Show houte noute from salt lake to san francisco captain simpson of the united sates topographical corps who mho ho recently arrived at pla cerville berville ville says the observer ib server from irom a surveying survey ios tour over the route between camp floyd and arid genoa carson valley assures us that the new route disco discovered ered by him is infinitely superior to any of the old traveled routes in almost eve ere ry particular in proof of the entire practicability of the new route captain simpson brought a company of sixty men and fourteen wagons through from camp floyd to genoa gencia in forty days in which time he made an accurate survey of the distance and made the necessary astronomical calculations in order to locate the important points on the journey some idea may be formed of the importance import ance anca of this survey when itis known that it actually shortens the distance to salt lake nearly three hundred miles the distance from genoa to camp Floy dby the old humboldt route is eight hiu tiu hundred alred and fifty tty four miles the distance between those two places by nim nims aings s route via ruby valley is seven hundred and nine miles and the distance betheen bet veen teen the bime sime points on simpsons Simp sona sons route by actual measurement with a roa dometer is only five hundred and sixty five miles making 1 a difference in favor of simpsons Simp Simpa gons ons sons route over the old road of two hundred and eighty nine miles according to this the whole distance from camp floyd to san sm francisco is barely eight hundred and eleven miles instead of one thousand one hundred and fifty miles as formerly reckoned during the journey men were kept constantly the country for thirty miles adouth of the train and from their observation the captain is confident that upon his return trip he will be able to aborted the late survey at least fifty miles the country over which the new route lies ia is abundantly supplied with wood water and grass for nearly the entire di distance 8 tance and the only matter of wonderment la is that it has never been dia dla covered discovered before another important fact has been brought to light and that ia i that an abundance of timber can be round found on the greater portion of tb will be of incalculable value to our pur telegraph builders buil bull ders Jers |