From To Radius Sta. Sta. Ft. Cur-From To. Ft. No. 1, Ryan Sum. Route. 931 933,19.0 Rad. Cur. Fro 20: 300 1 5/1146 TABLE, EXHIBITING THE RADIUS OF CURVATURE, AND AGGREGATE LENGTH OF CURVES IN EACH ROUTE. Recapitulation. Cur. From. To. Rad. Cur. From. To. Rad. Cur. Rad. | Rad. |Rad | Rad. | Rad. Rad. Rad Rad. | Rad. [Rad. | Rad. 046.0541432.5 500 No.10, Grout Sum. Route. 716.2/1041.81146||273,3|1432,5|163719102292-286513820 938 942 1432.5 400 1057060 5730 261 31 2292 981 987 2865 1500 600 No. 7, Ryan Sum. Route. 1800 1003 1009 2292 1029 1053 210 220 1432,5 1000 1064 1075 1432.5 1100 240 247 "6 700 1091 1098 323 329 1910 600 1107 1110 1637 333 335 66 200 1119 1122 340 345 " 500 2900 626 361 390 2865 390 396 1273.5 600 No. 2, Ryan Sum. Route. 661 397 408 25 5730 1100 15 415 436 1432.52100 109 116 2865 1000 178 189 1910 446 456 66 1137 1141 1432.5 400 598 612 1637.1 1400 870 879 1041.8 900 750 771 1910. |1800 771 789 1273.3 1800 794 800 600 600 1014110201146. 600 816 822 1432.5 600 2400 1057 1070 300 1500 824 837 700 No. 8, Grout Sum. Route. 840 845 5730. 300 849 300 861 11000 500 1700 181001 600 12500|53001 8600 800, 500 600, 885 894 1432.5 900 11000 1 900 2700 668 1432.5 700 920 932 66 1200 11000 630 687 2865. 700 942 945 1273.3 300 700 769, 771 66 300 946 959 1146. 1300 1100 771 785 1432.5 1400 1000 500 1700 468 487 66 1900 830 959 964 2865. 500 400 996 1001 " 500 563 571 800 1010 1025 1432.5 1500 583 607 1432.5 2400 No. 3, Ryan Sum. Route 537 566 2865 2900 586 591 66 449 4511432.5 200 891 899 1432.5 609 613 461 465 1146 400 899 908 716.2 400 625 629 1910 600 474 484 1273.3 1000 908 918 1432.5 1000 1035 1041 1910. 659 677 3820 1800 487 494 1432.5 700 918 922 2865. 400 1075|1031 66 600 698 712 1432.5 1400 No. 5, Ryan Sum. Route. 922 946 5730. 2400 1109 1116 1432.5 700 712 7221041.8 1000 809 8161432.5 700 950 960 1432.5 1000 11261135 746 756 1432.5 1000 837 842 "6 770 773 2865 300 849 857 66 790 801 1432.5 1100 883 887 400 10631083 1637. 806 812 11101117 2865. 600 700 607 619 823 827 2865 400 No. 6. Ryan Sum. Route 1143 1149 1432.5 600 636 640 842 845 66 300 8971 906 2865. 900 1170 1173 300 640 656 1910. 860 869 1432.5 900 909 920 11001173 1192 66 1900 656 660 5730. 872 876,1910 400 920 926 5730. 600 666 677 No. 9, Grout Sum. Route. 886 890 1432.5 400 926 946 2865. 2000 677 690 1432.5 1300 893 896 2865 300 946 956 1432.5 1000 481 491 2865. 1000 701 7085730. 700 903 910 1432.5 700 956 986 1910. 3000 519 528 900 708 7121432.5 400 800 731 742 1146. 1100 845 2865. 1500 600 983 1007 1146. 2400 500 11000 500 1700 900 No. 5, Ryan Summit Route. 18900 60012100153001 790018001 500 No. 6, Ryan Summit Route. 17900 600 15800/2300 11900 1800 1100 No. 7, Ryan Summit Route. 17.5001 600 1250012900 8600/18001 500 300,.800,1000 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, 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 |