The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-03-19

Ia al countries good Eaa!s take b "a raE.z
aHsns the choice blessings Of civilization,
aaa nsxaeFs, la@ side weird over, 10 the
waa; II them 50 aeeniy fsis as asEcng tbs
xiss>awake pEogEess.Oaisss Of the Great
West. Take away their aa-ar and ten, give
thea NJ besf. .tsax, sweep oF cns By ons
aI the iazaries VI aaeiT tables, bat LET thsa
have good roads. The a<pstsation Of these
caases marc rFofas.ty, scars more sweet
tempered women, and saskes more babies
,qaa., IL aew &sgatry, iAsn, perhaps, 81.
other raasss eafs!,ifei, There are locaEi-
ties in the Eest whore the appeal for good
roads raigh,, almost wish Eropristy. be an
srsrsd with .bas al threasihars excuse Of
;dl~r., " taupss.sbIs!" But with as- the
PEOPLE Of CouneiI B!aT. aud yiesniiy--the
ease !, not 80, and yer The road from here
dswn tbs bottom passC-'G. TEsT's, IS a!nos'
utterly impassable, and those whose busi-
hes. aud iaty il j. to keep it in good eondi'
ton, are ~ easy ani compliment alb ~! il a.
though !, xers rock bottom aud Acadarn'
ixst. all the ~ay TO the Eastern line Of the
tsan,T. What ID they mean Have they
become 40 old foyyish tia. they hsd rather
stick 10 tina mud than not5 or are they 50
stupidity indifferent, 10 the best interests Of
the town ard County, tina, they don'' EMO"
how bad the road is7 Whichever It IAag
be, il is high t.nc for cisange, AID 4 change
We must have.
In our issue 81 Ausa.t iith, 1853, " FL
De- !" called the aticn.!on Of the paelic 10
tho abomigaLte condition. Of this road, and
spoke Of il being - fenced of and blocked
upr n mile belox here, 80 as 10 turn the
travel from The base Of the bluffs, where,
siaco the fret settlement ef the country, IL
Away. had been, and send /; away down to-
ward the slough on the bottom. lie says
"farners are loud 10 their complaints, and
are ncce.sita.si TO seek neighhorIng towns
With their produce and travel from the
South and Southwest Ia almost entirely eat
of, u" whafeupou ho very Significantly asks
places it.eIf 10 antasonrsm to the whole com
munity, 70 CRAFTY self will, or & seif-ints-
res,2n
The remarks aud .n'crFosatory Of 'Ftdes'
are as applicable TO-DAY - they were then,
rs the nuisance complained Of IL undated.
Ha. thi. i not all. We would refer our
readers TO the article signed - Mosquitoe y
which appeared in the coIamns 81 the Non.
pa1iJuly 3lst, 1858. Speaking Of con,
tract to bald a ieyee on the bank Of Mos
quisoe Cres he says; " This Les"" is TO
be onIY BOO feet long and > feet wide At
the top. | am not Civil Engineer, bot on
examining The place where The Lesoe Is 10
be thrown up, aud considering the object
for which il i. 60 be constructed, it seems 10
IA. grst, that the opbankmont will not be
required - bo - feet vide on tho top
Then, after speaking of the object Of the
stnbankmeu', hs adds" Any person who
has been near tho place at the Time the
Masquttoa Creek was oserAowing, must
know that sb9 I.sses shoal1 DO nearer 1000
feet than $40 f~nt long" lie then ask,
"Nha Is the engineer employed by the
Camms.stoner : l. he competent? Would
not longer gnAtnSmant not 50 wide be
mush hetterT AMI concludes by saying
that " the work - M important one fur
,saDGt ktuT,. IA the construction Of Il
proper i.eree. depends 'ho prevention Of the
Overflow of tkousInds Of acres Of land and
~ great measure the hcaI4h of our city.
uf course il was beneath the dignity Of the
Drainage Commissioner and his eonIelerates
to notice th9 hints " q" Nsslaitoe," and
the work was flashed according to The
original plan, bat time has shown that
"N,sqaitoe " was right, AMI that The Com.
missioner aal lis talented engineer were
sb0as as competent TO build leyees as
rlabaUkmcas On which SO many dollars Of
tbs peoples noury was expended, is utterly
worthless. The water runs around the ems.
II i: ani overaavs the bottom as il dill be-
faEe, aHd. at the pFssas time, the road down
tasrs Is Ger a long distance completely sub
'asFEe4. Had the money shgs wasted, been
Isti cot ~ a mAa Who understood his bust
MSS. tEyea would haru been built long
enough aai strong enough TO shut cut the
ws'eregeesaslly; aad, instead Of being an eye
soFe Sc every one who passes il, !: would
have raRA 81 among the substantial improve
meats 1t tbs County
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