Show atlantic and pacific railroad from the tha st louis of the ad 31 we learn that in hi accordance u ith a call published in pursuance of an act pasted passed it t the first session of tho the thirty buith congress Con grese entitled au act acl granting lands to t aid in in tho the construction of ft a railroad and telegraph 1 line ne hwa fran the states of missouri MitE ouri and arkansas to tho the pacific ocean the board of commissioners named under said aid net act assembled fur fr or g at aitho the turners turner in the city of st louis missouri on october at 1666 tot t 12 the follow follon ing officer cerit elected president gen john C fremont of new york vico vice president daniel it G garrison arrison of missour Mii llis sour charles II if of missouri tre treasurer asprer J P robinson dobinson Ko binson of now new york the president and secretary we were directed redirected koopen to open books for the subscription of stock on taking the chair gen 17 remont rn amda do an interesting eci tiring giving much valuable information regarding the enterprise lie ile said by a recent act of congress the line 0 of f the rood road is laid inid in estern missouri and the valley of the Uni and generally along the fifth parellee par ellel to the head of nai ignition on the colorado and thence to abo pa pacific ci afi c coast I 10 lo 0 aid in its it cond construction ruction the act grants over acres of land to the mile ma making king for the entire route about fort six dix millions of acres dicres its really position I 1 t ion via makes kee tho the live line national we tosi alieve that it mil aill prove tu to bo be the isfort est eat and it certainly pre presen tg fe er natu ral vbA obstacles neles and is the most practicable of any among all the proposed routes to the pacific from springfield to san franciaco Fran cinco its estimated length is 1800 1600 miles making makin g for tho the distance from st louis about 2000 and from new york about miles to sin san francisco from now new york by uny w ay of memphis to sn sin S in n francisco the distance is making king a difference miles in favor of this route it i is singularly direct and easy ofton of construction st lying for the most part in the valleys of st streams reanis it ia not obstructed by mountain chains other than the low ranges bordering the valley of the aitio del norte somo some miles eit of st louis it crosses the arkansas baters where they are still davig ible giving again an opening to the mississippi river ispass it passes through tho the heart of ne new w mexico at albuquerque securing to itself a valuable nay ay traffic lic and it affords the site for an important city at tho the head of navigation on the colorado river the great 13 alsin tain is opened to tho the gulf coast and the ocean it enters california without crossing moun mountains tAns and without it hout going over snow at any season passing around what was called in the fi lan language or of trapa trapper r da das a tho the point of the moun tain sain a skirting i arting and avoiding the sierra nevada that gr great eat 6 storehouse torel louse of cali california teem teeming ng with ith its abundant supplies kup jup plies of me metallic I 1 wealth living lirine str streams earns and noble forests but formidable in its engineering difficulties there are certainly most t striking sinking advantages in the location of this road not only as respects the trado trade which 11 i to kuppr support t it but as respects the fu facilities ties which they afford in building it it is iii proposed to add others other t equally sally important by a branch road from A albuquerque to to Guny russ |