TABLE OF LENGTHS, ETC, 
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Table showing the lengths, sums of ascents and descents, equated lengths, cost, &c., of the several 
routes explored for a railroad from the Mississippi to the Pacific. (For the grades, see the 
profiles accompanying the report.) 
Distance in straight line. 
Distance by proposed railroad route. 
Sum of ascents and descents. 
Length of level route of equal work¬ 
ing expense. 
Comparative cost of different routes. 
1 Number of miles of route through 
arable land. 
No. of miles of route through lands 
generally uncultivable, arable soil 
being found in small areas. 
No. of square miles of sums of areas | 
of largest bodies of arable land in 1 
uncultivable region. 
No. of miles at an elevation above 
0, and less than 1,000 feet. 
1 No. of miles at an elevation greater 
1 than 1,000 and less than 2,000 feet. 
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6,000 and 7,000. 
7,000 and 8,000. 
8,000 and 9,000. 
9,000 and 10,000. 
Summit of the highest pass on the 
route. 
Miles. 
Miles. 
Feet. 
Miles. 
Feet. 
Route near 47th and 49th paral- 
1.4s— 
Route from St. Paul to Seattle. 
1,410 
2.025 
19.100 
2,387 
a,$140,871,000 
535 
1.490 
h I.000 
631 
580 
720 
130 
97 
28 
6.044 
vat’n of5,219 
feet. 
1,455 
1,864 
18.100 
2,207 
a 130.781,000 
374 
1,490 
h 1,000 
470 
580 
720 
130 
97 
28 
6,044 
couver. 
vat’n of 5,219 
feet. 
Route near 41° and 42°, via 
1,410 
2,032 
29,120 
2,583 
116,095.000 
632 
1,400 
b 1,100 
180 
170 
210 
160 
580 
285 
270 
107 
20 
8,373 
South Pass from Council 
Bluffs to Benicia. 
c38th and 39th—Westport to 
1,740 
2,080 
49,986 
3,125 
620 
1,460 
b 1,100 
340 
276 
165 
348 
466 
170 
60 
155 
80 
20 
10,032 
Tunnel at e'e- 
San Francisco by the Coo- 
vat’n of 9,540 
che-to-pa and Tah-ee-chay- 
feet. 
pah Passes. 
38th and 39th—Westport to San 
1,740 
2,290 
58,514 
3,360 
670 
1,620 
1,100 
275 
308 
190 
143 
725 
284 
110 
155 
8(1 
20 
10,032 
Tunnel at ele- 
Francisco by the Coo-che- 
vat’u of 9,540 
to pa and Mndelin Passes. 
feet. 
35th—Fort Smith to San Pedro. 
1.360 
1,892 
48,812 
2.816 d 169,210,265 
416 
1,476 
2,300 
305 
347 
260 
185 
160 
305 
235 
95 
7,472 
2,174 
50,670 
3,137 
644 
1,530 
2.300 
cisco. 
1.400 
1.61837,781 
2,239 
68.970.000 
408 
1.210 
2.300 
485 
300 
1011 
170 
503 
60 
5,717 
Fulton to San Francisco. 
1,620 
2,039 42,008 
2,834 
93,120,000 
759 
1,280 
2,300 
700 
410 
160 
205 
504 
60 
5,717 
a These are the estimates of the office, those of Gov. Stevens having been brought to the same standard of increased cost as tiie other routes, 
and his equipment reduced to that of the other routes. His estimates were $117,121,000 and $110,091,000. 
b These sums do not include the areas of cultivable soil as far west as the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains. 
c 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 Tah-ee- 
chay-pah Pass—the most favorable supposition. 
d This estimate for the route near the 35th parallel is thought to be largely in excess. 
The sum of the minor undulations (not included in the sum of ascents and descents here given) will probabiy be greater for the route of the 47th 
parallel than for the other routes ; that for the route near the 32d parallel will probably be the least of all. 
With the amount of work estimated for the roads in this report, the equated lengths corresponding to the sum of ascents and descents has but little 
practical value. With a full equipment and heavy freight business, the sum of ascents and descents becomes important. 
