Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-04-13
Fer TIE pagers Of 6GancsI BsuaS, CraaeeaA City
Magnolia and Saoax civil


mxssEs. EDEToEs ALLOW, nae, thro'
Jour columns to say few things TO your
readers, relative TO ths subject Of Rail-
roads in general, and the sCoaneil Bluas
= Sioux City Railroad in particular.
IL 10 perhaps needless 20 state that a
company was formed, on the last dag Of
Dee. 1858, with the above title, bat
some Of your readers may not be aware
Of the fact. The company was organ
ixsd By delegates chosen from Pottswss-
t&mis, Harrison, Monona and Woodbury.
counties, for that purpose This fact
aloas oughs to satisfy even the AGtsr and
FsUitsy Of Railroad companies.
This company was organized, NOT by
spectators, 70 agEandise themselves, but
by the sturdy and industrious inhahi-
taAts along the line, for their own and
their nsighbor's benefit. Let as lock at
the matter little. In the fsst place,
do we need ths RAilro&d2 Second hare
we good plsss to build onef Third,
have we the means TO do il?
To the enquiry, do We mead ths Rail-
read ia question, I answer, yes, we do.
We hare one Of the most productive aud
extensive valleys in the world. A better
grain and stock growing sosatEy the sun
never shown upon. But We want the
means TO develop its great resources
We want the best varieties Of grain the
choicest varieties Of fruits; the best
breeds Of cattle, horses, sheep and hogs;
building materials, such IS pine lumber,
Stone and lins; labOr-ssving machines,
for farming purposes, and thai Of all
kinds; mills, 10 occupy our numerous
NALL seats, on our noble streams, for
manufacturing lumber and -four and
last Of all, but NOS least, We want good
market. How shall We ges these better
and quicker than By constructing Rail-
road to where they can be hAd2 ...
Look for = moment at our geogTaphi~
cal position. We End ourselves in The
very heart Of 6 great continent. We
have the great Pineries Of the Lake So
perioE region on the North. The great
stock growers and manufacturers on the
East and South, and she Kansas Gold
Mines on the West We see, then,
could we open al immediate communi-
cation 10 all these points, by Railway, we
could, almost At once, pat cur hands up-
on sveEy needed convenience and luxury.
The pine lumber Of the North would roll
in upon as, cheaper than our home lum-
Der is, at present, and thus open 10 as
the whole Lake Superior region, With
has axhaastlsss mines Of iron and cop
per, - a permanent market. The man
ufassurars of the East and South would
Be a our doors, asking an exchange Of
khsir commodities for our products, and
present us with an Eastern market, with
her countless hordss Of mechanics; and
. Southern market, with heF millions of
slaves to be fed from our broad fields.
The Gold Mines Of che Rocky Noun
sains would sand US back the choicest
OF metals, for our beef, pork, corn and
wheat, and thus furnish as with the
means Of exchanges for eSsry needed lax
ury; so that, instead Of living in our
log saa mad bats, s. We nov do, dfass-
Sd in rags eating shog and hominy,'
without money OF market, We should
have an abundance Of mills, and dwell
ling houses Susnishsd with Ehs woskmaa-
ship Of the Eastern shops, rad Al album.
dsncs OIL the hest-milled aour, with the
choicest dainsiss Of the tropics 70 20
with ia oar rags would disappear atths
frss saand Of the locomotives whistle
From che East, snd our pockets groan
WITH the susplass resolved in exchange
for Cur farm predusss.
.This IL mot fancy. This IL what We
may all experiences i'm few years, il ws
can bat secure cur East and West, North
and Soash Railroads. Ia yisw Of such
shange, who will not pat his shoulder
TO che wheel Y II ny naxt, | viii Try 10
answer the question, fhavs We q good
place 10 bald the Railroad
JUNIUS.
Washingtea, April i.