The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-07-10

starting for Salt Lake from LeavenEorth,
after several DAYS travel arrives at point
on the Utah trail, which is in sight Of the
city of Atchison and it is a fact that dur
isg the present season labounding in rain)
one train starting from Leavenworth was
three weeks IN reaching this same point
onthe Salt Lake road, which is in sight of
Atchison.
Fellow citizens, ail the untrayeied and
unconstrained commerce to Utah now
starts from yoar city. The Settlers, with
hardly an exception, have Hade it their
starting point. and unless you exhibit "a
plentiful lack" of enterprise and public
spirit, the whole Utah trade must, in a
short time, be yours
For another trade too, you have great,
il not unsurpassed. natural adyantages.-
mean, fellow citizens, the New Mexi-
can trade-a trade which is of more i'm
portance than many of you imagine
There is a gentleman in this assembly,
Mr. Wheatley, who could give you more
exact information in regard to this, than
can.
will not venture to do more than esti-
tudtC tnio GdNAO with a.
between fifty and one hundred trains
yearly. need not enlarge upon the i'm
portance of securing this trade TO Atchi.
son. It must benefit not only Atchison
itself. but the whole agricultural region in
its neighhorhood on both banks of the
river. Fifteen thousand mules, or Dine
thousand yoke of oxen. at least, are need
ed for fifty trains of thirty wagons each!
Why may not little enterprise secure the
benefit of this considerable trade TO Atchi-
son and the country surrounding it?
My attention has been attracted to a
recent letter addressed To certain mer-
chants of Atchison, by Mr. DOYLE l
have been acquainted with Mr. Doyle for
| number of years past. Barclay &
Doyle are old and well-known names
they were largely engaged in trade with
the Indians of the plains, and Barclays
Fort is known to al travellers from any
portion of Missouri to Sinta Fe. Mr..
Doyle, in the letter referred to, states that
the road from Atchison via Fort Riley,
passing the Smoky Hill Fork of the Kaw
/ or Kansas river to Santa Fe, is one
hundred and forty miles shorter than the
present travelled route from Kansas City,
No, via. Council Grove to Santa Fe, and
over better line of country, having no
| distance from wood to wood more than
| fifty miles, and from water to water no
greater distance than fifteen miles, while
on the present travelled route from Kansas
there is one stretch from wood to wood of
over three hundred miles, and from water
to water. it is frequently from thirty to
sixty miles. Twill not detaiD you TO COM
ment on these natural advantages to
Atchis9n-the benefits of which it needs
but little enterprise and public spirit to
| realize.
That you have the necessary enterprise
and public spirit, the presence of this large
assemblage at the Inauguration Of the
Atchison and St. Joseph Railroad is an
abundant guarantee.
st. Joseph and Atchison must be the
two great cities of the Upper Missouri
| To the former, there is and can be no ri
val for the trade of the East To the lat
| ter, also, for the trade of the West, there
can be no effectual rival, for such points
on the west bank of the river as are more
westward than AtchisoD, are SO high up
the river as to make material difference
in freight from st. Louis. The freights
from ST. Louis to Kansas City, Leaven-
worth, Atchison and St. Joseph, are the
same, (this season about - per toni while
to Nebraska city the freight from St
Louis is, | am informed, always double
the freight to other points.
St. Joseph and Atchison must be the
great cities of the Upper Missouri. They
are, or should be allies, rather than RI
walls.
The benefit to Atchison, which must
accrue from the completion of your road,
is 80 apparent as to need no remark. The
rich body of land on the line of the road
in Missouri, must, too, be greatly enhanced
IN value.
The Atchison and st. Joseph Railroad
is the only railroad that can ever be ex-
pected to pass through that part of Bu-
chanan county lying south of ST. Joseph.
These considerations have not been with
out effect in inducing subscriptions among
the farmers on the line
The concentration ofthe Utah and New
Mexican trade must benefit the surround
ing countries on both sides of the river in
the market il will create for the sale oI
stock-principally mules and oxen. May
the enterprise and public spirit you are
this day exhibiting, be crowned with de-
served success.
| May prosperity attend the allied cities
of St. Joseph and Atchison.