Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-05-12
COUNCIL IOWA, VlppEsDAr MORNING MAY H. 1858
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Yhe foBowing is the ebFrs apond anee
referred 10 Ii our LAST issus, and waa
not pabliahsd for want Of FsOm. Give
a careful psEasal.
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Gegss cas BLUrps, AFRn vi, 1858.
Afsaa& ksdsaors s--EJasaug the pAss 3
years, Raihnads. Taxes and supposed an
adslity as our ceansy snd' Gify sahsi@.s
hare been tha all ohs0rhing topics IL con-
YersaAien sEish rs; lately the formsE asamz
to have llamsped kha sap7 smaoy, and
n saigns paFamoans to aIl asheRs, from the
/ helIsf deshalasa. thas khs IEoa horse
would bSiug rs population SaAcisntly
intellgeas aud yaEauous 10 soTsees all ax.
isfing ayiia. Thongh somo differences og
lopInion exists in relation 10 she Road
| most likely so benefit us, all Agree in the !
declaration thai some ether way Of &C
cess ID tAs Eastern and SoutheFn cities, |
than staging ACROSS the State, during the /
elcas ax aavlgNsi Cos i sssaussal 30 ssw
aSuvaaaemsa ans ospsEisy. HaRata-
fore, tbs a j d. RaAd, has BEEN regard
sd 8R fhasoMa n1ost decidedly advauta-
gsous to ass from the fact Of It's being
the one most likeayto be agsA completed.
This opinion, though not without some
weight, may be eontYoveEted; the recent
agitation OF kha question With as, Is like.
~ 20 draw forth all the arguments Which
can be offered sOE and against iE. This
writer fally agseea with sAe editor of the
Bugls, thai road We must have, and the
0na most likely TO ha 6rss hailt, is thaa
TO which our attention should bo turned
and assistance given. Though it is true
our eouRty has exhausted her resources
ia pFotfeFs of aid TO the 81. Dr. Road,
it was doae with tbs expectation that
that work would be commsncsd within
8 reasonable hme and prosecuted 30
compia1ioa. Ia khis we{ have reason to n
fear disappointment, and feel justi6eef ]
ia transferring our psoHaRad aid whsn-
sysr We haze grounds for 20 deiag.--
lead 30 belief that ws
AZ made shst t3ols Of the most foEmida-
bic Of all monopolists, Rail Rea d Com
pAnies. c
The pgeseast eomnaCa&iou isnos design }
I'd 10 Fsasa apoR this oamPany, but to Il
lnvite public attention 70 road which S
las bean much overlooked, 8 Euad which .
sould be Of mere henskt to nos oAIy T.
1ounaif blaHs, bat the ansire Missouri 4
Slope both In Iowa and Nebraska, than s.
III others, &nd to such road al our re- :
iogross ahoald be given. / mean the
hannibal i st. Joseph Road. 4 gentle
uAn from pour eisy who has recently L
Moved he line Of the road between the g
4 lAees nsnaea, and we'll acquainted with q
be progress Of tho work, assaFes us this b
cad Wiibbe built within one year from b
he present time. Ii follows Of course s.
hat In one year shs entire travel which b
las heretofore been very large aaFoss the ii
5iata Of Iowa, East By way Of Chicago, a
sIH be turned South By way Of your Is
1itys and 1T. Louis. The distance 20 P,
be Rail RoNa al Iowa City is 275 miles, ca
0 Sc, Joseph l40 miles, q be tier route &
nd sscomm odations. / also isarn that
his company contemplate an immediate
xtension Of their road to the Iowa State -
tue, aided by tfIa State Of Missouri, aud o.
IT, LOUIS offers her assistance in contin- b!
ing the road as iag North 90 Council OF
Iluifs, That ST. Louis will do all shs u
Aa 60 aid ia making shis connection, no a
ne will doubt, acquainted with fhs mag ~
5tuds Of her trade IN this region for "a
ears past, and which in q great meas- ID.
re would be lost to heg should this road vi
all 10 be bulR in advance Of the II. & a.
I Road In md6;tion To kbase insuea- ca
tents offered US, thers ara two consider gc
tions which aho'd bring as 90 q speedy
ecision in favor Of this route. First the
aassetss Of the ground, being level VI
lam requiring no grading, thbreby 70
realty decreasing the expense. Second an
I, ths distance is so shoFtthat ths road al
0uld Be built in eighteen months, pa
IS than half the time required to ~
Jim al eastern connection. Nov in ae
lew Of these considerations, can sHy one XII
oGbs in what direction our interest lies, as as
yea impeERtively called. Shall wesiG liz
III another ysaF, our hands folded, talk
Ig, growing and complaining Of cur
isaF pointmants, when oneness Of puF-
ose, and liGlie energy would enable,
S TO accomplish all we desire Let in by
slligant AID respectable men canvass suD
se county and present the matter in q Ge
ght 80 clear that be that "runnsth may tht
Let our editors With p0
lose Of Glouwood, 81, Joseph, and St. or
ouis, press khe subject hsma upon their eli
laders, and ths work is done. Ills true ia
may be necessary at Rfst TO use extra JeI
'dinarY efforts 20 rouse the populaea &c
um their lsthAFgie sleep into which
.sy have fallen, on this subjeoa, Rail
oads have been SO long Gried in thsir
rs, that in renewing it ws may expeoE wa
the response humbug, hum da
az. Bat remember ''improbEB labor be,
imcit oHRia," tul
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