Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-06-09

II will be good news to our readers in
this vicinity to know that this Railroad
Company have advertised 70. proposals for
the construction Of their road, from its
present western terminus to Sioux City.
From the estimates given in the circu-
lar issued by the Com ranv. We observe
that the amount Of grading is exceeding
y small /; the material being principally
black loan. Timber is convenient of
access in the vicinity Of all the principal
streams, as far ives. as For. Dodge; from
there to Sioux City it Is quite scarce i;
there Is considerable, however, in the Lit.
tie Sioux, and occasional groves and
patches scattered over the intermediate
country" To obviate the difficulty in
procuring timber for the construction of
that part Of the road running through the
sparsely wooded regions, the Company
contemplate the commencement Of work
.: Sioux City, and the completion Of the
road eastward in order TO secure a supply
Of lumber from the well-timbered sections
il this vicinity. The vailies of the Mis-
souri,, Big Sioux and other streams, fur
nish an abundance Of excellent timber !;
ssd bi.uminous coal Of coed quality ex
lists in abundance, in the bluffs adjacent
to the Big Sioux.
The Missouri River is navigable for
steamboats, from Sioux City to Fort Ben
ton. 900 miles, as ascertained BY actual
measurement, by United States officers
The United States appropriated one hun.
dred thousand dollars to opea a military
road from Fort Benton TO Fort Wala-
Walla, the head Of navigation Of the
Columbia river, aud Lieut.. MULLAN, U. S.
A., il now st work with strong force
opening that road. When that is done,
and the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad
flushed to Sioux City, this must become
the main route to Washington, Oregon,
and the Northwestern British Possss SESSIONS.
According to the reports Of the U. s. off.
GERS who made the Pacific Railroad sur
vey, the region Of country near the head
waters Of the Columbia and the Missouri
rivers, is one Of the mos. beautiful and
desirable in the world.
All who visited that region for . great
distance north and south. east and west,
again and again, express their delight and
agreeable surprise, in finding country 80
contrary to all their precenceivsd notions.
Il has 6ne climate and fertile soil, and
il in every respect considered q country
capable Of sustaining dense population.
Nineteen hundred miles Of nayipable
water through such . country, to Say
ndehins If this great through route to the
Paci6c, must BE- powerful feeder to this
road. In view Of these facts, the compa.
ny deem it advisable to commence work
1t the west end - we'll - at the east
Payment will be made in construction
bonds, drawing seven per cent. interest,
which sre lien on the road and on the
lands granted by Congress; in county
bonds. aud in such local means IS can be
raised on the line of the road. The land
grs:t Is three thousand eight hundred
aud forty acres per mile, the aams % the
Illinois Central the greater portion Of the
lands lie between Fort Dodge and Sioux
City; all are within fifteen miles of the
road. The construction bonds are receiv.
able 1t par in payment for lands; when
land is paid for with these bonds, the
mortgage BY its own terms ceases 70 be Z
lion spoa il. The company intend to put
ths boods aud lands - rstes which viii