THE RAIL-RoAD TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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In our report of the Congressional pro- eeedings some days, ago we mentioned the in- uoducton into both branches of the National Legislature, of memorial asking q grant ol land for the purpose of constructing rail road from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, distance of 2,160 miles. Without bcstow- much reflection upon the project, people have generally concluded that it is very silly and chimerical one, emanating from the brain of some visionary spccuator. It appears however. that the memorial Is from Asa WHITNEY, Esq, well known, wealthy met- chant of New Y ork, who has recently re- turned from China. It was published in the Madisonian on the 18th inst, and from il is derived the following notice of Mir. Whit neY's views of this project:

 He estimates the cost of the read at sixty five millions of dollars, and thinks it could he constructed in twenty-five years. He asks of the gove rnment grant of sixty miles wide of the public land, from one terminus of the road to the other, for which a full re- turn would he made in conveying the mals transporting ammHatlion, stores, soldiers. Sc- free of cost The memoFlalst contends tha wiih such rajl-ronh the distance from New York 10 the mouth of the Colambia river fbFce thousand mile5. could he accomplished in ei-3, days from the Gelumbia river tg the Sandwich Islands is two thousand out hundf | miles; to IaHan is five thousand sis hunlrtdmiles; ta Annoy, ia China, the ncar est pest to ias tsa and siis provinces, IS sl tFors4na two hundred mis making from New York ja Ameq anly nno thousand twr handzsa miie. which, With a ratl-toad lo ih' pseisr. and tbcuce lo GbHn ty s;gs@cgs eauld he performed ntiiriY days being a0e l sailing distance ot neariv sfrfa'ffH H1af aaA asIss. aHi requiring rum aaa haa'lle' Ta one hunifH and fifty days fee r. perform aure

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