32 TABLE OF DISTANCES, ETC. 



So far as any estimate has been made by me of the amount of work to be done on the roads, 

 these sums of ascents and descents have little practical value, since those portions of the routes 

 have been indicated where it may be considered advisable to use steep natural slopes with 

 extra engines, to expedite the completion of the road, and save expensive road-bed pre 

 paration.&quot; With a full equipment and heavy freight business, the sum of ascents and descents 



becomes important. 



The nature of the surveys does not admit of a comparison of the degree of curvature on 



the several routes. 



B. 



Distances of the eastern termini of the several Pacific railroad routes to the Mississippi river, 

 Boston New York, Charleston, and New Orleans, ly railroads built, building, and projected, 



as measured on the &quot;Railroad Maps.&quot; 



Miles. 



1. St. Paul to Boston 1,316 



to New York 1,190 



to Charleston 1,193 



to New Orleans 1,198 



Aggregate 4,897 



2. Council Bluffs to Rock Island, (Miss, river) 267 



to Boston 1,374 



to New York 1,252 



to Charleston 1,195 



to New Orleans : 1,075 



Aggregate 5,163 



3. Westport, mouth of Kansas, (near Fort Leavenworth,) to St. Louis, (Miss, river)... 245 



to Boston 1,415 



to New York 1,220 



to Charleston 1,045 



to New Orleans... 875 



Aggregate 4,800 



4. Fort Smith, on the Arkansas, to Memphis, (Miss, river) 270 



to Boston 1,540 



to New York 1,345 



to Charleston 960 



to New Orleans.. 655 



Aggregate 4,770 



6. Fulton to Gaines, (Miss, river) 150 



to Boston.., 1,530 



to New York 1,335 



to Charleston 950 



to New Orleans 402 



Aggregate 4,367 



