The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-10-22
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There seems to be but little prospect of
the early completion to this point of the 3.
< VI. X. Railroad. Perhaps five or six
years may elapse before this road will be
completed. We regret this as much as any
one can but fear that it is too true. The
question occurs to us. then, can We afford
to wait that length of time for Railroad
communication with ''all the world and the
rest of mankind" when we have it in our
power to secure Railroad connection with
st. Joseph IN two years? Can our farmers
content themselves with present prices for
their products six or seven years longer,
for want of Il good market for their surplus,
when they can so easily and speedily secure
one! We think not.
We are aware that local jealousy exists
! in the minds of certain parties interested in
and about Glcnwood, because the road is
not located through that place. This is
natural enough. We cannot find fault with
men for working for what they suppose to
be for their own interests. If these men
cannot be made to believe the building OF
this road is for their interest, We must ex-
pecs their opposition. But are the interests
of all the rest of the county to suffer to ac-
commodate these few? We trust not.
How stands the case, then! The Platte
Country Railroad has been located. and is
now in course Of construction to the Iowa
State !ine-six or eight miles below Nebraska
City. The citizens of Nebraska City and
Fremont county will soon build these few
miles of road but they are not interested
in building 1t any farther. In fact, they are
anxious that i. should stop there, and never
be extended any further up the river. Ii it
is ever built beyond there, it must be done
by the aid and exertlons Of the people of
Mills and Pottawattamie counties, together
with what assistance can be obtained from
the counties on the opposite side of the
river. Already the citizens of Pottawatta-
ME county are fully aroused to the impor.
tance Of the work, and promise to do their
full share, and even more. Douglas, Sarpy
and Cass counties stand ready to help us
, With proper exertons on the part Of the
, people of Mills county, the road can be
built and the cars running in two years. II
this is not so, the fault will be ours-Mills
county. alone will he to blame.
t What can We do? We answer. first oul
county, in its corporate capacity, can dc
. something. We have a Swamp Land Funt
, which has never yet benefited US much. /
r has been misappropriatcd, or loaned out t
1 TTespOueiptp PtitiESs oT Stuauuercu lUE lu'
= benefit of few favortes, for eiectioneerin!
purposes, and the swamp lands left to dram
= themselves. By nppropriatng the reInnan
> of this fund to the building of this Railroad
! We can effec'ually secure the drainage o
the Swamp Lands on the Missouri bottom
t at the same time We aid in the building of
e Railroad. Secondly, We can, al. Of US
= subscribe something in our indiyidua
t capacity. be it ever so little) to the capita
: stock of the company. 1t will be returne'
: to us four-fold. Thirdly, we can do some
f thing toward stimulating to action ou
0 neighbors across the river.
$ We shall have much more to say on th'
), subject. as time and opportunity may serve
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