through Northern r 



Fexasandl 



or would it be best 



to take the 



and Washington si 



irveyed In 



roads! 





These have be 



en pn/zlin- 



it seems to us thai 



: a solution 



the whole of this p 



reject has 



once, and that nil ( 



Vmgress hi 



lias its normal com 



lition in re. 



easily is derived th 



e end in vi< 



sary to the success 



of so gigai 



the establishment o 



i the ciiru 



what are these? 



Simply th< 



making practical >lt 



) by the G 



proposed lines of 



railroad-ro 



postal rentes, by n 



Leans of wl 



its resources, such 



as they ai 



done obtained. A 



ud 1 go far 



but Congress, in m 



v judgmen 



of so important a 1 



mtional go 



save millions, wlm 



± may be 



concurrent means. 



Are these circumstances yet normal, on either of the routes, to the successful 

 prosecution and completion of a Pacific railroad I 



In respect to the southern route, the policy which is now being observed by the 

 Government, of establishing a military, postal, and emigration road in this direction, 

 must in a few years present a status or condition which will enable the Government 

 and the people to see what really can be done in building a great national road in this 

 quarter. 



In regard to the middle or Utah route, the Government, as we think, has wisely 

 made this a military and postal route; and as it has for years been a great highway^it 

 will not be long before the exact status of this road will be known, if " ' 

 known, in reference to its 

 railroad. 



As it respects the nort 

 opinion of the writer, also 

 wagon-road in this direction 

 to our northwest Pacific 1 ei 

 means of developing the e< 

 normal to the expression of 



As to the question whe: 

 located, we think it a i'oiegc 

 Arizona, will be the hcah oi 



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