B LENGTH AND ESTIMATED COST OF PARTS OF ROUTES. End Brook Route. Garden Brook Route. End Brook Route. Garden Brook Route. Westfield Village Route. Mill River Route. Garden Brook Route. Mill River Route. End Brook Route. Cross Route to Bush's Notch. Cabotville Route. Garden Brook Route. do. do. do. Cabotville Route. do. (Cost of Bridge on Garden Brook (Cost of B. on Cab. R. across C. No. 1. Gar. Brook & N. W.R. 195 1773 197.462 181 3.054 7.973 2.277 3.447 2.159 3.106 183 197.462 181 2.1962 263 2.678 2.858 1.116 5.895 0.265 1773 197.462 170 2.447 7.732 3.892 5.019 183 197.462 181 1.9938030 4.077 2.722 3.541 183 197.462 170 1.387 7.788 5.697 4.294 1.382 1773 197.462 1813.508 6.240 2.798 5.616 3.731.0-777 1773 197.462 170 2.902 5.828 4.422 7.187 1.572 0.777 183 197.462 181 3.106 22.196 354433 89 With bridge 30 ft. 422,060.40. " 1.894 " 22.257 291440 77 Total with 2d G. down Gar den Brook, $320,641.55. 22.442 337659 16 C From 3.778 4.593 1.610 2.765 3.068 3.037 from Stony Hill to Tekoa Mountain. Table exhibiting the Radius of Curvature, and aggregate length of Curves in each Route, Station Station. Feet Feet. Sta. Sta. Feet. Feet. Sta. Sta. Feet. Feet. Sta. Sta Feet. Feet. Sta. Sta. Garden 86111875 2865 1350 No. 5. From 399 or 26 of 1432 1300 No. 4 From 445 1-4 of Gar. End Book Touch 1910 600 Br. Line by Westefild vil. 1150 775 109 141 1637.1 3200 400 146 1573 5730 850 174 198 3820 330 340 5730 1000 355 378 143212300 390 412 11460 2200 420 440 3268 2000 * Near 107 of Garden 2400 Brook Line. No. 1. By Garden Brook. NUMBER OF ROUTE. RECAPITULATION. Rad. Rad. Rad. Rad. Rad. Rad. Rad. Rad. Rad Rad. Rad. " REPORT UPON THE RECONNOISSANCE AROUND THE NORTH END OF MOUNT том. Worcester, March 16th, 1837. TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE WESTER RAIL ROAD CORPORATION. GENTLEMEN, I have the honor to state, that in obedience to the Resolution of the Board of the 21st January, directing the Engineers "to take a view of the route around the north end of Mount Tom," an examination has been made, commencing at a point at which it is probable the route would diverge from the present line, and terminating at the point farthest west, at which it is supposed it can reunite. These two points are the Wilbraham mountain (or Twelve Mile Brook) and Tekoa mountain in Montgomery. From the Wilbraham mountain, or from Twelve Mile Brook (10 miles east of Connecticut River) the country in the direction of Mount Tom is generally similar in character to that between the Wilbraham mountain and Springfield village-it is in fact a continuation of the same sand plain, with the exception that it is rather more broken in appearance-hence it may easily be conceived that no serious obstacle would be encountered by the Rail Road in its passage across to the Connecticut River, in the direction referred to. Having reached the valley of the river, by means to be suggested hereafter, the route would cross the stream in the vicinity of the Rock Ferry, at the north end of Mount Tom, thence by the base of this mountain, it would, at the distance of less than two miles, fall into the valley of Manhan Creek, a stream which flows through the north west corner of the town of Westfield, and enters the Connecticut near the line between Easthampton and Northampton, and a short distance above Mount Tom. Pursuing this valley in a south west direction through Easthampton, Southampton, and the corner of Westfield, it would curve to the west and enter the valley of the Westfield River at Tekoa mountain, the point at which the Cabotville and Springfield lines now unite Such probably would be the best general direction for the route indicated in the resolution of the Board; from the character of the country east of the Wilbraham mountain, it is not to be expected that any feasible line could be found farther east than Twelve Mile Brook. For the same reason there is no probability that the line can be carried west of Tekoa, previous to uniting it with the Westfield river route. We may therefore fix upon these two points as the beginning and the termination of the route by Mount Tom. The details of the route may be briefly stated thus: The line after leaving the Twelve Mile Brook, would cross the Chickopee River into the town of Ludlow, and from thence towards Deacon Dutton's, thence about 1 mile south west of Ludlow meeting house and 21⁄2 miles north of Jenks', or the Ludlow factories, thence crossing the small stream upon which the Continental saw-mill is situated, it would follow the plain at the base of the elevated ground in the western part of Ludlow near John Moody's, thence over very favorable ground through the north east corner of the town of Springfield, through the south west part of Granby, and thence into the town of South Hadley. After reaching South Hadley, the question arises, whether the descent to the Connecticut River can best be effected by falling into the valley of Stony Brook, (called Muddy Brook upon the map,) upon which South Hadley village is situated, or whether it would be better to descend by the river bank some distance south of the village; or again, as Stony Brook, near its mouth, is crooked, whether it would not be better to pass over into the valley of Batcheller's Brook, a small stream which enters the river a short distance above Stony Brook; either of these routes seem to be practicable, but surveys alone could furnish the necessary data for determining which would be the preferable course. The |