, 1859-02-12
PRESS AND TRIBUNE.
Pixies Peak---7:hronghT Tickets to Fort
keaFneY,

Pixies Peak---7ArosghT Tickets to Fort
keaFney.
From notteea'and extsaets from other pa-
pcss published In the PRkss Asp TRIBUNE, our
readers are aware that The emigration to the
oe1 gold fields has already bcgnn to moGe.
The railways running west from this city and
the stage lines connected vith them have been
actively engaged for several weeks imperfect
Ing their plans TO accommodate ali who are
determined to Try their fortunes in this new
field of enterprise and golden hopes. We have
to notice this morning the important fact that
the Chicago and Rock Island Railway have
completed arrangements with ths Western
stage Company, aud are now selling
through tickets from Chicago 10 Fort
,haarney on the Platte Rirer,' 1sA miles
west Of Council Bluffs, and only SAG
mlleH this: side of the gold fields. By this
route Fort Kearney is 66s miles west Of thI-
cago, md The travelling time from four to five
days. It will be heightened by AS many days
as travellers may wish to lie orer nights for
rest aud reffeshment. The distance from
Chieago 10 Iowa City, 2ss miles, is accom-.
pliehed BY rail in twelve hourt. The price
Of first class passenger ticket, including 100
pounds Of baggage on'rai'way and SO pounds
on stage, from Chicago to Fort Kearney is
$50 Is; second class s4750. As soon rs
Spring opens. this line will be cxle nded to
the mines. Passengers can then procure their
tickets direct from Chicago to the land Of
Gold. We shall keep our readers duly ad-
vised as eoon as the line is completed.
But Mr.. Superintendent Tracy, Of the Rock
Island Railway, has been cqually mindful ef
those who-~ish to 30 west Of Iowa City by
their own conveyance Parties living in
Michigan, Northern Indiana, Ohio, Illinois
and Southern and Eastern Wisconsin, may
wish to take their teams, wagons and outfit
.ttom this city by rail 10 Iowa City. It isalso
worthy Of the consideration Of parties from
the Eastern States, whether teams, wagons,
and their entire outfit cannot be purchased
more advantaseously in this city than further
west, as the larger demand as the emigrant
goes vest will be likely to add very consider
ably to the cost Of the outfit. To accommo.
date all such, freight cars will be run through
to Iowa City with the passenger trains, at
fifty dollars per car, mixing 235 miles west
ward in twelve hours. In this way three or
four parties might club together and put their
teams in one car, their wagons md baggage
in another, and i1d this very cheap and ex-
peditious way, without change Of cars, to
make long distance westward. The bridge
over The Mississippi ut Rock Island, makes
this route most desirable one at MI Sc easons,
Our knowledge Of The energy and the in.
tegrity with which the afairs Of the Rock
Island Railway are conducted by its officers,
enables us to assure the public that they will
perform to the letter all they undertake. We
append the distances between the several
poiats os follows: Chicago to Iowa City via
Chicago &, Rock Island and Mississippi i
Missouri Railroad. without change of cars
238 miles; Iowa City to Council Bluffs, 244
miles; Council Bluffs to Fort Kcarney, ls4
miles; Fort Kearney to Gold Mines, 346 miles;
Total distance from Chicago to the Gold
Mines, l,0l2 miles.
Any further and more particular infoZma-
tion can be obtained by rail or otherwise
from john F. Tracy, Esq, Superintendent
Of the Chicago and Rock Island Railway,
Chicago.