Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-09-24
TIC R.sic a Kan.as,

strong effort Is made to draw the travel Z
Kansas, through Iowa, by way OF Harrington
and the Burlington and Missouri railroad. Th'
president and superintendent Of tho Missouri
railroad have issned one thousand ree tieksfs fol
Kansas emigrants over that road. This is I
lgenerous act. and creditabiy alike 10 the sagac.
iiy and hberaiity Of the company. Here is their
card:
IMPORTANT TO KANSAS EMieRASrs.
/ $ oFrIcg OF NAIiosA Al Kansas Cox.
/ ft Chicago, Aug, g, 1886.
| Please notice in your columns thas W. II.
Bickus, Esq, superintendent Of the Burlington
and Missouri river railroad has extended TO the
National Kansas committee one thousand free
tickets from Burlington to Mount Pleasant, To-
WA. This reduces the fare from Chicago to Ht
Pleasant (va @. B. l. Q. r. RI to three dollars
for Kansas emigrants. Respectfully,
HoRACE WHITE,
Asst. Scc'y n. g. Com.
When the company 60 one step further, and
publish over their own signatures, a statement
TO show that the route by Burlington is one
hundred miles shorter than by Iowa City, they
perpetrate awrong, which is without justifica-
ton. To demonstrate the correctness of their
statements, they give table of distances, car
rying the trayelto Kansas by way OF Iowa City
through Fort Desmoines, Council Bluffs, &C.
Now, it has already been stated by circular and
through our columns, that the Kansas emgrants
do not 60 by way OF Fort Des Moines and Coun
Gil Bluffs Their route is, after leaving this city,
BY way of Sigourney, Oskaloosa, Indianola,
Winterest, Quincy and thence to Nebraska City.
glance at the map will show that this is the
shortest and best route, and when the roads are
heavy, having the advantage of being on higher
ground. 1t will be seen that the angle by Bur
ington, from Chicago, is much more abrupt
than by way Of Davenport and Iowa City.
The national committee at Chicago should un-
derstand this matter, and not be deceived.
1t is all right for the Burlington road to seek
to draw travel in that direction. But 1t is not
right to designate a route by way OF Council
Bluffs, that emigrants do not and need not tra'
vel.-lIowa City Republican. ...... -...s
REMARKs.-It does seem to lis that our neigh.
Dor of the Iowa City Republican has been long
enough in the state to know a little about its
geography, and as often as he has called on 9th
ers to look at the map he should at least have
looked at it once himself.
He says the friends of the Burlington route,
in their statement of distances here, did inius.
tce to the northern route by asserting that Kan
sas passengers went through Ft. Des Moines and
Council Bluffs, when in fact these passengers
went by way of Sgourney, Oskaloosa, lndiano-
la, Winterest and Quincy, and from this latter |
place together with Burlington passengers to |
Nebraska Cty. Does not the Republican know |
that this change is not one for the better?
As the Republican has made humorous refer |
ences to the map, let us look at it. Iowa City |
and Mt. Pleasant are each 1873 miles from Cal |
cago. That is an established fact. Both towns
are in range six west, but Mt. Pleasant is three
sections (miles) further west tlian Iowa City
The point to be reached is the South West COR
ner Of the state. Now by what principle, by
what kind of mathematical calculation does
the editor arrive at the sage conclusion that he
can reach the South west corner Of the state
from point three miles further east and at
least seventy miles further with fewer miles
travel than from Mt. Pleasant, which is itself
north of the point reached? The idea is prepos-
erous, ridiculous, and the Republican ought to
Dc ashamed of such an effort at imposition
It matters little whether passengers by the
Northern route go through Fl. Des Moines and
Council Bluffs, or Sgourney and Oskaloosa, or
,ome down directly to Mt fleasant, there Is no
.oad nor cannot be aroad as near nor anything
ike as near as the Southern route. 1t is a
impossibty-an absurdity. a
AS TO THE RoAp.-From Mt. Pleasant the
quite passes directly west through the county
,eats of the second tier of counties. 1t has
most of the way been longer settled than any
other portion of Iowa-is the great highway of
he state, more travelled than any road in the
'tate and better provided with bridges, ferries,
Sc. Four-6fths of the emigrants for Western
iowa and Nebraska pass overit. ....
ANOTHER FAcr.-Kansas passengers have not
yet been robbed or plundered at Burlington
None of our border rulfians have yet committee
burglary in order to destroy the property of
on their way to Kansas.