Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-03-09
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she line from Sc. Joseph to COUNSEL Blufs
! .Alahough we hare nothing 30 do With tht
making Of shsFoaa ,bsyeadouE. State Ent
jet we can do much 10 masuaiiS aaaiM
each othszs and eo-ppssate sagathsE d
o werk in whloh all sac so deeply inter,
esGad.
| We had the pleasure Of attending yer.
interesting Convention upon this subjec
last May, at CouhCil Bluffs, and judginl
from the manner in which the people
took hold Of it then, Ne felt confident
that the citizens Of Iowa, and their neigt
boEs of the Territory. would succeed 10
| building the road to our State line, and
that all they wanted vas sufiei snt en-,
couragement from the citizens Of Mis-,
souri, that they would complete the road
to ST. Joseph, From that time to tht
present there has been but little said and
nothing doao By our people in relation
to the matter, and for several reasons
In the arst place the people of St. Josept
have been baslly engaged In trying tc
complete the Hannibal & 81. Joseph Road
and this engaged their whole attention
during the Summer and Fall. Then their
city Was making such rapid strides and
the prospect Of heavy emigration in the
Spring, 1t became necessary that they
should make many improvements, such
as grading, paving and mseadamizfng
their streets, building more hotels and
business houses, 6e., to accommodate
and supply the wants Of the people
These prevented them from doing any
thing for the Platte Country Road. And
as St. Joseph Is the starting point, 70 her
all eyes are turned, and on bee seems 10
depend, to great extent at least, the
right to settle the question rs to when
the good work shall be commenced.
Then there seemed 10 be q disposition
among the people 10 waiE the action of
the Legislature this winter, hoping that
they might in their wisdom see proper to
give US . little more help towards ths
building Of oar much desired Read.--
Add TO these one other matter that very
much tended 10 dampen the ardoF Of the
people and cast deep gloom for time
at least, upon the subject. We refer 10
the action Of the eoanIIes Of HoIt and
Andrsw in relation to subscribing stock
TO the raad. Those friendly to the road
and TO what they believed to be the best
interests of the counties, relied 50 much
upop the people voting for the counties
10 take stock, that they did not uss that
exeFtion so important . subject demand
ed while those who, though friendly to
the road passing through their county,
yet, I've ara sorry to say I'D permitted
local questions and selfish feelings 20
sway their better Judgment, and failing
to get their cherished localities made .
condition precedent 70 the county taking
stock, they turned round and used their
eFerY endeavor to crush the very object
that thsir better judgments told them
they ought to cherish, and through their
influence the proposition to take stock
was uegatiyed. This was the case moro
particularly with Andrew county while
many OF th8 good people Of Holt proven
bial for their qulsE orderly manner of
living, seeing tho heart burning, aud bad
feelings among their neighboTs Of An
drew, occasioned by wranglfng upon the
railroad question, thought it better TO
remain at home and attend 20 their farms
than to stir up sQoh bitter feelings upon
the subject while others not having ex-
amined the subject, labored under the
impression that If the county took stock
in the road it would create an ousFous
and burthensoma tax upon them, much
more oppressive in its nature and hard
er to pay than the duty levied by the
British upon the Colonies on shsir tea,
and fearing that if fhuy encouraged the
usurpation il would be eutailsd upon
their children in the third or fourth gen:
eTation, they honestly voted against the
proposition. These with several others
that we could present were the cause of
Of delaying the matter to the present
time. But now that the Hannibal & Sc.
Joseph Road is completed, and ail the
Legislative aid that va need look for has
been granted, and the wants Of the fast
growing Wess 80 greatly demand the car
iy completion OF tbs Platte CountFy Road
il becomes the several counties through
which the road pasaess 30 take pE0npt ae~
tion "a the matter and either say THAI they
will take stock TO . certain amount, pro-
vidsd lba road runs through their eonn.
ties or that they viii not. Then the
Company know What thgy have to rely
uuon, and whether they will be able TO
build the road OF not. It is folly for as
to say we viii not take stock until the
road is located and the exact points all
agreed upon. Hew are the Company to
determine whether taey can build the
road at all, until they know the amount
shay can raise 20 build is with9 They
will not spend several shoasAnd dellars
locating the road without arss knowing
that after il is located they can build il,
| We mast frat say how much we are will
| ling To par, the time when we will agree
| 10 pRy il and sAa naaaer In which wa
win pay ID, Provided tbs C0mpany will
eonseruet the piassa Country Road shro'
OR county. Thru Is ID for the Compa-
ny to say whesher they will agree 70 40
aaps ung pgepesislon. And haEing Ina
plieis confidence In The insslligenee d
our County Court Justices, they being
/ the legal guardians Of our treasury, vi
are psffse2ly willing TO trust them u
make the eoutgaea % the part o. Cha
klounEys asting. As shay always do Il
HakERzs OF much inpoxsanee, under thl
legal a8gies u shosa whose businsss ]
b sa naeEaaAad sszek saiass. Ard vi
shall strongly nrgs aa.s 0oanky Caart h
make 20 order 81 ~ early day, giyin,
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subscribe akaak so sha k0na.
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10 ths people 81 HelE again, we hop
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