Mr. STEVENS. Now, sir, here is a road that certainly never can be obstructed by snow. It is a singular contrivance of nature that when you reach about the 47th de recof north latitude there is a relaxation of co d, and a modification of climate. lt is surprising, but it is a fact, that more than 4 or 5 degrees of latitude below that it is much colder than it is there. It is accounted for, as we all know, by the warm breezes from the Pacific ocean on that side of the mountains; and those extraordinary contrivunces of nature, the hot springs, boiling at 120 degrees during the whole year, some of them ten acres in surface, and heaped together for about 100 miles, so that the snow never lies upon the ground there. There the buffalo finds a winter home. There the grass grows all winter; and there he lives and feeds when driven from other and more southern latitudes. These are strange facts to those who have not examined into this matter. A gentleman who has resided at the Dallas for 7 years told me that last year from the mouth of Columbia river to his place, a distance of 250 miles, there was no obstruction to the navigation of that river by ice. No wonder that my respectable colleague is afraid of rivalry with Philadelphia where the river is obstructed 4 or 5 times every year by ice. Sir, do not be afraid of such rivalry. You have a noble city if you have noble men. But I redict that when this road is built the city of) Superior, at the head of Lake Superior will be the at city of the West; for a will have behingliet 8 States of fertile land and noble and industrious freemeu. I do not say that it will be grander, but it will be just as grand as other cities. Chicago will always be a noble and grand city; Philadelphia will bea grand city, but that also will be a great city. Now, sir, I want the Central road built; but we have already appropriated largely for that: and I cannot understand how en who live along that route, and are to be nefited by it, can oppose this road. My friendfrom the Clevelhnd district [Mr. SPALnmG] has made violent opposition to this bill on the ground of a want of funds. I thought I heard him the other day advocating an appropriation of $6,000,000 for the construction of a shicanal around the falls of Nia ra. Our fun 8 have fallen 08 very much since that time, which was not a week ago. I find. also, that my friendfrom the Chicago district [Mr. WEST wonru] is willin to take $13,000,000 from the Treasury for the Illinois canal. There is money enough for that purpose; and that was an absolute grant; whereas this is merely a grant of credit. Mr. Speaker, my time is very nearly up, and ay 3 I will not pursue the subject. I hope the Gentfrom Mussachusets [Mr. Bums] will answer the question I put to him in regard to these incorporators, and for that purpose I yield to him the residue of my time.