, 1873-04-12
Thefr Rotations to tho Future OF
80 Chicago.

into Onptro. 10 tue lutclhoAAs |
events fortlo pngt ton years, tho map "e el'om
otao,ort IN ita suecestions, and savos nhny
columns Of description in tho taak Of nlustrae-
Inn what rnilronas Anve dono Tor tno
"a recontly remote portions OF tho continent
Tim aroa ropresontod by the map la twenty-
th,co hundred miles from cast to west and
ltt,o moro than ninc hundred from north 60
a,rth. Vlat changes have tho past 10" yea1H
wrought in tllis magnificent c1tent OIL coantiy'
and boforo human enterprise and oxplorasioh
INV bnyo tho torrorB mud falsoly~aaoribod 1ofhia
dino foaturas of tho onco unknown region faaoa
and f}wiudlod All that is lott OF tho a1eH'
American Desert" Of our school-boy days ID
shown in tho "stakod plnins " Of New Mexico
and tho Indian Territory, and tho Dad Lands
of pakota and betwoon those inconaaoraolo
tracts. swoops the broad bolt OF emptro' no"
rapidly inviting homo-sookors from al over sho
world ropeying oil varied inanstgy, ana laying
foundation for community wl4oHo teemine
population will possess and enjoy Ill the nest
attributes and requirements of human aoc1c'y
THE PACIFIC ROUTES
aro all shown with fidelity to tho intorests OF
each and it iB with this WOW that Wo ha'o 61son
suc, breadth to orr map. -
The u1nn phowB the raliating systom OF rail-
v.av lncy east Of tic Missouri Riror which gives
Chicago connection with MI thcso four routes
across the continent at Duluth, Omaha, AanBata
f,;ty. and the Intersections Of tho Toxas Pnc1io
and Southern Pacific OF Kansas. Tho map sho"s
nil theBe lines with their lateral connections, ,ana
tho great north and south routes on tho paclic
slope and along tho base Of, the Rocky Noun :
taintains from verge to vorgo OF our national
noRsesa1ons, It is wonderful exhibit, suoh a9
not tho most sang,,ipe Of mortnls could haVo
dored predict M possible only 90 short timo:
aeo. as when, in 1857, tho picked oxcursionists
Of tlo country ,yorc celebrating In this city tho
completion Of the Rock Island Railroad to tho
nIsassppi, and, only little latort ot tho opeh-
Ing of tho Hannibal & Ut. Joseph 10
the Missouri. That was in tho daya whom
Piko'a poah was tho goal Of tho Adventurous.
Yot Pikes ponk to-any scems neighbor ata
near to us, compared with tho moro romoto To-
. ca,itics since oponod up by traus-continontal
accommodation. There is acnrceay
spot to DO found on our broad map 30 inaccohs-
bic md tosome OF access as Was plko's fcaK
1eaa tlan two decades ago. And there is not
amt NJ, American soil 80 far OF In time and dill
hoult Of approach as was Chicago within tho
memory Of mon, active Today Ill our great io-
builling, WHO will 1.-Two to SEQ Chicago With q
million inhabitanta, aud tho principal metropolis
aud mart Of tho whole country batSeon tho
lakcs and tho Pacific.
It is not our purpoBo to proaent statiBticai
table Of railroad construction In this gteae 'n-
tarior. 1t Ia to sayo such expenditure Of space
tint instond Of dry tubnlations. we give pro-
eontmout of tho existing md completed llnes
And tho rost is suggested by TIC Nance
OF principal points along these routea'' 1ho5
bolt and grid aud send their spurs in every d.
roction into tho great mountain mining reg'ona
vhoso buried woalth was wisely held a socrot b}
.4or rntnu r1nlr to Hpu1 1T
surplus population, backed BY abundant capitaI
to tho task OF exploration, mining and reduc
tion. No needy troasure.scokora from a far-of
court. pushing thor thin and porilo'1s quest O
gold into a wildarueBs, but tho pioneora OF
community rich, prosperous, and strong IN over
element OF progros8 following close bohtnd th
gold-aeokors, aud filling tho valleys bolow ht
ledaes with towns and citios and workshops
and planting the church, and school, and se!nt
nary within sight of tl,o Buioho of tho minor
camp. -.
The map shows, a8 it must trutlsfully phoH
that tho path OF empire ID along q belt tn
versed centrally by the Kanaas Paciio Hallway
region rapidly advancing and destined to becom
ono OF tlo most populous, prosperous, and pow
erful Of tile Statos OF our Union. It was tho pre-
dictton of Horace Greeley that within fyo year
Kauaes will llavo million Inhabitants TIL
ruyh Of coionIzetion through Chicago into Kan
eaa aud Colorado l,ab this year Bot in strong
", and nearly every Northumberland trai
carried it's party OF hone-Boekors Oh thslr way
now towns OF sottlomenta that arc to beconl
now tow.ly, in tue region wl,ose soil and c1mat
reward ayory form OF nuns industry with soli
1,rosrority. They aro pouring from tho oltie
States and old countries It Europe into sattlt
ovcrywl1oro civilization, to the banisllnont
solitndo aud barbarian. There car, 10 but OF
result, which few yearn will bring, and y ths g
tho Inliar question Will hnro boon disposed 9
the foY remaining abofgises yielding to t.
overwhelming surroundings Of civllizod !if
Tho psrplexing question ct the noxt oeniu
s b. Woso sne tnn nnr poH
this continent a,d tho goosraphols OF tho Wo1
have od up all tlIolr outlined wastoa and u
known lands, aud thoro arc no moro worlds
eonguer?
:: At this seaaon, when Americana arc aaoki
remuneration In trnyrl, o1r mp is timely. With
tho area shown arc wondols the outside WoI
cannot oqual--thonsatd ct miles Of comfortat
and luxurious railway travo1 'arnmor roHo
Switzerland cannot HurpaAa, natural Wond;t
elsewhere unequaod, theatre Of eSpioa'ratt! pa'. !!
and research tho worlds savanna cntor with !, T
Iant admiration OF doyotoes. tits upon eucll
ticld Of truvol, full Of novelty aud splont
thnn,oa OF nt,dy, thut thousands OF Tourists !
wisaiy turn their backs to swell tho crowd
,nnks Of G%F9Ps1 Ps reaTgod gdt ta in to ' oyol S
Inont Of this great interior along the railrt
ioutcs, ] no foaturo il moro remarkable than th'
roalizod for the comfort OF trayolefs. ihlaGny
tho hotol rosorts in tho most not tod locaitles
comparo fayorably witl, the beHt mud oi<igst BIZ
1er resorts. Much depoltla on tho Wise iloern
OF tho ualeompanies tl'emAoiy III encous II.
ig travel by fostering theoscnrsaon syseol, ~
European travel. And wo 10 further, and as q.
look a.pou tho brohd map, with railway IN
which, in spocd OF construction aud porfectlol
appointments, eEo tho woI!dor Of @ tno "of.u, .a
ou n lhn fntt1ro prosperity OF tho realm &