 f en nature which iupeled ine
Than had ever been ant.ctpatAa oJ even tnc m5,t
hokefcl ste as WORT In AL the.e en1e-pti,e1 10
g1tss, and nastsn 1asir coup..,os nnsls P5o. P.
row nrmly believe that Of the nearly sooS
miles OF roAd embraced IN lae en1erui1ses &c
have mentioned above, hot 800 nlIlea viii remain
TO be completed on the 4th Of July, 1875; aud
hat. Il tcludl1g the Central act uaton fac!1c, row
d.sshed. not leso tnsn s,ooj nl1tes viii be butls
Nlthln n7e 4eatA tfoM the 4.h OF july. 1874 OF
ttt.e lusct. liree aRefeSaurg over a,.4J rutlea
Mil be connected elmer directly or bt hr4rca
laid. va Se ~''' - "AT
an these tktimates-ttey arc Do~ something bet.
I sGr aGsu meIe fpecufatiors-xe hsyf 70. included
~, VI Let schemes for local r-l1e, manJ OF NnIch
WV "othiists oe built touper loan most pernons
~ ~ Ms GO not apubt bat out valley will WITH
nrtTe ,,s1T,a oeeaaf he coonee: cd by rs s.ta ore
-
Isse! No iatkppEta1lou wt.ca rue ra.,ru:ds vi"
nmsrds =, ~, nths- ~ create and multiply new d.
nas; ana thus: =. has been tn6 ca.e IN III ,ic
acIeier.9 f, - .ns taws sJa and tue nc t.ias.;c,s
pS,d,,e Spod ana & ese.ss saea o;atf win saroas'nr
vapIASes Of SOL, cGIa.e, pinrra, taa1 ts1aold "a.
T e.sssn. sssseIs ena
never eceo even in this the Srcas Ys;,foss ~ -
Tne Non w1s i've to see The cen.eun:al nsn,srT.
sarJ Of the Declaration Of 1udtpc2delce. vii +.
2oe to st4tt tJ f4H ttom Tortlan1, Ore7nn
and make the "gInod round" OF The Cusied S:sss..
1Ia Puget Sound, st. Paul. Cntcaso. Bacato, md
tne Niagara F.1is, to Pot8land, Maine: tuence yia
J:os'on. New Tor6, Phttadetphis. CHARLESTON, aud
fenssco!a 10 New 0tscaLe: thence through th-
great ptair1ea Of Texas and New Mexico ana the
miuea Of Arizona to San Diego on the Pac:nc aea-
noato: aud thence ID . co1sss parallel with The
Pacttc st* coa1t ria Sau Fraoc.sco, SAc1aEaeurn,
the tAneJs OF Ro2ue k:yer, Uupqus, and Nslla-
mel 10 Portland. whence he hs1 started but little
more ttAn nocth before, having Travelled al
the time near the tordera OF the RgTates1 territory
IN INC Hosid under one government.