TABLE, EXHIBITING THE RADIUS OF CURVATURE, AND AGGREGATE LENGTH OF CURVES IN EACH ROUTE. 151 156 5730 200 1119 1122 66 Recapitulation. 1500 300 750 771 1910, 1800 300 488 506 2865. 400 598 612 1637.1 794 800 816 822 1432.5 600 1500 824 837 66 Route. 840 845 5730. 849 854 " 1800 861 863 1637. 1400 870 879 1041.8 500 200 900 500 626 632 2292. 600, 885 894 1432.5 900 Route. 661 668 1432.5 537 566 2865 2900 No. 3, Ryan Sum. Route 449 4511432.5 200 891 899 1432.5 800 1027 1032 5730. 400 899 908 716.2 900 500 1032 1035 " 300 No. 1, Ryan Summit Route. 11000 | 500 1700 1181001 600 1250015300 86001800円 500 1000 500 1700 17900 600 1580012300|11900 1800 1100 No. 7, Ryan Summit Route. 11000 12400 1700 17.500 600 2500 2900 8600/18001 500 No. 8, Grout Summit Route. | 500 1700 11.50012900 |2000|29001 98001 12900 659 677 3820 1800 487 494/1432.5 474 484 1273.3 1000 908 918 1432.5 700 918 922 2865. 698 712 1432.5 1400 No. 5, Ryan Sum. Route. 922 946 5730. 712 722 1041.8 1000 809 816/1432.5 746 756 1432.5 1000 837 842 1000 1035 1041 1910. 600 400 1075 1081 2400 1109 1116 1432.5 700 600 700 950 960 1432.5 1000 1126 1135 66 500 1018 1025 1910. 700 800 1037 1046 2865. 400 1068 1083 1637. 1110 1117 2865. Route 1143 1149 1432.5 900 No. 11, Morey Sum. R. 1500 584 5912865. 9001 586 591 609 613 842 845 " 300 897 906 2865. | 900 1170 1173 860 869 1432.5 900 909 920 2000 No. 9, Grout Sum. Route. 677 690 1432.5 1300 66 700 607 619 600 636 640 300 640 656 1910, 1900 656 660 5730. 700 1200 400 No. 9, Grout Summit Route. 1600 9001 500 1700 13900 |1800 |2000|290010700 12900 666 677 400 1100 400 926 946 2865. 1000 481 491/2865. 3000 519 528 GRADE, Total Total cost length. of Grad REMARKS. 2030 35 40 45 50 55 20 30 35 55 60 |60|65 78 ing and 70 75 Miles. Bridging. 21.268 741225 60 21.354 697921 80 0.872 21.857 601523 00 Sum. Grade of ROUTES. above do. above B. & W. B. & W. 0 to R. R. R. R. 10 ft. No. 1, Ryan Summit Route. 452.41 420. 2.784,0.284/1.192 17.179 No. 2, Ryan Summit Route. 21.439 72274660 452.41 420. 2.462 0.284 1.192 16.213 1.117 No. 3, Ryan Summit Route. 452.41 420. 2 784 0.284 1.192 1.079 16.213 No. 4, Ryan Summit Route. 21.553 694141 60 452.41 427.5 2.784 0.284 1.192 17.179 No. 5, Ryan Summit Route. 21.439 670472 10 452.41 420. 2.784 0.284 1.192 17.254 No. 6, Ryan Summit Route. 21.514 716858 80 452.41 420. (2.784 1.439 14.216 2.015 No. 7, Ryan Summit Route. 20.454 653239 60 452.41 420. 2.784 0.294 0.984 17.302 No. 8, Grout Summit Route. 445.75 430. 2.784 1.288 2.519 2.159 8.826 0.996 1.591 1.761 No. 9, Grout Summit Route. 21.894 602292 30 445.75 430. 2.784 1.288 2.519 1.004 9.091 2.708 1.591 No. 10, Grout Summit Route. 445.75 430. 4.659 0.284 1.875 4.905 6.402 No. 11, Morey Summit Route. 472.76 435. 2.784 0.284 1.192 1.212 12.785 3.333 0.587 1.534 22.045 717955 0.757 20.548 655994 3000 10 REPORT UPON THE SURVEYS BETWEEN WORCESTER AND SEVEN MILE RIVER IN BROOKFIELD, VIA HENSHAW RIDGE, &c. Worcester, Sept. 30th, 1836. TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE WESTERN RAIL ROAD CORPORATION. GENTLEMEN, IN obedience to the Resolution of the Board of Directors of the 24th August, directing certain additional surveys to be made, we have the honor to state that the same have been completed, and herewith we submit a Report, together with the necessary Maps, Tables, &c. exhibiting the results. From Worcester towards Grout's Summit, two routes, in the general direction of Mr. Baldwin's line have been surveyed. The first of these we designate as No. 13, being a continuation of the numbers referred to in the Report of the 15th September. This line diverges from Route No. 1, at Station 62-it crosses from thence to the west side of Beaver Brook Valley, and pursues the hill side, towards Barnard's house; thence across to the ridge west of Jones's tavern; crossing this ridge near Williams's, and Kettle Brook near Wordsworth and Fowler's satinet factory, it falls upon the side hill south of Kettle Brook, and continues its course up that brook by a line nearly straight, to Henshaw ridge, thence turning a little south of west, it crosses Henshaw meadow, and falls upon the main Leicester ridge; pursuing the foot of this ridge, until it turns it at Livermore's, thence it regains a course corresponding more nearly with the proper direction of the route; and crossing the Saddler meadow, and a part of Haven's saw-mill pond, it continues by Kingsley's and falls into Route No. 8, at Station 602 of the same. The second of these lines, (Route No. 14,) leaves the Boston and Worcester Rail Road at Station 0, passing south of Powder House Hill, and the Manual Labor School, it crosses the Springfield road, near S. S. Gates's, and thence descends 19 ft. to Tatnick Brook valley; thence pursuing its course west, it crosses the Ryan summit line (Route No. 1,) at the sand hill, near New-Worcester; thence, instead of crossing the ridge north and west of Jones's tavern, it passes in front or south of his house, and turns it; crossing the Bottomly factory stream near Eldridge and Parson's woolen factories, it continues by the south side of the same, to Station 226 of Route No. 13, before referred to, from thence to 602 of Route No. 8, it is the same as Route No. 13. The description of Route No. 8 from Station 602 above mentioned, to Grout's summit, will be found in the report of 15th September. From Grout's Summit west, towards Brookfield, two lines were carried down in the general direction of Mr. Baldwin's, and three others were attempted in other directions. The best of these has been selected to make the computations upon. It is represented in the accompanying profile, and numbered Route 13. This line passes down from the summit towards Jesse Bemis's, south of whose house it crosses the Spencer road; thence turning a point of the rocky ridge, N. W. of Bemis's, it follows the side hill and descends at a grade of 79.20 to Sylvester Luther's; at this point it is thrown out of its course by the prominent hill north west of Luther's house; thence it passes north of the hill upon which Warren Livermore resides; thence turning to the south west it descends to the valley of Seven Mile River, near to its junction with Cranberry Meadow Brook ; from thence at a moderate grade, it follows the general course of the stream, crossing it three times, to avoid unnecessary curves, and terminates near Station 1132 of Route No. 1, in the Sturbridge road, west of Gallup's mill. No. 15. Route by an Inclined Plane from Grout's Summit to the valley of Cranberry Meadow Brook. The rocky ridge north west of Jesse Bemis's, referred to in the description of the last route, prevents, effectually, the passage of a line from Grout's Summit, in the direction of the Seven Mile River; and the only practicable line by which the descent by an inclined plane is to be effected, is by the valley of Livermore Brook; this is a branch of Cranberry Meadow Brook, and flows in a direction about west south west. The course of the latter stream being here nearly north, a great deflection at the foot of the plane is obviously the consequence, viz. something like 120°. Were it not for this circumstance, the plane could be carried quite down to Cranberry Meadow Brook, and by this disposition, the whole descent would be effected. To obviate the difficulty of introducing an abrupt curve at the foot of the plane, it is necessary to begin to deflect before reaching Cranberry Meadow Brook; and at the same time, it is, for a similar reason, also necessary to throw the line upon the side hill west of this brook. The plane itself is straight, 3800 ft. in length, and descends at a grade of 194.50 per mile. At the foot of the plane the curve of 1041 ft. radius commences; thence for a distance of 7300 ft. the grade is about 86 ft. per mile. From thence to Station 1132 of Route No. 1, nearly two miles, the whole descent is but 10 ft. This line unites with Route No. 13 near the junction of Cranberry Meadow Brook, and Seven Mile River. The accompanying Tables, marked A. and B. will exhibit every detail of these three routes-length, grade, cutting, filling, cost, &c. &c. For the present purpose, it will be sufficient to enumerate here the essential points to be considered in the comparisons which are to be made. 19.46 50.00 $586000.00 472412.10 15.67 111.53 427114.30 Morey Summit Route by No. 1, 2, 6, & 11. 66 14, 66 66 15, (Inclined Plane) and No. 14 combined. Referring to the general table, it will be seen that upon Route No. 14, there is 1.68 miles of this line, on the east side of the summit, which ascends 111.53 per mile, and when we state that the whole length of the line to Brookfield is about the same as Mr. Baldwin's, it may be asked why the grade of 80 ft. had been exceeded in ours, while |