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TABLE OP DISTANCES. 
Distances of the eastern termini of the several Pacific Railroad routes to the Mississippi river, Boston, 
New Yorh, Charleston, and New Orleans, hij railroad built, building, and projected, as measured on 
the “ Railroad maps." 
Miles. 
1. St. Paul to Boston..... 1,316 
to New York..... 1,190 
to Charleston...... 1,193 
to New Orleans. 1,198 
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 
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 
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 
5. Fulton to Gaines, (Miss, river)... 150 
to Boston. 1,530 
to New York. 1,335 
to Charleston. 950 
fo New Orleans... 402 
