Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-01-26

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raAds tha Platte vaaley II seAOAaas and
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aghs ng the road IRON unahs np d,
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seuFs river i 0zaaha. Hsfs Il : dear
aaiR q Us NortAaEn rsasas Of Ghisly,
aassAa saSsSs sd avenaR ia&aiasig bss5ss
vo@es. sh. IugaszsEss 1
And here les "a say, shat thia poius
where the Piasasmoaah and Nebraska
Gig Eo@d arss enters the Platte Valley
ID sisAs miles asrtA a. 0aaAa --tssNty-
ssseA sHlsss NprA Of PsafEssaostA, aad
Rishin 81 nsiias q the Nest Eesthsrly
paint or apex ii the Great HorsA Bend
Of shs Platte, Of whieA saey Blow 20
much, when heTalding the advantages Of
shsir ShoYssSs and direct WsstsYly route.
New Maaara. Editors, aAks these
stasamsass In gosa aaish, ana thes can i.
NOS be successfully eonsxaaiessa, be-
oaase Ehs Government suSvsyas and the
monuments designating the Es1aAs attest
The Aaet, aloag ths road &ad ~ Ehs point
named. Five miles beyond Elm Creek,
he road again leaves tbs river bottom
IND Ssssndss and passes for A2gsy gsal@s
over the most diAEsulG and heaviest 8and
RIGGS 20 b found At any point between
he mouah Of the Platte and the Rocky
3
These are succession Of sandy points
'unning from tia high laads oaE 70 tbs
liver, with marrow pOinss Of bottom land
aAsxtenings 30 thai in &ddiliaa Ia the
Iaad, de tired ssaua must constantly as
cd and dasos9a ssssp and abrupt hills.
Ais al0ng here, ahaa AAgjors aad Rus
alps nan sAy tAy are dsing vel, il
hoy make 'ssax Hsids 9 6sys" 49,
Beyond thsss S2nd hills there Is no
Ii&eals road to #. Keazasy, Ths dis
saes from PlattSmoush 60 IL Kearnsy
-~sOUsEing il the same frOm ths Mouth
4 Loup Fork, "a by the road 81 Aha
A sids-is "a miles; hns ] bslisFs.
ma 10 be full Eftsen milss mmsaR shs
ssr.
Ii summing Up, we fad ths r0sd FROM
siaksSmouth, when 1t enters Tia psaats
Valisg, has made q milss nsskhsag-
.re@ here il must make 10 milss south.
pg, giving for the sum Of los departures
'rom direct course 76 miIes. !
The road from Omaha, when is reach
ID the extreme Eogth bead OF the Plata,
sAs mGds northing Of IA miles, or GU
y six miles north Of ths most norsheEly
,oiat il the Pi&sssmouth and Nebraska
Jity road, fram here is aust m&ks a
Iouthing Of IS miles, giving for ths SUM
Il departures from g direct line, SO
ailss.
Frsm Nebraska City, the greatest de-
,arture north, Is As miies-frou which
,oint The departure south must be 40
allies gaVing total Of departures Of 81
allies. -.a" .-r...s .
So much for the actual distances with
sus taking inte eonsidsEsti0n the char
aSsex oS the road isssl3, which % The
soFah side ID inhnissly ne best and shs
frequent ssxe@ns which the aforesaid
think % much IN khe way, are
> positive and decided advantage, Civ
Ing frequent and sxesliens camps, which
cannot be readily found on the south
sids road, and none Of ihsm are diheuit
10 cxasM- g.. a.as.a ~ l.s...ze
Nov, q word In respect 10 an article
from the Paeife City paper, copied in
shs Hasaksye of . rseant date and an
dOzssd BY By ID. ~ !. asa~r
dc dsny and assert mes % smpAa&ieai-
~, that where the Elkhorn river is span
ned By q most excellent bridge, that
shsxs ara Rog low bottoms which eb-
Basues the tEsvsl. 8 r'ssss EDS -ss.
Ny acquaintance has been partial with
this stream and read for seven years,
and very Intrinsic for over Four years,
and | hAvs never yet known dag when
tbs saaEel vas obstruesed by hsgss water.
There ts no difficulty in crossing the
Lonp Fork when the Ferries are running
which now 10, and hereafter will always
be the case. The fsw minatss delay 81
this stream will be more Than counter
halAnpsd b. the addisional delay sraV-
eleEs will sGpsEienos aa he MiaseuRi zig
ss ssOssing bssweaA Rasafs Clsy and
RlAssamOashs owe sAsa repaired % cross
sl chs sxesIlent Council Blnas and ona-
ha Ferry. ea Hs5s seas
10 10 the diasgulsy cd erussiug ths
Plata ii o. abovs Fort Rssrnsy, The as-