| Show railroad nall Hail road of the forty first parallel the til rolt foli towing owing 14 a condensed description of the route from froin I 1 fart crt bridget across the grat great sult suit f lake ke basin nasin lo 10 mud bind lake orthe foot of the sierra nevoda evada ev vda tb to given by tiie tile st or bowar war in a his 1118 revl evi evl of cfall all ali tie tip reports to the depart ment ulie tie lugli tbt r gade ade rei rel arted per mile is 13 teet tiet and aliat en of fort bridger as well Js assi ot 0 taig b soil south th 1 1 ay 1 pass after arter examining ex hukill it pg agthe abt 6 reports V submitted 8 n 4 mr j arst secretary da ves say says s i t i I 1 iby lue r about abne half oattie of tiie tile rou route foute feiri feirl iri irl these latitudes froni the missouri river td to fort bradger on a tributary 1 or G green rail river has pot been tex rex explored with a spec lal sal reference to the tile practicability r gitig a rail roli railroad rodd wand land rid tid the reports do donot licit contain all afie atje tie details necessary necessity to the tha elucidation of the subject the information it itis is to be found in in the reports of colonel fremont and captain stansbury 1 Froni front Fort bridger to fort reading on the sacramento rs i m river the exploration has lent beert made by atit E under the tho forthal for that purpose rt the tiie route may inay commence commeree comme hee on the tiie missouri either at fol foi loit foil t Leave about miles bom the mississippi at sti louii look i or tit at council bluffs about miles rulles from front the AliIs mississippi sippi at rock island ascend the patte and elmr enter tho tilo eastern chahi chahl of I 1 he rocky mountains the black hills by the norih norh fork a d its tributary butry tn the sweet water valer another route by the south forkland a tributary called lodge pole creek lias has been beely suggested by captain Statis stalls stansbury bary and less expensive but tile the information respecting it is 13 not sufficiently full roll ta v make makel further mention of it I 1 necess necessary ary ury A frein the missouri nver nyer to the tile entrance of the black hills 30 miles above fort laru Larb tole toie miles from council bluffs and nils from fort F ort Leave osworth the route resembles others froeli the mississippi to the rocky mountains a and D d ii lue lne ca ds ild no special mention its cost per mile milo will be about the llie same ilo the tho route west of this aliis point crosses many lateral stream mat have havo h ive avo cui cul cut deep davir ravines es into tile llie soil and leaves the life Plat platted tej tei belo beio below r the hot gaa gap ga p aboe iyall ed ili ih by canons to avoil the route ctol crol crosses ses a range of hlis hils feet above tile the river and descending to the tile S eveet waler water a branch brandi of tile the platte follows that f st stream to toils its source where re the summit of tit the e pil eteau of tile the south pass eie ele elevation vallon vailon fee feel I 1 is Attained a it nned the valley of the sweet water is generally rather open but occasionally it cuts through in oti s pu s bunning funning canons i fr from iri lil the thir first gorem in in the lle ile lie black hills tor tot the sai sal ill iti nit of the tile piss ass 01 the work will wili be d biffi ca I t and exp eap expensive and und it n assimilated in fit ia u mount no totham to chit odthe nath BAth ilore and ohio Rail rall railroad rodd Fr biorn tile the south pass pasa the tiie route follows down sandy creek of or green river td the them of or th latter iatter a d tl alceto thence ceto to fort bridger efera nm feets feet on blanks fork ilki liki A vic vre si a tributary ot river the athe amount of work 0 oil t this tills I would woula be considerably lets less thau than on oil tile tiie pre erding 1 r from to fort rort the di deduce ce is 1942 1 mites illies from s F fort ort leavens dortly sortir 1072 f I 1 the ron roll to aacen arcenis ascends ds the between ti tie e I 1 waters of f greer green river river and those of the llie great sit sif 11 like nike by llie tile va faey ly or lil backs barks acks deks F for ork or of ol 01 inept 1 ie of its ita tri trl with grades of 69 5 and 4 3 reet feet per mil wil tile tiie I 1 summit is a broad terrace ai at 0 th looi font of mata ino unta his and aid lias has an un eleva llo t 1 feet reet from froin thil point the tile line linc eci ids othe oabe undulating country separating tie the tle ulilla ui ita and ana bar river rhou lita ns crosing cros aig tile the he hecko dot livar bear entering the valley rilley of white qu creek ailts units 1 64 lei lel J follows down that stream bohs to its ii wath wah ver th ios ins now inie iven rvin e between tins tills ida lda lau iau lan aej alj co colury conurs nury nurs aad and tile the great greal 8 sit silt git itt like lake and arid thep 1 teim may inay be boreck fact ed by following the weber riv river r or by ascending to near the tile sources of or th the gos arld arid descending sc that oboth belog being lafluell t erectly or luvirt cily ohe kohv hiie great tit sit lik the t e distances are about dif dig io to their common coi ninon point on that take rike i TI at are ara cinc cancino upon tipon both these thesa str sir gams tivit thit otibe S in ito b atod II 11 uan nan ar jaw py being honlio to 99 y yards ards lawi j itt lla fla direct tit iii in its pener il course but must bi bt b several P boins oin oln as toj to avold avoid short curves th sida d 4 arti ree rrt pt 91 blu bin lirrie stone stour and nod uil ull require rock spine hobits io ilits tile tiie niver fiver ver SO 30 yards wide wih it po gerful current and when most swollen s sox gox six aix fee t above ove its ordin iry itel itei liel on it weber rhel there are two canons H the ethe hoper v I 1 rather rither a gorge or defile 9 94 ralles long iong the mountains rise to a great height height above il it and und un rocky and mid much broken by ravines the river s winding and it will be necessary cesry ne tod tor cross it fr tile the lower ennon eanon ii noti near the borders ol 01 he the valey or of great salt silt lake is four miles mies longy lod lon direct with an aver ligart g width of f yards y ards tream being 30 sardi yarda wide and fre lEwIN with great force agai st tile the be leijo af tiia ilia nto oto mountain which however are sum suf emele ficie filly ditre Ml abir to of tiie the P passi gt of a entering the valey of great salt lake from edther til n or the canon there is no io to tiler of a railway passing by jilla south fout hend end of tio tin fake ike e and end crossing the Jor joe jondon jordon doii doti tooele thoele valion V aly and spring or lone rock rod chiley to its west aide tide by B titi tiei th balkey of the tile the distance from near rehr fert fort brid brider er tot toa tod toa hei the south end of the great salt silt nike like rill nil the wa tern s da do of the vally vall y nf of th tiie Jord itil ifil is mia mil mils mills 9 tile tho greatest grade required 81 81 1 ft feet to the leiler leller ii lie lle the tile amount of rork work vork required on oil bis his this fec ved vestion tion excepting that ion aon til tit tir tin cinon will not ia in the of vent B ackwith be great from the western shore cl cr great salt lake to hi ill valley of Huni nuni boft river aper thie country consi its of mountains in fit nacre or less isolated I 1 eidys ridges and of open level rising gradually from irom ili ih level fevel of the tile lake co emhe ille tile ear cat eat to the tile base of the hamboldt H on oil tho iho west that is r from irom to in f fret e et to 10 goon feet above abote the sea eva west of ike lie the fum gumboldt ilum lum boldt mountains tile the auntry la 13 of he the ame amo samo ate caracter the declaim ig until at the j nua mua liker usually call ta fl thel thol foot nevada is feeter feet ori i fit ii this space miles by the travelled miles between bet the great salt lakeland Lake and the foot of vf tie tle the sierra sterra nevada have a general north and occa occasionally sio nally dross cross spurs close in fit ane valleys to the north dind rind south but more frequently this isolation is only ag apparent parent sharp rockland rock yand inaccessible in many parts hut but are low and easily passco an fn others Their sheet general eie efe ration vanes varlis varies from froni 1500 to feet above the valleys and but few of them retain snow upon their hir highest hest peaks pe iks during the be I 1 sur rummer summer vinter they are ara li brally liberally braily supplied eup tup plied d with springs and small email streams str earns but the latter seldom extend far into the plains at the time of melting snows there are many small corids and aud rakes fakes but at other seasons the waters are absorbed by thestil the soil near the base orthe mountains grusse id found round in abundance upon nearly every range ronge but timber is very scarce a small scatter eif elf ed growth of cedar only being seen seep upon a few ranges east of the humboldt mountains tile the growth of cedaris cedar is more abundant and the gamss better than to tile the west the valleys rarely have a width east hd west of more than five or ten miles but often have a large extent north and south tiley are irregular in fonn forin frequently extending around the ends erds of tiie the mountains or uniting tu to succeed succeeding ng valleys by level passages the greater part of the surface of these valleys is merely sprinkled by several varlet varieties ks of sombre artemisia wild sage suge presenting the aspect of a dreary waste though there are spots more thickly covered with this vegetation yet the is seldom hall half covered with it even for a few acres and is nowhere suitable for settlement and aud cultivation immediately west of great salt lake there is a plain ot of mud clay and sand impregnated with salt seventy miles in width from front eat east to west by its longest line and forty at a narrower part further south thirty miles of which must be piled for the passage of a railroad across it A railroad may be b 0 carried over this series bf valles valleys and arld around t the fie mountain masses at nearly tile the general level of the valleys 1 the tile route in tin thi manner reaches tile the foot of the he humboldt mountains 1 a narrow but elevated rid P containing much booi snow of the year and crosses them by a pa ss iline miles long about three of which are occupied by a narrow rocky ravine above which the road should be liti carried on oil tile the sloping spurs of the the western we tern descent elevation of summit feet above thelea th the esea sea at the time when passed eist may s snow OW covered the llie high peaks above it and alid a fw f w drifts extended into the ravines down to tile the level ot of aw summit the descent ia i now made to the thy open valley of river which is followed for about ir miles tiles tile steepest grade proposed in fit th the pass pass ofa humboldt mountain is 89 feet per eight mlle mile but this hiis can cin be reduced by gaining distance to any desirably desi deai tabia rabla extent i |
