Nebraska advertiser., 1856-07-19
For the Nebraska Advertiser.
NORTH MISSOURI AND BROWEVILIE
PATIR0AD.

Startle not, friends at so novel a caption; nor
deem the enterprise one of mere fancy, nor in
anywise impractcable in this age of steam and
progress. A railroad connecting the banks of
the Missouri with those of the MissisEpp,
running through the Northern tier Of counties
in the State Of Missouri, having the town of
Brownville, in Eemaha county. for its West
ern, and a point on the North Missouri Rail
road, due east of B~rownville-or the city of
Keokuk-for its. eastern terminus, is one Of
the necessities of the age, and of the country.
I am. aware that those of our people who
hail from the east, or non-slaveholding States,
are apt to taunt Missouri with a lack of enter
prise, and of public spirit: but fair consider
ton of the present and prospective condition
of that State, will show how little she merits
such a reproach. Her Iron-mountain, Pacific,
Southwest branch Of the Pacific, Hannibal and
St. Joseph, and North Missouri railroads, all
now under course of active construction-all.
projected by her own peOple-and, with the
aid of donations Of land from Congress, built
from her own resources, win furnish her with
a system Of railroads qnequalled by any State
in the Union, of her age and population:
The Brownville and North Missouri Rail
road, would be some two hundred miles in
length, aid would run through the counties of
AtchisOn, NOdavay, Gentry, Harrison, Mercer,
Dodge, Putnam, sehuyler. Scotland and Clark
in the State of Missouri. Its advantages would
extend not only to the counties above named,
but, also, 10 the counties both north and south
of them, and to all of Southeast Nebraska;
embracing a vast extent Of beautiful country,
unsurpassed in fertility and agricultural re-
sources, By any section of country Of the same
extent, on the face of the globe. The one
hundred thousand people, to whom the advan-
tages of the road would extend, demand its
immediate construction; and they are ready
with their minds, their purses, and their labor,
to push ahead the enterprise. Let it become
affixed fact, that the road is to be built; let it
be known that the farmers of that beautiful
country, are to have the cheap and speedy ia
%cilities, which a railroad will afford, for getting
to the city markets with their stock or produce,
and such a food of enterprising and wealthy
settlers viii pour into it, that before the road is
completed, there will be scarcely a section OF
vacant land in any county through which ii
passes.
The road can be built and equipped for five
millions of dollars. One half of that sum can
be had by individual and county subscription
along tie route, and, what, with the aid of the
State of Missouri, donations of land by Con-
!. gress, and subscriptions by eastern capitalist:
who will invest in it, because the enter
prise must pay-we shall soon have the work
begun, and in less than FIVE years from the
= writing of this Communication, we, at present
the hardy and honest pioneers of this Terrific
ry-then wealthy and substantial citizens o.
the State of Nebraska, shall go whirling ovel
the broad p~rairies Of Missouri, seated in com.
S Portable cars, and drawnby the whistling loco
motive, at speed of sixty miles an hour.
This communication is written, merely t.
S draw the attention of the people to the subject
D and arouse them to a sense of its importance
e shall before long, give more in detail TIT
scope and resources of the country, over whicl
e this road must pass. and its adaptation to tn,
construction of railroads; together with sons
!, considerations concerning the importance o
5 the enterprise to Southeast Nebraska, in par
3 %ticular.
LEoNTDAs.