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Garden Brook Route.

Westfield Village Route.

Mill River Route.

Garden Brook Route.
Mill River Route.
Garden Brook Route.
Westfield Village Route.

End Brook Route.

Cross Route to Bush's Notch.
Cabotville Route.

Garden Brook Route.

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Cabotville Route.

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End Brook Route.
Garden Brook Route.

Cost of Bridge on Garden Brook
Route across Con. River.
Cost of B. on Cab. R. across C.
R., (50 ft. above surf. of water.)
Cost of Bridge on End Brook
Route, across Con. River.

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Table exhibiting the Radius of Curvature, and aggregate length of Curves in each Route, from Stony Hill to Tekoa Mountain.

To Rad. Cur. From To Rad. Cur. From 10
Station Station. Feet Feet. Sta. Sta. Feet. Feet. Sta. Sta.

Rad. Cur. From To Rad. Cur. From To Rad.
Feet. Feet. Sta. Sta Feet. Feet. Sta. Sta. Feet.

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7640 200 No. 3. By End Brook to 5744 58443820 5730 800 198.86 Gar. Brook Line. 6114 6444 5730

3820 1700 316 327 5730

2865 3000 338 344 5730

1910 2300 349 363 1910

11460 700 363 372 1432

5730 300 376 422 2865

2865 1500 422 448 3820

5730 500 497*570 1637.1

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2865 1500 *Joins 198.86 of Garden 1146 1375 Brook Line.

310 323 5730 1300

600 323 330 5730 700

86111875 2865 1350 330 340 5730 1000

No. 5. From 398 or 26

1432 1300 No. 4 From 445 1-4 of Gar. End Brook to Bush's notch

827 833 1910 600 Br. Line by Westefild vil.

11460 1800 11460 1500 8451858

775 109 141 1637.1|3200 400 146 1573 5730 1150

of 355 378 143232300

350 412 11460 2200

420 440 3268 2000

* Near 107 of Garden

2292 300 433 4411 3820 850 174 198 3820 2400 Brook Lin

10001 2691306*12865 13700

3300

3800

*Near 604 of Cabotville Line.

2900

Mill River.

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REPORT

UPON THE

RECONNOISSANCE AROUND THE NORTH END OF

MOUNT том.

Worcester, March 16th, 1837.

TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE WESTERN 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

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