TABLE OF LENGTHS, COST, ETC. 



37 



Table showing the lengths, sums of ascents and descents, equated lengths, cost, &c., of the several 

 routes explored for a railroad from the Mississij^pi to the Pacific. 



o S 



o 





Number of miles nt an elevation above t 

 sea between — 



<£ <£ 



Rome near 47lli and 49tli 

 parallels, from St. Paul 

 to Seattle. 



Route near 47th and 49lh 

 parallels, from St. Paul 

 to Vancouver. 



Route near 41st and 49d 

 parallels, from Council 

 lUurts, via South pass, to 

 Benicia. 



t Route near 38th and 39tli 

 parallels, from Westport, 

 via Coo che-lo-pa and 

 Tah-ee-cliay-pah passes, 

 to San Francisco. 



Route near 38th and 39th 

 parallels, from Westport, 

 via Coo-che-to-pa and 

 Madelin passes, to Beni- 

 cia. 



Route near 3oth parallel, 

 from Fort Smith to San 

 Francisco. 



Route near 35th parallel, 

 from Fort Smith to San 

 Pedro. 



Rome near 32d parallel, 

 from Fulton to San Fran- 

 cisco, by Cortst route. 



Route near 3-2d parallel, 

 from Fulton to San Pe- 

 dro. 



Route near ^d parallel, 

 from Fulton to S.tn Diego, 



Miles 

 1,410 



1,455 



1,41U 



1,740 



1,550 

 1,360 

 1,630 

 1,400 

 1,360 



Miles 

 2,025 



1,864 



3,033 



2,080 



2,290 



2,096 

 1,820 

 2,024 

 1,598 

 1,533 



Feet. 

 18,654 



Jlfiies 

 2,378 



$140,871,000 



535 



17,654 

 29,120 



49,985 



56,514 



48,521 

 48,862 

 38,200 

 30, 181 

 33,454 



2,198 



2,583 



3,026 



3,360 



3,015 

 2,745 

 2,747 

 2,169 

 2,167 



* 130,781,000 374 



116,095,000 



Impracticable 



Impracticabic 



106,000,000 

 92,000,000 



190,000,000 

 68,000,000 



568,000,000 



670 



646 

 420 

 834 

 408 

 374 



1,490 

 1,490 

 1,400 



1,460 



1,620 



1,450 

 1,400 

 1,190 

 1,190 

 1,159 



340 



Feet. 



6,044 Tunnel at elc- 



vat'n of 5,219 



feet. 

 6.044 Tunnel at elc- 



vat'n of 5,219 

 feet. 

 8,373 



Tunnel at ele- 

 vat'ii of 9,540 

 feet. 



2010,032 



26 



7,550 

 7,550 

 5,717 

 5,71' 

 5,717 



Tunnel at ele- 

 val'n of 9,540 

 feet. 



Tunnel at. ele- 

 v.it'n of 4,179 

 feet. 



* These are the estimates of the ortice, those of Gov. Stevens having been brought to the same standard of increased cost with the other routes, 

 and his equipment reduced to that of the other routes. His estimates were ,5117,121,000 and $110,091,000. 



t Supposing the route to be a straight line, with uniform descent, from the Un-kuk-oo-ap mountains (near Sevier river) to the entrance of the 

 Tali-ee-chay-pah Pass — the most favorable supposition possible. 



J The estimate of Lieut. Parke, for the construction of a railroad by this route from Fulton to San iasi, is .582,812,750. Adding !$2,025,000, the 

 office estimate for the route from San Jose to San Francisco, Lieut. Parke's total estimate from Fulton to San Francisco would be $84,837,750. 



I) The estimate of Lieut. Parke for this route is .$59,005,500. 



The sum of the minor undulations (not included in the sum of ascents and descents here given) will probably be greater for the routes near the 

 47th and 49th parallels than for the other routes. 



With the amount of work estimated for the roads in this report, the equated lengths, corresponding to the sums of ascents and descents, have but 

 little practical value. With a full equipment and heavy freight business, the sum ol ascents and descents becomes important. 



