Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-05-10
MISSISSIPPI AND PACIFIC TEL.
EGRAPH.

tic and Pacific Range. First Sectio,
500 miles Of River distance pest
yard Of 81. Louis, including chic
Io,0ns on the Missouri.
Having already connected or made
arrangements for speedily connecting
nearly all the prominent Cities anc
Towns between the Atlantic and the
Mississippi, by means of Four Thou
sand Miles of Telegraph already con
structed, with abou. an equal amount
contracted for construction under hi:
arrangements--known by the genera
name of the Atlantic, Lake and Mis-
sissippi Telegraph Range,"-the under.
signed, HENRY O'RIELIY, is now arran.
ging for Immediately extending the
Lines in different directions westward o,
the Mississippi-one of which lines will
include Iowa City, (the River Towns
of Iowa, like all the chief towns on the
eastern shore of the Mississippi, being
already connected with the Lines in
operation.)-whi another Line will
traverse the Missouri Valley, including
all the principal Towns on that River
between ST. Louis and the Western
Frontier of Civilization at Fort Lea.
venworth-,ohich Lines in Io,ca and
Missouri 'oiH be completed this Summer
the subscriber and his associates be-
ing ready,if other more efficient agents
are not selected, to complete the whole
Range for the Pacific Ocean within
twelve months after adequate means
are provided by Congress or by private
enterprise--on which latter point, ref
erence is made TO the Memorial present
ed by the undersigned to the last Con.
gress, and to the encouraging language
Of the Newspapers of St. Louis and
the Missouri Valley, from which few
extracts are quoted in connection with
this Prospectus.
The Lines in Iowa being embraced in
another Prospectus, land the Illinois
and Mississippi company having re-
solved to receive those additional Iowa
Lines into their corporation, so as to in
crease their Lines from 76O to about
1000 miles) the object of this paper is
TO mention the Route between ST. Lou
is and Fort Leavenworth, through the
Missouri Valley--about 500 miles of
River distance.
Before California was ceded by Mex
ico--before the golden attractions of
that region were known-lhe People
and the Press of Missouri and other
Western States encouraged the pro.
jec.ed extension of Telegrashic com.
munication.-The language of st. Lou
is and other Journals shows that the
value of the enterprise was cooly cal.
culated by gentlemen familiar with the
emigration and with the country be.
tween the organized States and the Pa
cific Coast, and with the vast commerce
Of that Ocean, which might seemingly
be brought "within hailing distance
through the instrumentality of the Tel.
egraph.
The lapse of sixteen months since
the Telegraph was brought to St. Lou
is, has witnessed thorough revolution
in the condition and prospects of the
people of the Pacific Coast; and if Tel.
egraphic communication with tina,
coast was considered of national i'm.
portance under the former state OF
things, how much more important has
it suddenly been rendered by the multi
tude now thronging to the golden re.
gions Of the newly-acquired "Eldora
do!"
An emigration, unparalleled in char.
acter by any movement that ever in.
fuenced suddenly the des,inies of civ.
ilized adventures, now extends and
quickens the desire for Telegraphic
communication; and the undersigned is
arranging TO comply promptly with the
requirement, by speedily extending the
Telegraph Line to Fort Leavenworth
on the frontiers of organized Govern,
ment-ready, as aforementioned, 10
complete il TO the Pacific in a twelve.
month after means are provided by
Governmental or private assistance.
lit may be incidentally remarked
that the extension of the Line through
the National Domain, SO as to render
Telegraphic communication generally