, 1860-12-08
CHICAGO. WESTERN IOWA AND
NEBRASKA,



cxSrna1n. WESTERN IOWA AND
NKHHNEKA.
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Editors Chicago Tribune: |
4ne eoustoas lupo' s .".s-s,.a oftha
OF chlcaso 10 tne comnefelal 1nte'esu u u4'
Northwest, is piain to the most casual obseF-
vcr Her nnmerous direct and competing
,:- - .-.e~t..x~- .,a t,ora, 1,v u,tar
l'nes o. 1tanspor1a1.on anu .tu'e'' W "A1e
and by railroad, with the Eastern seaooara ana
Europe, give her great advantages over all
other no,nta- These are. her large 1alta- ma..-
olA~' f~A'o' N.S,..:.- .ssa,,o., ..a
1ane, maze up ol steanpoA1e' P4ope. 49,
sail vessels, many Of which are arranged into
lines, some running directly to Europe, to
7r..!,o., I'D f,,a.oc aud othara connectin;v
monliea auu Sas,' ,. aAa 49, Ts~a...~ 80
with the Ne" 1ork caha1s' lne' AotouIo auu
SImcoe Railroad at Colllngwood, the Grand
Trnnk Railroad Mt Sarnla. the New York Cen
-, p.,1r,,a .,a+h. yo,,, ,,d rr5e Ron.
tla1 haliFoaa, ala tne NJ" Ao1h ouo Iiie 1a0''-
road, comprising altogether the most exten-
size and important fresh-water marine In the
..,,: - -. a:.o,+ thxo,,,,, 1;naa ~ ,-,,1-
"o4" ~ nst 49, ~, ~, ~ ,s,1t ~,.s s..1
road, competing with the LAKES anu VIII eacn
other, viz: The Grand Trunk Railroad of
c,nad. u,t, 3ts con,cctiona terminating nj
Montreal, quebec aud fof1lano tne hlacmeaa
Central and its connections to Boston aud
New York. the Michigan southcru and its
o,+;ons - Nor yos,z ,ra othcr Atlantic
eonneeeaone ~. ~ ~" @uu wv -4111s 49,,
cities; and the Pittsburgh, Fort wayne ana cni-
cago and It's connections to New York, Phila-
aai,,,,a p,1,,,nnr, Ro Fron t1,fs enunara.
49,. ~, -. ~. - ..,...,..t.,.
ton II WILL oe apparent tn'e u no otuef punt
centre so many, nor SO capacious competing
hovo t,,a came f,c,,it,cs FIR economically md
aa'e .ne saii'e tspsiloe' 1's oe'non1eus alu ~.
expeditiously carrying on the traffic OF the
Northwest Nor are her facilities for trade
NTH +,,o ;,tc,;or md aprrou,d;rg conntrr 1esa
".4 ta' tn'e''o, a,'a onl4 4s ~oul,y 400
Huron and Superior, arein cheap and constant
communication ,y wuter: and the Illinois and
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aiien'saa en.at' ~ 10 o'A'e' p''ns' ae' tus
trade Of the Illinois River country, rnnningal
| the way to St. Louis. Then her complete sys-
teAn " 4ianot1s .se4Ao ~ 81 ,. eueeue' ~ 90
TO traSefse az parts o1 me surrounding coun-
try, extending in direct lines for hundreds of
Ycitea Thrv strfkc the 1ffssissinnf rIver at
mne olueleht polnts oa me gtea1 cilcie Wn1ch
Inal river describes around ner, VIE: at La
Crosse, fraiF7e d9 Cnaeht UaDuqne, Clinton,
Rock 1s!ano, buiungion, quincy, Aton, and
Cairo. rive OF these lines nave extensions be-
yond the one from Quincy os Lar rs Atchlson
IN Kansas.
Many OF these roaas compete with each
other, and some "lth tne Lake and TIE canal
thus chcapening and facilitating traffic
Ihese adEan1a9es, ana ner unequalled a.
fangements ior cheap storage and handling,
secure to Chicago the chief control of the
business OF the great states o. Illinois, MIS-
consln, Auhncso1a ma eastern Iowa, with q falr
chance In competition for that Of Northern
missouri anu Kansas.
It might be supposed that such 1e1d OF IN
told wealth and resources, actually exceeding
| IN extent al lne Eastern ana Middle states TO-
gcther, certainly concentrating its business
upon one great central, point would satisfy
even the ambition OF chicago herself But
there is yet another vast region rich IN Its soil
and undeyeloped resources, which from It's
| Later become tributary to her commercial i'm
portance refer to western lows, known as
1.-THE Missouri slope,"9 and the Territories of
Dacotah and Nebraska This district OF coun-
try lies mainly west and northwest OF Chicago,
but Is 50 cut of from communication with the
rest Of the world, that It's only outlet Is by
stage, or the difficult, tedious and expensive
| navigation Of the Missouri River for nearly a
| thousand miles, making st. Louis its present
commercial mart
| Although more norther'y route East might
shorten the distance for part Of this region it
| -~A%
| which, with the fact that the railroads that are
to reach 1t, already converge to and center IN
| Chicago, will undoubtedly determine tie
course of Its trade there. While this will Sc
cure the course Of trade from the northern
portion Of the region under consideration, the
natural conformation o. the country places
chicago IN the most direct line East from
points on ne AlssisRippi and Missouri rivers,
and beyond them that ne south Of the line sf
| AeT latitude IN h'eh atltudes,n a due East and
| Mest nne describes curve OF greater or less
degree, In proportion 10 us remove from the
equator, upon tue plane OF the eaths surface
Ihe most direct route being ! right
| line On the plane OF the earths surface
in such case must deaect to the North. To IL
1ust1ate: Philadelphia aud Denver City are
both nearly on the 3oth deg, OF North Latitude
which passes near Springfield, IL, and yet the
| shortest llnc between the two points will cross
Illinois nearly as far North as Chicago Any
one may satisfy himself on this point by ex-
tending cord from point to point on terzcs-
trial globe. Thus. .wlilc part Of Western 1owa
and Nebraska lie south Of the latitude Of Chi
cago, she is still In their most direct route
east In addition to tlis, the railroads that nrc
to be extended there converge to her as their
| main AT centre.
Ihus It Is pam tha1 me who!e OF me Upper
Missouri country that is north Of the state of
| atlssoull Is IaIts "lll'u 1eucu VI l4e eomEAe!-
cial s1asr 81 SaleAo; 70 secuIe "nlcn,15 on!y
neeas tnaI LUZ 'oes m aana ssa1nt nss s ol raroaa,
no" ~ process OF CONSTRUCTION across Iowa oe
| completed. Ihey should receive the most el-
nclcnt announcement IRON her citizens, as
mt roads.
To understand more fully the position have
taken, let us refer to the location, advantages
roads. Throughout their respective lines they
t. fraycrsc distrjcts Of country Of rrcat fertilltT