The Pacific Railroad

The report of Theodore D. Judah, Ohief Engineer of tho preliminary aurvey for the Pacitio Raüroad, presenta facts highly favorable to the enterpriso. By a recent survey, a route has been discovered acrosa the Sierra Novada Mountains, from tliooity of Sacramento to a point on the Truckoo Uiver, on their eastern base, by which the sumraitof 7,000 feet can be attained witb an average grade of one hundred feet per milo, wilh a distanco or base of soventy miles, maximum grade of one lundred and five feat per müe, which s ess than tho Baltiinore & Ohio llail■oud Tho dwtunce of the line from Sacranento to tho point where it strikes tho Truckee river is 123 miles. It pnréófes nearly n direct ooursefrorn Sacramento o the Big Bond ot Truckce, or llumoldt Desert, 178 miles. The route roHNos no doop river, canons or gorges, ts longest tunnel will not excred 1,3ÖO oet in length, qo aliufting will ba roquired, and shortust radius of curvaure, 573 feet. The Htitimateil cot of ooaatruo'.ion rom Sacramento to the State line, 140 nÜHs, is $12,380,000. Thulength oí' the road from Sacra lento to Counoil Bluffs will be 1858 piles; the eatimatod cost 899,870,000. Mr. Juduh, after careful inqüiry, is onvinced Ihat a railroad on this route tn be kept opon for the eulire year for ,he transuction tf bunino.s. lie ha ound the gronteat duptti ot undisturbed iidw it tho summit in thirtuan fuct. - ho dopth is not tho result of a single 'orra, but tht; aucuinulaüoQ of nuccosive itorma, ocöarriag during ths win;er. Tho depth iaüiiig in liitifjle itocnjs nging trom eightoen iuchey to thre r f'our teet. -Tho snow line is about 25 miles, and aliaost excluaively a gide óll line, from which tho snow oan be more oasily removed than from a level urface. The only point of levol uur:xo of snow is in Surnmit Vallo)', for aboul two miles, where the trapte can je olovated. Tho Placervillè wagon road s kept open for travel thö entir Ínter, íioteis are estublishod every 'ew miles aiong tbe route. 'f hegoveruuiGnt donatos to the com:any, overy altern.ito seotiou, not sold, en miles ouch sida of tho road, a free right of way to n strip 400 füet in width across ail governrtiant lands. It gives also 0,000,000 Unitod Status bonds. Tho estimutüd receipts on the western part, í'rorn Sacramento to Truokeo river, taking tbü stuge reooipt od the same route as abatís, is 8-1,054,240; expenso oí operating $1,000,000 - a profit of 24 ))er cent on a cost of $15,300,000. An investigation shows thit over fiee millions of dollars are p:.iü eau'n year for froight doae by téain tu the Washoe mina Tlii.s businesa iriJ] be translerred to the roud, whsn oponed, Theao are nomo of the local sonrces of revenan on the woKtern portions. - JJetween Gouftcil Bluti's and the T;ritorv ol Colorado there already exista a large passenger and freigbt buninefi., by stage cimch atid team, nnd the trade with Utah, Idaho and the other 'J'erritories would be no inoonniderable itom. Add to thusa llie throngh business, for which thö road s to bo raainly built, and there can be qo douhc thut it will be one oí the most sucoesníul and profitable publiü eoterprmejs of the age. Alany fino opportui)it03 will be offiTed ior profitable investment at different points along the routo.