New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-16
cor,rond.n.s Of The y. Y. Tribune.
BLUE RIVER, K. T., Friday, Jan l5, 1556.

BLUE RIVER, K. T., Friday, Jan. 15, l556.
Allow me to say few words about Central Kan
sas. This porto. Of the Territory, though not
more than 40 miles from the mouth of the Kansas
River is destined TO be the natural and CONNER
cia center Of the country.
Here the three great tributaries Of the Kansas
combine 10 float the steamboat TO our relief Here
there ia An abundance of excellent buiding.stOne,
q suficiency Of timber, rich land and pure water.
This portion Of Kansas is so far removed from the
border that the community is rarely disturbed with
the difficulties peculiar to that region. Five out
of six of the settlers are decided FreeState men,
and they are willing to sympathize with their
friends in trouble, but the facilities for news are 30
poor that it frequently happens that we know but
little Of their trials until they are past From this
place the General Government is running roads to
Santa Ff. Fort Laramie and Bdger's Pass in the
Rocky Mountains And in addition to the con-
vfrging and diverging Of great military roads at
this point. Government is erecting large dragon
post Which is to serve the center Of their mi,td-
~ operations tn this direction. This military post
serves to secure US from the rowing bands OF wild
IndisDs. and at the same time gives US one of the
hest markets in the world. From this radating
pont the roads will run to New.MexcO, Utah,
California and Oregon, and most of The military
supplies for the various posts along the routes VIII
pass this way.
Nature and art combine to point out this local
ity as the natural and commercial center of Kan
sas The precipitous hills which loom up along
the Kansas admOnish that he is in the vicinity
of the main forks of the stream and the grand,
rich valleys of the Big Blue and Kansas Rivers
seem TO sav that they are ready to sustain the
Thousands destined soon to throng the large com
meIcal towns.
The march Of empire is westward, and this re-
gon is destined TO produce the city that must take
the trade which hitherto has found its center in
Independence, WestpOrt, Weston and st. Joseph.
Central Kansas is destined to exert mOldins in-
fuence on the political destiny OF all those Ierrl'
tories which lie south and west.
A question of no small magnitude here presents
itself: Will this influence be in favor of Freedom
or Slarery3 If the North consents 10 let
circumstances take their natural course, this
portion of the country will be more or less under
the controlling influence OF the South through
the st. Louis and Independence Railroad. If the
North extend their Burlington and Platte River
Road to u.s. they will secure the whole trade of
Kansas: they will have our commerce, supply all
our military stores which will amount soon to
several millions of dollars annually, and they will
mold the political institutions of the Territories
west and southwest from this point.
If the Iowa Central Railroad Company could be
prevailed on to make a slight detection to the
southwest of their road after 1t reaches the
mouth of the Big Platte River in Nebraska, and
run it to the mouth of Big Blue on the Kansas,
they would not only secure these advantages TO
the North, but they would for years 10 come have
the control Of the best natural route (the central
one), TO the Pacific; and they would secure the
whole trade of Kansas to the Chicago, New York
and Boston merchants. This trade, beside the
whole military stores for the West and South
West must otherwise come from st. Louis and
for a long time by the dangerous and expensive
route of the Missouri River.
Again, construct this route, which at most
could rot exceed 100 miles, and almost the entire
Northern emigration would come this way.
The Missouri River is difficult and expensive
stream TO navigate to say nothing Of the insults
and incidents to transit across Slave State.
If this road TO the mouth of Big Blue could be
put under contract simultaneously with their
road in Iowa, in less than two years all these re-
suits would follow. An excellent route can be
selected for the road through rich country, well
supplied with timber and stone coal. If Congress
at this session would give alternate sections TO
any railroad company that would construct the
road in reasonable time, the remaining half of
the land would sell for more than the whole with
ont the road, and at the same time would save an
immense SUN TO the Government. One fact will
illustrate ho,c this could be saved. This year,
Government has paid to one freighting house in
Leavenworth City about 100000 for land car
risge from Fort LeayenwOrth to Fort Riley, a
distance of 100 miles, and this house did but
portion of the business This expense, which in
less than three years will swell to millions, could
with the help of this road be vastly curtailed.
Sound policy dictates that the General Govern
ment should take steps 10 speedily secure some
reliable and cheap channel for the transporta-
ton of her vast military stores destined to this
point. BLUE RIVER.