264 NEW TRACKS IN NORTH AMERICA. 
The following table gives the elevations and distances :— 
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY. 
—— = 
Lake Superior see 600 et 
z Dividing Summit 32 1,158 
& = Mississippi River lll 1,152 ) 
«| Po Bigiateus dea S ertit, asvsvccnccecovicessssctveas 177 1,419 
40 Red River 232 985 
“ee Plateau du Coteau du Missouri. Wcusbete lene 365 2,400 = 
40 Missouri River 485 1,800 
ie Dividing Summit 625 2,500 
40 Yellow Stone River 675, 2,100 
30 Point of Judeth Mountain ............:0:s0000000- 936 3,495 | 
70 Cadott’s Pass* 1,115 5,337 
70 AWB iy cas say av cerescenvccseweaveasvessse 1,225 2,410 71 
40 Pend @Oreille Lake 2,020 
30 Summit 1,405 2,620 
30 - | Spokane River 1,405 1,720 sae 
40 Summit ....: 1,425 0 <3 
40 Columbia River 1,535 430 
1,155 
40 Columbia River 1,535 438 |} 
50 Snoqualmie Pass 1,694 3,325 
90 Base of Mountains 1, 175 
Seattle 1,775 t Puget Sound. 
Mean elevation above the sea c.ccccccecsececeee a 2,215 
istance, in miles from New York, vid Great Lakes to Portland, 3,285 miles. 
Mean annual temperature, 50° Fah 
As I have never traversed the route proposed for this rail- 
way, I extract the following quotation from the Report already 
referred to of the Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, dated 
February 19th, 1869, as I presume no better authority aoe 
be obtained. 
“There are between Lake Superior and Puget Sound and 
the mouth of the Columbia River 500,000 square miles of 
__ territory, upon the larger portion of edits the United States’ 
- Government can — ss wealth, and power, like 
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poe as 24 miles long. 
