New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-13

under his direction employ such portion OF the corps
OF Typographical engineers and such other persons Us nc
may deem necessary TO make such explorations ana sur
yeys he may deem advisable to ascertain tne NUS
Mssissippl River TO the Pacific Ocean" Effect given
TO this resolution at the earliest day but it was not @
able 10 submit to the President for communication 10
Congress the reports of the several surveying parties
order OF Congress. in the latter part Of that year
shall have occasion to refer to them hereafter
RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST.
Judge Kelley proceeded to refer to the condition OF the
railroad interests at that time stating that at the close
of 1876 we had in operation 1890 miles Of railroad 297
having been completed during that year. system OF
continuous railroad had not then been proposed IL nav
ing been assumed that the function of railroads was to
connect water courses the connecting links OF road
having developed a commerce beyond the capacity or
ayas bic water conveyance the subject or railroad eX
panson attracting attention, and the construe-
ton of the PENNSYLVANIA Central was under CON
sideratOn. After describing the difficulties which
this enterprise encountered at time when but few
believed railroad the Aleghanies was practicable,
the speaker continued Let no man think that tue Pa
cc Railroad projected in 1916 torun to san Francisco
or else than Eeart Of the unorganized Terri
tory OF Oregon which then extended from the 42d TO me
l9t parallel of latitude and embraced what Is now me
State Of oregon and Washington Territory into when
no settlers had yet gone.
There was then no San Franeisco. Not a cabin or a
hut stood within the now corporate limits OF that beau
f9 and prosperous city Cni9rna' N9yam Nefhe,
science observation had detected the vast deposits OF
gold and silver, or the boundess agricultural resources
OF that vast region OF country. The great railroad
center OF the West Chicago had not yet come INTO pnoc
view. than 10000 people who had gathered ~
the confluence Of the Chicago River with Lake Michigan
had presentiment That the swamp III WHICH
hy dwe would in ra ssi t % feet 70 s'r make Se
the grade OF the streets OF the most enerprsng ana re-
markable city IN the world OF its Michigan then
had population Of less than 10000 and Wisconsin and
Iowa each but 100000 and civilization had not yet pen
tory where the eensus-takers four years later found
but CO.'S people In 1850 there were but 9GS5 people
Mexico, and admitted TO the Union as a state, and
whose recently discovered deposits OF goa rt nad
WAS no Government in Kansas and Nebraska,
that whole fertile region being in possession OF
the Indian and the buffalo. The name OF tha1
busy center OF river and railroad commerce. Omaha
had not been heard by Engishspeakng people, and the
which the Union and Central Pacific Railroads are now
doing profitable and RAPIDLY increasing business wa
Philadelphia then had no railroad connection with Pitts
burgh Pittsburgh none with Cincinnati or Chicago, nor
surely this world OF ours does move. and time does
work wonders In Europe. during this quarter OF cen
tury dynasties and the boundaries OF empire nave
changed, but the increase OF population mas eeen
scarcely perceptibe; But here, where man Is free
and nature offers bOundless returns to enterprise,
broad empires have risen, embracing towns, villages,
cities and States and millions OF people born IN many
lands with poverty and oppression AS their only Dft
right, now, as American citizens, enjoying az
the comforts and reiInements OF olvIllzatloh' ana
mating and pressing forward great enterprises wlc4
work more marvellous changes thal any
have alluded in the next quarter or a cen
ury Yes, ladies and gentlemen, were supeIna power
to unfold to our view our country as II sha ne g'crr
OF a century hence the most farseelng and sanghe OF
would regard the reality as magnlncent ucluslon.
our extension Of territory and - law, Great TIea
with the of mind in the empire CT science
SI IS able 10 podce tenold and in many depart
ments OF productive industry, hundIed-fod as inneh
New roads be built, towns, cities and states
to be created, new resources developed ana
the he 'q a%akenea people 20 their o%n interests and
induced contribute their vast share TO the progress
and commerce of the world. The vision that nlied the
of Co "A grand
view and should possess US Is as mueh
of the the 10th superior to those OF the
dawning days of the l4th century.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
regard the construction Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad chief among the great
works of the future, aud believe that it
will be to it, promoters not only proud monument
but vast source Of wealth Its construction
will add nconeeivaby to the wealth and power OF the
country 1t will open vast regions Amounting IN every
element of wealth to settlement under the Presumption
migration and revive the PROSTATE commerce of the
country such at least are my well considered CON
you cherished delusion through the greater part Of
my manhood; and the study of many authorities much
served To confirm it,
But there are many who. while admitting the vast ex
tent of this territory and acknowledging the fact that 1t
vast stores of gold silver, COAL iron, copper
and minerals say that il is unfit for the occupation
OF communities by reason alike Of its latitude, its tOpo
graphy and the character or its sol! ana mountains
These objections are without foundation selenllhc ex-
poratiOn and experience unite III removing the
doubts excited by such SUGGESTION; ana az
firm with confidence that the route OF
peror that of the Central and Union roads, and that
the country through which It passes viii % years hence
along the line of those roads between Omaha ana SacI
mento Indeed believe wohd oe Wrtn te pous c
the continuation OF the road from the city OF
20 S TaIif0rnia presents TO those who are
seeking new home and profitable field for en-
COMPARED WITH OTHER ROUTES.
The Central route has to create its way
travel and freight, none awaited its construction Let
Inc not he understood dsparagng the value OF that
road or as ntmatng that is not now doing profitable
business or it will not, every other railroad In
this country has done, create constantly increasing
volume of business that will enable 1t TO rapidly decrease
its rates freight and travel while increasing II, IN
and it's charges freight and travel already compare
very favoraby with those OF lS6g In proof ,nai IL I
created the business which usties these reductions Pc
hold the development OF the coal ana IRON ne
at Evanston, little west OF CHEYENNE, ana oae
than miles west of Omaha, from when coal IN grea
quantities carried westward more than miles ana
at which point furnaces 1rgeS a2d fbe manu-
facture of Bessemere rails soon TO begin LOOK 100 az
mines by gentle hands in Southern Utah since the con
struction Of this road and the connection OF the Sn
the branch built by the Mormons FROM Salt
Lake City. These are but some OF the many
precursors and pledges OF the wonderluI III
dustries that are to rise along road the drinking
water for many of whose agents as wen
for the supply OF many VI -
brought I'm tanks over alkaline plains for hundreds of
miles, and only OF the SUBMITS OF when AT
Is mile and half above the topmos spire OF Phlade
pha aud 800 higher than the most elevated SUM-
init on the Northern Road-that at Deer Lodge faSS
GROWTH TRAFFIC.
That both Of these roads will create business for them
selves and each other and speedily return the capital
embarked in their construction am abundantly per-
suaded am happy to be able to show that am sus
tanned in this conviction by the highest authority on
such questions known to railroad men in this country H.
Y Poor eso who in his admirable sketch OF the rail
roads of the United States. published last year, says
lii is safe estimate that the railroad tunnage OF the
eontry wonld duplicate Itself AS often IN ten
years were there OF line or population from
the progress made in Its industries ana IN tne mechanic
arts" MI. POOR amply