The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-04-30
Correspondence OF the Nonpareil.
Council Bluffs & 81. Paul Railroad.
Denison Iowa, April 18th 1859.

Denison Iowa, April 18th 1859.
W. W. MAYNARD,
Dear Sir-ln times Of Rail
Road enterprise, rs the present for instance,
when commerce is restless for avenues,
and money flush, it becomes matter Of in
terest that the people BIO kept posted on the
subject, that they may know where to in
vest their surplus means, to the best ad-
vantage.
Allow me to say, then, the railway con-
nection between your favored city, Council
Bluffs, md st. Paul, is beginning to assume
high place in the judgment Of the public,
as among the fixed institutions-that will
be at no distant day. The following is an
abstract from length editorial upon the
subject in the St. Paul Daily Times.
"a Railroad Convcntion recently held at Ohm
sed the Boyer River, small stream falling into the
Missouri near Council Bluffs at which place Or
ganizei the Council Bluffs Boyer Valley and Minnesota
Raj Tread Company Some of the most substantial cit-
zens Of North Western Iowa, connected with this
company All the papers published in that section Of
lievei that a large amount Of Swamp Lands, the
avai!s Of Swamp Lands in the Counties along the line
the proposed road be secured for its construction
The line runs through beautiful section of country
with easy grade; conflicts with no road interest
East Of it, opens a road to Pincres for the sup
ply Of ali the lower Missouri Valley and the valleys Of
tributaries with lumber and ccmmends itself there
fore the favorable notice not only Of Western Iowa,
Nebraska and a large section Of country south OF St
Louis but also to Eastern Minnesota and North West
crn Wisconsin as opening for ITEM unlimited mar
kct their lumber to nothing Of other kinds Of
commerce.
The great against the vast region Of country which
this road would penetrate. Is the want Of timber and
lumber. Our correspondent says Give but rail-
to the Pneries of your section Of country, and we
be supplied with pine lumber as cheap as we now
pay for oak bass-wood The distance from Council
Bluffs to Minnesota State line, is about l75 miles and
and FROM there to st. Paul about leo miles, maksng
the distance less than to Davenport which is about 800
miles Our pine lumber is now taken from your vcini-
ty down the Mississippi thousand mile to st Lonis,
and thence up the Missouri 500 miles to Council Bluffs,
where it costs so to $40 per thousand
The proposed road strikes US as being an
enterprise of great mutual benefit to the
citizens of both States. All our Iowa
neighbors have to do, is to push forward
their end Of it, up to the Minnesota State
line. In direct course from Council Bluffs
it will intersect the Southern Minnesota
Railroad is a land grant road run
ming from St. Paul in the direction of the
mouth of the Big Sioux river, somewhere
near the State line. The Southern Minne-
sofa road. it may be interesting for our To-
wa ncighbors to learn, is now in course Of
construction, and some forty or fifty miles
Of it on this end already graded"
You perceive therefore that the proposed
road is already commenced at one end OF
the line. How long shall it be before the
same can be said Of the other.
Our county, (Crawford) have just voted
to appropriate all the nvais of our Swamp
lands, for the benefit Of the road, and Sac
county is ready to appropriate the avais of
50, 900 acres of her Swamp lands for the
benefit of the road, if it runs through Sac
City.
From all the counties along the line, we
hear encouraging words. 6 Good times are
coming, Boys" SWAT, for the Wagon"
Respectfully,
y " DFxTsox