The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-04-17


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NAY rsnsrE. that Il = ~ Aepiee o. then
| ton that some stSp 1koildj ~ 6aken taMhe1
- Aopetrncsion q : pAciae railroad. Con.
rress hesitstess % set apart two hundred
million dollars II he purpose 81 building
one road 81 any plea Of militaty defense
neither Win Il i've up the control Of ths
nubIic domain to private parties 70 aid tn
sttempt a building three. All routes IN
- extrems length, and extend over noupl
ta;ns md ssnd plains. The wofkags d III
road when built, ita wearage ana renewal
are great experiments. Most especianZ sn !
decidedly, national mistake 10 the pshe,
that six per cent. can be paid on tine oeso
stock or dormant capital OF sucn sroao 9!
any future earnings. With the presen,
means Of transportation by wagons, i WI
require twenty years to build It for oil the
Bills before Congress are based on the re-
ports Of the War Department, and imply
permanent construction from the outset..-
This makes even building, - well % WORK
age, an experiment. .a..ae.l
Ii view Of the progression Of Pras.s'
experience Of construction in ous = 80 "a -.
try, Of late improvements z S"uOe; ~ ~. .s
| nsc,nI;.r cl.,;m. az III new proDicm 9!
tpr .rN. AZ sOng tramc, any road
s. ar ~ o - Sass Of the present day, and
n:.sao; ssinprehension Of the system Of
.1psssfon, must become obsolete - ameans
u transportation during the twenty years
Of its progression to the Pacific. This 10
evident; for after observations OF the
achievement of the mechanic arts, even Of
the last ten years, no individual can now
define the character Of the Paoihc railroad
twenty years from 1858. Although bills
provide for the construction OF the road IN
ten years, the magic of bill cannot create
a road neither can it grow up, like the IA
bled palace Of Aladdin, in single night
There is too much good sense in the nation
to propose that it shall not embrace all the
projections of the future; yet it must pro-
gress at once, and il step by step, with .
CELEBRITY commensurate with the Importance
of the undertaking, and the present needs
of the country. The difficulty Of choice OF
route is obyiated by the adoption Of the line
Of fat plain. II is the belief OF profess
ional parties that route Of equal character
exists in the South. '."2 ~. - -
Thus, then, We may close the statement
by extending the cheapest practicable means
Of moving military supplies and troops to
Fort Laramie; laying IN iron road which
can be worked by locomotives, and super
sede wagons, without embracing the more
elaborate triumphs of steam power, land gain
ing many attendant advantages, We also take
the simplest and most effective step towards
solving the experiment Of an overland rail-
road to the Pacific. There 10 no invidious
selection of a route BY legislation, because
the only route graded and ballasted by act
Of nature !, adopted. G~ 81
Thi. route i. Of national position for mil
itary defense in time of war, because while
nroy;dinp means of Transportation to Utah,
california. and Oregon, It is located at .
distance from the frontier. and cannot easily
he as,a;led nv an enemy. =
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NO practlcal engineer OF raiiroau suPeIm
tendent would ADVISE the lmmedia'e iuI-
nlshing OF this road tnr0ognou1 Us ienen ~
Fort Laramie. IL snould DC pfosiueo WIN
turnouts and watering stanons' put WIN no
costly Or ponderous works 70 ensail eos'.
Inc hrst one hundred mAes nsntes. we
Si'ssouI1 li'eI s AL 80
oea WIZ sinai squ,pMiSGn y. ~ oaaos;nn vo-t
We. ne I. u ~ t ~ In IT, l;no conld
.ne "nole iens.n " ' .h. n =. Length
% Yep. AM ~ nnrIsas 80 Yocomot;y.. Far
w'noI' oa.ly 1G,Aase =. 1871. ~ .ho.e ~
wou,o nnviu nHe W. .a.a.s - Ion.I s,n-
canal u - nss.saD:e 49,. ~;.h I'm f..;ah,
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carS 'nese ca!s W 70 uA ,na.t!on wv for 80
VI 'ne PoPu'a', ~. S r. e." ~. To- toll.
oh eens -, sno nee ~ .ucb carr. the com.
On", conIJ saord 70 Keen the line IN sur
Rn I'm. for mail or military nae the
route would alvays be ready for the pas
600 ~ tra;ns mn the road. Il would be for
ne ;ntera.. ~ IL nonnlat;on to protect it,
w;tho"t referance 10 the other modes Of
nrotsct;on hitherto stated. The danger Of
ffas,r,,o.;on of q m;l;tarv railroad "a the yery
isast If the many arrunents against it Al
.hn"rh no-,nanont ,a;lroad IS a class Of
linz 6ecn,lsrlv nreonahle 10 the most insie-
n re- r Means e. attact. . common line 81
snn s iicht rail. fat chair, hook
sra md nia;n c1o... tic. extending over
A. Gravel liam is READILY renewed and If the
IT, 1f OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES !: broken. can be re-
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